ilovetheelderly

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1. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

   ilovetheelderly replied to Brian's topic in ADN/BSN

   So after nurses get off their work duty, take care of family, struggle and make family sacrifices (financial, emotional, physical) and start going towards their bachelors, Hopefully, your family has survived, because something has to give, where will...

2. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   ilovetheelderly replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for making me laugh!!!I needed this!!! Bless you!!!

3. RNs Performing Housekeeping Duties!

   ilovetheelderly replied to allsmiles's topic in General Nursing

   You hit it right on the nose, preach it sister!! This is the source of our many problems, we want to not know where does it end?? Great thread!!

4. I really need help

   ilovetheelderly replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

   Cat, first of all just feel warm hugs right now from me to you and yours. My soul aches for you and I'm glad you called, let me tell you its a fantastic step. Let me tell you I'm praying right now for you and your name is going into my prayer jour...

5. I really need help

   ilovetheelderly replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

   Cat, first of all just feel warm hugs right now from me to you and yours. My soul aches for you and I'm glad you called, let me tell you its a fantastic step. Let me tell you I'm praying right now for you and your name is going into my prayer jour...

6. I'm getting tired of taking people to the bathroom, pericare, & empowering cna's!!

   ilovetheelderly replied to ilovetheelderly's topic in Safety

   It has been such a wonderful support group and I've come to realize my end for long term care. Its sapped so much out of me and I can no longer give as much as they need. Until something opens up with this new job, a placement agency, for nursing b...

7. I'm getting tired of taking people to the bathroom, pericare, & empowering cna's!!

   ilovetheelderly posted a topic in Safety

   We give meds, put ports in, insulin, fsbgs, vs, t & p, put foleys, lab results and remove stool, give immunizations tb testing, put creams measure wounds, check for o2 sats, change o2 equipment, put res on toilet, clysis, dressing changes and a...

8. brainstorming and help needed for itchy resident, no help yet

   ilovetheelderly replied to ilovetheelderly's topic in General Nursing

   Since I last posted, res started to have an inflammatory event with new lesion-like (red in nature) from Left hand to upper arm and was continually itching. Paxil was d/c'd r/t possible skin reaction which just so happen to be pruritus and rash, can...

9. brainstorming and help needed for itchy resident, no help yet

   ilovetheelderly posted a topic in General Nursing

   There's a res at our LTC who constantly scratches the skin raw it seems. Family or daughter is in denial about diabetes and the doc has tried Claritin to no avail, Atarax 25 mg tried at HS for 2 days only and abrubtly stopped, and now doc is trying ...

10. Was this really routine? On partial birth abortions

    ilovetheelderly replied to geekgolightly's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where is the choice for the child? Where is the voice of the child, who is listening to this cry or silent cry, all in the name of choice or lets say an option for the mother?!!! We no longer value LIFE, HOW SAD!! All human beings just need to see p...

11. Workplace Bullies

    ilovetheelderly replied to Rane330's topic in Geriatric

    What a present issue that just makes your job just harder! I often a few years back had to work on a floor at times with this bully (fellow nurse coworker) who would tell me in a very sarcastic and domineering manner of what was needed to be done...

12. Slaughterhouses, Mad Cows, and Public Health

    ilovetheelderly replied to NurseHardee's topic in Activism

    Thanks for an awesome article, it is so clear and vivid. I will be showing this to my kids, I mean its so sad but like the other posts I had stop eating beef for awhile, then, I slowly went back to it. But wow, what a wake up call, this is incre...

13. Wound Care Standards in Nursing Homes

    ilovetheelderly replied to Jay-Jay's topic in General Nursing

    It's good to say that in our nursing home, not only do we have a wound care specialist but we also go to seminars to update our knowledge for things are constantly changing in re: wound care. First of all, only licensed NY STATE nurses are able to d...

14. Losing Job...panicking....

    ilovetheelderly replied to Worthy's topic in General Nursing

    My mother in law gets this home health care and we are going to say that all of the nurses are fantastic and exceptional but I'm sorry to say that the aides that she has had come to sit down on the couch, do homework, watch tv and I mean the whole 9 ...

15. Fentanyl thief

    ilovetheelderly replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism

    We have to check for the placement of these Fentanyls' and sign off in the MAR!!! This is the lowest of the lowest, how sick and there must've not been regular staff because someone should've noticed and where were the checks in place. Other peop...