Lola77

Lola77 specializes in Neuro/Med-Surg.

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1. acute rehab - rest or not to rest?

   Lola77 posted a topic in Rehabilitation

   I work in a hospital on the acute rehab floor. We try to keep our patients out of bed as much as possible, but sometimes they cry and scream to get back into bed and sometimes the families yell at us to put them back. Of course, we also have family y...

2. leaving rehab nursing/returning to med-surg/please advise

   Lola77 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I need advice. Here is my story. New RN as of Fall 2009. Starting work on an insanely busy neuro/med surg floor that I really loved. I learned so much every day and was really starting to feel confident in my skills (IV starts, assessments, wound car...

3. Pathway to (UGH) Excellence?

   Lola77 replied to LeeniesMomRN's topic in General Nursing

   that is, without a doubt, the DUMBEST thing I have ever heard. Who goes to the ER to feel warm and fuzzy!?!? You go because you think you are freaking dying and need someone to save your life. Wow. Speechless.

4. L&D nurses - can you look at my birth plan?

   Lola77 replied to Lola77's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Oh man, the mandatory nursery time. You guys have no idea what I have been through with it. I took my hypnobirthing class with a local doula/owner of a natural childbirth/yoga studio store and she is a local advocate for natural childbirth. She met w...

5. L&D nurses - can you look at my birth plan?

   Lola77 replied to Lola77's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Oh, and due to insurance issues, I have to birth at this hospital - because I work at an affiliated hospital, it is pretty much free for me to birth here. Anywhere else, I would have to pay 50% of costs.

6. L&D nurses - can you look at my birth plan?

   Lola77 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello, I posted on here earlier about my desire for a natural childbirth and the best way to approach the L&D nurses/be successful/not feel pressured into things. A lot of you responded and I really appreciate it. Like I said in my previous post,...

7. questions for L&D nurses from a pregnant nurse :)

   Lola77 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello! I am a med/surg nurse who is 34 weeks pregnant with my first child and will be delivering at a hospital close to my home (not the hospital that I work at - my hospital doesn't have an L&D). I have taken a Hypnobirthing class and am hoping ...

8. For all INFP personality types only

   Lola77 replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

   I am an INFP and have found a happy home on an acute rehab floor. The pace is a bit slower, you get to know your patients, my coworkers (on my rehab floor anyway) are patient and kind, our doctors are awesome. Lots of education and teaching. Lots of ...

9. Moving from Tampa to Boca Raton - nervous

   Lola77 replied to Lola77's topic in Florida

   depends on where you are moving from. If you are moving from anyplace where people are nice and civilized, then yes - get ready to deal with the most obnoxious, spoiled, demanding people you have EVER EVER met. I have worked in Boca area for a year n...

10. Are on-line degrees as well respected as on-campus?

    Lola77 posted a topic in New Nurse

    I want to pursue an MPH and in an ideal world, would drive to school and take classes. However, the closest school to me that offers an MPH is an hour away in Miami and I will have a 6 month old baby and will be working full time as a nurse (3 12's) ...

11. Best Nursing Salary with the Lowest Cost of Living

    Lola77 replied to itsme583's topic in General Nursing

    ooh where do you live? My husband is from Halifax, NS and I lived there with him for a year and LOVED it. What a beautiful province. Now we live in Florida Would love to return to Atlantic Canada someday.

12. BSN or MPH? Advice please - thank you :)

    Lola77 posted a topic in Public/Community

    Hello, I have been an RN for nearly 2 years, working in med surg and Acute rehab. I like rehab because of all of the education we do, but I don't want to work in a hospital forever. I am having a baby soon and in a few years would like to have a "nor...

13. Master's in Holistic Nursing - waste of time?

    Lola77 posted a topic in Holistic

    Looking at the master's in Holistic nursing offered at FAU in Florida. Looks amazing. However, after I get it will I just be an overqualified, overeducated, even MORE frustrated floor nurse with tons of awesome knowledge and zero time to practice it?...

14. brilliant freaking idea - pull ALL CNA's. . .

    Lola77 posted a topic in General Nursing

    so a couple of weeks ago, our hospital's DON decided to hold a hospital-wide CNA meeting - at 0730! Every single CNA in the hospital had to go. So, while we were changing shifts and giving report, there were no CNA's on the floor. I work on an acute ...

15. Acute vs LTC. I think I miss working LTC!

    Lola77 replied to lilaclover's topic in General Nursing

    you feel that way because of the hierarchy in nursing - ICU nurses are "the best" and look down on the floor, med/surg nurses look down on LTC, etc etc. Acute care is supposed to be "real nursing" where as everyplace else is for people who can't find...