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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...