LoriAlabamaRN

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  1. 333 lb. Nurse?? Help, please.

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

    I started out very heavy, but at my job, since I am the only RN supervisor on the night shift and my facility is a good 1/3 mile lapping it, I walk SO much during an eight hour shift that I have lost...

  2. Different kind of retaliation

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to ZZTopRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I would hang onto every piece of paperwork I could... if the other nurses had a problem with you, then they should have expressed it! If they had to redo something you did wrong, why didn't they tell...

  3. Marinol/marijuana use

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Mazzi's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've seen cases where the patient bought pot, it was mostly oregano (not the spice powder kind, but whole chunks) and the patient was allergic to

  4. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sheesh.... "stealing time?" How about when you are off Christmas, are you "stealing time" from those of us who want to be with our family? Noone is "stealing time" from you, regardless when you work....

  5. Smelly Co-Worker

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    I think that Bipley is right- she seems to be aware of it and just doesn't know what to do. As a nurse, she probably assumes that she needs the vinegar douches, etc. Therefore she is worsening the...

  6. Smelly Co-Worker

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    I can't help it, but I keep flashing back to that old Summer's Eve commercial where the mother and daughter are picking flowers and the daughter says "Mom... have you ever gotten that "not so fresh"...

  7. I finally Cracked...

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Adam, I am so sorry for what you went through. I've had similar things happen after vacations. It's like, for the weeks prior to your vacation, you keep saying "only 3 weeks until Aruba!" and all,...

  8. Your Worst Mistake

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    To say the

  9. Your Worst Mistake

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    very well said... although we are talking to someone named "hot male," he may have confused this with an online dating

  10. Smelly Co-Worker

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    How awful! That is such a difficult situation, and sounds painful to have to work around. You said that she disappears into the bathroom with "B.O. juice" do you mean

  11. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Actually, believe it or not, I almost did the body-jewelry-thru-the-MRI thing! I had never had an MRI, had only had my belly button pierced for two weeks, and new nothing about nursing or medical...

  12. I am worth less for Christmas?!?!?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    As a salaried clinical nurse manager, I am not expected to come in on Christmas. If I do, I get no holiday pay. In essence I am paid the same whether I come in that holiday or not. But because I love...

  13. never happened before, wonder how much trouble I am in?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Judee Smudee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    deleted d/t double post-

  14. never happened before, wonder how much trouble I am in?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Judee Smudee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If it were my facility and one of my new LPNs, I would simply ask to see your copy and verify that the 3 was not written in well enough to have made the transfer to yours, and then let you know that I...

  15. Was I too pushy?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to new_mom26's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As the supervisor of an LTC, I would not only have welcomed your opinions but wholeheartedly agreed with them. In fact, with a VP shunt and a blow to the head I would have sent him out immediately...

  16. Possible to lose license for this?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to keihatsu's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on the abnormality. If the Potassium was at a panic level, for example, and she just told the supervisor that there were some abnormal values on the lab report without explaining further,...

  17. Drug addicted nurses

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to ske0124's topic in Nurses Recovery

    As do I, which is why two other nurses and I made the decision to leave the tip that we

  18. Drug addicted nurses

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to ske0124's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think you misunderstood the situation I described. It WAS a nurse working with me, and she not only used on the job but was busted for forging stolen prescriptions. She then used her stockpile of...

  19. I had some trouble with a CNA...should I talk to the manager?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to bth44's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. I think it was mean too, and inappropriate. However, to HIT her because of it? Totally unacceptable. As I said, patients can and will say worse things, and a CNA who cannot control her...

  20. I had some trouble with a CNA...should I talk to the manager?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to bth44's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care if you are a CNA or not, this is a VERY offensive post. So we excuse assault because it's just a dumb ole CNA? Please. If you lack the impulse control and intelligence to refrain from...

  21. I had some trouble with a CNA...should I talk to the manager?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to bth44's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree. Although certainly there are situations where you might think in your mind "thwap" you never actually do it- and if you do you face the consequences. When I was a CNA (going through...

  22. homeless pt's?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    Amen to that. The closest I ever came was when I worked for a mortgage company that had a 50% layoff due to skyrocketing interest rates. I accepted unemployment for almost a month. I don't understand...

  23. homeless pt's?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    I think the program sounds fantastic! Although I wouldn't go for FIVE years... but that's just me

  24. W'hat's your favorite thing to do after a day on the floor?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to hbncns35's topic in General Nursing

    When I get home, I like to curl up in bed with my hubby and watch TV for a while. And play with my

  25. How did you prepare yourself for the less pleasant aspects of nursing?

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

    I had very similar worries. That's why before nursing school I took a job as a CNA, and kept it through the program. As a CNA, you get pretty close to total immersion in the stuff you're worried...