RNforLongTime

RNforLongTime

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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 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....

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  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. Leaving the bedside for Correctional Facility

    RNforLongTime posted a topic in Correctional

    After working in an adult ICU for over 8 years and being a Critical Care nurse for over 12 with 17 years of acute care nursing under my belt, I'll be starting work in a State Correctional facility...

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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...

  17. When a patient complains

    RNforLongTime replied to Stella_Blue's topic in General Nursing

    With some patients & their families, NOTHING will ever please them. HECK Jesus Christ himself could be their nurse and they'd STILL find something to complain about! I had a patient's wife...

  18. Typical Shift in Correctons?

    RNforLongTime replied to SheriffLauren's topic in Correctional

    I feel much safer working in the prison than I ever did working at the hospital, where we had 2 floors of psych patients. There was ONE rent-a-cop for the entire Hospital and he was usually stuck down...

  19. Why do some nurses "hate their jobs"?

    RNforLongTime replied to iculvr's topic in General Nursing

    I Don't hate my job. I've been an RN for over 18 years now. Most of my experience has been in the hospital/acute-care setting. 12 of it as an ICU nurse. Level II Trauma Center. Earned my CCRN...

  20. Working full time and going to school at night.. Need ADVICE

    RNforLongTime replied to helloimesperanza's topic in General Nursing

    Most facilities in my area, including Nursing homes, will pay you while in training so long as you work for them for X amt of time. I was in my junior year of nursing school when I got a job as a CNA...

  21. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    RNforLongTime replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've been at my current job for over 18 months now. It's a small department. I have never worked with such a bunch of backstabbing nurses. Usually, there were one or two fellow nurses you couldn't...

  22. Best Sick Call slips

    RNforLongTime replied to DawnJ's topic in Correctional

    picked one up that spelled pneumonia Namonya:D Sounds like a woman's first name one spelled oxycontin 'oxycotton" the spellings crack me

  23. Typical Shift in Correctons?

    RNforLongTime replied to SheriffLauren's topic in Correctional

    I work night shift in a medium security state-owned male prison. We have about 2100 inmates. My job as the only RN on the 10pm-6:30am shift is as follows ~~take report from the off-going infirmary...

  24. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    RNforLongTime replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    almost_nurse, move to Erie PA! I can guarantee you that you'd likely be able to get hired at either Saint Vincent Hospital or UPMC-Hamot, which just earned Magnet status. It's NOT in the...

  25. Religiously, On AllNurses

    RNforLongTime replied to elijahvegas's topic in General Nursing

    That was me in 2001-2002 when I first joined this site. WAY before Facebook and social media took