Lacie

Lacie BSN, RN

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  1. Do you love nursing or hate it???

    Lacie replied to ysin's topic in General Nursing

    Yep guess I did, shut the dialysis clinic down and pts dont get dialysed do they. What happens in the chronic clinic worlds. You think hospitals are short staffed try chronic dialysis. I was the only...

  2. orlando L&D hospitals

    Lacie replied to backtoflorida's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Check out Winnie Palmer in Orlando. Reportedly the Best!!! My bestfriend just spent 4 months there due to placenta privia and premature labor and she raves about the care and the technology. She was...

  3. Do you love nursing or hate it???

    Lacie replied to ysin's topic in General Nursing

    After 30 years I wish I had made other choices in my career other than nursing that's for sure. I'm tired of being abused, tired of not be able to care for my own health and tired of bully bosses. The...

  4. Anyone else getting bored?

    Lacie replied to nursingisok's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Depends on state laws also. Here in florida there is nothing restricting patients from bringing an entire meal if they like. I have repeated asked if we can restrict or limit to snacks and drinks with...

  5. Critical care nurses... what resources would you recommend?

    Lacie replied to tiggerdagibit's topic in General Nursing

    I still carry my CCRN review book with me everywhere! It is and will remain one of the best sources. In the long run utilizing this book also helped me pass the CCRN with ease as utilizing it as my...

  6. opinion for seasoned dialysis nurse/manager

    Lacie posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I'm currently the DON of an 11-bed chronic unit. One I didnt apply for at that. Hired for acutes but got stuck in a chronic unit when they fired the previous DON. Been 1 1/2 years now!! Anyway, we...

  7. opinion for seasoned dialysis nurse/manager

    Lacie replied to Lacie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Tish and Val I want to say thanks so much for the support and responses you have given here. The one place I can vent without the retaliation factor in play. I have an interview on Monday regarding a...

  8. Poor staff nurse

    Lacie replied to RNOCN2311's topic in Nurse Management

    The old adage of "document, document, document!" Keep a paper trail if anything to cover your own tail. If there is enough paper trails such as written verbal warnings etc then admin cant use the...

  9. in need of advice after getting fired

    Lacie replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Keep in mind with this advice most nursing jobs do through background checks. I was surprised to see mine had my jobs and addresses I lived at over 25 years ago on it!!!! It was very accurate and...

  10. Patient Scheduling

    Lacie replied to Mother Goose's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    LOL!! Then curse at you when you dont get them on

  11. Oldest Nurse

    Lacie replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oldest I have worked with was 82y/o and bless her soul was one of the finest and most brillant I have ever met. She told me stories of boiling thier needles and syringes for use. She worked circles...

  12. Anyone else getting bored?

    Lacie replied to nursingisok's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Lol, I was chastised by Admin for requesting we require screwtop lids on drinks brought in as during change over we are mopping up more spills then putting pts on. Also we serve cookies, crackers and...

  13. opinion for seasoned dialysis nurse/manager

    Lacie replied to Lacie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Situation is the neph here is great!! Knows his patients without looking at a chart, young, smart and puts himself on the pt level for communication. The other clinics dont have this advantage with a...

  14. Nurse to patient ratio - state regulations

    Lacie replied to Tish88's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I would love to be able to get more involved in these issues on the state/federal level. I see all the hipe for hospital nurses but never any relation to chronic dialysis, ltc, etc. I'm finding more...

  15. in need of advice after getting fired

    Lacie replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Just keep in mind that sometimes things happen for a reason. I have always found it only opened up new doors for me in the long run that only benefited my life and career as a

  16. opinion for seasoned dialysis nurse/manager

    Lacie replied to Lacie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I'm talking about huge chunks out of the chairs on the arms large enough to put 2 fist into!! They keep saying we will get new chairs, some of them wont even go into trendlenburg and are...

  17. opinion for seasoned dialysis nurse/manager

    Lacie replied to Lacie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The CEO is the one the administrator answers to and word has it they are very similar in respect to personality. I think the CEO who also is a nurse has been out of the clinical aspect for so very...

  18. opinion for seasoned dialysis nurse/manager

    Lacie replied to Lacie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Well the administrator has gotten away with this for 14 years so no doubt administation already knows and just doesnt care. Even the medical director's exact words to me last week was "I have worked...

  19. RN duties at your facility

    Lacie replied to kanadianwannabe's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks Val as this was the only place I could come to to vent without fear of retaliaton!!! I am also considering how to get involved politically to change staffing ratios, etc. With the new CMS...

  20. Anyone else getting bored?

    Lacie replied to nursingisok's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I agree as way too much Drama in chronic units! I felt very stagnated in chronics particularly with my background. Wish I had stayed in CC and continued to maintain my CCRN. I dont like the tunnel...

  21. Nurse to patient ratio - state regulations

    Lacie replied to Tish88's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Florida is as long as 1 body to a pt and 1 RN is in the building. So you can have 12 patients with 1 RN and 2 pcts and is legal. Florida sucks in ratios and it's "at will" state

  22. opinion for seasoned dialysis nurse/manager

    Lacie replied to Lacie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    They sent the DON from our sister unit to work with them for 2 days and they are on thier own today:bugeyes: One of my techs call them the Simease Twins since they seem to be joined at the hip. This...

  23. Free boob job hiring perk for nurses

    Lacie replied to treetop2's topic in General Nursing

    And just think if they left nursing they could always work at Hooters or the Heart Attack Grill. Think I'd want the tummy tuck instead

  24. Help/Advice Needed - KCL without pump/Oncology clinic

    Lacie replied to AliC's topic in General Nursing

    Heron gave great advice! Wow someone that remembers Dial Flows lol!! I think we're telling our age here Heron

  25. in need of advice after getting fired

    Lacie replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Matt, you sound very well versed and appear to have excellent insight to your behavior and the rational behind it. Like you I am a vet (vietnam era) and was an MP who went into nursing. So believe me...