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  1. Lost

    banditrn replied to pattycakes934's topic in General Nursing

    Pattycakes - altho I live in Ill., my license is in Ia. I can't imagine this EVER being a good situation. Not even all RN's are knowledgable about vent cares, let alone a CNA - if this place is...

  2. Quit after a week!

    banditrn replied to McArdle's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Your advice makes sense. I've worked with a lot of dementia patients over the years, and learned to 'duck', but that's in a hospital setting where you aren't moving them from one area to

  3. Quit after a week!

    banditrn replied to McArdle's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    While I don't agree with what that CNA did, my question is: How can you also protect staff from being slapped or assaulted? Is this something that is routinely accepted. I'm new to this whole LTC...

  4. How do you calculate the staffing ration for LTC

    banditrn replied to 4rmgirlRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As I'm finding

  5. 06/06/06: Freaky...

    banditrn replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Geez, I thought insanity was requisite to be in nursing for any length of

  6. I am an LPN

    banditrn replied to meagansmom's topic in General Nursing

    Geez, when I was a new RN, I couldn't have functioned without the advice and help of some of the long-time

  7. Another Five Star Visitor Thread

    banditrn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    rn500 - I've actually worked with a few nurses who would have done 'daddies' bath!! Just because it would make them appear more 'customer friendly'!:icon_roll When some of these gals were on -...

  8. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    banditrn replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    There's another side to it, tho. I worked in a hospital for over 15 years, in units that didn't use CNA's, so I've always done my own CNA work. If it was a major thing, like a particularly large...

  9. addicted patients

    banditrn replied to nurscee's topic in General Nursing

    Adequate pain control is a right of the patient. I remember one old turkey surgeon, tho, who used to prescribe 1 Darvocet q4 hours!! Used to have fantasies about what I'd do if he ever had

  10. How long did it take you to get accepted?

    banditrn replied to ostomyrn2b09's topic in General Nursing

    They called me!! Of course, it was in the mid-eighties, plus my ACT scores were good. I worked part-time during most of school, but quit 3 months before I got my RN, so that I could devote more time...

  11. is this correct? input please:)

    banditrn replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    What the others have said about checking the site, and the burning that some meds will cause some people is very correct. Vancomycin, especially, is bad on veins, and is actually best given thru some...

  12. Leaving the Profession!

    banditrn replied to chrispicritah's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, burnout - save me one of those chairs!!:) The patients have never been the problem with me - I can get along with just about anyone. It's a challenge to be able to form a good relationship with...

  13. Threatened for calling in sick

    banditrn replied to Jennerizer's topic in General Nursing

    Calling in sick is worrying me. I've worked for over a month at a small LTC. I work part-time (I'm old.) The DON and administrator are both nurses, but have made it VERY clear that they will not...

  14. RN's who cannot insert IV's being Fired???

    banditrn replied to maidy's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhh - someone who 'gets

  15. Tremors in Hands

    banditrn replied to cdietrich404's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds great! No one where I worked had the tremor, and I got tired of being treated like a mental defective in the last place I worked. One of my son's stuttered, so I had some insight in how...

  16. Tremors in Hands

    banditrn replied to cdietrich404's topic in General Nursing

  17. Tremors in Hands

    banditrn replied to cdietrich404's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I can give you the down side to it. My tremors have become very bad after years of treatment with various meds - I had a surgery for a deep brain implant last October that helps, but I don't...

  18. How much do you do?

    banditrn replied to mickeypat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm still new to LTC, but I've already found one nurse that I hate to follow. As I work 10-6, I feel like there are a few things that I can help out with, such as giving eye gtt's that patients...

  19. Leaving the Profession!

    banditrn replied to chrispicritah's topic in General Nursing

    Chris - I understand completely how you feel!! I'm rapidly reaching that point myself! My problem isn't with the patients or doctors, but with unrealistic, uncaring management. I recently went to work...

  20. Pubic hair

    banditrn replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

    Once worked with this male nurse in ICU - he told us the tale about how a male patient tormented him in another hospital to shave his 'anal' hair. He didn't really want to, but the man kept bugging...

  21. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    banditrn replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital where I spent most of my career tried the 'all RN' thing for awhile - and I thought it was a poor idea at the time. They now have CNA's and LPN's, who all contribute to the team in their...

  22. Staffing Issues

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    nurse100 - is that at nite? Dividing that, it would be 1 nurse and 3 cna's for roughly the same amount we

  23. Staffing Issues

    banditrn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I recently started working in a LTC facility with 40 beds, altho at this moment we're down to 36. I work the 10-6 shift. I didn't realize when I started that there was only 1 CNA on nites - and we...

  24. wedding rings at work

    banditrn replied to tofutti's topic in General Nursing

    I wear an anniversary ring to work. I've been married a long time, so I have two wedding sets, but both have diamonds that stick up. When I didn't wear any ring - the oldsters would 'hit' on...

  25. The patient's family members

    banditrn replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, ya just gotta love the families!:rotfl: One time, a visitor called me in and asked me if we kept 'butter' on the unit. I told him, no, we had margarine, and why did he want to know? He tells...