ilovetheelderly

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

   ilovetheelderly replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

   ilovetheelderly replied to ilovetheelderly's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   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...

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

   ilovetheelderly posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   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,...

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...

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...

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...

11. Workplace Bullies

    ilovetheelderly replied to Rane330's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...

12. Slaughterhouses, Mad Cows, and Public Health

    ilovetheelderly replied to NurseHardee's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    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...

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...

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...

15. Fentanyl thief

    ilovetheelderly replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    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...