#ltcnurse

[ocean-alexandra]

So I got a crappy grade back on an assignment. An assignment I thought I did pretty well on- but some profs are hard markers, idk if I missed a verbal instruction somewhere due to my hearing impairment, but I definitely misread a written one and it lost me like 7 marks - for misreading that one. . . It happens, but now I know what to expect from that prof and the only@place I can go from here is up! So more effort in class, knock quizzes out of the park! And kill this next assignment! Plus go to some office hours to make sure I’m understanding content! . . Online definitely makes some things more difficult- especially with being HoH/deaf but in the end the only person responsible for myself is me. . . #workharder #failed #nurse #nursingstudent #studentnurse #nursetobe #nurseingthemaking #nurblr #nurses #rn #rpn #rntobe #undergradnursing #ltcnurse #nightnurse #geriatricsnurse #newbienurse #babynurse #nightshift #nightnurse #lpn #lvn #cna #psw #bscn #bsn #adn #bscntobe #bsntobe #nurselife https://www.instagram.com/p/CHNd_8phiGw/?igshid=10ih8lk3ja6xc

[ocean-alexandra]

This best sums up my reaction right now- I worked 16 yesterday, 12 today and now sleep before an 8. . . Tired doesn’t even begin to cover it. . . #tirednurse #deafnurse #nurse #nursingstudent #studentnurse #nursetobe #nurseingthemaking #nurblr #nurses #rn #rpn #rntobe #undergradnursing #ltcnurse #nightnurse #geriatricsnurse #newbienurse #babynurse #nightshift #nightnurse #lpn #lvn #cna #psw #bscn #bsn #adn #bscntobe #bsntobe #nurselife https://www.instagram.com/p/CDZL_V7hHNm/?igshid=17v3psjdpp67r

[ocean-alexandra]

How I make my residents smile when they’re afraid. . . How I make my co-workers laugh when they’re scared about what they could bring home. . . How I make myself feel better when I don’t want to be strong for them. . . So now, you too can enjoy it and I mustache you a question? Did you laugh too? . . #mustache #faceshield #nurse #nursingstudent #studentnurse #nursetobe #nurseingthemaking #nurblr #nurses #rn #rpn #rntobe #undergradnursing #ltcnurse #nightnurse #geriatricsnurse #newbienurse #babynurse #nightshift #nightnurse #lpn #lvn #cna #psw #bscn #bsn #adn #bscntobe #bsntobe #nurselife https://www.instagram.com/p/CAXCqE2BYKf/?igshid=chm9arzhgwmv

[ocean-alexandra]

When the nurse becomes the patient. . . Those who have been around for a while know all about my health journey. The ups and down. The way downs. . . With pulmonary hypertension chest pain can be super scary and very dangerous! I very quickly can go into respiratory distress. . . I, however, am very stubborn. The last place I ever want to be is a hospital as a patient, and will do everything to prevent myself from going. . . Yesterday was no different. I took my inhaler when I felt the tightness and pain, took naproxen to help with inflammation and pain. And laid down with cool water to sip on hoping it would pass and I could sleep. But no. . . After two hours of pain that was excruciating and unable to move without feeling light headed, I decided I was ready to make the trip to emerge. . . When I got there my initial BP was 170/105, and tachycardic at 140bpm. . . Cue blood work, oxygen, ECG and cardiac monitoring. . . I am ok! They got the pain and BP under control after a few hours. Tests all came back within normal limits and I was able to go home. . . It always gives me such a new view when I am on the other side of the curtain- especially as a deaf person. Masks make communication for me very difficult even with my hearing aids in. And why I napped off medication I would turn them off. Then tech and nurses and docs would come in to check on me and I wouldn’t respond to them (because I can’t hear them). Shift change of course made this more difficult because as soon as one would know and understand you’ll have to tap me to get my attention they would remember each interaction. . . #pulmonaryhypertension #spoonienurse #nurse #nursingstudent #studentnurse #nursetobe #nurseingthemaking #nurblr #nurses #rn #rpn #rntobe #deafnurse #ltcnurse #nightnurse #geriatricsnurse #newbienurse #babynurse #nightshift #nightnurse #lpn #lvn #cna #psw #bscn #bsn #adn #bscntobe #bsntobe #nurselife https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnhhqghsjs/?igshid=isex5bthy696

[babyltcnurse]

Jesus.

Any of you other LTC nurses experience almost disgust from other people when they find out you work in a nursing home?  

Its awful!  I happen to love my job.  I worked in an adult family home as a medtech and absolutely loved it.  And honestly, my job is hard but I feel like I hit the jackpot where I work.  I only have 23 patients, and there is a separate admissions nurse, (that obviously does everything admissions related), and a charge nurse that calls the doctor, does d/c’s, and does order changes.  ITS SO DAMN NICE.  

I’m a new nurse, and things definitely get hectic, and im not saying my job is easy, but I love it so far.  

Im just sooooo sick of people saying that “Oh.” After they hear I’m in LTC.