misstrinad

misstrinad

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  1. Nurses and Lunch Breaks in NYC

    misstrinad replied to SonBSN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    LTC in MN. We are supposed to get a half hr unpaid lunch and 2 15 min paid breaks. We never get all of it. There has been 1-2 times I've absolutely had to use my lunch to run an errand and took 1 45...

  2. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    misstrinad replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One of the worst things I've seen in LTC: I had been working on the Alzheimer's unit for over 4 yrs as a CNA and had just gotten my RN license and was training to take over as a nurse on the same...

  3. Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    misstrinad replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have a resident that has only a few phrases in her vocabulary one being "yoohoo" that he yells constantly. One day I quipped back nesquick! And looks at me and says "uh uh NO. yoohoo!" Another...

  4. Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    misstrinad replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have worked on a lockdown dementia unit for over 5 years and frequently catch residents running around naked, crawling into beds with other residents, urinating EVERYWHERE . A few years ago an...

  5. May 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    misstrinad replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Nurse: "you are SURE my appointments won't get stolen? All my other stethoscopes

  6. May 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    misstrinad replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Ya know Dr Littmann....I'm not sure this arrangement is going to work