OneChattyNurse

OneChattyNurse

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  1. HELP!! JCAHO is coming!

    OneChattyNurse replied to AmandaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had my first JCAHO this past summer. I wasn't really worried, as I have been through numerous state surveys in LTC settings. I was suprised I did not see more of the JCAHO staff, their main focus...

  2. injection technique

    OneChattyNurse replied to ZAROZINIA's topic in General Nursing

    I must agree...the quicker the better!!! I used to work with a nurse that always pushed the needle slowly into the skin...I would watch the patients "wince" like it was painful. I think she is the...

  3. HELP my dry hands!!!!

    OneChattyNurse replied to OneChattyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks again for all the GREAT advice...I really appreciate it!

  4. HELP my dry hands!!!!

    OneChattyNurse replied to OneChattyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    You have all given me some GREAT advice...I really appreciate it. Some of these things I have already tried...others I will be trying right away!!!! Some of the creams/lotions that have been...

  5. see-through white pants? Hate it!!!

    OneChattyNurse replied to scootermcnutt's topic in General Nursing

    I had a family member of one of my patients say to me...."I would have thought you would have been taught to wear beige underwear under your whites" I had a really hard time dealing with this...

  6. Stethoscopes

    OneChattyNurse replied to Lisa32's topic in General Nursing

    I really like my "potbelly" stethescope. I found this little gem in a Dixie EMS catalog about 8 or 9 years ago and they are still making them. They are supposed to hear through 8 layers of clothing,...

  7. Nurses.... Our Own Worst Enemies??

    OneChattyNurse replied to MaineNurse67's topic in General Nursing

    First...I must say that this thread is one of the best I have read. Second...Silicone DEFINATELY rocks!!! You will be a great nurse. Talk about attention to detail!!! I was not sure how to take...

  8. a few more abbreviations?

    OneChattyNurse replied to frappachino's topic in General Nursing

    I am not trying to be mean...but I learned alot of the abbreviations in my one month CNA class I took several years ago before nursing school!!! It is kinda scary that in the second year this is not...

  9. Team Nursing vs Primary Nursing

    OneChattyNurse replied to michelle999's topic in General Nursing

    Fergus...it really suprises me that your facility "does not allow" LPN's to do what they went to school, studied, did clinical and were trained to do. I am not usually one to get on the "poor me LPN"...

  10. How do you deal with lazy co-workers?

    OneChattyNurse replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    Why is it that the lazy ones are the ones who claim to be the best workers. I have never worked with so many "active retired" staff memebers in my whole life. They however seem to be the ones that...