LadysSolo

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  1. Confessions of a Hospital Administrator: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    LadysSolo replied to ServantLeader's topic in General Nursing

    Add to all of the above comments (which I agree with, BTW,) documentation is more complex, you have to "click all the boxes" to be sure you get paid for what you do, you have VERY user-unfriendly...

  2. Taking phone calls and calling Patients on days off

    LadysSolo replied to Bonosgrrl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have taken call while on vacation, I took a call at my mother's funeral (I had to step out of the service to take it,) Christmas day, and no, we are not compensated well (I have had one raise in 6...

  3. Taking phone calls and calling Patients on days off

    LadysSolo replied to Bonosgrrl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    At my company we are on call 24/7/365 unless we make arrangements for otherwise. But we knew that going in, and we are salary. When I calculate what I make per hour, it is less than most LPNS at the...

  4. What do you think? My mother is told she is a drug addict by her primary care physician

    LadysSolo replied to lhome's topic in General Nursing

    I am very sympathetic - I have two home care patients that use a home physician service that recently stopped their pain medications and told them to go to pain management. One is 750+ pounds and the...

  5. The right to an opinion

    LadysSolo replied to ElectricCabbage's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely NEVER questioned whether we did the "right thing" for my mother, as we followed what she expressed her wishes to happen. My mother died of Alzheimer's disease, and she had many years...

  6. Being Evicted from the Nursing Home? Hunh?

    LadysSolo replied to traumaRUs's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know of two, one who had family/friends bringing in illegal drugs which the person was taking, and the other was after the police had to be called several times for the person threatening others (in...

  7. Brain Death/Support

    LadysSolo replied to critcarequeen93's topic in Critical Care

    Be grateful for the people helped by the donation (so many are waiting for organs) and be thankful the family agreed rather than keeping the patient on long-term "life

  8. PDN and boundaries

    LadysSolo replied to quickkarma's topic in Private Duty

    I have a home care client who gave me a few Christmas cookies, I did not consider this crossing a professional boundary. I WOULD consider an expensive gift a problem. I based this on policies from...

  9. The right to an opinion

    LadysSolo replied to ElectricCabbage's topic in General Nursing

    The problem I encountered when I was a floor nurse was that DESPITE a patient's signed Living Will, when the patient became unresponsive and the MPOA disagreed and "wanted everything done" (Living...

  10. EpiPens....who knew?

    LadysSolo replied to roser13's topic in Patient Medications

    Could you (for home use) get a vial and syringes and have a few doses pre-drawn up like we do in home care for diabetics without the dexterity to draw up their own? Could provide peace of

  11. minimum staffing and lunch breaks - enemies??

    LadysSolo replied to wisconurse16's topic in General Nursing

    I would rather get my work and charting done and leave on time than take my break and have a half hour over just to get my lunch break. I usually was over anyway, (oncology floor, not a night went by...

  12. minimum staffing and lunch breaks - enemies??

    LadysSolo replied to wisconurse16's topic in General Nursing

    I got lunch maybe 10 times in 23 years of work (5 8 hour shifts per week scheduled, often stretched to 10 or 12 hours to cover.) We were REQUIRED to clock out for 30 min, but very rarely got the...

  13. I Told him she shouldn't be discharged....

    LadysSolo replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I do not discount what Jade said, although I DO agree that occasionally some take people home for all the right reasons. I had altogether too many families who refused all instruction on how to care...

  14. What Nurses really Want to Say When They Chart

    LadysSolo replied to SICUshortCait's topic in General Nursing

    Pt strongly encouraged to (insert whatever reasonable request here) in order to improve (whatever is going down the tubes.) States not interested (actually stated "H**L no!") Pt discovered with O2...

  15. Should I quit if the job doesn't fit??

    LadysSolo replied to RoadRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Many positions have a "non-compete" clause where you are not permitted to take any similar position within a certain mile radius. That is something to check into before leaving a position and taking...

  16. Doc calls nurse coworkers monkeys...

    LadysSolo replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would be a little careful, facilities tend to have the attitude that docs bring in money and nurses cost money. That being said, I have in the past worked with a cardiologist at a facility who said...

  17. Is it ever okay to follow up with a patient you've cared for outside of work?

    LadysSolo replied to Momma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a young man die on my floor (oncology) some years ago, his mom and wife took it hard. I had done some "extra" things for him from time to time (searching the hospital lounges/waiting areas for...

  18. Nursing: Finding Ways to Bloom Where You Are Planted

    LadysSolo replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    There is a lot of dissatisfaction with the hours that are put in - after seeing patients all day there are (average) 4 hours of documentation, so it's about a 12-14 hour day. Gets old after...

  19. Nursing: Finding Ways to Bloom Where You Are Planted

    LadysSolo replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    And I am an NP that will be going back to the bedside in a few years. Being an NP is great, don't get me wrong, but the hours are brutal and the documentation and nonsense with Medicare/Medicaid...

  20. Alzheimer's Attack: Coping as Family & Nurse

    LadysSolo replied to jeastridge's topic in Parish

    Or RoyHanson, are you a troll enjoying baiting people who actually know something about the

  21. Alzheimer's Attack: Coping as Family & Nurse

    LadysSolo replied to jeastridge's topic in Parish

    RoyHanson, I am guessing you are a nursing student (or I( will cut you the slack of presuming you are.) Alzheimer's patients do not know they are confused (ask them what they are confused about -...

  22. Alzheimer's Attack: Coping as Family & Nurse

    LadysSolo replied to jeastridge's topic in Parish

    It's a shame that your family was a bunch of jerks. The only saving grace for me was my brother and sister and I had sold everything to pay for my mom's care except some family jewelry that we divided...

  23. Alzheimer's Attack: Coping as Family & Nurse

    LadysSolo replied to jeastridge's topic in Parish

    jrbl77, that is part of what we went through too. My sister wanted our mom close to her, which took her away from where she had lived all her life and all her friends and my brother and myself, to two...

  24. Alzheimer's Attack: Coping as Family & Nurse

    LadysSolo replied to jeastridge's topic in Parish

    Alzheimer's disease is particularly cruel because it steals the personality and mind of the person you knew for so many years. And it is more tragic because (at least in my mother's case) I could...

  25. Getting Our Egos Out of the Hierarchy!

    LadysSolo replied to BethBoynton's topic in General Nursing

    I have also had patients/family members who got their "medical degrees" from WebMD or the like, and those are who I believe the sign was aimed at. I believe it was an attempt at humor. I have no...