FrankG

I've been dealing with it for years, because of the year to cure deal. Problem is I can't afford to do nothing for a year. Also when it starts getting better, you go exacerabate it because you think you are better. NannaNurse's suggestions are good. Also there are these boots you can get at some pharmacies now that keep your feet dorsiflexed at night (Your feet typically plantar flex when sleeping or lying in bed). This really helps. I keep a 2 liter bottle of ice in the freezer. When you are on the computer, keep your feet on it. Use this in conjunction with the stretching and nsaids and it helps. I had pt for two weeks that really helped. I had forgotten what it felt like not to have pain. But once it was done and I felt better; I started running again and went about business as usual... the pain creeped back. I hope all goes well with you Frank

I hope you don't mind me butting in; I'm not in the ER nor a RN; but I am a new LPN and this thread title could've been mine. I'm in a SNF and I can't get my meds passed in decent time. Today one residents husband came and got me, his wife was in the dining hall. She always gets a B/S check and insulin there at four. It was 4:30. When I had her ins ready, the protective sleeve that slides forward over the needle was jammed forward and I couldn't retract it. I tried to get some leverage by bracing the plunger on my chest and pulling back on the sleeve. :imbar 5 units squirted in his face. I just wanted to go home and mail my license back to the state. I have so many stories and I've only been on my job a week. The funny thing is, I have two residents with trachs and that's not a problem for me. I was lucky, in my first LTC clinical I had two long term comatose MVA victims with trachs and a great instructor. Here's another stupid story: Wound vacs -- I'd never heard of them. My CNA (a fourth year BSN student) has done plenty of them in clinical, I'd never seen one before; but I'm the licensed one and she can't do it. So there I was being talked through it by an aid. Frank

Hi, I'm Frank, if you didn't notice. This is my first post. I'm a newly licensed LPN and would have started orienting on my first job this Thurs. if I hadn't received a jury summons :angryfire So I can't say I can give to much of an overall outlook; but here is how I felt: I was encouraged in my path by women; my wife, sister, mother, and a couple of friends who are RNs. The only time I felt a real sting about being male and a nurse(student at the time) was from a male doctor. I've received some ribbing from some guys (Gay Focker jokes). A couple of my instructors made some ignorant sexist comments, but I didn't mind; they meant well and I loved them. They treated me well. The closest I think I came to discrimination was during my first interview: DON, "Perhaps I shouldn't say this, but, the one problem I've noticed with male nurses is that they don't multi-task well like women do. Can you multi-task and how do you organize these?" My reply, "I'm sorry, one question at a time please. What was the first one?" I got the job. :) FranK I took the rank out of crank and put it in Frank.