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  1. Did I miss the memo???? (rant)

    banditrn replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    You mentioned in your post that you were working with 2 new nurses - are these the ones who are acting this way? Shame on them! Those are the kind of things I like to do once in awhile - buy some...

  2. Banning Crocs due to Static Electricity

    banditrn replied to nurse-to-be1000's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hey, subee - I don't have a plastic tree, but I have some plastic plants, and plastic flowers

  3. Phase 2 of 'Smoking in LTC'

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    She has stated before - it's against our state law for residents to smoke unattended. This resident has a seizure

  4. Phase 2 of 'Smoking in LTC'

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Being against smoking has nothing to do with it - as I stated, these nurses are just letting this guy go out to smoke by himself - after the DON clearly stated that he was NOT to be unsupervised....

  5. night nurse who leaves everything undone..

    banditrn replied to linzz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Beth - that sounds like a problem - but I have to say that as a night nurse, I get really tired of the other shifts thinking I do nothing my whole shift. Good grief. My shift ends at 6 - I'm not...

  6. I must be getting old: A rant

    banditrn replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: ROFLMOBO! I'm glad I just had

  7. Cursing A Good Samaritan???

    banditrn replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    I really think his mama needs to take him to the bathroom with a bar of Ivory soap and deal with that filthy mouth of his!:angryfire I've stopped a few times and offered help and never been treated...

  8. Banning Crocs due to Static Electricity

    banditrn replied to nurse-to-be1000's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I agree - I've worn Crocs for a couple of years, and had no problem. I thought rubber didn't conduct

  9. Does "the state" visit your facility often?

    banditrn replied to MelodyRNurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, I'm no expert, but I would think that if state were there 'a lot' that would NOT be a good sign. And I don't know what to say about your job description - I know at our facility, I have yet to...

  10. Almost 3 years now....

    banditrn replied to HisHands's topic in General Nursing

    I remember when I was a new grad - I worked with this other gal who'd been out of school 3 1/2 years, and I remember thinking that when I'd been working that long, I'd know everything like she seemed...

  11. shootings and mental health

    banditrn replied to snowfreeze's topic in General Nursing

    And you're nitpicking - I KNOW what the PC term is - but I'm sorry, when someone kills 32 innocent people and wounds 15 others, that's just crazy - you call it what you want! I'm not going to start...

  12. shootings and mental health

    banditrn replied to snowfreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Cho, in this case, was able to get his guns legally, but from what I've read over the years about cases like this - even if the safeguards had been in place, and he hadn't been able to purchase them...

  13. Smoking in LTC

    banditrn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm having a problem with this right now. We have an enclosed smoking porch for residents to go onto to smoke - but they must be accompanied by a staff member. Let me add that I don't smoke - both my...

  14. The deadly case of Mr. Hyde

    banditrn replied to kenzy's topic in General Nursing

    A few years ago, I got really tired of the ICU, and decided I wanted to do something totally different - so I went to our hospitals psych dept. I lasted 6 months - then I went back to ICU. I had...

  15. "Customer service" and nursing

    banditrn replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Darrell - I don't believe she's trying to be 'silly' at all!! Just truthful about what some people's expectations were. I NEVER had a complaint about my 'customer service', but I also didn't let...

  16. Smoking in LTC

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for everyone's answers - we're kind of at an impasse with this whole thing - if the resident comes out at 3 or 4, more than likely someone will take him out - but up to this point I have still...

  17. "problem patient"

    banditrn replied to Nurse2bducky86's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse2b(and that's what it say's guys, geez!) There is an obscure disorder of the hypothalmus, I can't recall what it's called - but the person never feels like they are

  18. FollowUp to "Things You Wish You Could Say To Your Coworkers"

    banditrn replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    ruby - i'm so glad that you heard what you did and were able to bear witness! how do people like that get away with it? she's called in every weekend - as far as i'm concerned, she should be

  19. FollowUp to "Things You Wish You Could Say To Your Coworkers"

    banditrn replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I don't have a rep. as a floormat! My complaints conserned a REALLY foul-mouthed co-worker - and if it makes me cringe, it's gotta be bad! I tolerated it for awhile, but now everytime she...

  20. the vultures are circling

    banditrn replied to CRNI-ICU20's topic in General Nursing

    In Oct. of '05, I had a Deep Brain Implant for my tremors - I had met the company rep before the surgery, he was present during the surgery to do the testing of the device after they put it in. The...

  21. Will our home be cited?

    banditrn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One of the girls speculated that we will - here goes: Yesterday, during the day shift, three different residents fell. One fella apparently died. When I came in last nite I was told that Mr. X had...

  22. Will our home be cited?

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't know much about him, as he wasn't in my section, but from I heard, he was confused. He hadn't used his call lite. If I understand the process, they are 'self reporting' this incident. What...

  23. How do you deal with seeing a dead body?

    banditrn replied to OgopogoLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't remember the first dead adult I took care of, it's been so long, and there have been so many - the thing I do remember about most dead bodies is the peaceful look about

  24. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    banditrn replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just because it's nite shift, and it's LTC, could you PLEASE talk a little softer, and STOP using so much profanity!! Like, every other word?!! You'd make a longshoreman blush! And for my day...

  25. Anyone work with Surgical Techs?

    banditrn replied to MrsSportcat's topic in General Nursing

    In my last job at the hospital, I worked post-op ambulatory surgery, and loved it. The surgical techs were thru our dept. frequently, and I enjoyed working with them - they were ready to help with...