weirdRN

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  1. meal intake

    weirdRN replied to nrsbetrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :roll

  2. How does this job offer sound to you?

    weirdRN replied to Spring_Peeper's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In the NH where I currently work, the staffing for 3-11 is as follows: 1-RN or LPN -Med pass, Tx and charting Q shift. 2-4 CNAs -Personal Care, VS and charting Q shift 32 residents -Give or...

  3. Lost

    weirdRN replied to pattycakes934's topic in General Nursing

    No. You need at least another course to make you eligible to pass

  4. How many days is a usual orientation?

    weirdRN replied to glen's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I got three weeks of "someone holding my hand" orientation then an additonaly three months of being mentored as a new LPN in LTC. Since getting my RN, I have had no additional training or evaluation....

  5. Pubic hair

    weirdRN replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

    :roll....:roll....:roll....

  6. My wife is starting nursing school

    weirdRN replied to realitybias's topic in General Nursing

    I am an ADN-RN and I am going back for my BSN, possibly my MSN at WVU. Depends on how much $$ it costs and whether I can get it online. Congrats to her and

  7. retaliation or just coincidence?

    weirdRN replied to mtnmom's topic in General Nursing

    These kinds of things are not trivial, small nor minor. These are all MAJOR workplace violations. The things mentioned in the OP are enough to get a facility's certification revoked by JACHO. The...

  8. female dr. male pt.

    weirdRN replied to gth's topic in General Nursing

    You seem really upset by this. You must have some experience with it. It must be frustrating for you. I honestly know how you feel. I was in the Army for nine years. My first assignment, I was the...

  9. Undervalued

    weirdRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have read several places that Nurses who have twenty years experience and are near retirement age are only making as much as a new grad sometimes. I was wondering how this came to be. I know...

  10. ICU Pod System

    weirdRN replied to FGHburg's topic in General Nursing

    Granted I have only ever been in two ICUs but... There was 1:1 staffing and the Nurse took care of ALL patient care. If there was a patient that required more care, sometimes the other nurses would...

  11. Group One

    weirdRN replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    So if I have never worked for a group one facility does this mean that I don't have a file with

  12. female dr. male pt.

    weirdRN replied to gth's topic in General Nursing

    Part of the reason Female Drs do not feel the need for a nurse back-up is the laughter that would follow if a man were to complain that a woman was hitting on him or touched him in an inappropriate...

  13. Screening your phone calls?

    weirdRN replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    :roll Not if I go in at 8 in the evening and they needed me for

  14. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    weirdRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know why this

  15. How do you feel about volunteers?

    weirdRN replied to capribry's topic in General Nursing

    We have volunteers at the NH where I work. But they are so heavily regulated that they can't do much more (less actually) than a family member/visitor could. I like the volunteers, most of the time....

  16. Screening your phone calls?

    weirdRN replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    I work PRN for this one facility. They called and left a message, after i had already told them i would be out of town for the Week, that I was needed at work right now, as soon as I could get there....

  17. Bradley Birth instructor equates nursing with 'maid service'

    weirdRN replied to Merovingienne's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That was an excellent link, thank

  18. Bradley Birth instructor equates nursing with 'maid service'

    weirdRN replied to Merovingienne's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was told that an IV was SOP in the hospital where I did my clinical rotation and preceptorship. That every patient had to have one for insurance purposes so that they could be given fluids or meds....

  19. Difference between LVN & RN Salary

    weirdRN replied to Liz21's topic in General Nursing

    There is another recent thread here that asks what you made and when you made it. that might satisfy your curiosity. The RN is running about 1/2 to 1/3 higher than the Lv/pN and the Lv/pn is...

  20. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    weirdRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    Stupid question: How do salary caps work? where can I find more information on them? How do COLA increases

  21. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    weirdRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    $8.50/hr CNA 2004 $15.00/hr LPN 2005 $21.50/hr RN 2006 If I worked nights, I could add another three dollars an hour to the RN

  22. Patches

    weirdRN replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    That completely ticks me off. I worked the shift after another nurse who did not take any of the Nitro patches off any of the residents that had them. I only work PRN at that job, so I wrote a note...

  23. ohhhh my aching feet

    weirdRN replied to bethneyann's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My Acupuncturist reccommended changing my shoes and sock half way through my shift and massaging each one for one to two mins before, at halfway through and after each shift. As someone said...

  24. tech school vs. college???

    weirdRN replied to wackyj2000's topic in General Nursing

    I got my ADN and I am now going for my BSN. I too wanted the four year degree, but that would have meant waiting a whole year, plus the wait list was two years after that to get in and I wasn't about...

  25. Patches

    weirdRN replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, does anyone else hve a really hard time getting the patches off, especially on the elderly with thin skin??? I gave a resident a skin tear while taking a nitro patch off last night. Any...