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  1. The End Is Near

    banditrn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Of my nursing career. I've been stretching it out as long as I could, but I don't think I'm going to be able to do it much longer. Don't know if I've mentioned here that I have a neurological...

  2. How do you deal with ICU superiority complex?

    banditrn replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    yep, ruby, worked in icu for 10 years - and saw it several times. i can't think of anytime any of us on our shift ever treated a floater badly - most nurses that had had some orientation liked to...

  3. night nurse who leaves everything undone..

    banditrn replied to linzz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How do you know that she didn't do it? Did the resident tell you she didn't, or was it by the amount of urine you got when you cathed the resident? Are they ordered at a specific time? If so, maybe...

  4. The End Is Near

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you all for your kind replies. I've not really explored my options with this particular employer - don't know if they would accept typewritten notes or not - it is generally easier for me to...

  5. Does anyone like LTC?

    banditrn replied to remched's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's not the residents that I dislike about LTC - it's everything that keeps me from being with them! I've always enjoyed people and finding out little ways that I can make their lives better, but I...

  6. How to get to work in a snowstorm?

    banditrn replied to AfloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    A 'mat on the floor'?!!! They'd have had to do better than that for me or I'd have been unable to MOVE for 3

  7. Just where do our services end?

    banditrn replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    Triage - good grief!! Oral sex with the nurse looking on?!! Sounds like a couple of perverts to me. Thru the years I've had the request for wake up calls, etc. I always tried to do my best to make...

  8. How to get to work in a snowstorm?

    banditrn replied to AfloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    We're having another ice storm here right now - and I have to go in to work tonoc. I'm already dreading it - because of the thought of the call - offs I know I'll have to take care of for

  9. Isolating Demented Residents

    banditrn replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow, I don't feel so bad, then - where I work removing a call lite would be grounds for firing - and they are very fussy about 'skin' issues. I see no reason why we can't have a few of the confused...

  10. What if CNA won't work?

    banditrn replied to Josifek's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, you are wrong! In the facility I work in now, we have a mixture of black and white, and for the most part, the problems are caused by the white girls. My best CNA, a black gal, was pulled to...

  11. Family members that run the facility!

    banditrn replied to wefdm21's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    CNAIsorificeRSE2b - if he was hitting the staff, why wasn't he arrested for assault? Not putting up with families is one of the reasons I work

  12. New Nurse Fired for wanting more training

    banditrn replied to dimplez's topic in General Nursing

    Dimplez - there really ARE better places! And working in the hospital isn't going to help you that much - it's SO different from LTC. I spent many, many years in the hospital, but that experience...

  13. Do we expect little of people these days?

    banditrn replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Fultzy - I see 'over-charting' in LTC just like I used to see in the hospital. In the last facility everthing was done in long hand, but in this facility, we have a combination of check-off boxes,...

  14. How many of you have had "The Discussion"

    banditrn replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, we have living wills. My husband and I both also had an interesting conversation about going to a nursing home - we both agreed we'd rather 'eat' our guns than go to

  15. PRN ducolax suppositories, okay to give right before shift change?

    banditrn replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Ideally the resident is supposed to be sleeping at nite - not sitting on the bedpan - but what I've found is that the day girls pay absolutely no attention to the BM lists we give them of people who...

  16. When staff accuse resident's of being racist?

    banditrn replied to LadyMonteCarlo's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :yeah: I agree with you Capecod, and you said it very well - I also don't like the heavy whiners, but I go out of my way to be kind to them. I still would never willingingly assign someone to an old...

  17. Sometimes I Miss Being a CNA

    banditrn replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I was never a CNA, but I spent many years in the hospital working without one, mostly in the ICU. I really miss the patient contact now that I work LTC. Some nights when I'm buried in paperwork...

  18. "Funny Codes"?

    banditrn replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    There were several of us that started at the same time on the same floor - one day a code was called, and one of our co-workers (who was known for being rather intense - and also a bit large) came...

  19. Umm...I will have 47 residence to care for !!!!!

    banditrn replied to BigB's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Capecod - since when has ANY medical terminalogy been considered 'proper spelling and grammer'?! We used 'et' frequently where I worked. And I use a lot of medical abreviations at home. I AM glad...

  20. Admin and scrubs

    banditrn replied to ashlynn1031's topic in General Nursing

    EWWW!! NOT

  21. uncooperative resident

    banditrn replied to nurseofalltrades's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, it surprised me when I first came to LTC how much a UTI can change a person's behavior. If not that, a psych eval. sounds

  22. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    banditrn replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    I was not a CNA first - never felt like I missed anything - it didn't take me very long in the nursing program to pick up the basics of patient care. It's not that I had a distaste for things like...

  23. Genesis healthcare

    banditrn replied to nurse&mom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah, take your time and think about it! Money isn't everything! The last place I worked hired me on the spot - among my references were a couple of letters from docs I had worked with - and they...

  24. Do we expect little of people these days?

    banditrn replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Capecod - you're right - all the money in the world won't make 'dumb' people smarter - it's having the time to do their jobs adequately without so much pressure put on them to do 'task' work. I came...

  25. Umm...I will have 47 residence to care for !!!!!

    banditrn replied to BigB's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Same here, Capecod - it means