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I am not sure if I understood the last joke. We are all warped in our own way. As a geriatric nurse, I still think about this and still chuckle. Why? What is wrong with me? They say that nervous tension makes you laugh at inappropriate times so why...

Hi, Nancy1 and reylem, first of all, Nancy1, most of the nursing homes in the south are not close to electronic charting. I was hired as the MDS nurse and then started hearing about PPS. Boy, was I duped. And reylem, maybe PPS has not affected you b...

I agree with all of you. I am one of those "instant" headache people around strong perfume. I was sitting beside my daughter the other day in church and I whispered to her "Do you smell that strong perfume?" She said no, but then I realized it was ...

opie, you are right. Better to give a potential drug seeker his "fix" in the ER, than to let him go and do "God knows what, stealing, or getting harder illegal drugs". I don't have all the answers. At this point, I am still against legalizing drugs,...

opie, you are right. Better to give a potential drug seeker his "fix" in the ER, than to let him go and do "God knows what, stealing, or getting harder illegal drugs". I don't have all the answers. At this point, I am still against legalizing drugs,...

Amen, mustangsheba. Sadly, the South, I think is still far behind on certain medical issues.

Amen, mustangsheba. Sadly, the South, I think is still far behind on certain medical issues.

We all seem to have such strong opinions on things we have never experienced. Years before I was a nurse, I worked for a neurologist who had a headache clinic. (I did billing). I would see all these women coming in with these "so called migraines" a...

We all seem to have such strong opinions on things we have never experienced. Years before I was a nurse, I worked for a neurologist who had a headache clinic. (I did billing). I would see all these women coming in with these "so called migraines" a...

I just have to unload again. This is about pain control. I am still haunted by a situation when I worked adult psych. There was a geriatric psych unit next door to us that was overflowing. We accepted this elderly lady (Alzheimer's). She would cry...

I just have to unload again. This is about pain control. I am still haunted by a situation when I worked adult psych. There was a geriatric psych unit next door to us that was overflowing. We accepted this elderly lady (Alzheimer's). She would cry...

I am so sorry stp, I know it is hard to lose a parent. You said you had a month off and something about going on a holiday which makes me think you might be from England? All I know is that I am from America and I lost my father on a Tuesday and got...

I am so sorry stp, I know it is hard to lose a parent. You said you had a month off and something about going on a holiday which makes me think you might be from England? All I know is that I am from America and I lost my father on a Tuesday and got...

Hi, to Donna and all the previous responses. The reason our staff development person couldn't get much response was because of "LACK OF STAFFING!!" I couldn't go to most meetings because I was left on floor with 40 very needy LTC residents. It was ...

Jill, maybe you are right. Maybe all nurses and MD's should do the nursing assistant job (CNA) in LTC, especially, for at least 3 months. OK, maybe MD's for a week. It is very hard work. CNA's, nursing assistants in Long Term Care/Nursing Homes nee...

I got in touch with a union organizer to find out what could be done about nursing and cna shortage, etc. He said that in the South it is extremely difficult to organize a union for nurses and cna's because of the constant turnover. Anyone in Arkan...

I can take an injection in the arm, hip, etc. and I give great injections, (have been told by many patients, "that was the best shot I've ever had, didn't feel a thing." (Secret - inject real fast, give med slowly, and withdraw needle real fast) But ...

This is an old one, but here it goes. Did you hear about the man that went to the doc with a bad cough? The doc said, "Take two big doses of castor oil." The patient said, "Ya mean that will cure my cough?" The doc said, "No, but it will make you af...

If we are all washing our hands appropriately after patient care, (like we should!!!) and going back to nursing station to drink out of our "labeled bottled water", what can be the harm? Believe me, I have worked at "pig sty" nursing stations, but ...

Good luck, daisie. I know you will find something out there as a nurse that will be more rewarding and not as stressful. As an RN, some non-stressful positions I have tried were surgery and low key psychiatric positions. Since my legal nurse consul...

Anyone familiar with someone who has or had cervical cancer? Family member just diagnosed a couple of days ago. I know nothing. Being an old psych/LTC nurse, I have no advice, etc. to give her. Thanks

kday, you are right. There are a lot of nursing jobs out there that are wonderful. If you were talking to me about quitting if you dread your job, etc. I quit a long time ago. Well, a little over a year. I will keep harping about LTC, Nursing Homes...

As an RN in Long Term Care, Nursing Home, etc. here were a couple of my complaints. I had a resident that loved her baby. (It was a plastic doll), but this resident really thought it was her baby. One of the CNA's, thought it was funny to throw the...

It sounds kind of rough, daisie. I used to be in LTC (my favorite kind of nursing). I don't know if we had a "spy" when I was working last, but that would have been hard. I was already trying to very sneaky in my charting, meds, wound care, etc. ...

I am a RN and a recent patient. I had hysterectomy and was in about two days. As a patient, it was nice having the same nurse almost all day. The only time I was scheduled to work 12 hours (7pm to 7am) was as a graduate nurse in Med/Surg, and everyt...