VivaLasViejas ASN, RN

LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych

Once a nurse, always a nurse!

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    Preventing falls from low beds

    VivaLasViejas replied to BoopetteRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I can't begin to count the number of times I've tripped over those miserable mats, causing me to land right smack in the middle of a resident's bed on one memorable occasion (she still teases me about...
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    Gratitude for Sobriety

    VivaLasViejas replied to michigooseBSN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congratulations to you!!! I celebrated my own 17th sobriety birthday on Jan. 1st of this year, so we're right in the same ballpark. Sometimes it hasn't even been one day at a time---it's been one...
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    Important-need advice for traffic tickets and major depression diagnosis

    VivaLasViejas replied to mom35's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yes, they will show up, so whatever you do, don't even THINK about omitting them from your disclosure statements. You'll have an opportunity to explain what happened, and it shouldn't get in your way...
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    Ignorant Stupid Patients

    VivaLasViejas replied to KY RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yep.........as the saying goes: if it weren't for alcohol, drugs, and general stupidity, we'd all have to go out and get REAL jobs. Like it or not, patients such as those described here are our job...
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    "How Can You Stand It?"

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Wow..........you just made my week!!:heartbeat I wish you the best of everything in your endeavors. Geriatrics is often considered the low end of the nursing totem pole, which makes it hard to attract...
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    The nastiest story that I have EVER heard! It happened to me!

    VivaLasViejas replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in Nursing Humor

    I've seen that once..........it's one of about a thousand memories I wouldn't wish on anybody. Pt. was a Native American woman in her 50s, looked decades older, and she had been drinking a fifth of...
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    The nastiest story that I have EVER heard! It happened to me!

    VivaLasViejas replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in Nursing Humor

    BAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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    "How Can You Stand It?"

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    The way I look at it, SOMEBODY has got to care about these people---the government sees them as numbers, the medical establishment largely ignores and under-treats them, and the corporations that own...
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    Quality of life: How far would you go to save your life.

    VivaLasViejas replied to diane227's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that no one can really know what he or she would do in a life-threatening situation until it happens..........however, I've prepared for it as much as possible by having a copy of my signed...
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    Do most nurses not want to go into management?

    VivaLasViejas replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    See, that's just it. I left because I had become someone I no longer respected..........and if I couldn't respect myself, how in the name of all that is reasonable could I expect anyone else to...
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    Do most nurses not want to go into management?

    VivaLasViejas replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    (sits in front of computer, nodding head so hard it is about to fall off) BTDT, got the battle scars to prove it..........What's funny is, now that I'm no longer IN management, I keep running into...
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    Stupid things that bosses have you do

    VivaLasViejas replied to JB2007's topic in General Nursing

    There's at least one of these in every facility, I swear. We have one on my floor who has been hell on wheels ever since her husband was admitted---I've seen aides come out of that room in tears more...
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    I am the nurse...

    VivaLasViejas replied to Aneroo's topic in School

    Don't feel bad............it happens in LTC too. The other day I was standing at my med cart......dressed in scrubs per normal.......drawing up insulin into a syringe. Suddenly a group of about eight...
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    How do you put a nurse like this in her place?

    VivaLasViejas replied to DoubleblessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Every workplace has at least one of these, and to a person they are ALWAYS insecure about something. Maybe it's because I'm old and have been a nurse for some time, but I'm more amused than irritated...
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    Things that old people have in common

    VivaLasViejas replied to fuzzywuzzy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    HEY!!! Have you been looking in my pockets
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    Beautiful nursing students are going to make concentrating difficult...

    VivaLasViejas replied to Future-nurse's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Now THAT's an attractive thought.
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    Nursing home not able to admit medicare patients

    VivaLasViejas replied to Sarah Jayne's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, I would definitely stay away. Being prohibited from accepting Medicare patients is reserved for only the most severe deficiencies, e.g. neglect that resulted in significant harm to residents. I...
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    Anyone have experience with Lap Band Surgery?

    VivaLasViejas replied to Keepstanding's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I never seem to land anywhere that my employer's health insurance helps to pay for this procedure.........otherwise, I'd have done it years ago. I didn't want the Roux-en-Y---I've cared for a number...
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    Frank Luntz warns GOP: Health reform is popular

    VivaLasViejas replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You've made some good points here. And FWIW, I recognize that the "flying BS" alluded to in my previous post comes just as thick and fast from the Democratic side of the aisle. I don't believe a word...
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    How was Nurses Week celebrated at your Facility

    VivaLasViejas replied to HIPPIECHIKRN's topic in General Nursing

    We didn't celebrate Nurses' Day or Nurses' Week. Instead, we're going to have something called Nursing Home Week, with "themed" celebrations each day next week. Hmmm.........whatever. As long as...
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    Swine Flu Parties

    VivaLasViejas replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Sounds like pure insanity to
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    Frank Luntz warns GOP: Health reform is popular

    VivaLasViejas replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So it's not about what might be best for Americans struggling with health care costs, it's only about semantics..........they've got to get those zingers in and make their point. Got it. Thanks,...
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    Pajamas

    VivaLasViejas replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    It seems to me to be something of a generational thing. I don't get it either. When I was young, no one outside the family ever saw you in your pajamas, unless you were at your girlfriend's house for...
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    the smell of code brown

    VivaLasViejas replied to CNA Rob's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    RX: Mentholatum, 1 dab placed under nostrils PRN odoriferous
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    "butter bullets"--narcotics mixed with butter for rectal administration

    VivaLasViejas replied to pammyf's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I prefer surgical lubricant