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  1. Disciplining employee in front of other employees?!

    ybanurse replied to Seas's topic in General Nursing

    Harassment lawsuit! If it keeps happening. I won because my supervisor would so call chastise me during conference calls . I spoke with her about it but to no avail. then she called me out in front...

  2. Disciplining employee in front of other employees?!

    ybanurse replied to Seas's topic in General Nursing

    Harassment lawsuit! If it keeps happening. I won because my supervisor would so call chastise me during conference calls . I spoke with her about it but to no avail. then she called me out in front...

  3. LTC- nurse to pt ratio

    ybanurse replied to %D#2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work the skilled unit 7pm -7a in a LTC facilityand I have 40 patients. At times. I have help to passing pills from 7p-11pm but this is not the norm. Most times , I work by myself with 3

  4. I got found out!

    ybanurse replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    LMAO! Sent my son with Dad to ER with history and they asked him She's a nurse isn't she?

  5. can my DON force me to work the floor?

    ybanurse replied to glm777's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    On your days off ,you should be given orientation and get familiar with the paperwork and the med cart which is going to take some days to learn itself. One time during the holidays there was a call...

  6. Does nursing change you into an angry person?

    ybanurse replied to DesireeBeyerGreen's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I don't know about you but I have bills to pay such as rent and utilities and without going back to school Im not going to get a job paying me 23.00/hr. I cant live off of 10.00 an hour so I stay...

  7. Does nursing change you into an angry person?

    ybanurse replied to DesireeBeyerGreen's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I myself started nursing when I was young and naive and didn't have the balls to speak up for myself. I lacked confidence because I was a new nurse and didn't have required the skill set yet to be...

  8. Praying in the work place

    ybanurse replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    If you are a Christian, I believe that you must not stand down because someone denounces Christ. I may not be right but I always pray with my patients, ask God to have mercy on their souls and then...

  9. New job

    ybanurse replied to Najone's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You just started in nursing. Get back to me in 2 yrs, if it takes that long for the rose colored glasses to break LOL Hilarious! We're miserable for a

  10. Let's call it what it is....

    ybanurse replied to sneeds's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm going through hell right now on my job because of politics. Please try to get this poll out there its the same thing Iv'e been saying tor years . Management keeps pushing more and more on us and...

  11. Am I being discriminated at my job? Please HELP!!!!

    ybanurse replied to pinkdustmagic28's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi, contact HR first and then if no results corporate. You do not have to interact with anyone other that work related interactions. Right now , Im going through the same

  12. Confused on Charting in LTC

    ybanurse replied to lyric65's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Skiilled patients get charted on every shift. falls=incident report and nurses notes, Falls are charted on 3 days unless there is an injury then we chart until the injury is resolved. Antibiotics...

  13. Does your LTC get mad when you send patients do the ER?

    ybanurse replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    After a week of not sending a patient out (he didn't look good at all ) On change of shift they found him unresponsive and had to call a code. Of course, it was swept under the rug that the nurses...

  14. Does your LTC get mad when you send patients do the ER?

    ybanurse replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Are both of you in VA sounds like you work at my

  15. Please help! Questions I haven't read here yet....so curious!!!

    ybanurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The Holy Grail of the Nurse---CYA Because management will always hang you out to

  16. Please help! Questions I haven't read here yet....so curious!!!

    ybanurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work at a crappy facility. Sometimes 5 admissions a day all on the 3-11 shift. At best at times the supervisor will help and other LpNs volunteer to help. Most times the nurses that have admissions...

  17. CNA Supervisor or all under DON/ADON

    ybanurse replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Ive worked at many facilities where the CNA scheduler had more power than the Lpns. It seemed like they were in

  18. Seriously?!?!

    ybanurse replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    It might surprise you but there are people out there that dont wash for anything! Your patient that got up on that table probably hadn't washed since the baby was conceived

  19. Interview or attack?

    ybanurse replied to imaLvn2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Sounds like you interviewed at my job! That was horrible the way you were treated, I hope this doesn't make you feel like it was your fault. Im glad you didnt get that job because that's how they...

  20. Techs and nursing students.

    ybanurse replied to FatKittyHenry's topic in General Students

    Haters! They were jealous; I get so tired of babying my CNAs ...I luv you and I appreciate what you do== But if your tired of wiping a*&^* go back to school! We as nurses get sh*&^D on too!...

  21. Lost my first patient....

    ybanurse replied to francoml's topic in General Students

    As a hospice nurse all I can say is it changes you, I mean your outlook on life! Your patient was blessed to have you there with

  22. Are you in it for the money?

    ybanurse replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    The truth sets me free THE

  23. I received a "write up" warning at my LTC

    ybanurse replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If you short of staff 3 CNA's on a floor with a bunch of fallers who wear alarms How you gonna do rounds and as a nurse do my work if all the alarms keep going off, Ive got a high risk faller sitting...

  24. Eek, Is 48 patients by myself too many for a nightime LTC center shift?

    ybanurse replied to hettink's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    DEPENDING on what floor i'm on, I can have 60 patients 30 skilled and the locked unit (dementia unit), or 60 on a separate skilled unit I pray that when I work no one falls, my Cna's don't " forget...

  25. POLL LTC Nurses... please answer

    ybanurse replied to Finallydidit's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You better be happy you got diapers, they want us to leave diapers off at night then the cnas have to change the whole bed sometimes we don't have linen Truth be