nursejanedough

I was reminded of my major pet peeve while responding to the "personal alarm" topic. Please, please do not pound on the med cart with that pill crusher to crush meds. You can hold that pill crusher/pulverizer (or whatever you want to call it) up in...

That's right, sweetie bigred, I am so glad you see the difference. Most normal people who are secure in their intelligence, patience, etc., don't mind if fast food, store clerks, even nurses call them sweetie, honey, etc. I do have a problem with t...

If anyone is reading this, please read the previous posts. The majority are saying they started in LTC-Long Term Care/NH-Nursing Homes because there were not any openings for (LPN or RN). So they had no choice but work in nursing homes. For some n...

I don't know much, but it sounds like he could qualify for those new motarized wheelchairs covered by Medicare. (Just seen the commercials). My mom ( a senior citizen) can barely walk (knee out of whack). (Has a handicapped sticker) Does anyone kn...

The nursing home where I worked would implement the "time study" every couple of months to the "management team". We all hated it. I was an MDS/PPS nurse and was able to "fine tune" my creative writing skills. Time study: 2PM - 3PM: Reviewing medi...

janleb, I am sorry you are so frustrated. We all need to vent every now and then and nursing school can be exhausting. The three major complaints regarding your husband were, 'He says the house is not clean', 'You always have your nose in a book', ...

rncountry, I have enjoyed your posts. I have forgotten what field of nursing you are in, could you please tell me? Also, I would like to know if you are a major bread winner and if you have kids to support, would you be just as willing to be so outs...

My mom still says, I have to get a mammyogram for mammogram. It cracks me up. Of course, I have inherited her quirks. I just found out the song, "My eyes adored you, etc.", and I have been singing, "My eyes of Georgia" for years. My friend thought...

OK, goldennurse, I see what you mean. Just document what you see and take pictures if you can. The facility I used to work in never had the film to put in the cameras to take pictures of the wounds or residents. I wasn't sure if it was from lack o...

I use the most recent US government publication regarding skin wounds and treatment. I ordered this booklet less than six months ago. It is called "Treatment of Pressure Ulcers", by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Ser...

Personal alarms do work, but they are so dadgum loud, they scare the you know what out of the residents and the staff. But I guess it's better to be scared than fall and break a hip. It's too bad that so many nursing homes are like a "cattle coral"...

I have had an elderly patient kick me with his heel (across the room) while doing wound care on the other heel. Several kicks in the shin (child/adolescent) psych, attempted bites (geriatric), one ice pick held up at me (home health psych), and an ...

Keep on, ktwlpn. You are the real nurse. God bless you.

I just want to apologize to a new nurse I was trying to train to LTC nursing. I had already decided to leave LTC nursing (nursing home nursing) because it was "just too much, too terrible, too dangerous, too depressing" where I worked. I am an RN, ...

Please find something in the newspaper that talks about the nursing shortage. (Especially in Long Term Care, Nursing Homes) It seems Emergency Rooms get the most coverage because I guess more people have been exposed to the shortage in ER. There is...

Hi Snazzle, I am exhausted reading all that you did. We had no ward clerk but us floor nurses on LTC did a lot. Our MDS/PPS nurse did care plans, etc. (I used to be MDS/PPS nurse.) I looked up your profile which didn't say where you are from but I...

I am still laughing at st4's last response. All of these posts are great. At the moment, all I can think of, is when I was a student nurse in a nursing home. I remember an elderly fellow (Henry) constantly yelling, and I do mean constantly, "I'm hu...

Hi, freddy. Just read your question. I assume you are computerized on your care plans. Our computer system had standardized care plans and then I would go in and individualize each problem. At least, I tried to. I really did. After I quit the M...

Thanks TLynn, best laugh I've had all day. I needed it.

The majority of the meds also need to be crushed and mixed in apple sauce or something...or if they are able to swallow pills they take each one (there are 10 pills at least), "Now what is this one for?" (They have asked this every morning for 2 year...

Unless some kind of medication doesn't help her, she definitely needs to be on an Alzheimer's unit. What was really sad where I worked last was ..the Alzheimer residents were on the same floor as the "coherent" residents. It was a zoo. Jack was al...

Zee, sounds like your daughter has a good grasp on what you do. You should be proud. I am curious also, would you encourage her to go into nursing? PS: I used to make my son come up to the local nursing home where I worked whenever he had to be di...

Hi, greg. I am lucky, I have a sis who is a lawyer, ex-RN, that has been giving me charts to review lately. I have extensive experience in LTC and that is what most of her lawsuits involve, LTC. It is very sad, but all I do is pore over these char...

Isn't there something in the Bible about getting the cow out of the ditch on the Sabbath? Or if you have a problem with someone, Jesus says, leave the altar (church) and go make amends right away. Jesus was a radical in his days. He hated the reli...

Thank you, Duckie. I am going tomorrow to buy new batteries for my smoke alarms. I don't feel we were hounded enuf this year by the news to go change our batteries every time we have a daylight savings time change. I definitely need a kick in the ...