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  1. sleeping staff

    night owl replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Resigning won't solve the problem. The next facility will have the sleepers there too. After 28 yrs at this place I'm not about to up and leave because of someone elses's stupidity. One thing I am...

  2. sleeping staff

    night owl replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You know it's not so much the sleeping that bothers me it's the neglect of the residents I have already reported them and the supervisor has seen it for herself! She came to our floor one night and I...

  3. Stiff Neck

    night owl replied to frannybee's topic in General Nursing

    My son had the stiff neck this past Sunday. I gave him Ibuprophen which he said really didn't help. He also had vomiting and diarrhea on Friday and Saturday. Today he said his neck pain finally is...

  4. Why LPN??

    night owl replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Guess who's still awake? Didn't mean to annoy you there Susy. I wasn't offended at all by your question. I simply responded with what I had to say. I was aware of the date when I posted b/c I...

  5. Why LPN??

    night owl replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Susy, And what have we learned so far? That whenever you ask someone why LPN, you'll get a different answer...no two answers are ever the

  6. Why LPN??

    night owl replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    And what have we learned so far? That whenever you ask someone why LPN, you'll get a different answer...no two answers are ever the

  7. Why LPN??

    night owl replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Why do you even question someone's choice in the first place? I feel that if it's MY choice, it's just that... my choice. I'm certainy not any less of a person because of my choice because I am still...

  8. Perl------a?

    night owl replied to night owl's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Well thank you very much....appreciate it.

  9. suppository

    night owl replied to magnione's topic in Nursing Humor

    OH MY GOD! Welcome to nursing

  10. Songs that you can relate to nursing.

    night owl replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    "Under Pressure" DAY-O, DAAAY-O... Daylight come and I wanna go home!

  11. Nurses rat on nurses

    night owl replied to rscarlatti's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that pt safety comes first and we are advocates for our patients, but if I have a problem with a nurse, then I would take him/her aside and speak to them PRIVATELY. I feel that confidentiality...

  12. sleeping staff

    night owl replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Working the night shift, it seems that I'm always tired no matter how much sleep I get, but when I go to work, my patients are my first and only responsibility. Since I'm getting paid to take care of...

  13. sleeping staff

    night owl replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If and when I get tired, I make rounds...with my flashlight mind you, get a drink, step outside in this frigid cold weather we're having for a minute or two and bingo, I'm wide awake again....

  14. sleeping staff

    night owl replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thank you ACNORN and yes I see sleeping on the job as FRAUD, pure and simple. I could make a big deal about this and I SHOULD...but I'd wind up being bullied on the job and believe me all of these...

  15. sleeping staff

    night owl replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This could drive me nutz, but I'm not going to let it because it's not my unit. If it were, I'd drive them nutz!...They'd hate me and make my life miserable somehow. I'd call the supervisor and say,...

  16. Vital signs? How often do you take them on your LTC unit?

    night owl posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was wondering if we're the only place in the whole world that takes VS on every resident every day. One hall has them taken on days, another hall on eves and the 3rd on nights. Now if they are sick,...

  17. An other nurse flat told a lie about me

    night owl replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

    Beware of the workplace bully...they'll make your life a living hell. You might want to read up on her attention seeking ways and how to deal with it. Here's a good place to start....

  18. What Do You Want To Hear When Receiving Report?

    night owl replied to rebelwaclause's topic in General Nursing

    I get those suprises all the

  19. What Do You Want To Hear When Receiving Report?

    night owl replied to rebelwaclause's topic in General Nursing

    IN LTC, Just give me the highlights

  20. needleless needles

    night owl replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    Vanish Point syringes! Those are the ones we had the inservce on. We are phasing out the syringes with the sheath. It is difficult to read the dosage with the sheath in the way and it always seems...

  21. needleless needles

    night owl replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    They probably aren't new and have been out there for about 5 years or so. You see I work for the government and they are usually the last ones to get anything new except for that d@mn barcode...

  22. Twas the Night before JCAHO...

    night owl replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    Another one for the bulletin board! Thanks, that was

  23. Nflpn & Napnes

    night owl replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure glad that somebody agrees with me. I was beginning to think I was the only wet blanket here. Excelsior is soooooo expensive. I worked with a girl who is doing it. She was always sending them...

  24. Nflpn & Napnes

    night owl replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, what I ment to say was NAPNES website has a "Members only" section that you can't even get into unless you're a member. It's under construction anyway and has been for the past two years!!!...

  25. Nflpn & Napnes

    night owl replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    ....And