NurseSpeedy ADN, LPN, RN

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    How do you recover from a long day?

    NurseSpeedy replied to bluescrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Trying to shorten the nap would help with your sleep pattern. Back when 8 hour shifts were available I would go home and set the alarm for an hour later. It would refresh me enough to get threw the...
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    Recognition of illness/condition by smell?

    NurseSpeedy replied to Misstika's topic in General Nursing

    End stage renal disease can have a foul odor on the skin. Not all have it, but have seen with
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    How many job applications are too many?

    NurseSpeedy replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    I was lucky enough to do a google search and actually find the nursing recruiter's email address when I was a new grad RN, old LPN looking for employment after passing my boards. I'm thankful that she...
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    CALL OUT & MAKE UP DAYS in NJ...? IS IT MANDATORY OVERTIME?

    NurseSpeedy replied to GRAB1's topic in General Nursing

    If staff tend to call off when not really sick then that's an issue management should be taking up with their employees. I wouldn't mind making up the day as long as I wasn't forced to take on a 4th...
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    CALL OUT & MAKE UP DAYS in NJ...? IS IT MANDATORY OVERTIME?

    NurseSpeedy replied to GRAB1's topic in General Nursing

    This is just another time when I don't see WHY it is mandated to make up the day later. HELLO management! Our bodies don't care what day of the week it is. If we are SICK, then we are sick. We don't...
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    What do you think of 12 hour shifts?

    NurseSpeedy replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I miss 8 hour
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    Nursing not for me

    NurseSpeedy replied to lovingme01's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The only time I had an issue with residents hovering over my cart was in the memory care unit. That was because they were more interested in asking me when the train was coming to take them home, when...
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    No Overtime

    NurseSpeedy replied to ms_vee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Once 40 hours hit ask if the manager wants to take report to take over the assignment or approve your overtime. If a write up does occur, find another job and report the scum
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    are you guys exhausted after your shift?

    NurseSpeedy replied to _zoubisoubisou_'s topic in Psychiatric

    I'm always exhausted after a 12 hour shift. After doing three in a row, I sometimes wander what my own name is, what's the date, who the president is? I always know where I am though, so there's one...
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    Scheduling harassment

    NurseSpeedy replied to NurseDisneyPrincess's topic in General Nursing

    I had employers call all the time asking me to come in. Before I had my daughter, I did come in a lot, sometimes regretting I had answered the phone. Then I couldn't come in-no one to watch my child....
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    Scheduling harassment

    NurseSpeedy replied to NurseDisneyPrincess's topic in General Nursing

    I had a nurse manager that kept calling me after I turned in my resignation and for a couple of YEARS after I quit, asking me if I would vonsider coming back to work for her. The funny thing was, I...
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    "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    NurseSpeedy replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    In my most recent experience, I have had more IVDA patients come in with complications than I can count. It's a real problem and as another poster has stated, it's not just the homeless/poor...
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    Glutton for Punishment?

    NurseSpeedy replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    It's not worth the energy to get upset over. It is always up to the employer who they will hire and up to the nursing board what the scope of practice will be. I worked as an LPN for many years in...
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    Am I making the right choice leaving the hospital?

    NurseSpeedy replied to jpaulson's topic in General Nursing

    While I don't work the same specialty, speaking from experience I would recommend possibly taking a PRN position with your current place of employment, just to "keep your feet wet" if at all possible....
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    Self scheduling and sick calls!

    NurseSpeedy replied to MRSKMS's topic in General Nursing

    This would be the case for many. However, some of us can only work weekends due to child care issues. Usually this was no problem for part time employment but occasionally I had employers that would...
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    Self scheduling and sick calls!

    NurseSpeedy replied to MRSKMS's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know of any articles. I do know that nurses are people who work with patients who are often contagious. If a patient is coughing in our face and goes home on Tamiflu but was never tested or on...
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    Does anyone else ever envy their patients?

    NurseSpeedy replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Please keep in mind that there is a reason these people are living where they are (where they are is not a personal residence-it has been institutionalized). Some may still have their physical...
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    Does anyone else ever envy their patients?

    NurseSpeedy replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. I've been told to slow down, get some rest. My response, "I'll have plenty of time to sleep when I'm
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    Too much facebook

    NurseSpeedy replied to orangelate's topic in General Nursing

    One of the many reasons I'm not on FaceBook. I just don't need or have time for that kind of drama in my life. I did have a coworker that stated that it was "weird" that I didn't have an account. I...
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    Risk of getting your family members sick?

    NurseSpeedy replied to Pete_soon2bRN's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter prefers her food "clean" no condiments. Thank goodness, because the thumbs still finds her mouth. As I mentioned earlier, she informed me that "Chucky was sticky"....I don't like that...
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    Risk of getting your family members sick?

    NurseSpeedy replied to Pete_soon2bRN's topic in General Nursing

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    Risk of getting your family members sick?

    NurseSpeedy replied to Pete_soon2bRN's topic in General Nursing

    Many of us probably do have MRSA in the nares. Years ago we were exposed to patients for several days before there sputum test came back positive for MRSA. It was only THEN that we gowned, gloved, and...
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    Risk of getting your family members sick?

    NurseSpeedy replied to Pete_soon2bRN's topic in General Nursing

    My husband brings my daughter to Chuck E Cheese when I'm working at the hospital. Agreed. A visit to that place is a ticket to misery for the next week or so because she WILL be sick within 24 hours...
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    Responding to annoying co-worker who asks you to work for them every week?

    NurseSpeedy replied to NurseUnforgetable's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, now here she is just being a complete ass. I would like to see her pull that during a rapid. "no. I can't go pull nitro. I'm just a CNA today". She's hired as a nurse. She can still do tasks at...
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    June 2017 Caption Contest - Select $100 Winner!

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

    "What? The hospital volunteers are off and this was the best thing I could find for transport back to the employee parking