VivaLasViejas ASN, RN

LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych

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    generation gap among nurses

    VivaLasViejas replied to angelcharm's topic in General Nursing

    isn't that the truth.........my grown kids are always surprising me with their intuition, their maturity, their 'together-ness' for lack of a better word. they are so much smarter than i was at their...
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    generation gap among nurses

    VivaLasViejas replied to angelcharm's topic in General Nursing

    Why ever would you want to make generalizations like that? Young people just don't know
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    Eleven pound baby!

    VivaLasViejas replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    You've got THAT right........my last one was 10 lb. 9 oz. and 23 inches long, and I thanked God for C-sections, let me tell you. I'm overweight, but otherwise I'm quite a small woman, less than...
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    Shoulder dislocation in elderly patient

    VivaLasViejas replied to doones_1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, it's possible for shoulder joints to become dislocated without a lot of provocation in a 90-something with orthopedic problems. But how certain is it that "nobody knows how it happened"? This...
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    Why do nurses tolerate bad workloads and bad work situatitons?

    VivaLasViejas replied to JoAnna McNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    And if they don't find a way to outright fire you, they will harass you and "write you up" and call you on every tiny omission or infraction until you give up and quit. Having a union doesn't always...
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    Flu shot or not?

    VivaLasViejas replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    I never miss getting a flu shot---I've got asthma, and the flu has been known to put me in the hospital. No thanks, I haven't got time for all that! As an ALF nurse, I'm rather militant about...
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    fat and miserable

    VivaLasViejas replied to piper_for_hire's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, lordy, NOT another 'fat' thread............:smackingf
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    Ever give yourself a flu shot before?

    VivaLasViejas posted a topic in General Nursing

    Up until yesterday, the answer for me was "No". It's never been a problem before..........I'd always worked where there were other nurses available to give them. Then a few days ago as I was...
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    Am I the only one who finds this disrespectful?

    VivaLasViejas replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Try as I might, I never did figure out how so many welfare recipients are supposedly able to afford Cadillacs and filet mignon; when my family of six was on assistance years ago in California, we got...
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    Do I Have the Right NOT to Be Weighed?

    VivaLasViejas replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Well said, Leslie.:yeahthat: Let me take this opportunity to ask that members debate the topic, and not each other. Thank
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    Anybody else hate the time change?

    VivaLasViejas replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Of course, I'm the odd duck---I wish we could stay on Daylight Saving Time all year round, like we did back during the energy crisis of the 1970s. I'm one of those people who desperately needs every...
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    ashamed today

    VivaLasViejas replied to susiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:
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    Will people ever learn?

    VivaLasViejas replied to charebec65's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's tragic. I'm not particularly fond of body piercings myself, but one should be able to have it done without paying for it with their life or their health. The girl ought to sue the pants...
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    Stop #@$%!* Thief!!!

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting..........! Talk about irony........my boss and I were looking through a Home Depot catalog yesterday afternoon that came in the facility's mail, and what should we see but FAKE security...
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    Do I Have the Right NOT to Be Weighed?

    VivaLasViejas replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    YES, you have the right not to be weighed. And any doctor who would threaten to not see you unless you complied with this is blackmailing you---highly inappropriate and unprofessional, IMHO. I would...
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    Is Drug Addiction a Disease?

    VivaLasViejas replied to loricatus's topic in General Nursing

    YES, I believe addiction of any kind is a medical disease with psychosocial implications, as it is caused by chemical imbalances in the brain. But NO, it does not mean one is not responsible for their...
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    Ethical Death Issue

    VivaLasViejas replied to dinkysam's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sometimes that's all a dying person needs---"permission" to stop fighting and slip away in peace. What you did is nothing different from what I've done countless times in my career, or what anyone...
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    alchohol and nursing

    VivaLasViejas replied to fuzzie's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Hi, fuzzie......... I, too, am a recovering alcoholic with 14 years and 10 months' sobriety under my belt. I can't count the number of 'dry drunks' I've had over the years, during which I did...
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    Poll: Male Nurses in the OB? Ok or No Way???

    VivaLasViejas replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in General Nursing

    You can help her by realizing that males in health care are PROFESSIONALS who are there to take care of her and treat her, not lustful ogres just itching to get their filthy paws on her. Please...
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    Stop #@$%!* Thief!!!

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, all. It feels good to be able to vent, especially since my boss, the facility administrator, is dragging his feet on getting the police involved. He was supposed to call them two days ago;...
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    Stop #@$%!* Thief!!!

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of good ideas here, thanks to all who've posted so far. We had, indeed, considered whether the culprit could be one of our residents; we do have a number of rather confused folks who are...
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    ashamed today

    VivaLasViejas replied to susiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to try to add some words of wisdom to this discussion. Unfortunately, I have long been plagued by a deplorable lack of curiosity about my co-workers' personal lives, love affairs, and so...
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    Andrea Yates Psych MR Online - HIPAA Violation?

    VivaLasViejas replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    Even though I have absolutely no sympathy for Andrea Yates, I'm hard put to muster any for Rusty either, and I think this latest act is despicable. Her life has already been dissected for the masses;...
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    Ever give yourself a flu shot before?

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you, Joanna! I'm the same way........if I hadn't had to practice "insulin" (actually NS) injections on myself in nursing school, I don't think I'd have had the cojones to do an IM on myself...
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    Ever give yourself a flu shot before?

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Kewl! I like gory stuff, so I'll have to check that out.:chuckle I've done some pretty gruesome things to myself in the past---lanced a boil on my abdomen, taken out sutures, dug out a plantar wart,...