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    Telling "STATE" you don't have supplies....

    NurseQT replied to nervousnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Who ever is responsible for ordering supplies should most definitely be the one monitoring the inventory! The floor nurses shouldn't have to track down the supply person when they're running low on an...
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    So Frustrated I Could Cry..

    NurseQT posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well actually I did cry :-( My Dad's 75th birthday party is coming up in a month, he's been planning this party for the past year. The party falls on my weekend to work (the party is in another...
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    Crazy Night Last Night!

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah, I don't think the whole "alarm free" is all that's cracked up to be! And no, this was not a typical night for me and I'm just thankful there were two nurses on, we're short staffed so there's...
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    So Frustrated I Could Cry..

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    Really? That's kinda lame. My employer allows for each employee to request time off for one weekend/year. Any other weekend we have to trade shifts or find our own
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    So Frustrated I Could Cry..

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    Got calls from my scheduler and HR Director!!! I was granted my days off! The letter to HR paid off. Ahhhhh... That was me taking a BIG sigh of relief. That's me doing my happy
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    Ice Bucket challenge

    NurseQT replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Even if you don't donate, you are still getting the word out and that's just as important! The more people who know what ALS = more donations, funding, and people dedicated to finding a cure. I have a...
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    So Frustrated I Could Cry..

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you to all of you for your supportive comments and suggestions, it definitely makes me feel better as well as a little bit stronger as I can be a push over at times. Ironically I had a note from...
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    So Frustrated I Could Cry..

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    I will be speaking with my DON for sure! I just don't want to start bawling in front of her... I tend to cry when I'm mad and am already super emotional about this whole deal. So I don't know if my...
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    Falls at shift change...

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You pretty much nailed it on the head, this nurse is a huge bully and less than pleasurable to work with.. And yet management thinks she is God's gift to nursing. The aides told me that she sat in the...
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    So Frustrated I Could Cry..

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    It just keeps getting better... Just checked the schedule... The new nurse was given the off for the Sat she asked me to work!!!! She was originally scheduled and is off orientation two weeks before...
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    Being Asked to Come in and Work as CNA...

    NurseQT posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Wondering how many nurses out there get asked to come in and work on the floor as a CNA.. My employer does this quite often, they have even mandated nurses to come in and work as CNAs. My scheduler...
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    My poor husband

    NurseQT replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Or ticked that he slept through
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    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    NurseQT replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't stop offering help!!! It is appreciated more than you may
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    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    NurseQT replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    I would just like to add that the snarky/snide comments suck. There is a difference between constructive criticism and plain ole criticism. I started a thread this past week and received A LOT of...
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    HR's mistake hurt my paycheck

    NurseQT replied to 33-weeker's topic in General Nursing

    so you know what the OP's employer's policy is on license renewal? Because by your comment it sounds like you do. In my state RN licenses expire on April 30th on even years, LPNs on April 30th on odd...
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    Crazy Night Last Night!

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Lioness-- you nailed it!!! One of the nurse managers just left me a message, I have feeling it has to do with Sat night. My saving grace is the other nurse on happens to be the other NM who picked up...
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    Being Asked to Come in and Work as CNA...

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    What were we talking about again?! At the end of the day my biggest issue is the possibility of being told I would HAVE to come in and would HAVE to work as an aide. I understand our patients and...
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    Being Asked to Come in and Work as CNA...

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Whose? Mine? If so, thanks! That's my goofy boxer, his antics always brighten my
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    So Frustrated I Could Cry..

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still here, sorry! I tend to drop off the face of the earth when I'm in the middle of my "stretch" working full time NOCs does that to me! I thank everyone for the suggestions and words of...
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    So Frustrated I Could Cry..

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't call in. If I did one of the PM nurses would be mandated to stay over to cover my shift, cause that's how they do things there. I wouldn't want to be mandated so I'm not going to do that to...
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    Being Asked to Come in and Work as CNA...

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I wouldn't have avoided doing a med pass, I would've been working the second half of the PM shift as an aide and then worked my regular 8 hr NOC shift after (with 3 more NOC shifts after that). As one...
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    Being Asked to Come in and Work as CNA...

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm an LPN, but yes they pay LPN wages but have them work as CNAs. I have yet to see them mandate one of the RNs, except they attempted to have the day supervisor work as a CNA over a weekend. She...
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    "Right" way to pulls meds from cards?

    NurseQT replied to Pat_Pat RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Everywhere that I worked the cards were separated by med times and resident (A.M. Meds and Noon Meds in one drawer, P.M. Meds and HS Meds and NOC Meds in another drawer, PRNS in another) All A.M. Meds...
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    Written up for refusing to work on days off

    NurseQT replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My thoughts exactly!!! My house looks like a complete disaster by the end of my stretch, and I need my days off just to get caught up on the laundry and catch up with my family! And to be completely...
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    Minnesota LPN

    NurseQT replied to trk44's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I haven't looked at the job market for the Cities but I would think that due to the size there would be plenty of job opportunities.. Also, check out Rochester, about an hour and a half from the...