VivaLasViejas ASN, RN

LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych

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    neurogenic bladder not a good reason to have a foley?

    VivaLasViejas replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    What Miami NightNurse said. Even using "clean" technique, performing in-and-out catheterization on a schedule has less chance of causing UTI and other GU tract infections than leaving a Foley in. It's...
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    Wish me luck!

    VivaLasViejas replied to Tweety's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You'll do GREAT, my friend...........I'm not worried in the least, so don't you be. Trust that you are the right person, in the right place, at the right time, with the right message. I'll be...
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    I worked a double yesterday and today I called out!

    VivaLasViejas replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And report the facility itself to Senior and Disabled
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    No reimbusement if patient satisfaction score are low?

    VivaLasViejas replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What a load of horse-pucky!! So glad I don't work in a hospital anymore. The idea that management would try to serve up a pile of garbage like that shows how little respect they have for the nursing...
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    HELP,I have to clean my sons room today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    VivaLasViejas replied to proud2b1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My philosophy on cleaning teen-agers' rooms is this: If I can shut the door and not have to look at the mess, AND the flies aren't so thick in the hallway that the health department needs to be...
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    The Runaway Bride Wants to be a Nurse!

    VivaLasViejas replied to michael79's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2:
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    Ugh---I have to fire an employee tomorrow.

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

    I hear ya.......I've learned that it's best to have a witness when you have to discipline or terminate an employee, and to document events right afterwards when your memory of events is still fresh!...
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    Salem/Eugene, Oregon

    VivaLasViejas replied to Lanegirl's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Moved to Oregon Nurses forum. Salem Hospital has a great reputation, and their nurse salaries are among the highest in the Willamette Valley. If I had to choose between living in Salem or Eugene,...
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    I'm giving up beer and wine for a year or maybe forever

    VivaLasViejas replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'll never forget the woman at one of my earliest AA meetings, who was celebrating her 10th sobriety birthday. I flat-out asked her how on earth she had managed TEN YEARS without drinking..........I...
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    I've Had it! *Long*

    VivaLasViejas replied to MedicalLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes all you can do is take a deep breath, hold your nose, and jump in. However, I highly recommend researching any company you plan on applying to, BEFORE you apply.......and certainly before...
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    A Poem for Nursing Students who are Moms

    VivaLasViejas replied to 3sodapop's topic in General Students

    That is TOO cute.........and too true!! My family and I went through the same sort of thing when I was in nursing school years ago, only you've articulated it better than I could have back then....
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    I'm giving up beer and wine for a year or maybe forever

    VivaLasViejas replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    jlsRN~I have a few thoughts on this, please PM me if you'd like to
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    VivaLasViejas replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Petition signed and
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    VivaLasViejas replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Many of us have worked in hospitals with union representation, and from what I've seen, I'm not a bit impressed. Where I worked, all the union reps concentrated on were wages and benefits---working...
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    VivaLasViejas replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    We don't need a celebrity endorsement. We need to STAND UP FOR OURSELVES.......individually, and in groups. Count me
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    VivaLasViejas replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent post, Valerie. You know, I've always considered myself a pretty tough cookie, able to take whatever life dished out and keep on truckin'. But this thread has brought back some...
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    VivaLasViejas replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    I am astonished at the amount of human anguish I'm hearing through the posts in this thread. I am equally astonished at the strength of my own reaction to them, how keenly I apparently still feel the...
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    Is this true about most nurses..

    VivaLasViejas replied to BecomeNurse06's topic in General Nursing

    "Aggressiveness" and "assertiveness" are also not the same thing. It takes a while to learn the difference, and progress is usually not a smooth, straight road but a tortuous pathway full of lumps and...
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    Is nursing hereditary?

    VivaLasViejas replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother was a student nurse during World War I, but I'm the first (and so far, only) registered nurse in my family. My mother's favorite expression was "I'm no Florence Nightingale"---she could...
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    Dirty ol' women

    VivaLasViejas replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, it's fine here in Geriatric/LTC. My hubby and I work in the same assisted living facility, and though we're far closer in age to the elderly people we serve than you are, flirty ol' women...
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    VivaLasViejas replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    You may very well be right about post-traumatic stress. I wonder sometimes if I've got it, even though I'm very happy with the job I've held now for over two years. Whenever I'm feeling overwhelmed at...
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    Why do people abuse nurses?

    VivaLasViejas replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it's because I'm getting old and cranky, but I didn't go into nursing to be treated like a pack animal. This "customer service" insanity has GOT TO GO. Anyone with any manners whatsoever knows...
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    how do I get my husband to go to the ER?

    VivaLasViejas replied to inshallamiami's topic in Emergency

    Tell your hubby that you'll tattle to his mom if he doesn't go to the ER, NOW. We are unable to offer you medical advice here, but anyone with "normal" renal function who hasn't voided in three days...
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    After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    VivaLasViejas replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Moderator's Note: After much discussion and clean-up, the Administrative team has decided to return this thread to public view. It clearly serves a need, not only for the OP who has shared her...
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    Do You Find MDs Often Miss MRSA Diagnosis?

    VivaLasViejas posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK, I haven't been a nurse forever, but it sure feels like it. Especially when a new resident comes to me complaining about a "rash" she's had for over a year despite multiple trips to her primary...