Aunt Slappy

Aunt Slappy

hospice, LTC, public health, occupational health

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  1. Night shift nurse required to fill call-off vacancies and scheduling

    Aunt Slappy replied to JBaker77's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The crap people consent to put up with...... Why in the world would you stay five minutes at a job that had this

  2. Help me out here....

    Aunt Slappy replied to Aunt Slappy's topic in General Nursing

    You can get TB in any body tissue, actually. But also, if the effusion is caused by TB, heck yes the fluid will contain TB bacteria. A colleague of mine who is a NP but worked as a RN at the...

  3. Help me out here....

    Aunt Slappy replied to Aunt Slappy's topic in General Nursing

    This person is 1/4 complete on a 3HP regimen. It's not like he only took three weeks out of nine months of Isoniazid. However, you are right the sputum can remain positive several weeks into the RIPE...

  4. Help me out here....

    Aunt Slappy replied to Aunt Slappy's topic in General Nursing

    There is a theoretical risk that BCG vaccination can cause false positives on TSTs. However, BCG effect usually wears off many years before an adult pops positive on a TST. I have had BCG vaccinated...

  5. Morning Road Rage Incident - Venting

    Aunt Slappy replied to Avill's topic in School

    Next time someone is following you, drive directly to the police station. Never, ever pull over like you did. When I was a naive young college student in Chicago, driving my car out in the suburbs...

  6. Help me out here....

    Aunt Slappy replied to Aunt Slappy's topic in General Nursing

    It's not homework. I had to request records on this person for my workplace and I was hoping they had tested the fluid, because a doc has now ordered me to collect sputum. However the patient has...

  7. No call no show

    Aunt Slappy replied to Dhh-22's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe contact your cell service and get confirmation that there was a network outage that affected you that day? You could give it to your

  8. Got a new nurse in trouble

    Aunt Slappy replied to TwoLayi's topic in General Nursing

    DON has no idea about med delivery schedule and doesn't know what's in the eKit..... And YouTube....... I guess they just let any idiot off the street be DONs in some

  9. I Desperately Want Out

    Aunt Slappy replied to toxiktraktor's topic in Nursing Career

    Jeez, where do you live?! I currently work in public health and my boss, who supervises two clinics, doesn't even have a

  10. I Desperately Want Out

    Aunt Slappy replied to toxiktraktor's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm now working the first M-F 8-5 job I've ever had. I hate seeing my kids for 20-30 minutes in the morning and maybe an hour or two in the evening, and never being available to drive to sports...

  11. Termination for a Medication Error

    Aunt Slappy replied to HealthApollo's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Amen on the photos. Most of them look like they were taken 20 years ago through a blurry

  12. Cna incident investigation

    Aunt Slappy replied to Nnb07's topic in General Nursing

    Absolute truth here. If you cut corners and are fast, you're a "good" CNA. If you're perceived as too slow even if your reasons are good ones, you're a "bad"

  13. LPN work options

    Aunt Slappy replied to kaymichele's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I have worked inpatient hospice and long term care in the past, and currently work in a public health outpatient

  14. Low salary same work

    Aunt Slappy replied to Tiabluesky's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    This is for

  15. Returning LPN

    Aunt Slappy replied to returningLPN_DC's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    They'll probably require you to take a refresher

  16. Being rehired after not giving s 2 week notice.

    Aunt Slappy replied to Nursedee1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    This is a load of barnacles. No one quits on the spot from a job they can even marginally stand. At my last job, by the end, I thought the cops might end up getting called if a certain charge...

  17. Assisted living turned nightmare

    Aunt Slappy replied to danij040866's topic in Nursing Career

    If you happen to live in Phoenix, I can give you the name of a LTC where I did clinicals and is actually well run and staffed by people who care about and know their patients. The ratios are high as...

  18. Assisted living turned nightmare

    Aunt Slappy replied to danij040866's topic in Nursing Career

    This. All day long this. There is no such thing as slavery in this country. You can quit this job at any time, and you should. If you choose to stay, then stop b****ing because you know the score...

  19. Can CNAs work one 12h shift a week?

    Aunt Slappy replied to LindseyPar's topic in General Students

    Just look for places hiring for

  20. What can I do besides nursing?

    Aunt Slappy replied to Raven43's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry but...... How can you be a nurse with 7 years experience and fail BIO

  21. Being rehired after not giving s 2 week notice.

    Aunt Slappy replied to Nursedee1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Shoot, I resigned from a place six years ago with proper notice and everything. I've applied to the same hospital system a couple times since then and my applications immediately get binned....

  22. Where can LVN work

    Aunt Slappy replied to Luhg's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Better shine up your nursing shoes for the unemployment

  23. Jahi McMath is finally at peace

    Aunt Slappy replied to anon456's topic in Nursing News

    Anyone want to imagine what the room looked like after a 2 hour code on a person dying from DIC? Probably a lot like Johnny Depp's death scene in Nightmare on Elm

  24. AZ New Grad RN

    Aunt Slappy replied to EveeRN224's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Where are you in AZ? Because I know Mayo and MIHS both have new grad RN

  25. Am I right that this is nuts?

    Aunt Slappy posted a topic in Correctional

    I've thought of looking into working corrections, and might still in the future. But I recently worked with another nurse who had left her corrections job, so I asked her why. She said a CO left...