LoriAlabamaRN

LoriAlabamaRN

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  1. My instructor said I need to have more confidence in myself. I am trying but.....

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to JGLPN2BE's topic in General Students

    It is MUCH better to be hesitant than overconfident. Who ever made a med error by checking too often? People learn things and become comfortable with skills at their own pace. It's like learning to...

  2. Money for school

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Jetman's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Why can't your wife work? Are you planning to only go to school and not help with your son? I'm not trying to be harsh, but if you don't plan to work at all, can't your wife get a night job on the...

  3. Did you care for a psych patient today?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

    Since I work at an LTC facility, we have many residents who suffer from dementia or other psych disorders. Sometimes you gotta laugh- I had one elderly gentleman block me in my office to tell me he...

  4. Puuuuuuulese!!

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, how terrible! Were you hurt? Did they ever find the cause of the blaze? I can't imagine losing everything in a fire... did insurance cover your

  5. Day shift vs. night shift

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to lisa1130's topic in Nursing Career

    It depends on what type of nursing you plan on doing, and how comfortable you are with working on your own. At my LTC facility, I work night shifts only and I am the only RN in the facility during...

  6. Force a pt to turn or not? (Slighty long)

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to kazmomRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, the patient has the right to refuse any treatment, including turning. But as stated above, this must be documented thoroughly. I had a resident who refused to turn and refused to turn- then tried...

  7. Puuuuuuulese!!

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I know that I have seen some sad cases, but are we really helping them if we allow their excuses to work? This thread does serve one purpose- it lets us know what is a common excuse used... right?...

  8. Frustrated!

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

    I think it might help you a great deal to work on relaxation... I had a friend who flunked it for the same reason, he went to a hypnotist and was able to pass with very little test anxiety when he...

  9. Your Worst Mistake

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    I think this thread is incredibly valuable- it has given me a brainload of things to watch for, and consequences that can happen if I don't. Thank you everyone for sharing! Keep them coming!

  10. Drug Test Question

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

    :yeahthat:

  11. Group project rant

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

    I think it is much more "ratty" to let other people do your work and then take credit for it. Don't blame us for people in your classes talking badly about you behind your back and to your teachers- I...

  12. Group project rant

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

  13. State Survey...Advice Please

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to annabrooke93's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We are going to have state surveyors here any day now... I work the 11p-7a shift so it's not likely that they will be here during my watch, but I am still nervous. I keep going over the rules with my...

  14. I have finally had it-I'm giving up

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to ER-RN2's topic in Pain Management

    I am so sorry. It sounds like you have been absolutely miserable. It is unexcusable that your doctors have done nothing to bring your pain under control. Can you go to a different doctor? Pain is what...

  15. Need Help!

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to NoDayButToday's topic in General Nursing

    I would definately see your physician, obviously something is wrong. It may be minor, it may not be, btu it is always best to get checked out. Beyond that, we can't provide any further medical

  16. do staffs have a right not to send pt to hospital?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have come across this problem before, and yes, you have to send. I do call the MD first and make sure he knows. Anytime the resident requests to be transferred to the ER for eval, we document that...

  17. Nursing School Bloopers

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I was on clinical, I had to give meds via G-tube for the first time. My instructor was right next to me, watching what I did. Wouldn't you know it- the tube was clogged. She told me to try...

  18. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Never sit at the bedside of your 75yo post-surgical mother and decide that if she isn't conscious to push her PCA pump button that you ought to push it for her as often as you can "so she doesn't wake...

  19. Your Worst Mistake

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital I used to work in, we had an RN who made a pretty drastic med error... on herself. Here's the story: She had laser eye surgery to correct her vision, and decided to go to the beach...

  20. Whay is there so little support and so much backstabbing?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I went through the same thing as a nursing student working nights at a local hospital. My charge nurse was horrible, and refused to allow me to study or even bring in a textbook to look at during...

  21. Your Worst Mistake

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    When I was just starting as a graduate RN, I had a charge nurse who acted like I was a brand-new nursing student or something, constantly making sure I knew what I was doing. And I don't mean in a...

  22. Your Worst Mistake

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    My worst (only) med error was when I was a couple of months out of school. I was so careful all the time (I thought). One night I was taking the orders off of a chart and I misread one. The order was...

  23. Making up a sick day?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to evecel's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility, if you have turned in your notice then you cannot use sick days for the remainder of your notice. Oddly enough, we have had many nurses that happened to be sick enough to use ALL their...

  24. Puuuuuuulese!!

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient who stated that he had filled his 60-count Vicodin but gotten the generic kind which made him nauseous so he "threw them away" and wanted a new prescription so he could have it filled...

  25. Revelation on Nursing.. I'm going to be a nurse!

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    What a wonderful post... made me SO proud to be a nurse. I needed