VivaLasViejas ASN, RN

LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych

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    SEIU Threatening Nurses at Home --What you should do if they com,e to your door

    VivaLasViejas replied to lizzyj's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Can you provide a link to this
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    Discussing bodily fuctions at lunch,.

    VivaLasViejas replied to BearyPrivate's topic in General Nursing

    Know what you mean, Jessie. I hate feet too. YECCCHHHHH. My sister goes through the same thing at meals......my husband is the maintenance director at the same ALF where I work, oldest daughter also...
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    Discussing bodily fuctions at lunch,.

    VivaLasViejas replied to BearyPrivate's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in my nursing program, about a dozen of us sort of took over the small cafeteria at our school. We'd be sitting there, chowing down and talking about all sorts of gross things we'd seen in...
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    How is the high price of gasoline effecting your life?

    VivaLasViejas replied to barefootlady's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. I'm also making sure the tires are properly inflated and the recommended maintenance gets done on
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    headaches

    VivaLasViejas replied to kashmir's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of good advice has been shared here, and the OP now has a diagnosis. I love happy endings! Closing thread now as it has served its
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    Question for Managers who do their own hiring......

    VivaLasViejas replied to Marie-SC's topic in Nurse Management

    I'd hire you in a minute! When can you
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    I just wanna be a DNR

    VivaLasViejas replied to NurseCherlove's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the tune isn't so hot, but the message.........WOW!!!!! I totally
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    Got the phone call, not the letter

    VivaLasViejas replied to Penny8611's topic in General Nursing

    I just had MY callback mammogram---there was yet another 'calcification' they were concerned about, wouldn't you know it!---but it was OK too, thank God. I thought I was going to end up standing on my...
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    From deadening boredom to high anxiety

    VivaLasViejas replied to garciadiego's topic in Medical-Surgical

    BTDT. I felt the same way about it that you do......I was bored to tears as a charge nurse in LTC, but all the excitement of acute care stressed me out so much that I eventually left for a "tamer"...
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    Dumbest thing you've done in nursing??

    VivaLasViejas replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    Once, as a new med/surg nurse, I discharged a patient home without a doctor's order. Actually, I thought I'd gotten a verbal order from the doctor, who'd stopped by on her way to her office to check...
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    What's YOUR nursing obsession?

    VivaLasViejas replied to tanthalas's topic in General Nursing

    1) HANDWASHING!! I am totally anal-retentive about hand hygiene and nag my staff and family about it all the time. Hmmm........could it be a coincidence that I'm almost never ill? 2) Hydration---I'm...
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    Troubles as a new manager

    VivaLasViejas replied to rckymtnrn30's topic in Nurse Management

    As the saying goes, "It's lonely at the top". Subordinates think all we do all day is sit behind a desk dreaming up busy-work projects and making it harder for them to do their "real" work. Our bosses...
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    Acused of no compassion

    VivaLasViejas replied to nurseofficegail's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto the above. This has happened to me too, and the truth is, it's not that you're paranoid---when managers start making vague complaints like this, they really ARE out to get you. In fact, I'd be...
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    I hated cat dissection!!! Will I hate nursing?!

    VivaLasViejas replied to WantAccel.BSN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Being a cat lover, I hated that part of A&P as well. It has absolutely NO bearing on how you will handle nursing, however, so don't worry about it........it's just something many of us have to get...
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    Assisted living or LTC??

    VivaLasViejas replied to smak60's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I disagree. Assisted living nursing is all about assessment skills---if you don't have them, you won't make it in this field. Plus, ALF is much higher acuity than it used to be; my facility has a...
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    Surgical vs General Medical Unit

    VivaLasViejas replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    I really enjoyed the surgical patients for the most part when I was on med/surg.....sure, the ortho pts. were hard because of pain and heavy equipment (if I never have to deal with another CPM machine...
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    Results of 3rd Nursing Article Contest

    VivaLasViejas replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    congratulations to all the
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    Am I Too Old? How Hard Is It To Get In?

    VivaLasViejas replied to Gambln00's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    And how old are you going to be in 6 or 7 years if you DON'T go for it?? Seriously........you've got at least four decades of work left. Might as well do this while you're young, and believe me, at 26...
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    18 gauge insertion

    VivaLasViejas replied to Murse7's topic in Emergency

    I'm just happy to know I'm not the only one who had trouble w/ 18G angiocaths. In my med/surg days I could get a 20 or 22 in almost anyone, but 18s were troublesome for me and I remember being...
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    If they're paying 50k+ out of pocket maybe they *should* expect to be waited on...?

    VivaLasViejas replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    This thread has gotten out of hand, and will now be closed for a cooling-off
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    If they're paying 50k+ out of pocket maybe they *should* expect to be waited on...?

    VivaLasViejas replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Moderator's Note: This discussion has obviously touched a nerve, and it is beginning to get a wee bit testy. Please remember to debate the TOPIC and not other members. Thank
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    Just wanting to thank the mods...

    VivaLasViejas replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    My thanks to all of you who've posted so far! 'Tis true, moderating is often a thankless job, so we really do appreciate it when the members recognize that we aren't just a bunch of wet-blankets on a...
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    How do you get someone to show you their butt?

    VivaLasViejas replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I'm sure you've had your bottom checked.........and yes, we can be sneaky when we need to be.:wink2: As a number of people have said, it's not really so difficult to get this done; you just make...
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    Wondering what Portland's like?

    VivaLasViejas replied to MovingRN's topic in Oregon Nursing

    This is actually VERY unusual weather for us, TeleRNer........in fact, I've never seen anything quite like it in the 20 years I've lived in the Willamette Valley. We've had a colder and...
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    Helping for easier IV access.

    VivaLasViejas replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    And I'm the opposite---I can get an IV in almost anyone, but I HATE sticking babies and children.......don't like hurting the little