fcallicoat

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1. I Don't Think So!

   fcallicoat replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

   And I agree it would be against the spirit of the law.

2. I Don't Think So!

   fcallicoat replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

   Oh I wasn't saying it was probable, just possible. I've never heard of anyone actually loosing their license for it. It is written in there, but it is next to impossible to prove. I am talking they would have to prove actual neglect occured due to u...

3. I Don't Think So!

   fcallicoat replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

   Actually in Delaware there are staffing mandates for both CNAs, and Nurses (can be a combination of RN and LPN but must have at least one RN) for Skilled Facilities, assisted living not a chance. And in Delaware the state can get your license for a ...

4. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

   fcallicoat replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

   Actually some psych nurses are just as bad. My mom used to vent at the dinner table. Never was a problem until I started bringing guys home for dinner. Shocked, grey faces and an "excuse me please" were the best reaction. The worst was the guy wh...

5. Do Nurses Need Chemistry Education?

   fcallicoat replied to Dr. O's topic in General Nursing

   I didn't want to take chemistry as part of my requierments. I hated chemestry. I thought it was a waste of my time. Now I find much of it crucial in my critical thinking process. I know that I personally over analize and have to understand all of...

6. Interesting question...

   fcallicoat replied to LisaRN2B's topic in General Nursing

   I was in such a situation. I asked to be exscused from this person on my assignment. I was told that the charge had too many admissions and I would have to take the assignment. The worst part was not the patient but the other family members who sho...

7. But I have little kids!

   fcallicoat replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   shoot I only work weekends because of child care. (I get to be at home during the week with my preschool aged children and my husband has them on weekends) but I better have off holidays that don't fall on weekends and I sure as heck can't come in ...

8. Vent!

   fcallicoat replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   Oh yeah I know how you feel. I'm so ready to throw in the towel after last weekend. Nursing in general esp after reading this thread. Nurses in my facility are required to check the books of the CNAs and sign off that it has been done. (time consumi...

9. Why a Philadelphia hospital gave in to a racist demand?

   fcallicoat replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism

   All I can say is that poor woman! To have all of this going on when the staff was hopefully just trying to provide the best care. I'm sorry if it violates anti-racism policies, but if I were in labor and my husband was being a great big gigantic JE...

10. Are we getting lax about isolation?

    fcallicoat replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    And it only gets more complicated in LTC. In LTC they are residents not patients, and they are in their home so they have the right to ambulate, attend activities etc. And you can't force gowns or masks on them because its a dignitiy issue. About ...

11. I walked out of the ER this morning...

    fcallicoat replied to jadednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Actually the worst part for me is that every time I get a h/a I want to panic. And I do get them being a full time mom of a 5 month old and a 4 year-old during the week and "weekend warriar" at a LTC facility on the weekends. But you learn to cope ...

12. Libido increase linked to parasite found in cats?

    fcallicoat replied to jansgalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Too funny!!!! so maybe having 2 male cats is what makes my husband a dirty old man at 31yo. (he he he)

13. I walked out of the ER this morning...

    fcallicoat replied to jadednurse's topic in General Nursing

    my mother had an atypical seizure precipitated by an aura and followed by a h/a through the roof, when we got to the ER she was seen right away because I called the paramedics, then sat and sat and sat. Eventually (my dad had traveled 300 miles to ...

14. "Stupid Nurse Tricks"

    fcallicoat replied to mistersleepy's topic in Humor

    That thing about the nitro paste isn't funny. We recently had a resident who we couldn't figure out what in the heck was going on with her vital signs. Several trips to the ER later we discovered her family had brought in her "special skin cream" ...

15. But I have little kids!

    fcallicoat replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    p.s. When you do have to go to work on that holiday, remember the people we are caring for and working with are away from the ones they love and family traditions. Smile, wish them a happy holiday and celebrate life with them too.