LoriAlabamaRN

LoriAlabamaRN

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  1. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    You and I have a lot in

  2. New and thinking I shoukd give up

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to newrn05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It would help if we knew what was happening to make them think you were incompetent, and especially why they would make that decision one month into a orientation! What

  3. advice needed re: med error

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to all4joy's topic in General Nursing

    Don't beat yourself up over it. Even as a new nurse chances are you have given hundreds of pills starting in nursing school, possibly even thousands. If you make one med error, and have a 99.99% rate...

  4. I passed the boards

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to ChristinaNcRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    YAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! How wonderful! And what a wonderful season to celebrate in! A new year AND a new

  5. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    If I were in that situation, I would ask my parents to give money instead to go toward groceries, so that perhaps the taxpayers wouldn't have to support you. That may sound harsh, but you can survive...

  6. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    As someone who has struggled VERY hard to get to where I am in life, I find it difficult to comprehend the "desperately poor" people who live off of MY tax dollars while keeping internet and cable...

  7. Evil People

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    Wow... sounds like a bad one, alright. The way I deal with these is simple. I simply don't allow them to taint my thoughts. Tell yourself that she isn't worth those brain waves and she certainly isn't...

  8. Trouble brews over a pat on the back!

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    How ridiculous! My husband and I work together, and although we never kiss or anything even CLOSE to that at work, I have hugged him during a particularly bad day and frequently put my hand on his...

  9. Whadja Get For Xmas From Hubbie?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to grad2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I got my hubby a Ruger 9mm that he was VERY happy with... as for me, I carry a featherlight Taurus .38

  10. Your Worst Mistake

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think any harm or "demeaning" was meant. She was simply clarifying the patient. We can't exactly give names. I've often said "my hip patient" or something similar. It's meant as a descriptive...

  11. Your Worst Mistake

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry- duplicate

  12. Your Worst Mistake

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    I am so glad to have this thread... it has really given me some "heads up" advice as far as what can and cannot be allowed to happen and what must be watched closely. Thank you to everyone who has...

  13. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for responding... I had an ex-fiancee who killed himself, and he was listening to "Dust in the Wind..." since then I have found four other cases where that song was used to die to... just an...

  14. Patient/Family Rage

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to sawbuck's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i've wondered the same thing... and i could not have said it better, ruby. anyone who is new to the boards should do a search of her posts, they will see exactly what we are talking about. i think...

  15. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I am so very sorry about your friend.. I am not trying to be nosy, but what song was it? If you don't want to post it, can you PM me? (I do have a reason to

  16. Whadja Get For Xmas From Hubbie?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to grad2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

  17. Whadja Get For Xmas From Hubbie?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to grad2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My husband has apparently spent the last several months paying for jewelry on layaway.. when we were married in April I told him that my engagement ring and wedding band were my first "real"...

  18. Greatest code brown stories!

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to sweetpea839's topic in General Nursing

    I had a pretty awful one... when I was working at a physical rehab hospital (35 beds) one of my patients was a 22yo female who had a severe head injury as a result of a car accident. Her family at...

  19. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I believe you Bipley... what a horrible experience to go through, being trapped in a burning building and responsible for saving the residents... I cannot even begin to imagine. Sounds like G...

  20. DH dying-need prayers

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to nursejoey05's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We are here, and we are hanging on right along with you. You are not alone. My prayers still join the countless others that are winging their way to heaven. I don't remember which verse but in Isaiah...

  21. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I had a shivery incident happen to me the other week... We lost a resident that night (she was on hospice, it was expected) and as I went back down the hall that my office is on, I heard sobbing. I...

  22. Help Me!!!

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to rgrgray's topic in Nursing Career

    I hate to say this, but although an LVN works at LEAST as hard as an RN, an RN will typically make about 60% more than an LVN, sometimes twice as much. I'm an RN, and at my facility I started at 80%...

  23. DH dying-need prayers

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to nursejoey05's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am praying for you and for Dan... God is empowering us, God is hearing our prayers and letting His love flow around you, your dh and your daughter. I'm sure you can feel the peace of His presence. I...

  24. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

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

    I work in a long term care facility, and we had a resident (sweet little 81 year old lady) call 911 because "my roommate is having a baby!" Thankfully they recognized the address, called us at the...

  25. Would you ever sue for malpractice?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I had to respond to this.... I am currently in a medical malpractice lawsuit, I am sueing a surgeon. I can't give too many details, btu suffice it to say that he did a procedure he was not licensed to...