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  1. NIGHT SHIFT - Bored out of my mind

    night owl replied to estrogen's topic in General Nursing

    Well the other night I worked with a float who was non stop blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah all night long and went from one subject to another. I. am. not. kidding. There I was trying to do...

  2. staffing on nights

    night owl replied to donmomofnine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    On our 60 bed unit with 2 Rn's, 1-LPN and 3-4 CNA's, The Rn's and LPN do paper work, makes out assignments, assists with care, (ie) pulling residents up in bed, turning, and code browns, give PRN meds...

  3. staffing on nights

    night owl replied to donmomofnine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have a 240 bed facility, 4 units of 60 residents with 2 RN's, an LPN and 3-4 CNA's per unit. We also have 1

  4. How many people do you have to wake up at night?

    night owl replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We had orders for crazy things like, saline nasal spray, oral lubricant, Liquid tears, all at 0100. Unbelievable. Of course we usually mark the med as "held," reason being, "He's sleeping!" I used to...

  5. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

    night owl replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    Probably better than you and I with the big fat checks they get! I guess it doesn't matter how they make them, as long as they get them. When they have to lower themselves to this kind of game...

  6. Teamwork At Its Best

    night owl replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    :yelclap: :yelclap: Excellent

  7. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

    night owl replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure there is, and this only proves the old saying, "S**t really does float to the top!"

  8. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

    night owl replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    I had to read this twice to make sure I was comprehending what I was reading. You're saying that you weren't scheduled to work today, but they tried to make like you were by calling and harrassing you...

  9. Do you care "FOR" your patients or care "ABOUT" your patients?

    night owl replied to Lanceman's topic in General Nursing

    I'll second

  10. Do you care "FOR" your patients or care "ABOUT" your patients?

    night owl replied to Lanceman's topic in General Nursing

    For me, working in LTC, I can't help but to get my heart involved. If my heart isn't in it, I shouldn't be there. To me, to care for and about the pt is to make a difference in their lives. It's sad...

  11. Itchy Ears

    night owl replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I have the same thing, only mine is all the time, all year long. I have yet to clean my ears and find any wax. Is this possible? Waxless ears? But the itching drives me crazy! I have the flakies and...

  12. 14 Hours: new TV Movie on 4/3/05, 8PM dealing w/ Hermann Hospital Flood & Evacuation

    night owl replied to szccdw's topic in General Nursing

    My cable is out too! :angryfire I doubt if it'll be back on by10:00. SECTV doesn't make repairs that quickly. :angryfire :angryfire

  13. Facility Soap Opera

    night owl replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is crazy! Regardless whether or not you witnessed her with a pistol, someone should have notified the supervisor, and then the police. I would be terrified to work with her not knowing what was...

  14. Chronic Tardiness

    night owl replied to Tweety's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Sorry to resurrect this thread, but do you all have time clocks to punch? We don't. Tardiness is rude and disrespectful, and shows an arrogant attitude that says, "As long as I can get away with it...

  15. How do you deal with backstabbing

    night owl replied to gladtobeOB's topic in General Nursing

    I think the best way to avoid it all as LPNtoBSNstudent mentioned, is to stay out of it from the beginning. I'll tell you what worked for me. Way back when I was still pretty new to this career, I was...

  16. CPR after rigor mortis

    night owl replied to HealinghandsRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I too would like to know the outcome of this situation. Please keep us informed

  17. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    night owl replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I have the bad habit of losing my pen :selfbonk: and then picking up someone elses. :uhoh21: Must learn not. to. lose. my. own. pen. And it goes like this... THEM: "Hey, that's my pen!" ME: "It...

  18. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    night owl replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl:

  19. CPR after rigor mortis

    night owl replied to HealinghandsRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :Melody: They're not only merely dead, they're really most sincerely dead!

  20. Is This Illegal?

    night owl replied to HannahRN24's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well now, I wonder what he's

  21. CNAS behind Nurses Station more than nurse

    night owl replied to vanurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind them being there and doing their computer charting, but when the three computers that we do have at the desk have three cna's from the oncoming shift browsing the net and I still have to...

  22. Meet the Fockers

    night owl replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't

  23. Thumb sucking adults

    night owl replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've seen two older folk do this. One was a CNA I worked with who always sat in on report and sucked her thumb and the other is my daughter's friend who is a sophmore in HS. It's alittle shocking to...

  24. Scanning meds/computer charting

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

    Try scanning for 30-40 pts who get 5-10 pills, ointments, creams tx's. It really becomes time consuming! When it takes half the shift just to do meds, something is wrong. You'd think they would come...

  25. Scanning meds/computer charting

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

    Try scanning for 30-40 pts who get 5-10 pills, ointments, creams tx's. It really becomes time consuming! When it takes half the shift just to do meds, something is wrong. You'd think they would come...