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  1. Charge nurse:how to supervise LNs who lost trust in mangement?

    banditrn replied to nrsalli's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Daytonite & Capecod - it's good to hear from both of you, and your advice. I can be a stronger leader if I know that MY leader is strong. Some of these situations are so new to me, as they are to...

  2. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    banditrn replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    OMG - where do people come up with this stuff? That gal musta been swimming in the shallow end of the gene

  3. nurses 50+ leaving the profession

    banditrn replied to ww2's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be 58 soon, and I'm just tired. Tired of fighting with uncaring money grubbing management - stupid government regulation, etc. My body won't do everything I want it to do anymore. I have aches...

  4. Do you regret being a nurse

    banditrn replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I've gotten a lot from nursing over the years in terms of self-respect, empowerment, etc. I'm a very different person now than I was way back then. That said, I'm about fed up with it all -...

  5. My new job!

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've already fallen in 'like' with the asst. DON at the new place!! After talking to her a few times I've discovered that she has a strange sense of humor - just like mine - I got to laughing at some...

  6. What's special about male nurses?

    banditrn replied to GBS_Fan's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing. They are no better or no worse. They just 'are'.:) Most everyone I've worked with has been fine - liked some more than others, but that's the same with the gals. At my last hospital job,...

  7. Do you feel valued in your current nursing position?

    banditrn replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    In my current position, NO!! I was hired by this LTCF because I was an RN with years of critical care experience. But when I tried to tell them something about the way they were doing things, ie:...

  8. How often do you take a break?

    banditrn replied to Alex3's topic in General Nursing

    I've mostly always done nites, and as I don't want to be eating a big meal in the middle of the nite, I take something to snack on. I now work in LTC, and eat my snack while I chart. Sometimes if...

  9. It's that time again! Working Christmas?

    banditrn replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Too bad nurse managers like that have largely gone by the wayside!

  10. Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

    banditrn replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I hate the word 'obese', too. I used to see it a lot in history and physicals at the hospitals. I tend to be a little 'fluffy', altho I don't consider myself 'obese'!! I was going in for surgery, so...

  11. Have I been doing this too long?

    banditrn replied to ebony2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ebony - Unfortunately, I have to agree with UKRN. It sounds to me like this place is trying to get the most for the least, and is either trying to force you to quit - or work off the clock. I have...

  12. Elopement........ahhh help

    banditrn replied to Sari_LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm so sorry this happened to you - I don't have any real answers - just chart what happened, and what you think happened. Why would a non-staff member have access to turning off the alarms? That...

  13. It's that time again! Working Christmas?

    banditrn replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    I get Xmas off this year!!:roll It was part of my 'pre-employment' agreement with the new place I'm going to be working at - my oldest son and his family are coming back from Virginia, so the whole...

  14. what did you do in your former life?

    banditrn replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    I was a 'technical clerk' for many years in an engineering company - kinda like the ward clerks we have in hospitals. Then when all my boys were little I had to come up with something to do at home so...

  15. "Men should be EMT's or Doctors!"

    banditrn replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Tom - what makes you think I'm a repub?!!:rotfl: It's kinda hard to tell the difference anymore.:)

  16. day shift nurses vs. night shift nurses

    banditrn replied to angelluv1976's topic in General Nursing

    I'm like santhony - I can BE up at 5 am, but don't try to wake me up then!! I hate having to go to bed at nite at a certain time, but when I get home in the AM, I'm usually so tired that I fall sound...

  17. What do nurses really think of CNAs?

    banditrn replied to ccyrrus's topic in General Nursing

    Triage - I just thought of something as I read your post about dietary and housekeepers and such! A few years ago my mentally disabled cousin was a patient in our hospital - one of the housekeepers...

  18. Involvement?

    banditrn replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, that old booger!:rotfl: Altho I'm not catholic, I grew up in a catholic family, and would LOVE to listen to that service were I in a

  19. Uniform

    banditrn replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Good grief!! Could you get by with a culotte type thing? And, yeah, what do the guys

  20. You know you work nights when.......

    banditrn replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Hey!! Would you send me a picture of

  21. generation gap among nurses

    banditrn replied to angelcharm's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, absolutely!:wink2: I always liked being paired up with relatively new nurses, because they were up to date on the book knowledge, and I loved teaching them the techniques and procedures for...

  22. Problems with LPN... just need to vent.

    banditrn replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds to me like this guy does this kind of thing 'just because he can'. I had the same problems with a male Cna when I started at the LTC where I now work - and found out later that he's pulled...

  23. "Men should be EMT's or Doctors!"

    banditrn replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Premed - you are SO right - those of that are older - like that 90 yo, myself, and even "teeituptom", grew up in a different time - but things ARE different now, and we have to adjust to it. There is...

  24. "Men should be EMT's or Doctors!"

    banditrn replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, NO, Tom, you're not using that excuse so that you can give me all the crabby old women!! No, way!:rotfl: :rotfl: Yep, let the democraps win - then we can blame THEM for all the crap for a...

  25. Nursing without license

    banditrn replied to TouchstoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I went to school with this one gal - after graduation, she moved and was going to take her boards in another state. Well, a few years later, she moved back and took a job at the hospital where I...