VivaLasViejas ASN, RN

LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych

Once a nurse, always a nurse!

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    Results of 4th Nursing Article Contest

    VivaLasViejas replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    :anpom::ancong!::clphnds: to all the
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    3 years sober

    VivaLasViejas replied to lovelynurse123's topic in Nurses Recovery

    CONGRATULATIONS on your 3-year sobriety 'birthday'!!
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    McKenzie's funeral

    VivaLasViejas replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    What a fitting tribute to a precious child...........I am weeping as I type this, the description is so beautiful. The funeral must have been incredibly difficult to get through, for you as well as...
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    Friends little daughter passed away tonight

    VivaLasViejas replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, Shelly........I am so sorry. You and your friends will be in my
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    After a few years of nursing, you don't care anymore?

    VivaLasViejas replied to jenthehen828's topic in General Nursing

    In a word: No. I've been a nurse for eleven years, and to this day I vow that I will hang up my stethoscope if I ever stop caring about my patients. There will always be favorites, as well as those...
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    Beer on a patient's dinner tray?

    VivaLasViejas replied to JaredCNA's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago when I worked in a small country hospital, we had a frequent flyer for whom the admitting doc always wrote orders for "one 12-oz.can of beer PO q 4 hrs PRN s/sx DTs". Someone literally had...
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    Nurses: Is your hairstyle a luxury or a necessity?

    VivaLasViejas replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Mine's both a luxury and a necessity. I have this long, thick, naturally wavy/curly hair that is growing in silver now, and I have to relax it every 2-3 months to get rid of all the frizz and make it...
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    Stylish hospital gowns

    VivaLasViejas replied to quetepye's topic in General Nursing

    Those are VERY nice! But whoooo-eeee, are they spendy........then again, I think it would be worth it if one is undergoing chemo, radiation, or other repetitious tx that require easy-to-remove...
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    Stylish hospital gowns

    VivaLasViejas replied to quetepye's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmmmmmm.........somehow the terms "designer" and "hospital gown" don't belong in the same sentence, let alone next to each other. I think of hospital gowns as pieces of clothing that make you feel...
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    Age you will/were graduated?

    VivaLasViejas replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    I was 38 when I graduated. No shame
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    Golden Living Centers

    VivaLasViejas replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Beverly Enterprises was a name that stank even way back in the '70s when I was inquiring into nurse's aid jobs---everybody I talked to told me to stay away from there because the care was bad and the...
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    Dave Barry's Colonoscopy

    VivaLasViejas replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    good for you, blueridge......you're a far braver soul than i am! i'll hit the big five-o in january, and my doctor has already gotten after me to have it done. i told him to go soak his
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    Dave Barry's Colonoscopy

    VivaLasViejas replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's not the procedure that worries me.........if you give me enough Versed, I'm not going to care if an entire Army platoon is marching through my colon. It's the PREP: I've put a great many people...
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    Dave Barry's Colonoscopy

    VivaLasViejas replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    That is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!! Still, I just can't wait to not do
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    I Could NEVER Do PICU!

    VivaLasViejas replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in General Nursing

    Jan, that was beautiful. I can't imagine dealing with that sort of heartbreak every day. You truly are a special nurse, and a special person, to be able to do this work. God bless
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    Why Hospice Nursing?

    VivaLasViejas replied to mom and nurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you for the enthusiastic 'plug' for hospice, BlueRidge! I'm seriously considering making the switch myself, and it's great to hear about the job from someone who knows whereof she speaks. It...
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    Do I let this nurse take the blame...?

    VivaLasViejas replied to zamboni's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I would caution you against offering anyone any sort of medical advice, especially when it's someone you only "know" online. I see you are a new nurse, and the natural thing for new...
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    The things you never forget...

    VivaLasViejas replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    That must have been excruciating...........I feel so bad for all of
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    Sickest you have ever been, and still expected to work.

    VivaLasViejas replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was actually RELIEVED when they did it. And I got unemployment benefits too, because I wasn't fired 'for cause'. I was fired because four years of bad management had landed this facility in deep...
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    Sickest you have ever been, and still expected to work.

    VivaLasViejas replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was working 14-hour days after a bad LTC survey, trying to help formulate the plan of correction and go through 45 charts page by page, when I got pneumonia. I had a fever of 103, looked and felt...
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    Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    VivaLasViejas replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    It's really too bad this old chestnut had to be dug up again---these threads tend to stir up more emotions than they're worth---but now that it has, please be reminded that the Terms of Service...
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    Has Anyone Here Been On a TV Series/Show?

    VivaLasViejas replied to keaton90's topic in General Nursing

    My mother and I blundered onto the set of Hawaii Five-O way back in 1970 as they were filming a car chase scene on Kalakaua Avenue. It was our first visit there and we just wanted to see what was...
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    Just disgusted

    VivaLasViejas replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi, Chloe! To answer your question, no, I wasn't planning to do MDS, although I have done it in the past and would probably do it again if I had to (unlike hospital nursing, which I wouldn't touch...
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    My bad attitude

    VivaLasViejas replied to jessiern's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I swear, 90% of us have worked for the same hospital! What's sad is, we all think it's OUR fault. It's not. Great post, Mz
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    My bad attitude

    VivaLasViejas replied to jessiern's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i beg to differ. the worst treatment i was ever subjected to was in a union hospital, where the union stewards were hand-in-glove with management and received promotions to leadership positions ahead...