Healerforlife

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1. COVID in Dialysis Center

   Healerforlife posted a topic in Urology

   So I am pretty worried. What are your experiences InCenter??? I have sent 3 patients to the Hospital with respiratory distress in the past 2 days. We have an "area" in the back for isolation. That's about it. We have 25 chair/ bout 18 patients' a...

2. Haunted Hospital??

   Healerforlife replied to Breathing16's topic in Spirituality

   we had this one private room on our unit. Sometimes the room next door to it, the patients would complain, "whoever is in the room next door keeps slamming their drawers/ closets can you ask them to stop?" Me: knowing nobody is currently in room n...

3. Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

   Healerforlife replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

   Exactly! What Jerk "Friends" that person had. Once, my friend lamented about calling as she had the Flu to her OB unit, as she was going to be written up for call-in's. We had a policy of 4 call-ins in a "Rolling" year. which is BS . But anywa...

4. Should I try HD?

   Healerforlife replied to clarkheart's topic in Urology

   Hello ladies! So your thinking about dialysis? What a great decision. Prepare, as your perspective is about to change. Outpatient dialysis is nothing like what you have known in the Hospital, but in different but just as important ways. ...

5. terminated from FMC

   Healerforlife replied to Healerforlife's topic in Urology

   So they say everything happens for a reason. Well it does. I have decided to leave my little town in Ohio and we will be moving to California to live near my brother. It's a big move, but the time is right. I found a job still doing dialysis and ...

6. Lowering legs during dialysis treatment

   Healerforlife replied to thelittlenurs's topic in Urology

   My advise would be "get to know your patients" What how they respond to dialysis. Look for the ones' whose blood pressure often dips a lot during treatment. When putting their legs down, set the machine to check their blood pressure every 10 minut...

7. terminated from FMC

   Healerforlife replied to Healerforlife's topic in Urology

   Thank you for your replies. I know I was stupid not signing the book. I'm sure I was freaking crazy busy those 2 nights too. I really have been doing my best Working 50+ hours a week really screwed me up. Irony is in 11 years as a nurse I have n...

8. terminated from FMC

   Healerforlife posted a topic in Urology

   Background: 2 years ago I made a big leap of faith and left Hospital nursing for Dialysis. I started out in Acutes in the Hospital, but quickly found this was not a good fit as I had no dialysis experience. Transitioned to chronic clinic. I absolut...

9. Once you work in acute care you can't go back to LTC?

   Healerforlife replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

   well you do have acute nursing skills now, Have you ever thought about acute rehab? I made my move from Ortho/Trauma/Spinal to and acute Rehab hospital. The average stay was about 10 days. These are still acute patients with a nice blend of long ...

10. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    Healerforlife replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    At my former hospital. They said they had to let nurses go, because we had had low census of patients ( example; we were not overwhelmed by the flu bug that year) So they got rid of 32 nurses. There was no explanation given as to how they decided ...

11. Falsely accused of med diversion

    Healerforlife replied to kindia's topic in General Nursing

    Scariest, and one of the dumbest thing I did as a nurse. My FIRST day on my own as a nurse. I d/c'd a PCA the patient never used and stuck the vial of morphine into my pocket as I took down the pump. Well, I got busy and forgot about it. Took tha...

12. MD hung up on me lol

    Healerforlife replied to Coldsvt's topic in Relations

    I once had a Trauma Doc too lazy to come up the elevator from the ED while his patient quickly declined. Forever Grateful for our House Supervisor RN who came and looked at my patient and went down to um "Talk" him into coming up. ******* I got que...

13. Leaving Bedside Nursing

    Healerforlife replied to Deebuzz's topic in Career Support

    I worked on an Ortho/Spinal/Trauma floor for 7 yrs. on the night shift. As most RN's will agree, I could tell a story pretty much every day that sounded made up but it was true! LOL LOVE LOVE LOVE . I always wanted to see how things turned out and ...

14. "Your job is to make me happy"

    Healerforlife replied to Nurse216's topic in Relations

    What a statement that is unfortunately true.. coming from how we are paid based on "patient satisfaction" It is sad that even though this guy was an idiot, as it should be obvious ones' health comes first. This is how Hospitals are now being reimbu...

15. Nurses Fight Back! Why Some Hospitals are Despicable

    Healerforlife replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    The Hospital I used to work at, "Laid off" 32 nurses from the float pool. Their excuse was that the previous year, we didn't have a very high census r/t the Flu season and cuts needed to be made. No explanation was given for HOW they decided who go...