SwinkerDoodleRN

I love reading this stuff. I work in PICU and we have a doctor who will write "check snot for RSV.". Or "get pts butt out of bed" instead of writing ambulate hallways or swab for RSV! Lol. I've also looked at his progress notes and right After we went from paper to computer charting I read a note he had written that stated, "pt not drinking but unable to read the organized ******** in the graphics. ". Haha. Not as good as some that vie read on here But had to share. :)

:trout: I dont know why anyone would say these things.

im in texas and we get 7. 8 for nights. this is at the best ltc facility in amarillo.

Sorry for such awful typing skills. im so tired i cant see what im doing. goodnite yall.

yes, mine is not ALL THE TIME. Actually, i need to go get my allergies tested to see why i get sick and then it wont happene again. anyways, no i keep it in the drawer and when it gets that time of year again i realizze i need it again and i pull it out and carry it in my purse. so, no you prolly wont be burdened with it year round. lucky right?

this happens to me somethimes during the time of season change. like when winter is turning into spring. i will be walking across the store aisle or something and i will start coughing and then i cant breath. its really scary and soemtimes painful. It is an asthma attack. I am now on things like Zopenex Albuterol and the purple disk...its an inhaled steroid but i cant think of the name....does anyoneknow what im talking about? anyways, be sure to get it checked out.

With all this mumbo jumbo going on, I think that maybe you should turn your SMILES you were thinking about into COMFORTERS, or something like that. Instead of smiling that makes them smile, find a quote that comforts them. and always make sure your patient is comfortable and if they can voice their opinion, make sure you have done anything and everything you can to make them comfortable whether it is wipe their nose, turn them on their side ( and dont run and get a CNA to do it either, repositioning is basic care for nurses ) or just get them a drink of water. you know all of this. just do your best. dont let anyone bring you down because in your soul you know what your job is and make sure that you get it done and done right. :)

No, I heard my nurse tell Cindy this "Do you mind helping lay people down?" I think that either someone was around a corner and heard me tell the nurse she was slacking off and then ran off and gossiped it. either way, both were grown women! I cant belive this is happening. Yesterday I ment to my locker at work and on my name tag that I had made myself, in black ink, the word for a femal dog was written all over it. Yes, B!t$#. It broke my heart and I cried almost my whole 12 hour shift. life is life i suppose but that shouldnt be happening at all.

Well, Cindy is not a nurse. She is a CNA right along with me and I was sharing mine and her workload. I cant write her up. Only my charge nurse can.

its never a bad idea to study. grab a friends pharmacology book, go buy a Drug Reference book, read up on stuff youll be studying later. GET YOUR NOSE IN A BOOK!! :chuckle

I am a CNA at a LTC facility (Nursing Home). I have been there 4 months this month and I am 20 years old. The other night I worked with a 35 yr old woman and a 38 year old woman. I came in at 6:30 to begin lying resident down to sleep. By 7:00 I had realized I was working on my own. Finally the first lady came into the room I was in and said, "sorry, i got caught up downstairs at The Grill while I was getting my food." I said "Thats fine.", and we continued working. I left the room and needed to ask the OTHER lady on duty a question. I found her in another room with a day shift male worker. (I always see her riding the clock in the am and pm just following him around and flirting/talking to him) I asked her the question and she acted like I interrupted something and so I said "Well, I can figure it out." I found my answer and began working again. I mean hey, thats what I am there to do, right? :) Well, about 7:30 I realized we had 2 ladies left to get into bed. One was a non-weight bearer and it took two of us to transfer. The other, very simple task. I realized that the latter woman was still hip to hip with the day shift male CNA (who should have already clocked out and left by 7:15) in the education classroom and it didnt look promising that she would get to work before it was all done. I went to my charge nurse and this is what I said; "I dont mean to be a gripe but, but *Cindy is in the classroom just talking to *Jonathan and she hasnt helped us lay anyone down tonite." My charge nurse politely asked her if she could help lie residents down. I knew she would go help the other lady and I would take the resident that was a one-person lift. I was finishing lieing the elder down when *Cindy opened the door and stuck her head in. This is EXACTLY what she said; "I helped lay down *Mrs. Smith, is that allright?" Dumfounded at why she would ask me this. I replied "Well, yeah thats fine. Sounds great!" Cindy looked at me and said, "Well, THANK YOU VERY MUCH." (in a very stern voice and a roll of the eyes). Not two seconds latter, she slammed the residents door so hard that pictures on the wall shook and almost fell on my head. I couldnt believe that she had taken the energy to say such a thing. So childish. She has also started rumors about me and told my regular coworkers that i hated them and didnt want to work with them. I am not about to make this a every day occurance. ANY OF IT. I love where I work, and I love working with the elders there. One rotten apple may be enough to push me away from a great facility. I dont know what to do next! Should I write out a complaint? What should I do?? Not only should this not happen in a work setting because it is 1. against policy 2. doesnt fall under the category "Teamwork" but 3. because it hurts my feelings as a person, and as a worker. I wonder: "Does she treat residents this way?" * (Names changed for privacy and HIPPA policies)

HI! :) I work 7p-7a shifts Mon, Tues, and Wed. Thursday I work 7-11. This is my summer schedule while Im not at school. Its wonderful to work nights when you finally get your routine down. Most people prefer nights. Last night I went to bed at 11 and woke at 7am to go to the gym to work out. I sleep normal hours on the weekend, but again, Im 20 years old, and it may be a little easier for the younger ones. my boyfriend is 24 and works Fri and Sat night 7p-7a. He loves it and he can sleep normal during the week or if he wants, sometimes he stays on the same schedule if he doesnt have anything going in in the week. Dont stress. 12 hour or 12.5 hour shifts are not as hard as you might think. Give it a chance and let your body adjust. You might experience sleeplessness maybe the first two nights, or mornings i should say, but you have to give your body time to adjust. I had stomach aches the first week because i was anxious, stressed, and trying to adjust but its been three weeks and im loving it. GOOD LUCK!!

Im so proud of our LTC facility. We turn patients Q2H and we have a 100% heal rate for any wounds that our patients are admitted here with.

I was born in the north panhandle and we had cold winters, hot summers. pretty normal. I am going to school in Canyon/Amarillo and its pretty much the same. Its wonderful here and weve got a nursing shortage. The paper is FULL of job ads for RN, LVN, LPN, CNA, Everything!

My boyfriend is an LVN at BSA Hospital here in Amarillo. He just got his 2 year evaluation and is now making 25 dollars an hour. He is PRN/ weekends.