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  1. Eeeeeewwwww!

    banditrn replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I never appreciated the hand sanitizer dispenser that was at every door in our hospital until I started working in LTC!! My preceptor at this new LTC was doing blood sugars w/o gloves, and it almost...

  2. Calling In Sick.

    banditrn replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    Whimsie - that's the nature of some LTC beasts, I guess. It's one of the reasons I just left the one place, and went to another. While I was still there, a CNA came in sick one weekend. Yep, within a...

  3. Manual BM Removal

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah, when someone comes into a thread, sounding as rude as you did, that's a little offputting. I did say that she had those things ordered, I didn't say that I gave or would give them - I didn't...

  4. Manual BM Removal

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Did you not read the part about the resident having 3 BM's within 24 hours? Or the evening shift nurse doing a rectal check? Or that the res has already had a psych eval? If I'm going to do...

  5. Manual BM Removal

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've decided that this lady is going to be an interesting character to take care of! The other nite she sent the CNA out to tell me that she had a 'sore throat', so I looked to see what she had...

  6. Hello..new and wondering???

    banditrn replied to jamer's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, ours has small plastic

  7. RN put ear drops in moms eyes...help!

    banditrn replied to miss h.m's topic in General Nursing

    While this may not be a firing offense, it sounds like she had been doing the same thing regularly. She needs to pay a little more attention to what she's doing. OP - I am so sorry for what you are...

  8. What's your holiday bonus?

    banditrn replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I just started working for a medium sized LTC, I've only been there for a couple of weeks, and I'm still on orientation. I got a card the other day with $25 in it - which surprised me, because I was...

  9. Venting and Advice Needed...Just Can't Do This Anymore!

    banditrn replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Cotjockey - read your posts as tho someone else were posting them, and imagine what you would tell them. It took me over a year to leave a poisoned atmophere at a hospital, but I'd been there for 16...

  10. Can they really DO that? A rant!

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in General Nursing

    That's the problem - honesty seems to have gone down the drain!! For the first 12 years I worked at that hospital, I was loyal to them - then they got this new CEO, and I started having bad feelings...

  11. Can they really DO that? A rant!

    banditrn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Talked to an LPN last nite that used to work at the hospital where I used to work. She said they are now firing all LPNs except a very few that have been there for over 20 years. She had been there...

  12. new rn

    banditrn replied to rafangren's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No Kidding!!!:angryfire Hey, capecod - sounds like this young man needs a take down from a couple of seasoned nurses - you up for it?!

  13. COPD pt's and 2L o2

    banditrn replied to wooosp's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There are many things you can do for a COPD'er - and sometimes an anti-anxiety can help. Positioning can help - prop pillows under their arms to help expand the lungs - morphine and lasix, if it's a...

  14. Nursing Home Staffing ACT 2005

    banditrn replied to OrlandoPat's topic in General Nursing

    Orlando - Never heard of it - someone must have buried it, probably the head of all these corporations. I just left a nursing home like that, that would staff like that, with those kinds of patients,...

  15. Doctors' Hell

    banditrn replied to Elvish's topic in Nursing Humor

    hey, i've gotten doc's coffee before - but only because i wanted to - if i knew that they'd had a particularly rough day or something, and if we had food on the unit, i'd invite them to share. i was...

  16. is this abuse

    banditrn replied to southernlady48's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I wonder if she was talking in jest? I kid with some of my residents, depending on who they are, and they love it. Not in the nursing home, but in the hospital, I've told patients to stop talking and...

  17. Manual BM Removal

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Geez, capecod, how could I have forgotten the cardiac implications!!! I know that in the hospital we absolutely don't do this anymore. As one of you said, it could very well be a control issue. I...

  18. Does your work call you at 0530?

    banditrn replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I used to have the same problem because I only worked part-time, and my supervisor could NOT get it thru her head that my days off weren't for HER convenience! It got to be a real hassle - I would...

  19. Most RN's first borns?

    banditrn replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    Aw, bless you, sweetie - sorry you had to go thru all that! I had to do that with my mother for awhile when my kids were young - I just didn't want them around it. She finally came around - I guess...

  20. Not nursing related

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Correctional

    My son was only in this county lock-up for a short time, and hopefully will never go back. There is no warden there - just the sheriff and the jailers - I don't want the problem fixed for just us,...

  21. Night Nurses: Why Do You Work Nights?

    banditrn replied to tattooednurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, Capecod, whats wrong with you 'administration types' coming in at night once in awhile?! Yes, see how the other half lives! Seriously, you don't think any of us wake people up just to have...

  22. Night Nurses: Why Do You Work Nights?

    banditrn replied to tattooednurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Many years ago when I started at the hospital, that was the only shift available - and I found that I liked it. I can sleep like a baby during the day, with the TV on, people walking around, doesn't...

  23. Are all LTCs the same, as far as jobs?

    banditrn replied to yarncrogirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, I think some can be better than others - I just quit a corporate run LTC that paid well, but staffed poorly. You just have to figure out what's important to you - the one that I'm orienting at...

  24. Not Ready for being left alone...

    banditrn replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    I remember when I was a brand new nurse - off orientation - the house supervisor was a huge help to me! It seemed like when I was standing there, befuddled about some thing or other - I'd look up,...

  25. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    banditrn replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't blame you, mickey! The last LTC I worked, we were all equal, which is how it should have been. I was an RN with a lot of acute experience, but NO LTC experience, and believe me, there was a...