RNforLongTime

RNforLongTime specializes in Med-Surg Nursing.

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1. What's Rude?

   RNforLongTime replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Sounds like someone has a mental illness. Now I'm not knocking legit people with mental illnesses but I can think of a LOT more things to spend money on than scrubs. That said, the day my grandmother...

2. What's Rude?

   RNforLongTime replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Things that bother me: Coworkers who cannot be bothered to perform the basic components of their job. Bosses who DO NOTHING when you inform them via incident reports and emails that your coworkers are...

3. Do Rn's miss having Lpn's in the hospital setting?

   RNforLongTime replied to Finestnurse, Lpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   To be honest? No. While I've worked with a few kick-butt LPN's most of the ones I did work with, did not like to take responsibility for anything and would constantly blame the RN...like look, YOU...

4. Difficult coworker..how to deal?

   RNforLongTime replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

   I wrote her up last night after I found out more information on how she's running her mouth about me to the higher ups. So I wrote up the incidents from last week...how she was on the phone for over...

5. Cancer Made Me a Better Nurse

   RNforLongTime replied to VioletKaliLPN's topic in General Nursing

   I had cancer too! At age 39, I started peeing blood one night at work������������������Drank a LOT of...

6. Difficult coworker..how to deal?

   RNforLongTime replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

   She is passive-agressive to the MAX! We have to do these medical release summaries for inmates who are leaving on parole or maxing out. I did one on a certain inmate the week before and then got...

7. Difficult coworker..how to deal?

   RNforLongTime posted a topic in General Nursing

   How would you handle this? I work 3rd shift in a medium security state prison. On 3rd shift, we have 4 staffers. 2 RN's and 2 LPN's(one is male, one is female). I'm a female RN and so is the other RN....

8. Why white shoes?

   RNforLongTime replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

   Danskos don't work for everyone. I have a pair and tried wearing them during a 12 hr shift in a Level II Trauma ICU. My feet never hurt so bad. My back ALWAYS hurts...the herniated disc and 2 bulged...

9. Why white shoes?

   RNforLongTime replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

   Cleveland Clinic and it's affiliates Nursing staff ALL wear white :/ I'm 44. I hardly remember any nurse ever wearing a cap when I had my tonsils out and had to stay overnight in 1978. With as sick...

10. Why white shoes?

    RNforLongTime replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    Same reason that nursing uniforms cost so much! WHY is a pair of pants $10 at Walmart and from Landau/Cherokee/Koi companies they're 3 x that much...why? Because they can! I spend MORE on my scrubs...

11. How do you get meal breaks?

    RNforLongTime replied to DawnJ's topic in Correctional

    I'm the ONLY RN on duty at night...I DO get to go grab a bite as the chow hall is open for us from 11:15pm-1 am with Inmate workers prepping the food. Most of it is unhealthy and/or tastes blah. Most...

12. Detox in Jail?

    RNforLongTime replied to Glycerine82's topic in Correctional

    I work in a male prison...we get a LOT of Parole Violators who are high when they get to us and then we Detox them for a few days...most of them are opiate addicts and a few ETOH addicts. I tell them...

13. Do you always get out of work on time?

    RNforLongTime replied to sandiamts's topic in General Nursing

    I always get out on time Unless something really bad happened at the prison near the end of my shift and I have to do a buttload of paperwork for control. Or I get mandated

14. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    RNforLongTime replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    Colostomies and Trach care! I hate them both! I get gowned. masked and gloved up when doing

15. When a patient complains

    RNforLongTime replied to Stella_Blue's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, you're exactly right Mom to 4. I'm glad I'm no longer at the hospital bedside either. This push to customer service is ridiculous. My patients can complain about me but 9 times out of 10 their...