Viviana ASN, RN

Viviana has 25 years experience as a ASN, RN and specializes in Travel.

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1. Relocate while under monitoring agreement?

   Viviana replied to Sivraj's topic in Recovery

   Sit tight. Some of those contracts can get really expensive. I had a classmate who wound up on one.

2. What might be going on?

   Viviana replied to Bagatha's topic in Professionalism

   The complaints leveled by her staff led me to think of bullying. It has been my observation that some charge nurses belittle/demean the floor nurses they are supervising, and they may not even realize they are doing it. I'm just encouraging the OP to...

3. What might be going on?

   Viviana replied to Bagatha's topic in Professionalism

   YES, it is. Read this article from Nurse.com. Please let me know if you need more of an evidence base: https://www.nurse.com/blog/2017/08/23/how-to-recognize-and-prevent-bullying-in-nursing/

4. What might be going on?

   Viviana replied to Bagatha's topic in Professionalism

   Are you bullying people? That's what it sounds like to me, and "rolling your eyes" is an action associated with bullying. Think about it from this perspective and see if you could have been seen as bullying people. I think that you have 30 days befor...

5. No Respect.

   Viviana replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

   Honestly, I feel that the patients in wards were more satisfied. They could see that you were working, and I've even had a patient tell me "no, I'm fine, go help that guy". He was referring to a guy across the room who was in respiratory distress and...

6. No Respect.

   Viviana replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

   You are not going to believe this, but I admitted a PHYSICIAN once with a suspected pseudoaneurysm at a cath site, and HE was worse! This idiot had his wife literally *spoon feeding* him. He made me page the vascular surgeon 3 separate times. The las...

7. Medication Mishap

   Viviana replied to Amethya's topic in School

   Hey Amethya, You should have someone who is your direct supervisor to ask advice of before you give a second dose of medication. Don't get nervous and get pressured into giving a second dose until you have contacted your supervisor to ask for guidanc...

8. Medication Mishap

   Viviana replied to Amethya's topic in School

   This is precisely what I came here to say.

9. What do you think of 12 hour shifts

   Viviana replied to RNattie's topic in General Nursing

   Sure is. I was prepared to quit my job when they suddenly decided that we had to switch to 8 hour shifts for December and January, so I'll stay for now. As nurses gain experience and become more valuable to their facilities, they also start to age an...

10. Makes Me Sad...

    Viviana replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    My oldest daughter, who is in nursing school now, was one of these children. She caught head lice repeatedly, but her younger sister never caught it, though they slept in the same bed. It was incredibly expensive to keep treating her and the house, w...

11. Medication Mishap

    Viviana replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Amethya, What is an AP? You may want to consider buying lunch cups of Applesauce, put a spoonful of applesauce in a medication cup, then open the capsule into the applesauce and administer with a spoon. Never, ever allow medication to leave your admi...

12. Many nurses do not chart?

    Viviana replied to Guest716906's topic in General Nursing

    You should always be sure to chart each and every time you page a doctor, as a CYA move.

13. Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

    Viviana replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    And people wonder why there is a nursing shortage... Some people are not good teachers, and they know this about themselves. You wouldn't want them teaching a new person. However, I think that people who are will to precept should be paid for their t...

14. IV site dressing

    Viviana replied to mtnmom's topic in Infusion

    Veegee, this is a very old thread, but I do hope you get this reply to your question about the best way to remove a tegaderm without causing a skin tear in elderly patients. The best way to do this is to pull the dressing laterally first, which caus...

15. I gave two weeks,,,but I dont want to finish

    Viviana replied to KarriRN's topic in General Nursing

    You have to finish, or they'll give you a bad reference. It's as simple as that. Viv