MSO4foru ADN

MSO4foru has 20 years experience as a ADN and specializes in Hospice Home Care and Inpatient.

Latest Activity

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   Guns at the Bedside

   MSO4foru replied to rnrazzil's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Nope nope
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   Face masks

   MSO4foru replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School

   We need a system that dosen't penalize people for being at home sick. Just imagine one Covid19 positive employee working at a grocery store or fast food place. Buckle up
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   CDC Expects Community Spread of Coronavirus In U.S.

   MSO4foru replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Anyone else thinking the North American Trade Agreement wasn't such a good idea? Or the Pan Asian agreement? We gave away the US manufacturing segment for cheaper to manufactured goods. Cheap goods...
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   Do Not Resuscitate - An Inconvenient Truth About Our Healthcare System

   MSO4foru replied to Skwidward's topic in General Nursing

   You can only teach/ educate so much to people who don't want to listen. It is a grave injustice that heathcare is a very profitable industry. Also a sad comment on US society that allowing people to...
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   Frustrating Nurse Family Members

   MSO4foru replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

   As a hospice nurse, I get all kinds of things from family members who " completely understand", but still shovel food into unconscious people. I fetch it out with a
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   Aveanna Takeover of Maxim Healthcare Home Care Division Collapses

   MSO4foru replied to caliotter3's topic in Private Duty

   No real words of value here. Healthcare has become a commodity- big fish eats the little fish. I think this is really bad. Especially as unions have declined. So people look into Unions, your...
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   Home care vs Nursing home

   MSO4foru replied to elinaduran's topic in General Nursing

   Pitching in my 2 cents... I think it's unfortunate that many places don't value SNF/ ALF or home ccx are experience. We all took same boards. Different skill set ( present) does not mean inability to...
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   What Advice Would You Give to Future Nurses?

   MSO4foru replied to Maureen Bonatch MSN's topic in Nursing Career

   Amen Kooky. And sadly as the world becomes more dog eat dog, pulling extra shifts, or going " above and beyond " counts for little. Forgot to document one med/ heaven forbid make an honest to goodness...
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   Home care vs Nursing home

   MSO4foru replied to elinaduran's topic in General Nursing

   Homecare is it's own animal- because it's just you. Pt could be in an emergency, or have terrible social situation, or just outright nasty environment- bugs in home or plywood on floor. I have seen...
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    Tired and burnt out from the abuse

    MSO4foru replied to NurseK93's topic in General Nursing

    KCLSEA..... I graduated nursing school in 2005. My first RN job was on a Medical Cardiology Stepdown Unit, rather quickly one of my mentors was a Master's degree RN who had been on that unit for 10+...
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    Tired and burnt out from the abuse

    MSO4foru replied to NurseK93's topic in General Nursing

    So maybe I am again being the dissident here. ( clearing throat)... However, there is a lot to be said as to how Many ( again capital letters for emphasis) medical facilities advertise them selves cs...
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    Would you do that? New grad dilemma

    MSO4foru replied to Twinkle007's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck... at this point my instinct is to tell you to apply for SNF ALF job. Home health ( and home hospice) jobs require at least a couple years of previous acute care experience , so that nurses...
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    Saying No to extra shifts, is it bad if you're new?

    MSO4foru replied to AngelaB236's topic in General Nursing

    Don't answer calls from work unless you want to work. Also know that overtime can bite you in the butt tax
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    RaDonda Vaught Update - State Health Officials Reverse Decision and File Medical Disciplinary Charges

    MSO4foru replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    While she made a mistake- a terrible one- this is , I think a systems error failure. Why is there not a " code for pharmacy release" for some Override meds??? All if us nurses will make a...
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    The Trouble with Work-Life Balance in Nursing

    MSO4foru replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I love the idea of work life balance. I think the ( maybe)only way its possible is to have a 12 hour hospital job on a unit that you rarely have the same pts for more than shift. My experience as a...