ShayNeq65

ShayNeq65 has 38 years experience and specializes in Have done it all!.

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1. Elderly parents

   ShayNeq65 replied to nursechrissyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Apply for Medicare/dnp possibly? Maybe find a staye run care facility for them. The only time I have seen a caregiver be OK while caring for a ELO (elderly loved one) is if the elo can be left alone...

2. Any RN and/or BSN nurses here in private duty?

   ShayNeq65 replied to Ashlee59's topic in Private Duty

   I know this post is old but I have been going back and forth my whole career. I will be going back to an ALF. That is the nursing that is the best speed for me. Hospital not bad either but PDN...

3. Need guidance from seasoned leaders

   ShayNeq65 replied to Glycerine82's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Both of you nurses have excellent points but the bottom line is...be a decent human being and help when if you are able to. You want more $$$, of course who wouldn't? But the reality is staffing is...

4. New-ish RN, 30 residents please help!

   ShayNeq65 replied to newrnltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Another good comment! I agree! Give yourself some time to get your groove. I am always in awe of really great LTC nurses...as a group we rock! Look at everything we must deal with...once trained and...

5. New-ish RN, 30 residents please help!

   ShayNeq65 replied to newrnltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Great advice!

6. The new norm. No place to go...

   ShayNeq65 replied to BirdieBird's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Same thing is happening at the assisted living facility I fill in at. I have said the same exact thing but it is what it is. I was discussing with the executive Director that we definitely need to...

7. Calling A Code Death (call police?)

   ShayNeq65 replied to Jcezz's topic in General Nursing

   When a person dies at a facility in my jurisdiction and they are a full code we must do CPR on them until the paramedics arrive and then they take over. The number we first call is into the police...

8. Taking a Long Leave of Absence from Work

   ShayNeq65 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

   I am on one right & when I return I will be going back as PRN not FT but I am sure I will be picking up many shifts. I feel more appreciates when I am PRN & I like the freedom of making my own...

9. Morphine for Hospice Patients: What Nurses Need to Know

   ShayNeq65 replied to KyleStaarmannRN's topic in Patient Education

   When we provide the meds for comfort & transition to death for anyone else’s timeline except the person that is dying. we must be careful as healthcare providers to not help a patient...

10. Morphine for Hospice Patients: What Nurses Need to Know

    ShayNeq65 replied to KyleStaarmannRN's topic in Patient Education

    When someone is in the active dying stages morphine is used to help ease the transition. Like a hospice nurse once told me we can drag the patient's death out 1 to 2 weeks or we can give it around the...

11. Assisted Living really much different than LTC??

    ShayNeq65 replied to LuvNursing84's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes! So of course we have different staffing needs when they are deemed to have ALF needs & it is not good. I work in an assisted living and I had five sets of vital signs on my shift and two...

12. Assisted Living really much different than LTC??

    ShayNeq65 replied to LuvNursing84's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hello. And you are not wrong there! I am an ALF and I keep saying this is how nursing homes were many years ago. But people are even more sick, more comorbidities. We are helping the residents more...

13. Assisted Living vs Nursing Home

    ShayNeq65 replied to moomin's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I know this post is months old but I have to say that it is everywhere where there is unrealistic expectations! I work at an ALF and for the most part it is OK but tonight, 2 admissions; 1 re-admit...

14. Why won't they pay us more to stay??

    ShayNeq65 replied to bitter_betsy's topic in Emergency

    I have often wondered that myself BB and this has come up in conversations with other nurses. We have gathered that it may be easier to get rid of traveling nurses when census is down, no benefits,...

15. COVID and Family

    ShayNeq65 replied to K_RN18's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This!❤️ I take precautions where I must, careful as I can be and See only family that I must; My ex husband and I share watching our 7 year old grandson on diff days. I work ALF for the moment....