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  1. Will our home be cited?

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh, ouch, that poor

  2. Will our home be cited?

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Do they only report the falls that result in death? Or injury? MY theory on the fella that they found dead is still that he climbed out of bed on his own and laid down on the floor and died - who...

  3. About state surveys

    banditrn replied to myrlpie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Cape Cod - that was done at the last place I worked, and is one of the few good things I have to say about them. Everyone was out there making sure that the residents had what they needed, that their...

  4. Another 'nursing burnout' thread

    banditrn replied to VAC's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Oh, man, don'tcha just LOVE it all?!! I used to just want to spit when I'd be doing an admission, and every question was followed by a 10 minute oration - which gave...

  5. Crossing professional boundary.

    banditrn replied to helen21186's topic in General Nursing

    I guess it's a mental thing with me, because I've never, ever had any attraction to anyone in a hospital gown. No matter how attractive, I just can't see them in that way. On the rare occasion over...

  6. State Surveyors....

    banditrn replied to bucksandra's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't know about that, morte - I've enjoyed reading this thread, and have gotten some useful info from

  7. Honesty IS The Best Policy.

    banditrn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have such a highly developed guilt complex, that I can't lie about things - must have been something my mother beat into me or something. A department head I worked for once told me that I could be...

  8. LPN's Are Lower Class People?????

    banditrn replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    LPN's are lower class??:rotfl: :rotfl: Man, wait til I tell that to the LPN's I work with! It's the first time I heard

  9. Help with LTC co-worker

    banditrn replied to abooker's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Capecod - my philosophy about nurses like that - and we've all worked with them - is that they have such poor self esteem that they need to make others look bad, to make themselves look good. I feel...

  10. Honesty IS The Best Policy.

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Capecod - I came from working in the hospital, where just ONE missing pill could be cause for 2 hours of headache until it was accounted for - and they wonder why I get hysterical. In the last LTC...

  11. Quit my job (again)...

    banditrn replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    You go girl!!

  12. Elopement, told by DON not to document

    banditrn replied to ALF_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the follow

  13. Nurse Manager is a Bully

    banditrn replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Daytonite - very sound advice! Sometimes I really, really wonder about what goes on in the heads of some managers and DON's. We had a situation recently of an LPN that a couple of us had a strong...

  14. Blue collar treatment with white collar expectations

    banditrn replied to wordstew's topic in General Nursing

    I recognize the type - but I don't call that 'strength of character' - I call that being management's floormat! I'm an older nurse, but I was never one of them - it was like they got some kind of...

  15. If you had your time over again >>>

    banditrn replied to Sabby_NC's topic in General Nursing

    No - if I knew then what I know now, I'd have gone into mortuary sciences - or

  16. Honesty IS The Best Policy.

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've never gotten a satisfactory answer why they don't lock the Xanax up at this facility - the card has the big red C indicating it's a controlled substance - and it was locked up at the other...

  17. Nurse Manager is a Bully

    banditrn replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our DON is kind of a bully - she's famous for changing peoples schedules around, adding days, hours, etc. and not calling them to ask if it's OK - just leaves a note on the bulletin board. The girls...

  18. More on I Was Told to Stay Home Tonight

    banditrn replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Cool! Hope it works out! And just remember - with facilities that screw around with you - what comes around, goes

  19. Worst visitors ever

    banditrn replied to Laught3r's topic in Nursing Humor

    CRNI-ICU20 - :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Your story brought back warm and fuzzy memories of the ICU!! I can just picture that gal latching onto you! It happened to me a few times - you must have a...

  20. Questions: Nurses leaving the Profession

    banditrn replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

    Anouk - I have grandchildren - I've seen your job - I don't want it!!:smackingf You may not find it much different, tho, dealing with angry families, who think their family member should receive 1:1...

  21. Help me understand Med Aides

    banditrn replied to LovebugLPN's topic in General Nursing

    OK, I'll weigh in on the med aide thing - my son was a med aide in Iowa for 3 - 4 years - he had to take a course and pass a competency. My son is a very smart man, and even though he's been out of...

  22. Blue collar treatment with white collar expectations

    banditrn replied to wordstew's topic in General Nursing

    Bluehair - you sound exactly like the boss that I had for 8 of my 10 years in the ICU.:kiss I had major respect for that woman - she 'raised me up' in nursing!:) I learned so many things from her -...

  23. Can CNA do an accucheck?

    banditrn replied to QuigRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a patient at a hospital in Illinois the CNA did the Accu-checks - but at the LTC where I work they won't even let them do vitals or remove a foley from a deceased

  24. **nurses Who Eat Their Young Should Be Kicked To The Curb***

    banditrn replied to suziesunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I can't speak for everyone, but I, personally, have never 'eaten my young' - but as an experienced, older nurse, I have been treated disrespectfully a few times by younger, newer nurses who felt that...

  25. What is in your lunch box?

    banditrn replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    I work nites and take a turkey and cheez or ham and cheez sandwich - sometimes some string cheese. I also usually carry packs of pb crackers and some Slim Fast granola bars in my work bag, but lately...