PoodleBreath

PoodleBreath

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  1. My family doesn't think Nursing is for me.

    PoodleBreath replied to Hunt er's topic in General Nursing

    If you were able to work as a retail store manager you already have a lot of the skills you need to navigate the world of nursing. It's like working the Christmas rush, just with a lot more body...

  2. The Failure of Modern Healthcare due to Administration

    PoodleBreath replied to FlameHeart's topic in General Nursing

    I came up as CNA in LTC and agree that the system sucks. As a nurse I fully understood how toxic the healthcare industry can be because I'm responsible for the actual delivery of healthcare. That...

  3. LTC DON claims she cannot work the floor due to regulation

    PoodleBreath replied to KSinMT's topic in General Nursing

    I've been in facilities where management had to pick up the cart, usually they just fuffled around with paperwork, rearranged the cart, told us how inefficient we were, and walked off the shift with a...

  4. Covid Abuse!

    PoodleBreath replied to guest1163268's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It sounds like he went back after the fact, and that it's not clear it was the pharmacy where his wife was vaccinated. Basically his wife got vaccinated and he went to a random pharmacy and punched a...

  5. Religious Exemptions

    PoodleBreath replied to Guest219794's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Additional drugs tested on fetal cell lines are ivermectin, remdesivir, and hydroxychlroquine....

  6. Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

    PoodleBreath replied to nursej22's topic in Disaster Preparation

    America's Frontline Doctors - Demon Dream Sex - Alien DNA - COVID-19...

  7. LVN's in Observation Units or Magnet Hospitals?

    PoodleBreath replied to happy.persimmon's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I hope that you can make this model work. I worked in an LTAC with RN/LPN/CNA teams, RNs doing care management, assessments, delegation of tasks, LPNs carrying out a lot of the direct bedside nursing...

  8. Unvaccinated: Indefensible

    PoodleBreath replied to guest1168940's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yep, not to mention, hospice physicians don't pronounce ICU patients, hospital physicians do. And are there hospitals that allow unvaccinated people into the ICU? Other than

  9. Personal Deathbed Vision Stories?

    PoodleBreath replied to poppyboo's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I've seen this happen with many hospice patients, and although there are physiological reasons to explain it, it's always so striking to me that so many people with so many different stories...

  10. Termination From Employer For Refusing EUV

    PoodleBreath replied to RaineyRN7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Requiring unvaccinated staff to be tested before coming into the building would create a host of staffing problems, if a staff member tests positive at the door, they have to go home and then be taken...

  11. I feel like I will never be a nurse. Need some advice/motivation

    PoodleBreath replied to PrettyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    When I first started nursing I used to say that I knew less about nursing when I graduated nursing school than I did when I started. It doesn't seem dumb to be aware of and humbled by the demands...

  12. Nurse Personality Change

    PoodleBreath replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I went from being cerebral, bookish, nerdy and introverted to being an outspoken advocate with a titanium spine. Learned to set boundaries, especially with my own and my patient needs and also...

  13. Is it wise to work from home?

    PoodleBreath replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Could be that SB is in actuality a patient at this facility. Certainly with these work demands on their way to ending up as

  14. Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    PoodleBreath replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Your post on the subject was a very well thought out and informative response. But I think the passion and confusion on this thread is partly because Silver Bells has said that they themselves are a...

  15. Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    PoodleBreath replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I can get on board with this. Even the fist. My punchline will be a finger. That finger. I've been exercising it a lot these

  16. Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    PoodleBreath replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Your life should not be a joke. Nor should your

  17. Hospice NP asked to perform RN visits?

    PoodleBreath replied to pierogi's topic in Advanced Practice

    This is true, we are drowning out here. When someone comes along and draws that line in the sand and says they're not going to put up with this it gives me a surge of hope. Please stand your

  18. Gross Me Out ? Contest | Nurses Week

    PoodleBreath replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    This is a reminder that CNAs

  19. Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    PoodleBreath replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    This is very sad to read. I think if I were working with you I would be very distressed to see a co-worker going through this living death. But I don't think you have to prepare any of your...

  20. National Blah Blah Blah Day

    PoodleBreath replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I have always liked the theory that everyone in our dreams represents different parts of ourselves. Although someone once told me that dreams mean whatever they mean to you, and to just settle my...

  21. Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    PoodleBreath replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    From previous posts you describe a very chaotic work environment populated by incompetent nincompoops so can't be sure what would happen, even if you had a DNR form in your pocket. I wouldn't want to...

  22. Have you ever requested a patient be removed from your workload?

    PoodleBreath replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Is there a doctor in the

  23. Managers, Nurses and Delegation: Who Has Authority?

    PoodleBreath replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Former English teacher here, from a teaching standpoint will agree about your writing skills. Possibly your nursing skills are not as strong as you make them out to be. It seems that you're...

  24. What is your opinion on "calling in sick" when not really sick?

    PoodleBreath replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    This post kind of hits me in my heart. I worked with someone who came in to work every single day, never called off. He was an incredibly kind person. Over the course of a year we noticed that he...

  25. Out of My Element Again

    PoodleBreath replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    The best managers I ever had were the ones who had put in their time in the trenches with the rest of us. It's important to know what's going on behind the scenes and see how health care is delivered...