daisie

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1. tattle tell

   daisie replied to daisie's topic in General Nursing

   I forgot one more thing. There is a cna that works with this nurse. They are best buds (at work). This cna will graduate in May as an RN. She is going to become the RN for 2nd shift. We've never had a...

2. cnas

   daisie posted a topic in General Nursing

   We have a problem in our facility. DHEC requires 7 cna's in the facility on 2nd shift. There were 8 on the schedule and 6 were in the building (plus an orientee, which made 7). There are 2 wings. 4...

3. tattle tell

   daisie replied to daisie's topic in General Nursing

   Still working there. It's ok for me, but there are a lot of complaints from others. I heard that this nurse is into "voo-doo." She has told me that she doesn't believe in god. Another nurse said that...

4. explain carefully

   daisie posted a topic in Nursing Humor

   While I was in nursing school a graduate from the year before came to speak to us. She was currently working in a doctor's office. She said that a girl about 18 came in and she needed to get a clean...

5. You can't make this stuff up!

   daisie replied to Padalyn's topic in Nursing Humor

   We have a rt. who had fallen (before he came to us) and have 3 brain surgeries. He is very, very talkative, nonstop, 24 hours a day. One morning someone told him he smelled like a pole cat (I wasn't...

6. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

   daisie replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

   When my grandmother was in ICU with angina, she talked my aunt, who is an RN, into bringing her some kerosene to put on left arm because it hurt so bad. Her room really had a strong smell. And she...

7. tattle tell

   daisie replied to daisie's topic in General Nursing

   Last night was my last night for 6 days. I wrote the administrator about the "spy" needing to have things her way. I also had other complaints not about the spy. The day before, the DON came to me...

8. what do nurses think of medical assistants?

   daisie replied to karenccma's topic in General Nursing

   I didn't know there were M.A.s until I had about 2 months left in nursing school. I'm an LPN. I was shocked and upset. If I had known about the M.A.s I would have done that instead of spending all...

9. Charting Bloopers

   daisie replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

   I work in a nursing home. The other night one of my aids called me over the call and said, "Mr. ____ has a bad rash on his prenatal area and needs some cream." I was laughing so hard and she came out...

10. cna salary

    daisie replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    $12/hr? Where I work CNAs make $6/hr. and they work ther buns off. I'm an LPN and make a lot more than they do, but if it weren't for the CNAs, think of the work that we would have to do. I respect...

11. What shift do you work? Why?

    daisie replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked 3-11 for the past 4 months. I worked 7p-7a for the first year I was a nurse. I am a night person. I have worked 3rd at every job I've ever had. I'm on 2nd now because 3rd got really...

12. True ER stories

    daisie replied to Kel Cardaras's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was in nursing school and doing my clinical rotation through the ER when this young girl came in. She said that she was pregnant and that she had a bladder infection because she had cramps and every...

13. Some things just can't be explained

    daisie replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital in my town was very old. It was closed a couple of years ago. The man who founded the hospital died many years ago. The nurses in the hospital, that worked with him when he was alive, say...

14. Do you feel you were adequately prepared to practice nursing when you graduated?

    daisie replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in 1999 from Hartsville Career Center as an LPN. It is a one year program. I learned to be a CNA. I learned to be an LPN when I got my nursing job. The experienced nurses in the facility...

15. Having your water turned off

    daisie replied to woodyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work I eat at the nurses station. I work 2nd and 3rd shifts. 1st shift does not eat at the nurses station, probably because there are too many people at the desk and your food could be talked...