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  1. When they can't (or won't) walk anymore...

    banditrn replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This whole concept is new to me!! Altho I work in Iowa, I live in Illinois. My husband and I are very close to retirement age. My children live in Iowa. Guess we need to make an appointment with a...

  2. Vent: On Jumping to Conclusions

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

    Angie - you might want to do this the next time you find a bunch of co-workers gathered together in the breakroom or some where "I heard a rumor about myself! I heard that I was doing such and such -...

  3. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    banditrn replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, now theres GOT to be a story behind this

  4. Have you ever been a patient?

    banditrn replied to Bluehair's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, several times, both in 'my' hospital, and another. In the hospital where I worked, I had no problems - I already knew the routines, and as an old ICU nurse most of the gals on the medical floor...

  5. working in a hostile environment.

    banditrn replied to happytobehere's topic in General Nursing

    Happy - I had the same type of situation in an ambulatory surgery area - I loved the job, but there were some tyrannical and hostile people that worked there, and I finally quit after 3 years. These...

  6. How to Foster a Cooperative Environment?

    banditrn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One thing I've noticed about my new job is all the back-stabbing. It makes me sick - I guess it's that there are so many more employees than there were at the old place. I'm the new guy, and I only...

  7. Who Must "Take the Fall?"

    banditrn replied to Simplepleasures's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Good heavens, my dear, I'm sorry - I don't want you to cry! Of course you have my support, and that of a lot of others

  8. Clogs while nursing

    banditrn replied to Leselberry's topic in General Nursing

    My feet have become so used to the comfort of the Crocs at work, that I can't stand to wear anything else, and wear them for everyday! Now, if they'd just come up with a dressy

  9. Who Must "Take the Fall?"

    banditrn replied to Simplepleasures's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Meown - what do you write things like that up on? Forms for such as that seem different at every facility! And what about night shift? I have no problem with any nursing things I'm asked to do in...

  10. Feeling beat up in the ER

    banditrn replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    I think that attitude of 'entitlement' pervades every area of nursing these days - I ran into it in ICU, on the medical floor, and most recently in Ambulatory Surgery. It's just part of our world...

  11. Come to America to Have your Baby!!

    banditrn replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    They are called 'anchor' babies, and once they are born here, we, the American taxpayer are responsible for

  12. What can we do to improve working conditions in Nursing homes?

    banditrn replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Do you wonder what the Long Term Care situation is going to look like in 5 or 10

  13. Manual BM Removal

    banditrn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know this isn't a very pleasent subject and I'm sorry, but I ran into a LOL at my new LTC that is apparently obsessed with her bowels. The other nite she insisted that she was 'just full of BM' and...

  14. What can we do to improve working conditions in Nursing homes?

    banditrn replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree with you, Capecod - but we need some kind of 'something' to give the nurses a voice. Constantly 'walking' isn't the answer, either. The Corporate, for profit, nursing home may sound good to...

  15. Working while sick!

    banditrn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is gnawing at me and I don't know what to do! There is a policy at our LTCF that if you're sick, you have to find your own replacement. I was sick one nite a couple of months ago and ended up...

  16. Med Pass

    banditrn replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Capecod - I agree with you too. In LTC I think they just keep piling the meds on without paying much attention to what they are already taking. One good thing about the facility I last worked at was...

  17. Med Pass

    banditrn replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Capecod - that's precisely what I tell them when I'm new - I'm NOT the other nurse, and this is the way I do things, altho I will try to get things changed to fit into their comfort

  18. Health Profession & Wacko's

    banditrn replied to Zizka's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes being wacky gets me thru the

  19. Health Profession & Wacko's

    banditrn replied to Zizka's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, geez, honey, go home and stab yourself in the foot for even thinking of such a thing!

  20. Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

    banditrn replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

  21. Help! The worst training ever!

    banditrn replied to wefdm21's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Daytonite - I understand what you're saying, but what should be isn't always what IS! At the last facility when they started accepting trached patients, I wanted a policy and procedure - went thru...

  22. does this every worry you?

    banditrn replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    This is just one of those things about health care that is always going to be a concern!! And rightly so. A couple of years ago we got a call that one of our sons had been in a bad accident - they...

  23. Most Nurses are Female: the pros and cons?

    banditrn replied to Zizka's topic in General Nursing

    :D And based on MY experience, men can be just as moody as women from time to time! I think, and everyone won't agree with me, that having more men in the profession has brought us into the modern...

  24. Insurance: The Urban Legend.

    banditrn replied to Zizka's topic in General Nursing

    I sometimes wonder if people accept poor doctoring because they think they have no choice. A few years ago we were part of an HMO - I went thru two doctors before I found one that I liked. Of the...

  25. Help! The worst training ever!

    banditrn replied to wefdm21's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    To the OP - how supportive is your DON and administrator? Do they seem willing to answer questions? You will need someone there who can tell you the proper way to do things if none of the nurses can...