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  1. DPH Reportables

    banditrn replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Any answers to your post will be enteresting to me, too. In our facility we have a demented lady who is inappropriate with one of the demented gents. She makes lewd suggestions to him in the comman...

  2. what would you have done??

    banditrn replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Nope, I would never give a narc anything without an order! That said, if it was there, and the patient needed it, I'd be calling the doc. Not everyone agrees with me about calling the doc at nite for...

  3. Will they hire me?

    banditrn replied to fathernurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Fathernurse - sometimes public speaking is an acquired skill. I can remember when I was in school - and sweating and stuttering during a presentation. Now, many years later I can speak to a crowd...

  4. please vote--change career mid life?

    banditrn replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    Geez, if you go into nursing just for the money, you'll hate it!:uhoh21: Everything the others said about starting out as a new grad is true. I have always enjoyed being at the bedside and working...

  5. ICU vs. Med/Surg?

    banditrn replied to anne74's topic in General Nursing

    I worked 2 years nites on a telemetry/oncology unit before going to ICU. Our patient ratio was generally 7 or 8 : 1, so your ratio sounds like heaven to me! I waited a year to get into ICU, but...

  6. suspension

    banditrn replied to bradleau's topic in General Nursing

    We had a PRN nurse show up in a 'hooters' Tshirt once. She was told to change into a hospital scrub

  7. Telling the public "what nurses do"

    banditrn replied to C. Rosella's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: Casi - my DIL said something similar when I told her I was going to work nocs in LTC - I'm even a little surprised at how busy it is! It is difficult to define any nurses role,...

  8. Over-Restaining Patients

    banditrn replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hey!! I think that's the corporation I'm working for right

  9. Lapband Expiriences -- Pros and Cons

    banditrn replied to SilentfadesRPA's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of the lapband, but my DIL had the gastric bypass by some wonderful doc's in Grinnell Iowa, and she's done very well!! She's in her late 20's, but was starting to have health problems...

  10. Most embarrasing moment as a nurse/ma/cna

    banditrn replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    Had this guy in post-anesthesia, he was really out of it and in a lot of pain. The guy was about 32 - there was a lady with him when I took over, and she looked much older, seriously. (Do you know...

  11. Why SHOULDN'T one smoke in Amsterdam?

    banditrn replied to Busy20yo's topic in General Nursing

    Tobacco shows up on a drug test? Oh, OK, now I get it - you were talking about pot, not

  12. RN in correctional facilities any feedbacks

    banditrn replied to RNPal's topic in General Nursing

    Triage - sounds like you need to move faster - or get a suit of

  13. personality tests???

    banditrn replied to c fiser's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Catlady - I read it as kind of a compliment to you too, so was kinda surprised at your

  14. Advice for RNs who are still wet behind the ears

    banditrn replied to suture_self's topic in General Nursing

    One thing - listen to the experienced RN's, but still use your own judgement! When I was new, and on orientation, a nurse with a lot of experience told me it was OK to 'push' IV potassium!! I knew...

  15. Correctional nursing questions?

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Correctional

    Texas - guess I wasn't very clear - my brother is an inmate - not in the one I would be applying at, tho. Thanks to all of you for your replies.

  16. Sick Time

    banditrn replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital where I worked, you could have 4 call-ins in 6 months, I think. After that you got counceled. Ultimately, after a certain process, they could fire you, but I can only think of a...

  17. which unit to work as CNA/nursing student?

    banditrn replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    IMHO, a med-surg or surgical floor would give you the widest variety of

  18. Role Of Lpn's In Icu's

    banditrn replied to PATSfanRN's topic in General Nursing

    In the hospital I worked in, we sometimes had LPN's float to ICU, but they were the ones who had a lot of experience. They were given stable patients, but the RN had to follow them and titrate any...

  19. My bad night!!

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Mermaid - This is a LTC facility in Iowa, and I don't think that JCAHO does anything with those - I could very well be wrong, tho. I can't even get them to have a fire drill inservice, so I doubt that...

  20. My bad night!!

    banditrn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It was about 3:30 AM, everything under control, was about to get things ready for my morning med pass, when the lights went out!! And stayed out! The fire doors closed, and there was some kind of...

  21. My bad night!!

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just couldn't believe the generator wasn't set to come on automatically! Tried calling maintenance, but it turns out that he has a portable phone that wouldn't work because the electricity was...

  22. Dating Patients

    banditrn replied to bobnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with you, too. I've been married my whole career, too, but even if I wasn't, it's kind of a hang-up with me - once they are in the bed, they lose all sexual appeal to me. I've heard some of...

  23. popliteal anerurysm

    banditrn replied to fuzzball's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Daytonite - I think I'm going to start taking your advice more!! I think sometimes because I spent so long in critical care, that the LTC facility DON thinks I'm 'over-reacting'. Recently a...

  24. New Policies

    banditrn replied to wildcard47833's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The author of that book needs to be :trout: !! I can't imagine a statement of "too stupid to learn" passing any kind of state review. In our LTC, they put some of them down so early that it's no...

  25. Giving pain meds.

    banditrn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't know if anyone else will understand my problem or not. In our LTC facility, we have some patients on PRN Vicodin or Percocet. We have one nurse who trys her darndest to get these things dc'd...