VivaLasViejas ASN, RN

LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych

Once a nurse, always a nurse!

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    Badly Paid Nurse a Good Nurse

    VivaLasViejas replied to foxyhill21's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm........let's see. If I invest two to six years in a college education, what would I rather earn so I can repay $30,000 or more in student loans---$12 an hour, or $24 an hour? Of COURSE money...
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    Fifty Ways to Leave Your....

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

    Nope, I've been out in the hills north of town for 3 1/2 years now. I work in the next town over, am DON of an assisted living facility, and have never been happier! I'll tell you sometime about the...
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    Anyone watch ER thursday?

    VivaLasViejas replied to t2000JC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm with you, Gompers! I've never worked NICU, but I have had one baby in the NICU, plus three C-sections of my own and plenty of postpartum experience both as a mom and nurse. They really did make a...
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    Fifty Ways to Leave Your....

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

    That's my dream too, if I were ever to win the lottery---I'd build a continuing care retirement community and staff it with only the best people I can find. I'd also pay them a living wage, offer...
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    Fifty Ways to Leave Your....

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

    STATED REASON: I feel stymied in my career and need a change. REAL REASON: The assistant department manager is a brass-plated @$#%& who for some reason is bent on running me into the ground, the...
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    Adn's Who Don't Care

    VivaLasViejas replied to nursing4me23's topic in General Nursing

    FWIW, my career is living proof that you don't have to have a BSN to be in management. I've been a charge nurse, resident care manager, ADON, and now DON, all without benefit of the "extra" years of...
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    When does a multip become a grand multip?

    VivaLasViejas replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I remember being referred to as a grand multip during my last pregnancy (which was technically #6, even though I had a spontaneous AB early in my fourth). At the time I didn't know what it meant, but...
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    Working while sick!

    VivaLasViejas replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is why we have a couple of staff who are literally on-call: they work only when other staff are off, whether for vacation or illness. This is also why sometimes the administrator and/or I wind up...
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    Working while sick!

    VivaLasViejas replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, let me play devil's advocate for a moment here. I have a similar policy........if you're calling in, you need to try to replace yourself , preferably at least four hours prior to the beginning...
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    Job Hunting - I don't understand

    VivaLasViejas replied to Pupnshnooter's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it's because of the way I was brought up, but I always wore my best clothing even when doing nothing but INQUIRING about jobs. It never hurts to be prepared to interview, and that's happened...
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    Near MIss! Evil Ex- NM rises from dead

    VivaLasViejas replied to TennNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Living well and being successful are, indeed, the best revenge........I'm proof of that myself! I am glad you didn't have to deal with your former NM personally, though. Makes me wonder how such a...
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    Nurse needs medical input

    VivaLasViejas replied to Elisheva's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Ooooooooh, I hate that itching.........and of course it burns like crazy, and if you scratch that makes everything worse! After the most recent episode, my leg never has been the same---if I bump it...
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    Questions re:Bible passage and nursing

    VivaLasViejas replied to hopecandles's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, that's it in a nutshell...........well put as always,
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    Nurse needs medical input

    VivaLasViejas replied to Elisheva's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I've not only seen recurring cellulitis, I have it myself. I've had three bouts with it over the past year, all in the right lower leg. Why? I would imagine it has a lot to do with my chronic edema,...
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    More education after 50

    VivaLasViejas replied to tigermom's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    This gives me hope for my own future! I'm an ADN in my late forties who's never felt any real need or desire to go back to college, as I've done quite a bit with my degree and am content with my...
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    At what point do you call in sick?

    VivaLasViejas replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    I consider myself "sick" only when I can't get my head a) off the pillow, or b) out of the toilet. For work purposes, however, I will call in if I have something I don't want my elderly residents to...
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    RENOWN HEALTH makes a resounding thud

    VivaLasViejas replied to 1Tulip's topic in Nevada Nursing

    You have my sympathies............what IS health care coming
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    How do you handle the "STRESS"

    VivaLasViejas replied to Little Panda RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think stress, like pain, is subjective---it's what the person experiencing it says it is, at the time that it's happening. A lot of people would think my job as a DON in an assisted living facility...
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    Please please help me, I'm in trouble

    VivaLasViejas replied to ImShelly31's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, but these are questions of a legal nature, and as such are better asked of a legal expert than a nursing bulletin board. Your best bet is to make an appointment with a qualified attorney,...
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    Profanity in the Breakroom....???

    VivaLasViejas replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    OT: Love the new avatar,
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    Profanity in the Breakroom....???

    VivaLasViejas replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    If your employer can fire you for throwing a single "F"-bomb, in the staff lounge, out of public earshot........well, you don't want to work for them anyway, because if it isn't this, it'll be...
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    What would you do if you worked with a racist?

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

    This supervisor has a supervisor, doesn't she? And doesn't that supervisor have a supervisor? YOU BET!! This must be reported up the chain of command, and immediately if not sooner. If you don't get...
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    Sentinel Events- Political and Ethical dillema

    VivaLasViejas replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is only my opinion, but we live in such a litigious society that many businesses almost routinely refuse to issue formal apologies anymore, because they are sure to be sued! In fact, as a...
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    Lift test

    VivaLasViejas replied to ICRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    Wait a minute........are you applying for a nursing job, or joining the military?! I never heard of such a thing before---putting nurses through their paces like athletes in spring training? Sounds...
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    Family and friends against joining the military

    VivaLasViejas replied to sxtaco's topic in Government, Military

    The Army is the best thing that ever happened to my youngest daughter. She's been in for three years, and she has grown up in ways even I can't believe........at the tender age of not-quite-21, she is...