Daisy Joyce

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  1. Daisy Joyce

    Did you contract anything from a patient?

    Daisy Joyce replied to RNrhythm's topic in General Nursing

    I can't trace anything to one particular patient, but my first year of clinical, and then my first year working, I was repeatedly sick with fevers, vomiting, URI, whatever. Then my first nursing home...
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    Bed rails protocol/algorithm?

    Daisy Joyce replied to Tammy90's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I worked a shift thru agency that sent me to a facility that still had a couple of crank beds. I was trying to raise the head of the bed on an A&O resident and she told me "the crank is at the...
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    We fail our old people and it's heartbreaking

    Daisy Joyce replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked with wealthy elderly and poor elderly. The rich elderly have it way better (and water is wet!). There are some really great LTC facilities out there, but you have to fork out the big...
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    Are you discerning with your "likes"?

    Daisy Joyce replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    And now... I'm overthinking my use of likes. Thanks a lot on a Monday morning Sheesh (see? Not a
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    What would you do

    Daisy Joyce replied to iwannabeanursee's topic in General Students

    What's wrong with toileting (or changing undergarments) and Tylenol? These two interventions work wonders on most of the patients I take care of. Maybe a snack will help. Dim lighting, quiet room,...
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    What do you think about this psychiatrist?

    Daisy Joyce replied to vaspap's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised he talked to mom over the patient's objections. Was the patient showing some impairment like autism or intellectual
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    What's the shortest time you stayed at a job and why did you leave?

    Daisy Joyce replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Three months at a doctors office. The staff was pretty okay, I was pretty okay, but I was going through a Dark Place/Existential Crisis in my personal life. I left the office, reinvented myself for a...
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    LTC Patient Ratio Unsafe

    Daisy Joyce replied to Parri11's topic in General Nursing

    And in other news, water is wet! The vast majority of LTC is this way. The facility is there to make money. I happen to work for that rarest of entities, the well-staffed LTC facility. Our staff...
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    Nursing judgement in emergency situation without Dr.s order

    Daisy Joyce replied to Nocturnal123's topic in Patient Medications

    You can't give a med without an order. It sounds like the supervisor was on-site at the time? I understand why you did it, but if something had gone Horribly Wrong, it would have been her butt as well...
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    What are Your Goals for 2018??

    Daisy Joyce replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any goals. I've done everything I can to help my family. My job situation is the best possible balance I can achieve at this point. The sucky elements are literally out of my control. All...
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    Holy pay cut shock!

    Daisy Joyce replied to Scorchednurse's topic in School

    The low pay is why I sub as a health room nurse (I do love the work!), but my "real" job is LTC. If my financial situation changes, then I may change
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    Discharging by Wheelchair

    Daisy Joyce replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just always thought it was the way of our
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    Grandma got run over

    Daisy Joyce replied to mtjoanna's topic in Nursing Humor

    True story-- Husband and wife in LTC, both very confused, she had a scooter, he had a wheelchair. They were sitting together, she decides to motor down the hallway. He reached out to stop her, the...
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    Coffee blood

    Daisy Joyce replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in Nursing Humor

    I need it for the overnight shift. I enjoy it at other
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    How do you handle rude comments?

    Daisy Joyce replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Also, cancer is catastrophic and scary. We all hope it won't happen to us. We also try to see patterns in the world and avoid bad results. The sugar question may have been prompted by anxiety (do I...
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    How do you handle rude comments?

    Daisy Joyce replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry, and you're very much hurting. I was kinda in the same boat as the friend you cried to who later forgot the stomach cancer. I did that to my friend. Her problems went in one ear and out...
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    Feelings after first loss

    Daisy Joyce replied to dharmalove's topic in General Nursing

    I had an alert, oriented elder (70s), independent living who fell in her apartment. I assessed her, helped her up to walk to her bed, she was laughing and joking, not a mark on her, I tucked her in,...
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    Cough drops

    Daisy Joyce replied to tgray152001's topic in School

    I hate, I hate, I hate cough drops. Especially after I worked at a school where groups of kids were coming to me for them, during class time, giggling and laughing, but nary a cough in the whole...
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    Why do some nurses hate it in others pump at work?

    Daisy Joyce replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    Erm...I've worked in the corporate world, and the academic world and for the life of me can't undertstand why it's considered acceptable that healthcare is allowed to be so short staffed and such...
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    Shift Preferences?

    Daisy Joyce replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This--I know I'm not fast enough for day shift. That's why I stay on
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    Agency Use? How Much & Staffing Solutions

    Daisy Joyce replied to Chris Caulfield RN NP-C's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I work for agency and they send me to nursing homes. One time I was on a floor with two agency CNAs because nobody on the regular staff wanted to change their usual assignment. Well, it was all fun...
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    Mandatory Fun??

    Daisy Joyce replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Beatings will continue until morale
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    Mandatory Cross-training

    Daisy Joyce replied to Nikjraccoon's topic in General Nursing

    If it were me, I would go along and get along at work, do whatever I'm told, but in my own time be polishing and sending out my resume . If you're lucky enough to learn some new skills during your...
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    RN Wants to Train Nursing Assistants

    Daisy Joyce replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I looked into this type of work in Pennsylvania (I'm not talking about starting a training program, I'm talking about getting employment in an already existing program). One recruiter I talked to, who...
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    The.. sun..come..out....to-mor-row...

    Daisy Joyce replied to NurseCard's topic in Nursing Humor

    I thought that was an irritated