VivaLasViejas ASN, RN

LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych

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    Why don't nurses join the ANA?

    VivaLasViejas replied to gauge14iv's topic in General Nursing

    I think they are elitist and have too broad a social/political agenda. If they stuck to NURSING issues (wouldn't it be great if they'd educate the public as to what we actually do, so that we might...
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    Traveling Nurses: BSN or ADN

    VivaLasViejas replied to crailroderick's topic in General Nursing

    This subject has been debated exhaustively in this and other forums, and from many different angles (although this is a new one, I think). Since there have already been several replies (and quite...
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    Got Any Tips For Post-op Lap Chole ? Want To Share Your Experience? Any Tips ?

    VivaLasViejas replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    What Marie said.:yeahthat: However, I can tell you from my own experience that MY lap chole/hernia repair last summer was a breeze. I stayed overnight in the hospital just because I could---I didn't...
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    Poll: How many of you have been fired from nursing jobs?

    VivaLasViejas replied to weetziebat's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly what I went through at my hospital job........I probably hung in there a lot longer than I should have, just because I didn't want to give them the satisfaction of forcing me to quit....
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    Poll: How many of you have been fired from nursing jobs?

    VivaLasViejas replied to weetziebat's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, Weetz---I can't believe the *#$+@&!s fired you!!!!! I know you've been getting hammered, what with all the responsibilities and the rotten personnel decisions by the higher-ups.......so for...
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    Need some suggestions!

    VivaLasViejas replied to momdebo's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry your father is going through all this. Unfortunately, medical advice is beyond the scope of a nursing bulletin board, and we cannot offer suggestions as to where the best facilities are in...
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    Open toed shoes to interview?

    VivaLasViejas replied to mandana's topic in General Nursing

    Bugs Bunny used to say that all the time---he'd outfox Elmer Fudd in some way, then laugh and go "What a maroon!" (meaning moron, of
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    Abuse?

    VivaLasViejas replied to Danianne's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No, this would not be considered abuse. But a lack of appropriate activities IS a potential F-tag for your facility should your state survey team walk in the door tomorrow morning, and I would think...
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    Stinky Co Worker

    VivaLasViejas replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Folks, please remember to debate the issue and not one another. Thank you. I'm another IBS sufferer who definitely feels the 'stinky' co-worker's pain. For years I thought it was my gallbladder (which...
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    Cussing Co-Workers

    VivaLasViejas replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    I love that!! Never have I heard such a profound truth so well expressed.......your granny must've been one smart lady.:) I've read this thread now from stem to stern, and I'm still of two minds when...
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    Healthier Fast Food?

    VivaLasViejas replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    I think that's the crux of it, Roy. That, and the fact that the foods the good Lord intended for our use don't come out of a fry basket or a factory. I love my junk food as well as the next person....
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    You Gotta Read It, To Funny

    VivaLasViejas replied to hppygrndma's topic in General Nursing

    That was when I first became aware of the original poem---my first day of clinicals in LTC. I've never forgotten it. And while I know there are some nasty old people in this world, there are also...
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    Prone to infections? Have any of you seen this?

    VivaLasViejas replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is something only a doctor can diagnose; it is beyond the scope of our practice as nurses, as well as of this website, to offer advice regarding medical matters. Good luck to you. You're doing...
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    Resident Services Director-Assisted Living

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

    I think what you've asked for is within reason; it depends on the part of the country you live in and what the market will bear. I'll be the first to admit that assisted living is NOT a terribly...
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    How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    VivaLasViejas replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    You mean you don't catch colds from going out in the cold with wet hair?? Don't let my sons hear that---it's the only way I can keep 'em from taking their showers in the mornings, when I want mine!!...
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    Cats and babies

    VivaLasViejas replied to Paprikat's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is an old wives' tale that has its roots in fact; cats do seek out warm places to sleep, and they have been known to lick milk off an infant's face, hence the myth that they somehow 'steal' its...
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    A ? for Home Health Nurses

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Home Health

    That does help! Thank
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    Dear Abbey, about a nurse

    VivaLasViejas replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

    I had half a mind to do exactly that.........what does she think a modern hospital is, something out of a 1960's soap opera??
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    How much do you follow Policy and Procedure?

    VivaLasViejas replied to epiphany's topic in General Nursing

    PHEW!!! It's getting too hot in here.............closing thread for a 'cooling-off'
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    How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    VivaLasViejas replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    As a new grad in 1997, I turned down a $19/hr. job in a large hospital for $14/hr. in a nursing home where I'd done my LTC preceptorship. I didn't like the politics of that hospital, and the NH had...
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    Can I handle it?

    VivaLasViejas replied to RestlessMom's topic in General Nursing

    Anytime, RestlessMom..........believe it or not, there will come a time when you'll be able to clean and dress a Stage IV decubitus (bedsore), and then describe the drainage and odor to your...
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    Franemtnurse: Poet Laurette of allnurses

    VivaLasViejas replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    i can't think of anyone who deserves this honor more. i've always felt she's like a mom to us here at allnurses........never judgmental, always wise and wonderful, compassionate and caring, and a...
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    Can I handle it?

    VivaLasViejas replied to RestlessMom's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sort of embarrassed to admit it, but when my kids were little I had such a weak stomach that I couldn't even clean up after them when they puked---poopy diapers weren't a problem, but let one of...
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    My legs feel like J*E*L*L*O*!!!!!!!!

    VivaLasViejas replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    If I'd had to go through a test like that for any job I've ever had, I'd still be sitting at home. I can't believe you had to go through that for a regular nursing
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    I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    VivaLasViejas replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    Neither am I. In my various nursing jobs, I've unclogged toilets, mopped floors, cooked meals, vacuumed and shampooed carpets, cleaned bathrooms, and more in addition to 'wiping butts', as it has been...