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  1. Over-Restaining Patients

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

    I don't believe we have any kind of restraints in our LTC. We aren't even able to use side rails! Granted, when I worked in the hospital, putting all 4 rails up was just asking for some confused...

  2. Giving pain meds.

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Back in the Game - we had a few of those at the hospital where I worked - we used to fantasize about them coming in for surgery, then only giving them Tylenol q8! In the post-anesthesia unit where I...

  3. How much autonomy do nurses have??

    banditrn replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital, I probably had the most autonomy when I worked in ICU and worked mostly with the specialists. But that came with experience and gaining the respect of the doctors I...

  4. Night Shift worries!!

    banditrn replied to Erica1019's topic in General Nursing

    I like my night shifts! And I have gotten to the point where I don't need shades or anything on my windows - but the 'white noise' thing is a must. I've not tried the melatonin thing, but years ago...

  5. Has anyone ever seen this happen??????

    banditrn replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Lori - yes, God was talking to you!! Amazing isn't it, what can go wrong!! Now that I work in LTC, I'll pay special attention to those

  6. Giving pain meds.

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you all for your replies. I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels as I do. We count everything from Xanax to morphine - I agree that if a med hasn't been taken in a couple of months, that it...

  7. Graduate Nurses vs. Experienced Nurses (Promise to be funny!)

    banditrn replied to Sammi15's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the OP was funny - I'm an old nurse, and I'm not offended. I love new nurses, because they are fresh from school and still remember everything - I love teaching them 'the tricks of the...

  8. Sleeping on the job..acceptable or not?

    banditrn replied to travelnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    My point is - staff wouldn't even think of sleeping on the day shift, so why would they do it at nite? I think that if you can't conduct your time to get the needed sleep during the day, you need to...

  9. Male Nurses/female Patients

    banditrn replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    I worked with a male nurse one time that started out asking the females to do personal cares for his female patients, even just taking them to the BR because HE wasn't 'comfortable' with it. I told...

  10. Sleeping on the job..acceptable or not?

    banditrn replied to travelnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    Would this be tolerated on day shift? A big NO, so why should they be doing it at nite? Even in LTC, I find that nite shift is usually busy. NO ONE has any business sleeping if they are getting paid...

  11. Do you hire new grads in you ICU?

    banditrn replied to twiceaslucky's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I don't think the ICU where I used to work does hire new grads anymore. I worked the floor for two years before I went to ICU. It's OK, if there is a mix of seasoned and new nurses, but I think the...

  12. (possibly silly) Question from a MICU RN

    banditrn replied to 2ndChance's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I worked ICU for years - ours was a smaller hospital with only 12 ICU beds, so we got a little of everything. I always preferred the cardiac or pulmonary

  13. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

    banditrn replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

    This isn't an old wives tale - that's what my ENT doc has me do, altho I've started using the saline nose spray instead, because it isn't as

  14. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    banditrn replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    The on-call doc told me, after the birth of my 3rd son, that as long as I was breast-feeding, I didn't need to worry about birth control! The ob doc about had heart failure when I told him! I have 5...

  15. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    banditrn replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Not the weirdest, but probably the one that irritates me the most is the guy that is completely self-care during the day - gets himself up, dressed, goes to the BR, etc. But at noc when there's only...

  16. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    banditrn replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    I found that the medicaid patients were the worst, the younger ones, anyhow. BURNOUT - what we used to do with the really heavy pts. was to put the bed way up, then put the head down, then pull them...

  17. No Beds, No Bumpable Patients!

    banditrn replied to JAtwellRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Years ago, we used to have a 'code bed', but for some reason we had to stop having one. I'm thinking the admin said it was a state thing? This was in

  18. Are They Jealous?

    banditrn replied to pa0723's topic in General Nursing

    God bless you, Blee!!:) You sound like my kinda gal!! Years ago, when I was a new RN, there were 2 seasoned LPN's on the floor that taught me a lot - more so than some of the RN's. Now that I'm...

  19. Gripe!

    banditrn replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    No, it just sounds like you need more experience! How many people are you typically giving meds to? That situation sounds confusing to me, and I'm not new! Is passing meds all you get to do? You...

  20. Dissapearing Aids... the norm?

    banditrn replied to APP's topic in General Nursing

    In the last dept. I worked in at the hospital, our evening shift over lapped the day shift by 1.5 hours - but the minute we walked in SOME of the day gals (nurses) acted as tho their day was...

  21. Getting everyone else to sign their books

    banditrn replied to MrsStraty's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    the 'skilled' title means that those patients require a higher level of care than the regular ltc residents. they may have iv's, feeding tubes, trach's, etc. the facility makes more money on those...

  22. which shift do you prefer 3-11 or 11-7?

    banditrn replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't that the truth, tho!! I've mostly worked nites thru the years, but in post-anesthesia I worked 1 to close. Close could be anywhere from 7P to midnite. Most of the time, tho, I was home in time...

  23. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    banditrn replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    That story should be required reading for every high-school student!! How

  24. popliteal anerurysm

    banditrn replied to fuzzball's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    fuzzball - are you saying that they hadn't already called the doc?!! Sometimes you see some things that just amaze you. Years and years ago while going to school for my RN, I worked in a nursing home...

  25. Pros vs. Cons of Geriatrics?

    banditrn replied to maryruth's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree with Angie - it's important to have clinical experience that you won't get in LTC. BUT don't expect that things will necessarily be better at an acute care setting. You will run into the same...