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  1. East of Birmingham Opportunities ?

    OntCaRPN posted a topic in Alabama Nursing

    Hi, I'm a pt RPN in Ontario, have been for 25 yrs with no hope of getting full-time any time soon (if ever). We just came back from our 3rd vacation in the Talledega/PellCity area and we LOVE it! Any...

  2. Hospital infections on Good Morning Amercia.

    OntCaRPN replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    I have a particular bug-a-boo .... we let our csections shower. They take off their dressings (because it was wet and yucky) and then pop on their own clothes from home. When the 95 members of their...

  3. Tips For Writing Nurses Notes

    OntCaRPN replied to Encephala's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Try looking up DAR format, I think it's a fairly often used note method. Data: Action: Result: For example .... D: pt fell A: staff picked him up, brushed him off and reinforced teaching re using...

  4. Help, need tips for doing a much faster med pass...

    OntCaRPN replied to Hairstylingnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm not sure I have anything to add other than my own practice and the notation that 'faster is not always better' (the old adage haste makes waste, ya know). If you can, take the MAR to report with...

  5. What squicks you out?

    OntCaRPN replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    We've also had a few patients that we tell that an admission bath is something we do all the time. Urine crusted longjohns and overalls, socks, boots! BO! I've had to cut out matted glops of hair. I...

  6. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    OntCaRPN replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh pt phones! 911 called us one night because the lady in room 16 wanted a nurse and couldn't find her callbell. Another pt called 911 because his doctor hadn't been in for a few days. Another called...

  7. MedError/Dismissal...What2Do

    OntCaRPN replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    I'm being fueled here by a discussion we had yesterday about how many drug errors might not ever get noticed and ones that aren't reported. I agree with whoever said there's probably more to the...

  8. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    OntCaRPN replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    At your scrub top or down it? I had a fellow for a long time and every morning when I was tying his shoes, he asked me to lean a little closer so that he could see "those gorgeous mountains". I...

  9. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    OntCaRPN replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    mizzyrite25 ... I was sooooo hoping you were going to say that the male CNA said that he DID like older

  10. How do Doctors treat nurses

    OntCaRPN replied to IWANT2BEEANRN's topic in General Nursing

    I kinda debated where I would post this little story, since it both irked me and was revealing of how doctors used to be ..... I worked for a while in the secured unit of a nursing home. We had a...

  11. What squicks you out?

    OntCaRPN replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Anything smelly .... ditto on the caked on dentures .... mattery false eyeballs ... sour vomit ... I can usually handle most of these if I'm quick and there's a window open somewhere. However .... a...

  12. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    OntCaRPN replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Many years ago our facility installed the light system you can speak over. This was supposed to save steps. You can just take the pain pill, glass of water, blanket with you the first time you go....

  13. How do Doctors treat nurses

    OntCaRPN replied to IWANT2BEEANRN's topic in General Nursing

    I hadn't been giving meds in an acute care setting for very long when I made a med error. As per protocol, I had to speak to the Doc. He was an absolute blessing! He wanted to know if he had done...

  14. What do patients say that irks you?

    OntCaRPN replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Several years ago the RN's around here got a big raise and it was published in the newspaper! I don't recall any more what a patient asked for but I expressed that I wouldn't be able to oblige him for...

  15. Assistance from charge nurse

    OntCaRPN replied to mainegirl's topic in General Nursing

    One other suggestion ... tidy the med cart/room. It is a hectic time and it's tooo frustrating to be hunting around for syringes, med cups, wipes and so

  16. Skills

    OntCaRPN posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I've been floating around allnurses.com for a few days now and think something's fascinating. When I went to school in 1978 we had a very cursory overview of a few things that since have become part...

  17. Are the curtains between beds ever cleaned?

    OntCaRPN replied to MedicalZebra's topic in General Nursing

    Ours are cleaned in a regular rotation and if we ask (in the case of visible soil) and if the person turns out to have a bug of some

  18. Help with pharmacology

    OntCaRPN replied to bonnieL123's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    When you first wade into medications, it seems that there will be millions of unrelated facts that you will have to remember. As you move along (and certainly when you put that knowledge into...

  19. Are you a nurse from a dysfunctional family?

    OntCaRPN replied to jenpstudentrn's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to the 'good daughter' thing. I fully realize that, now, I'm trying to be good daughter to hundreds of patients instead of just my parents :) What ever part that had in my decision to become a...

  20. We lost a mom

    OntCaRPN replied to LauraLou's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I too struggle with the sorrow of patients dying before they've had a full life. I gather much comfort from knowing that God has a plan even if I can't see it. Go ahead and cry but don't second guess...

  21. nursing cover letter with lack of references and termination

    OntCaRPN replied to kocoman's topic in International Nursing

    Employers are getting to be absolutely 'no nonsense' about registration. Even tho' we were very short staffed at the deadline, nurses without their new registration were told to stay home until it...

  22. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    OntCaRPN replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    News stories like that just make me sad. We teach and teach our little hearts out and then along comes a media mess like that one! it's soooo

  23. Do you feel like you have no "down time" on the midnight shift???

    OntCaRPN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've worked all three shifts too. There is a certain less political quietness on nights that I enjoy. But we certainly are not staffed for "just in case". There are two of us, me and an obstetical RN...

  24. Hospital ward cleared for Kylie Minogue

    OntCaRPN replied to kbclary4's topic in General Nursing

    We in Canada enjoy a bit more British and Australian influence in our music (I think). I've adored Kylie since she came out with Locomotion years and years ago. She's just a few years younger than I...

  25. Self-Scheduling

    OntCaRPN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    At Christmas and for the summer time, we got together (it's pretty important that almost everyone be there) and started discussing and filling in. The full-time slots were already done of course. We...