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  1. Is there power in the color white?

    weirdRN replied to bbfw2's topic in General Nursing

    I sincerly doubt that there was any insult intended to the Nurses of yesteryear. With Nurses, the phrase, "you've come a long way." really applies here. Nursing practice has expanded and has become...

  2. Is there power in the color white?

    weirdRN replied to bbfw2's topic in General Nursing

    ewwwww Yuck! Fluffed pillow and a Kind word? I do so much more than that everyday. I often feel like hotel staff, not a nurse b/c of the way that I am treated by residents and families. Constantly...

  3. Is there power in the color white?

    weirdRN replied to bbfw2's topic in General Nursing

    I like white. Esp. in LTC. I think there is a power in having a uniform that looks like a uniform and not like Pajamas. I like khaki or white pants with a white polo shirt with a warm up top over...

  4. How are you judgemental?

    weirdRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I have problems with being judgemental of people who are not willing to help themselves. There are so many people out there willing to help you up when you are down, Why stay in that hole when you...

  5. Calling In Sick.

    weirdRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I seldom get sick, so you know that when I do, I really am sick. I am not the kind of person who just calls off for the sniffles or calls off just to call off. Yesterday, I called off. My head was...

  6. Calling In Sick.

    weirdRN replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks you all so much for the support. I was feeling guilty. I am going to let my DON know when I go back to work what happened and how this ADON is never accepting of her turns to fill

  7. Holiday Gifts: What is appropriate?

    weirdRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work with a Great Bunch of people. I have decided that I want to do something for all of them, so that no one feels slighted. I decided to spend no more than 10.00 on each person and to make it...

  8. Med Pass

    weirdRN replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am thinking of starting my own Nusing Home. I am really tired of being profit driven. I want a better ratio. I want a better standard of care. I want less stress for myself and the other nurses...

  9. Long Whine....

    weirdRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Today was a really sucky day. First thing, during my med pass, the maintenance man tells me that a resident died in the night that I was particularly attached to. After that I just kind of felt like...

  10. Med Pass

    weirdRN replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah it happened and all I got for my trouble was more anguish and self doubt. I don't cut corners. Period. I wait the full five minutes and longer between inhalers. The full minute between...

  11. 8-hour vs. 12-hour workshift: Traditional or Innovative? Benefit or Hazard?

    weirdRN replied to WELLimAnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I like sixteens. Call me Nuts, but I would rather do the sixteen and have the rest of the week off. I am exhausted after and so I only work and sleep on the days I am scheduled. On the other hand,...

  12. The Today Show

    weirdRN replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing Patch and Cap. I like my scrubs, mostly. Especially on days when I start to clean out my closets and find an old top that I didn't think would fit and it did! :roll All joking aside, I wore...

  13. Med Pass

    weirdRN replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If I knew what the icon was for vomiting, I would use it! No way would I pass meds for 55 people that I had never met and not been orientated to. I think that having another nurse to use as a sort of...

  14. Bsn

    weirdRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need some help with articulating my desire to return to school for my BSN. I want to persuade my SO to support my desire and I want to persuade the admissions people that I am a "good" egg. I...

  15. For all who have or do work in a nursing home....

    weirdRN replied to skittlebear's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have learned to multi task and be super organized. Some days I am the Pigeon, Somedays, I am the statue... sometimes things go great, sometimes, not. Mostly, I make lists and check stuff off as I...

  16. Alzheimer's-Brother won't help!!!

    weirdRN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am going to play devil's advocate here a little bit. Loved ones are entitled to the very best care we can provide them with, They cared for us when we could not care for ourselves. We as adults...

  17. Question about wages

    weirdRN replied to jade-athyst's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I get paid less than my hospital counter parts by at least six and as much as twelve dollars per hour. I find my satisfaction in the following: 1. I am only about five minutes from home. 2. I work...

  18. Am I wrong?

    weirdRN replied to moongirl's topic in General Nursing

    While in nursing school, listen to your instructors and do as they tell you to. When you get into nursing on your own you will have to relie on your own judgement to do the right thing. Personally, I...

  19. would you finish work from previoius shift?

    weirdRN replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yesterday was the proverbial day from hell. There was no getting away from the chaos. Then the State Inspectors walked in and it got even worse. I stayed an hour and a half trying to straighten...

  20. would you finish work from previoius shift?

    weirdRN replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What is a Break? and When can I have one? The other day, we were in a nurses meeting and we were chasitised for being out on break longer than we are supposed to be. My retort to my DON was that I...

  21. How can I say anything?

    weirdRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I got an admission the other day. A 57 yo female, 5'3", 370#, cellulitis in her bil lower ext., Major Depression, COPD, DM (uncontrolled, newly dx'd), HTN, hyperlipidemia, and a lot of other dx to...

  22. How can I say anything?

    weirdRN replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a long term care/ SNF/ Rehab facility. Part of this person's reason for bieng in my care is her weight. Actually, this situation for this patient is a chicken and egg kind of thing. I was...

  23. Nurses as Patients

    weirdRN replied to alex1's topic in General Nursing

    I always try to be as thorough as I can be with anyone I come in contact with professionally. It doesn't matter if it is a new grad or a veteran, everyone has something to

  24. Nursing Home/Assisted living nurse question

    weirdRN replied to OKRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would expect that you would make more in a hospital setting. But, there are facilities that are reasonably run. Is LTC your niche? It is a difficult job, mentally and physically. Try an HCR Manor...

  25. Med Pass

    weirdRN replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have been repeatedly chastized for the amount of time I take to finish my AM med pass. I am being followed tomorrow at my request b/c of this. I want to know what I am doing that is so wrong that...