ponytailman

ponytailman specializes in acute rehab, psych, home health, agencey.

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1. ~Likes & Dislikes~

   ponytailman replied to Gaby_rmz77's topic in General Nursing

   I loved how nursing made me a better person through personal growth and development in my constant struggles to provide safe, competent and compassionate care. I despise the slow and insidious effect that corporate America pursuit of mamaximum profit...

2. Lacking Skills After a Year

   ponytailman replied to florence2012's topic in Geriatric

   For me the best way to obtain floor nursing skills was to work the floor and ask as many questions as u can. Staff development, videos and p n p r helpful, but nothing teaches organization, critical thinking and prioritizing then floor work consisten...

3. Sleeping with HMEs (Trach noses) safe?

   ponytailman replied to coraline44's topic in Private Duty

   If patient a straight trach, no ventilator, the hme is generally used during wake periods as the replacement for a moist, humidification system. Remember no two patients r the same, thus what may work for one might not for another. Also, in homecare ...

4. IM injection

   ponytailman replied to ender's topic in General Nursing

   merlee is correct- to give the proper dosage under the MD orders requires 2 separate im shots. Also if the total volume to be injected is 4mls, then u can give 2 two mls im shots.

5. I did a stupid, stupid thing...Need Advise!!

   ponytailman replied to New_LPN's topic in LPN/LVN

   dont take this wrong but u r worried about a bad decision about smoking an illegal substance. shouldnt ur concern be r u ready to take the intense and potential life altering responsibility of people under ur care? We all r not perfect, do not make o...

6. Will I be refreshed? I want to know your experiences.

   ponytailman replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Nursing

   the question i have is are u able to reasonably provide professionnel,safe and good nursing care in your position. Is your license or patients at risk? the grass isnt always greener when u change,can u change anything there too make it more tolerable...

7. Night Shift Nursing

   ponytailman replied to mooremds's topic in Stress 101

   i have worked all three shifts at fulltime status, each have there pros and cons. For me i like the overnites, the trick is adjusting your day schedule to overnite. I believe ur days off should be together, try to exercise even just walking before or...

8. Is nursing "worth it"? HELP!

   ponytailman replied to bd22's topic in Pre-Nursing

   The profession needs more canidates who at least show a geniuine interest in becoming a modern day nurse. As much as i personally have "issues" with a lot of the modern day changes with our job I still want and enjoy being a bedside nurse,for me not...

9. advice on philosophy of pt. care...are we called to patronize them?

   ponytailman replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

   First that nurse to patient ratio for a snf unit seems a tad bit high and would be an area to address outside of the patient and her behaviors. In relation to the patient besides altering your schedule to attempt to meet her needs which may or may no...

10. Do men in healthcare suffer from burnout?

    ponytailman replied to Pigeons's topic in General Nursing

    Been in the field almost twenty years, as a male i have watched both sides crash hard and even come close myself several times. I am not sure it is gender specific but more related to as a nurse starts to spiral downward what are the factors. Is it j...

11. I am doing a paper for school.... please post your opinion

    ponytailman replied to jaclynshroyer64's topic in General Nursing

    Most of my biggest dissatisfaction with my field is the invasion of corporate america into every nook. People with minimal or no human skills influencing or dictating almost all aspects of bedside nursing without the knowledge or expertise. Their te...

12. Considering Midlife Career Change to Nursing, Seeking Advice from Current Nurses

    ponytailman replied to dew8192's topic in General Nursing

    The field always needs more nurses but allow me to play devils advocate. obviously your family is very important to you, are you prepared to sacrifice quality time with them to pass your nursing program because that will initially be a issue. If you ...

13. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    ponytailman replied to nyteshade's topic in Relations

    As CEO's pursue their job of improving the bottom line it has become quite apparent that to accomplish this goal nursing in general has been the target. When people whose minds have been trained to dehumanize all their lists,charts,graphs,budgets et...

14. overworked and exhausted

    ponytailman replied to melisgood's topic in General Nursing

    Do not understand why u think that these issues are your fault, if the job or worklevel requires paperwork to get done after shiftreport then so be it. It appears that by following the accepted norm that your co-workers and you enable management to p...

15. should I withdraw??

    ponytailman replied to catz123's topic in General Nursing

    no one can predict how u will test or move through the rotation thus i would look at what resources can u access to help with your studies. School is brutal when u r trying to work,study and be a mom yet to put it off for fear of failure can cause d...