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  1. Losing money being a nurse

    crane32 replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    Relative to what was originally questioned - regarding losing money being a nurse, I believe that life is what you make of it. There are very sincere folks that have been dealt a bad hand and have...

  2. Losing money being a nurse

    crane32 replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    I agree!!!! Although my mother in law complains saying that we are better off. I can't seem to get through to her that I have to work! (She thinks I should stay home with the children. Oh, I wish...

  3. How many Pt do you take care of?

    crane32 replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    Long term care. 120 bed facility. 40 per unit. 1 LPN or RN per unit. 3 CNAs per unit. 3-11

  4. Another pet peeve....ER nurses who treat us like idiots

    crane32 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would not blame all ER nurses. But I do have to say that the general community and many nurses with no geriatric experience believe that work in LTC is easy and that the people that work in LTC are...

  5. Medication aides taking nursing jobs?

    crane32 replied to infoseeker's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am appauled. I work in skilled nursing. We have residents who are post-surgical, critical diabetics, COPD, high risk for aspiration. Yes, nurses do make mistakes, some CMAs would probably do a...

  6. How long did you breastfeed?

    crane32 replied to Graciegirlienurse's topic in General Nursing

    First child 1 month 2nd 6 months-quit because I found it difficult to pump at work - I had to pump in clean work room - no electricity to bathrooms-I had to go to punch out off the unit then pump on...

  7. Nurse accused of manslaughter in patient's death

    crane32 replied to fiestynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like I don't know enough of the situation to form an opinion. I do know that we have all made mistakes. I hope that it does not come down to a nurse fearing to make a med error & being...

  8. Just An Aide Venting

    crane32 replied to Nikki69's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Nikki! Good luck to you! I am a LTC RN Supervisor ( I have to pass meds at the same time as supervise). We need more caring people like you in LTC. It is very hard to keep the caring ones because...

  9. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

    crane32 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well at least I know that other facilities have this problem. I work in a SNF of 120 beds. Everyone seem to want to complain that the previous shift did not do their job. Let us get over it...