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  1. Turning in my resignation Monday

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I couldn't work at Starbucks, either - with the tremor in my hands, no one would ever get a full cup!! LOL. Geez, I wonder what a customer would do, if they asked to use the BR, and I tried to assist...

  2. "The Healthcare Crisis"

    banditrn replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, piper, I've drawn my line, for all the good it will do me. My taxes will go to support those that I don't want to support, while the ones that I do go deeper into a hole. You have a right to...

  3. Nurses not following Protocols

    banditrn replied to kasi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know exactly what you're talking about. I received 3 days orientation to my current job, plus, I work nites, and there is no one around to ask. When most things have come up, I've followed what I...

  4. would you finish work from previoius shift?

    banditrn replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I try NEVER to leave anything much for the day nurse at the LTC where I'm at now - she is seriously overburdened! I don't mind giving a few meds, etc. at the beginning of nite shift, because that time...

  5. Turning in my resignation Monday

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you all for your support. I've been feeling badly about the thought of leaving some of the residents I've grown really fond of - it happens quite frequently with me, but I end up liking some of...

  6. please help us help night shift!

    banditrn replied to pk1's topic in General Nursing

    Geez, some of these posts are bringing back hospital memories! Day shift got the 'sit at bedside with a basin of water, I'll wash your back' baths. Nites got the total bed bath patients. No food was...

  7. "The Healthcare Crisis"

    banditrn replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure my opinion isn't popular, but here it is: Do I want to pay higher and higher taxes so that illegal immigrants can receive health care? No, I don't. I would much rather my tax dollars went...

  8. A bit of common sense to nursing?! (long)

    banditrn replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and another thing I've seen in the LTC where I work now - calling the doctor 'before' putting O2 on a patient! Because they must have a doctors order first. Doesn't common sense tell you that if...

  9. A bit of common sense to nursing?! (long)

    banditrn replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Oh Triage!!! You need a hug!! I remember when I worked in the ICU, we had to respond to and lead all codes on the floors until a doc got there. I responded one nite to a patient literally on the...

  10. Turning in my resignation Monday

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hey, thanks, Kelly. If it doesn't work, I think I'm going to be done with LTC. I've had a hankering to work for Blockbuster Video!! :) It's going to be interesting - after I quit this is going to...

  11. Lowest of the Low

    banditrn replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, I agree that things are getting worse. Just as the acuity in hospital patients is getting higher, so is it with some care

  12. RN considering LTC

    banditrn replied to EDGRADNURSE's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sorry, I feel like I didn't answer any of your questions before, so I'm going to add some more. I worked for some of the best nurse managers over the years - and a couple of the worst!! The best ones...

  13. RN considering LTC

    banditrn replied to EDGRADNURSE's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've worked nites in LTC for about 6 months, after years in a hospital. I've seen our day nurses job, and I wouldn't have it. Seriously. They work her like a dog, and she's looking for something...

  14. I freaked out

    banditrn replied to beautifulb's topic in General Nursing

    The last hospital unit I worked in was post-anes. ambulatory surgery. They would come in to strip the floors on the evening shift - our unit was closed at nite. I'm one of those people that is very...

  15. Customer Service?

    banditrn replied to ragtoprn's topic in General Nursing

    I sincerely hope you charted that! I've always believed in giving the best PATIENT care that I can, and sometimes that means telling them the truth about things - I would tell that patient "Well, you...

  16. Is Nursing School more difficult than working?

    banditrn replied to Diahni's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, school was much easier, even with the

  17. Nurses as Patients

    banditrn replied to alex1's topic in General Nursing

    Any time I've gone to a new doc, I've told them during the first visit that I intend to be involved in my own care - and I am. If they aren't willing to treat me with respect, I don't go

  18. Lowest of the Low

    banditrn replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Kristy - hope it works for you!! :) If not, you'll know you gave it your best shot. Good

  19. Nursing Home Snacks

    banditrn replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've posted here before about the home where my son worked - when they were taken over by a corporation - ALL HS snack were stopped, so the staff took up a collection once a month to buy snacks for...

  20. Quick question?

    banditrn replied to thsnursluvsgeriatric's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, I'm OLD and at the point in my life where I will no longer work full-time, and I won't work more than two shifts in a row. When I get home, I play with my little dog, and turn on CNN, and have...

  21. med carts/control freaks

    banditrn replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Absolutely!! This is my personal pi$$ off!! We have this thing on our time clock that won't dock them until 7 minutes after!! Many of them, including the day RN, think this means that they don't have...

  22. med carts/control freaks

    banditrn replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I follow one gal who just pushes the cart in and leaves it!:uhoh21: Restocks nothing! In the AM, tho, I leave the cart stocked as full and neatly as I can get it - and the one gal will try her best to...

  23. Old Trach Question

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This lady's status is 'hospice', but I don't know what that means in terms of reimbursement. I have got to find a way to learn about things like that. This is in Iowa, BTW - I called the state to...

  24. higher pay for BSN grads?

    banditrn replied to evans_c1's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Years ago when I started at the hospital, I started with a BSN grad. She admitted she had less clinical time than I had, and was less familiar with the day to day procedures. It doesn't take much...

  25. Fear Factor, Nurse Style, Five Stunts... lol

    banditrn replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Nursing Humor

    Good grief - we're about to eat supper!!:uhoh21: Tweety's bathtub is high on the gross-out list, along with putting someone's dentures in my mouth, and then there's all that OB stuff.....RETCH, GAG!...