GLORIAmunchkin72

GLORIAmunchkin72

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  1. Your employer's policy re: *snow and ice*?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    It would "seem" that you had it made in the shade. I have 3 boys also (and a husband) but they are all

  2. Your employer's policy re: *snow and ice*?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you got it made in the

  3. Put TLC back in LTC

    GLORIAmunchkin72 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What a night! Everything was a blurr. There were CNAs flying by, I had PRNs up to my eyeballs (actually gave one right before I clocked out) and there was very little time for one on one with the...

  4. Put TLC back in LTC

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    I enjoy "small-talking" with my residents and families A LOT MORE THAN I LIKE PASSING MEDS. Maybe it was I who felt cheated. The lady I am talking about is very old and still very sharp. She misses...

  5. Put TLC back in LTC

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    It is the Siberia of

  6. Put TLC back in LTC

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    Some of these people need a little more than a couple of minutes chit-chat. I try to give them time but it's not enough. Unfortunately Medpass is something mandated by law to be given within a certain...

  7. Your employer's policy re: *snow and ice*?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    To the person who considers the residents her "family". That's very noble and maybe everyone should feel like that, but honestly, how quickly would you drop your "family" if they suddenly quit paying...

  8. working on Christmas?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Bummer...There's got to be a way to balance work and family. I would give up one for the other but it wouldn't be

  9. Giving pain meds thru a colostomy?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    When the patient's respiration is already low, which route is best as to not depress it further and still suppress the

  10. I can't stop crying... need encouragement...

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not even steel robots can endure the rigorous regimen this old folks go through on a daily basis and everything has to be done "by the book" or else. The regulations are in place to protect these...

  11. From restless to zombie

    GLORIAmunchkin72 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    This has happened more than once. A resident is admitted, slightly confused, and within a few weeks after starting psy. meds, turn into a zombie. "They" (care plan people) frantically do dosage...

  12. I can't stop crying... need encouragement...

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Whether or not you should have been on the internet is a matter of company policy. Some companies allow employees to go online during their lunch hour. Many don't. But regardless, you had to unload...

  13. Your employer's policy re: *snow and ice*?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I say, "good for you". But I don't think an employer should ask you to endanger your

  14. Your employer's policy re: *snow and ice*?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Slipping and sliding is one thing (dangerous enough if you run into a semi) but if I can't see where I'm going, forget it! I have to set priorities: my life and my family is

  15. When a proctologist and psychiatrist get together

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Nursing Humor

    How about Beavis and

  16. Another pet peeve....ER nurses who treat us like idiots

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm on your side. When people get that old it's not impossible for them to break the hip bone and then fall and not necessarily the other way around, but I don't blame anybody for checking...

  17. I can't stop crying... need encouragement...

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wish you very many uneventful nights

  18. Giving pain meds thru a colostomy?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Or they could give morphine

  19. Medication Nurse Assistants

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    I don't remember word per word what I said, but I do agree that nursing is not what it is supposed to be. If nurses weren't tied up with paperwork they would be doing what they are supposed to be...

  20. Medication Nurse Assistants

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    All of the states have different requirements for medication assistants and all of the states have different requirements for pharmacy techs. The regulation of the pharmacy techs at this point is no...

  21. Medication Nurse Assistants

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    The Qualified Medication Aide Program is well established in our facility. It has been in place for many many years (15y or more). Some Qs went on to become nurses and some felt that passing meds is...

  22. working on Christmas?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Where I used to work there was only day shift and night shift and full time work. With nursing there are many choices: day shift, evening shift, night shift, part time, part time-full time (32 hrs),...

  23. Patient Exchange

    GLORIAmunchkin72 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Of course it's best to be able to deal with all sorts of people but there is a time when you just can't bring yourself to deal with Mr. So and So. Do you, nurses, ever do patient exchange? Is this a...

  24. Patient Exchange

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    It happened last night. Got this one resident's PRN within 5 mn of her asking time during the thick of my medpass and all she could do was lament that she had waited so long and that she's going to...

  25. working on Christmas?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Even though you don't seem to mind, your scheduler should be considerate enough to make the schedule "fair" for everyone. At our facility those who work Xmas eve don't work Xmas day and vice versa....