LadysSolo

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  1. Do what now? ( How to save a stroke victim according to facebook)

    LadysSolo replied to That Guy's topic in General Nursing

    The sad part is some people will believe this and not call 911

  2. What Else Can I Do For A Living?

    LadysSolo replied to RNCM123's topic in Nursing Career

    Have read the entire thread, and I agree that money is not in nursing, plumber or electrician come to mind. But there are many things in nursing you can do, many have been mentioned already. One of...

  3. Worried

    LadysSolo replied to cool88's topic in General Nursing

    If I had a nickel for every boring meeting I have nodded off in over the years I could retire. I find virtually all meetings boring, and in short order I am nodding off. Should be no big deal,...

  4. New Background Checks in Colorado ?

    LadysSolo replied to cindyfox's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    In my state if you are working with vulnerable populations (the young or the elderly) you have to pass a Federal BCI, I wouldn't be surprised if Colorado started

  5. What is the hardest shift you ever had?

    LadysSolo replied to vxxen's topic in General Nursing

    There were so many working in the hospital, one of the weirdest was when I was a new nurse, and listening to a patient's lungs and doing an apical, and the heartbeat stopped. I thought "this isn't...

  6. Be honest: do you feel valued by your employer?

    LadysSolo replied to sunnyskies9's topic in General Nursing

    NotReady4Prime's post reminds me of a comment I made about my one employer being named "one of the 99 best employers" in the particular area. I commented that there were only about 99 employers in the...

  7. Smallest gauge for blood draw?

    LadysSolo replied to KLouHerout's topic in General Nursing

    I worked oncology, and after several rounds of chemotherapy, if the patient refused a port, often the largest gauge you could get in them was a 24. Blood infused fine, and sometimes we were pushing...

  8. Duty of care? Opinions please

    LadysSolo replied to sharpie12's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Many of my patients I see in home (in fact all of them, actually) have told me not to knock (I do the first time) and just to come in. They know when (approximately) to expect me. If I would go in and...

  9. What Would You Do to Fix the Failings of Healthcare Delivery ?

    LadysSolo replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think Assisted living and home health aides should be covered by Medicare - cheaper than SNF, and many people don't need SNF but can't afford self-pay for AL or home health aides daily. I also...

  10. Crushing Oral Medications...New Regulation

    LadysSolo replied to ltcnurse4u's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    They are trying to accomplish the nurses being sure what meds the resident is refusing, which I get. But they are going to accomplish the residents refusing all the meds, or if they take their meds,...

  11. Flaming Hot Cheetos are NOT a health food choice!

    LadysSolo replied to River Song, RN's topic in School

    Sorry, I LOVE Flaming hot Cheetos, but I can eat Habanero peppers and only think they are warm. I love hot food, but just wait till one of your students puts contact lenses in after handling these...

  12. Right to Refuse

    LadysSolo replied to 311ltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have had to explain to PCPs in the past that a LTC facility is the resident's home, and just like a home in the community, if the resident wants ice cream, pancakes with maple syrup, whatever, they...

  13. Possible reactions from your patients if suggested alternative pain relief

    LadysSolo replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I have chronic pain, and I use chiropractic once a month, ibuprofen and acetaminophen if I need it in between, and am very active. I believe, however, that most people would react very negatively if...

  14. Nurses, Doctors, and Admins: Nightmare Becomes Reality

    LadysSolo replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    The "shadowing nurses" idea was done at one hospital where I worked. The hospital board wanted to cut staff, and we asked if one of the board members would follow one of us for a day before they made...

  15. Messed up bad.....

    LadysSolo replied to OHRN2011's topic in Nurses Recovery

    OHRN2011, there is light out the other side. I too am in Ohio, and I have worked with two nurses who have completed the program. Both were still under restriction, but able to work. One was able to...

  16. Should a nurse suggest a different doctor?

    LadysSolo replied to brownbook's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You have to be VERY careful in how you do this. For example, I had a patient one time who had surgery, and it was done rather poorly, and the post-op care was very poor. I suggested to the patient...

  17. Accidental Pill Pusher

    LadysSolo replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    BTW, I do understand chronic pain. I have a back injury, and for the last 27 years I have lived in chronic pain (5 to 6 on the pain scale) every day of my life. I have accepted that this is my normal,...

  18. Accidental Pill Pusher

    LadysSolo replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    In the clinic I used to work in I had a 16-year-old come in because he had been to the ER a couple of days before and gotten Percocet for his sore throat, and wanted more. Physical exam negative, sent...

  19. Desperate for advice

    LadysSolo replied to nursegup's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds like you are being treated like an agency nurse. Quitting by phone or e-mail is very bad form, and the LTC market (at least in my area) is small enough that everyone knows everyone, so it can...

  20. Nurses and bullies...

    LadysSolo replied to nightingale4me's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience (32 years) I have found physical therapists to be bigger "bullies" than nurses, although passive-aggressive. In one facility they were the only ones permitted to cut tubigrips for the...

  21. Is bedside nursing still a lifelong career option?

    LadysSolo replied to NicStrRN's topic in General Nursing

    I became an NP partially because in my 40s (after 23 years at the bedside) I decided I physically could not lift and turn people for 20 more years. There was never enough staff to get help with moving...

  22. Quitting Your APRN Gig?

    LadysSolo replied to traumaRUs's topic in Advanced Practice

    traumaRUs and grad2012RN, these are all involved in why as soon as I am Medicare eligible and no longer need my employer insurance, I am going back to the bedside. My one employer (in the past) had...

  23. Need Some Job Advice...

    LadysSolo replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Try agency nursing until you find a job, kind of a "try before you buy" thing. You get to see the actual culture at the hospital/facility, and see if you really want to work there. And you will at...

  24. With a MSN, why do I need a BSN?

    LadysSolo replied to INrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I did a diploma to MSN program, and on completion of the MSN program was granted both degrees. Be sure that is not what they will be doing. I could be wrong, but I believe most programs would grant...

  25. Why so many negative nurses in the field?

    LadysSolo replied to Nursey916's topic in General Nursing

    I "put on a happy face" for my patients, and usually my co-workers but I have been dong this for 35 years, and I am not happy about the changes I have seen in the profession over the years. I am sick...