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  1. NY Mandatory Overtime Bill questions

    NorthernRose replied to metfan's topic in General Nursing

    Laughs!! Yes that is indeed the difference! I have never been one to take being told I HAVE to do something without a bit of fuss (to put it mildly). The first weekend of the no mandation, a nurse...

  2. NY Mandatory Overtime Bill questions

    NorthernRose replied to metfan's topic in General Nursing

    Just out of curiousity, what has you facility come up with for their "Nurse Coverage

  3. NY Mandatory Overtime Bill questions

    NorthernRose replied to metfan's topic in General Nursing

    Metfan and kchochrane-Thanks for all the links! From the sounds of it you and I work for the same place! We (the LPN's) have asked repeatedly what the plan is come July 1st. There is no plan but to...

  4. Nurses eating their young? (not the same old rant)

    NorthernRose replied to CT Pixie's topic in General Nursing

    I also was lucky enough to have a wonderful mentor. She had been my LPN when I was a CNA and took me under her wing while I was in nursing school. She would show me procedures and explained so many...

  5. How many nurses want their children to be nurses too?

    NorthernRose replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an LPN, and my daughter (22) is currently taking the RN course. I did not encourage or discourage her from this choice. But, now that she has made it, I support and help her all I can. I...

  6. No Respect for LTC nurses?

    NorthernRose replied to bshaw96's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How about when your brother who is an RN in a cardiac intensive care unit says to you....oh you work the other end of the nursing spectrum from what i do. you'll never know what its like to call a...

  7. "greener" health care?????

    NorthernRose replied to jaquelynne's topic in General Nursing

    I work night shift in a county run LTC facility, I try to turn off all the unwatched room TV's, the extra lights, the drippy faucets. If a faucet is drippy I make sure a maintenance slip is filled...

  8. How Do I Get My Shoes To Stop Squeaking?

    NorthernRose replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    It might be the wax they are using on the floors. I've worn various types of shoes over the years, and mine will squeak if they soles are wet and they've just waxed the floors. I know it can be...

  9. Hourly Rate For LPNS

    NorthernRose replied to thundercat LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in a county run LTC in UPstate NY. Been an LPN on the floor for a year, (I was a CNA for the previous 13 years at the same facility) am currently making 15.23$ an hour plus 40cents/hr...

  10. Clocking in

    NorthernRose replied to Mimi2RN's topic in General Nursing

    I was just 'counseled' for this by my supervisor. We can punch in 5 min. before and up to 2 min. after the start of shift. Nurses are to be punched out by 15-20 min. after end of shift....

  11. "Natural Cures"

    NorthernRose replied to seeking33's topic in General Nursing

    I got part way threw the book and left it. I found it to be very repetitive. If I'm capable of reading, I capable of getting an idea the first time its said. Don't need to tell me the same idea 8...

  12. Ny BOCES LPN Exam

    NorthernRose replied to dreamofnurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The entrance exam to the NY BOCES program is general knowledge. Reading, reading comprehension, general math with some easy algebra type questions. There are no nursing related questions on it. So...

  13. Activities on off hrs

    NorthernRose replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LTC facilities have off hours? 24/7 where I work. 176 beds...on night shift our minimum staffing can go as low as 9 CNA's, 3 LPN's and 1 RN. All the staff that don't have Dr.s notes limiting work...

  14. Night shift nurses...How many hours of sleep do you get?

    NorthernRose replied to lpnin03's topic in General Nursing

    Sleep? What's that?! I try to make it to bed by 9:30, usually get a couple hours good sleep, then I'm up and down about every hour/hour and a half. hard to sleep with 2 grandbabies under 3 years...

  15. Aaaaaagggghh!

    NorthernRose replied to TazziRN's topic in Emergency

    Itch Itch Scratch Scratch!! schoona i never had lice while in school either, but my daughters who both had hair to their waists got them...what a lovely time that was! I know it's not a proven...

  16. Nervous about med calculations!!

    NorthernRose replied to miragal's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Doing any type of math was what kept me out of becoming a nurse for so many years. I was totally terrified of any math past the basics I needed to have to balance my checkbook!! Our instructor was...

  17. All you do is pass meds and chart....I do everything else........

    NorthernRose replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    OMG You sound like the CNA from heaven!! Please come work with ME!! I do have to admit to having one of the best teams of CNA's in the facility I work at. I never worry about the level of care...

  18. CNA Clinicals

    NorthernRose replied to bambe00i's topic in General Nursing

    When I took my CNA years and years ago......one on the main things stressed was knocking on the imaginary door, introducing myself and explaining the procedure I was to do to the 'patient.' Privacy...

  19. Revelation on Nursing.. I'm going to be a nurse!

    NorthernRose replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations! I think the first time it really hit me that I'm a nurse...after being a CNA for 13 years, was when I went in to a patients room for something...and stopped short of saying..I'll get...

  20. Knowing all too much

    NorthernRose replied to pyxeduhst5282's topic in General Nursing

    Have you tried the ol' guilt trick with him? I did that with my husband....he was a smoker, I said you know if you died I'd cry and miss you. He quit smoking within a month!!! Maybe the same thing...

  21. What's the trick to putting in Foleys in women?!!

    NorthernRose replied to christvs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Grab a package of sterile 4X4's and use them to hold the labia open...some how it gives a better grip...not as slippery as trying to hold everything open with one hand while cathing with the

  22. Ideas for nursing quotes

    NorthernRose replied to bellaluna's topic in General Nursing

    I got this from nurse I work with. Apparently she had a daily calender with sayings on it...... "It's hard to live with a nurse because....Unless you are bleeding profusely, with bones protruding from...

  23. Pet Peeves

    NorthernRose replied to sjb2005's topic in General Nursing

    how about a thank you to the nurse that does re-stock the med cart and has it all set for the next nurse to take down the hall? it's amazing how far those two words go......just a simple "thank you"...

  24. Non-viable baby, born alive -parent won't hold him, what do you do?

    NorthernRose replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    To all of yous that have held a premie.....Bless You!! From a mom of a Lil'one Thank you!!! Mine was born at 1lb, 14 oz 22 years ago....I Bless the ladies that had taken care of her every day!! My...

  25. How many pts do you care for each day?

    NorthernRose replied to luckymichelle's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work as an LPN in a LTC facility and have 42 residents with 2 CNA's on 11p-7a shift. Most nights it's very easy. What I have to do, depends on what day it is, if the Dr has been in, I might have...