teddiebear

I had a doctor tell me many years ago that LPN stood for" lowly peon nurse". The episode was not directed to me but to all the nurses as one of his patients had not voided since surgery and it only been about 4 hours after the surgery. Some of the staff were very upset and the unit manager tried to help them understand.There were some newer nurses that I think were the most upset. I know that we all can learn things no matter the source of some of the comments.

I worked at a nursing home part-time for over a year. The scheduler left, and the DON took over. In June, things were okay at the start of the month. There were 11 days without a day of work. I found out the DON only wanted to text people for scheduling and got upset that my phone did not have that option. So I gave her my email and reminded her of voice mail on my phone. So I got the three shifts for two weeks as per the contract. In July, all was good until the 6th. Then another dry spell. Even if I called her every day and/or sent an email, no shifts for a week. So I got in touch with HR, and all she did was give the email to the DON. Another facility had been calling, so I went to an interview and was hired on the spot for better money. So I used the 12 days of no schedule as my notice. And then the DON called to give me a schedule. Other staff told me they were using an agency instead of calling any part-time or per diem staff.

Have a patient with a supra pubic catheter that the doctor wants flushed every shift in the nursing home. I always thought a catheter was a closed system and needed kept closed to prevent bacteria from the air entering it. Pt also spends a lot of time in the W/C so hard to follow the order. All the others with this type of catheter are flush only PRN. Pt has been known to use extremely foul language when told to get in bed for procedure. Catheter has been known to be unflushable in just 2-3 days after it was changed. It is used due to neurogenic bladder. All supervisors know of our problems with the pt and unable to do flush every shift. Pts cannot be forced to go to bed. Any ideas?

I often have to wait for the day shift nurse to get in and ready for report. The CNA's want the assignment board done before report. Shift for me is 10:45pm to 7:15am but most days I am out at 7:30am. No one has said anything about that for over one year.Like others if a pt falls or other problem happens during med pass I might get out later but not often.

the shift is quarter to the hour,like 6:45am for nurses and on the hour for CNAs. some nurses are often not there until on the hour.so by the time report is done it means you clock out from 15 minutes or more past end of shift at quarter after the hour. but nothing is ever said to those who have worked there for a long time.there used to be a 7 minute buffer before you were late but some have reported being written up for attendance if do that too often.

the only problem at my LTC is that some people do not care well for their scrubs and need to get to know their iron. the other problem is buying any uniform that is 100% cotton,these often wrinkle more often. staff has been told to look more professional or maybe the dress code will be changed to only certain colors.also blue jean day has been stopped due to the appearance of the scrubs, be it wrinkles or bad fit.

Can use just about any kind of pen and my son always buys me enough refills for my gel pen for Christmas. most of the charting where I work is on the computer so not a lot of writing to do.I do miss the old writing of nurses notes though,as computers like to shut down or get updated just when you have time for making the required entries for your shift

Have not gotten the flu shot in 10+ years as was proven over and over not always effective to yearly strain. Where I work it is not required.