VivaLasViejas ASN, RN

LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych

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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

    That is an EXCELLENT perspective. TY
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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

    My goodness............did we work at the same hospital?? Please believe me, there is more to life---and nursing---than hospital work. It doesn't have to be like that. It truly doesn't. You may have...
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    Patient asking for phone number to keep in touch, what do you say?

    VivaLasViejas replied to amy0123's topic in General Nursing

    Even my residents, who are like family (and who know I carry a company cell phone 24/7/365), don't have my number!! Work is work and private life is private life, and never the twain should meet....
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    Do You Find MDs Often Miss MRSA Diagnosis?

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I think happened. I don't think she had MRSA to start with either, but she's got it now. Orders came in today for ABX and follow-up next
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    Greedy Govt

    VivaLasViejas replied to Api1rn's topic in General Nursing

    There are already a substantial number of threads on this subject elsewhere in the forums. It is an old, tired topic that unfortunately tends to get very ugly very quickly, and this thread is no...
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    Anybody regret leaving the bedside?

    VivaLasViejas replied to Roseyposey's topic in General Nursing

    I don't regret leaving the bedside for a minute. In a perfect world, I would be happily tending to three or four surgical patients, all of whom can walk and talk and take themselves to the bathroom....
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    Special Support thread for Cariad and her dh

    VivaLasViejas replied to madwife2002's topic in United Kingdom

    (((((((((Cariad))))))))) Lifting both you and your husband up in prayer as I type
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    So Mad I Could Just SCREAM.......

    VivaLasViejas posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well, what I've long suspected about the hospital in the town where I work is, in fact, true: DNR indeed does mean "Do Not Treat". The EMTs won't even transport someone to the ER if their advanced...
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    How committed are you to AN

    VivaLasViejas replied to nyapa's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:
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    So Mad I Could Just SCREAM.......

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Guess what? TODAY we finally got X-rays done on this poor lady, and she has an L-3 compression fracture!! No wonder she's been in so much pain!!! Think I'm going to send a nice little letter to the...
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    Do you talk about allnurses.com at work?

    VivaLasViejas replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I've referred lots of people here.........AN is much too good to keep
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    Difference bw assisted living and nx home?Assisted living job 42 pt per nurse, safe?

    VivaLasViejas replied to seneyka's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm the DON for a 42-bed ALF, and although many of my residents need quite a lot of help (we have sliding scale diabetics, wounds, dementia, and all sorts of physical disabilities), I find the load...
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    So Mad I Could Just SCREAM.......

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Well said, Gwennie Lee, and thank you. I finally have some good news to report on this resident. After three weeks of her being in constant pain (even with Tylenol#3), deteriorating mentation,...
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    Really bad at Starting IVs

    VivaLasViejas replied to Lady_Bing's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It took me SIX YEARS to become comfortable with IV starts. I just couldn't get the knack of it, and was actually beginning to think I never would, when all of a sudden I got one in........and...
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    Hourly Rounding

    VivaLasViejas replied to Erianne1074's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    See, that's just it. Most nurses are 'people persons', and we know instinctively that we can save ourselves a lot of time and give the best care by anticipating our patients' needs. It's so much...
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    Hourly Rounding

    VivaLasViejas replied to Erianne1074's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Good grief...........I am SO glad I left acute carel!!! I'd get fired in a New York minute if I were working in a facility that treated professionals like Wal-Mart greeters. I can just see myself...
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    DUI suspect gets $15,000 for forced catheterization

    VivaLasViejas replied to Balder_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care WHAT the authorities want: no way would I violate a patient's rights in this manner, even those of someone in legal custody. That's a no-brainer,
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    do you go to work sick?

    VivaLasViejas replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I used to call in under only two conditions: if I couldn't get my head a) OFF the pillow, or b) OUT of the toilet. Now I'm a little more sensible, if only because I'm a DON and have to be a role model...
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    RN with ARREST record/NO conviction, in CA, possible?

    VivaLasViejas replied to lolitochka's topic in General Nursing

    This is something that should be discussed with your state board of nursing, not strangers on an Internet message board. It is all too easy for people with a few bucks and a little bit of detective...
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    Back Injury-may lose career, help !

    VivaLasViejas replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    I wish we could help you here, furoffire. It must be terrifying to be in the position you are in. However, I think you would be best served by consulting an attorney who specializes in worker's comp...
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    Start with Med/Surg or Specialty

    VivaLasViejas replied to jmCARing4u's topic in General Nursing

    I used to believe every nurse should do a year or two in M/S before going on to a specialty, but now I know better. M/S is NOT the place you want to be if your interests lie elsewhere---it's a tough...
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    Demented Residents & Funny Comments

    VivaLasViejas replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In a nursing home where I used to work, we had a sweet LOL who was every bit the genteel Southern lady.........wouldn't have said "poop" if she had a mouthful. She loved to chat, so when I had a bit...
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    Is this all there is?

    VivaLasViejas replied to nurseby07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Gee, sounds about like the last year or so I spent on a med/surg floor.:icon_roll I've said it before, but it bears repeating: Life is too short to be this miserable. Get out of there and follow your...
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    Do you think there will be a nursing "draft" someday?

    VivaLasViejas replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    Bottom line: I wouldn't want anybody taking care of me who had little or no aptitude or interest in what they were doing. I'm with the poster who said the best way to attract people to the profession...
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    does anyone regret becoming a nurse?

    VivaLasViejas replied to CC999's topic in General Nursing

    Well said, robinbird! I don't regret for a single minute becoming a nurse. I've questioned my sanity on more than one occasion, but never have I seriously thought "Gee, I shoulda gone to law school"....