VivaLasViejas ASN, RN

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    too old to be a nurse....

    VivaLasViejas replied to nwb's topic in International Nursing

    Okay..........and how old will you be in three years if you don't graduate?? BTW, I was almost 40 when I became a new RN. You're "too old" only when you're pushing up the
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    Threatened for calling in sick

    VivaLasViejas replied to Jennerizer's topic in General Nursing

    I hope somebody tells that VP to go chase a cat. Failing that, the OP should make private notes of every detail of her 'conversation' with the manager while it's still fresh in her memory; then, if...
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    "CENTI"meter vs "SONO"meter

    VivaLasViejas replied to itiswhatitis's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: You know, I stopped making fun of the president for that years ago, and here's why: I've spent innumerable hours trying to teach my hubby to pronounce it "new-clee-ear". And after 26 years,...
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    "CENTI"meter vs "SONO"meter

    VivaLasViejas replied to itiswhatitis's topic in General Nursing

    It's the French pronunciation......not ridiculous at
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    drug testing AP and IP

    VivaLasViejas replied to cnmmsn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know you didn't. Sorry if it sounded like I was jumping on you........I didn't mean it that way at all.:chair: My problem is with ANY sort of drug testing that is done essentially on the basis of...
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    Is there any RN who never made a mistake?

    VivaLasViejas replied to ICUMish's topic in MICU, SICU

    First of all, to answer your question: YES, experienced RNs make mistakes. We are human, and therefore imperfect. We may make fewer mistakes than a new grad, simply because we've seen so many things...
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    So How Was YOUR Week?? (Rant!)

    VivaLasViejas posted a topic in General Nursing

    did i say i love my job?:uhoh21: :chair: :sofahider actually, i do love it. i do not, however, love my boss's job, which i'm doing in addition to (read: instead of) my own while he's on vacation for...
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    RUDE pt and spouse=everyone fired from care!

    VivaLasViejas replied to melrina75's topic in General Nursing

    WOW.....(shakes head in disgust) .....I just got into this thread, and it sounds SO much like some of the garbage I've dealt with in recent years, both as a floor nurse and as a manager. (It's better...
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    So How Was YOUR Week?? (Rant!)

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    PITA=Pain In The Gluteus
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    A ? for Home Health Nurses

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Home Health

    He needs ongoing wound care, and will likely need it on a long-term basis because his skin has been grafted in so many places, and it tears with any provocation or NO provocation. I'm forever playing...
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    V. Milazzo

    VivaLasViejas replied to TJ_RN's topic in Legal

    I stand corrected.:imbar I mistook the title of the book for the headline inside a recent copy of NurseWeek advertising the CLNC course, which read "There's A Millionaire Inside Every Woman"....
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    drug testing AP and IP

    VivaLasViejas replied to cnmmsn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's pretty discriminatory. Big city or not, she could find herself the target of a lawsuit if a patient were to be arrested, go to jail or lose her child as a result of a drug test that was...
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    So How Was YOUR Week?? (Rant!)

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking the same thing.........I'm gonna NEED a vacation when he gets back!! At least, I haven't had to deal with any of it today---it's almost suppertime and I haven't had a single phone call...
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    V. Milazzo

    VivaLasViejas replied to TJ_RN's topic in Legal

    I guess that's why she has that book out now called "There's a Millionaire Inside Every
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    So How Was YOUR Week?? (Rant!)

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    OK, so now I'm totally jealous............slacker!
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    A ? for Home Health Nurses

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Home Health

    Anybody out there who can answer this?
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    Nursing as Tax Exempt Profession

    VivaLasViejas replied to Emergency RN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow........awesome post, Timothy! Except for the possibility of leaving penniless old people to live out of Dumpsters because there would be no social safety net for them, I agree with you 100% on...
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    Assisited Living DONs--anyone here?

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

    there's been norovirus at osu, and just today i literally ejected a caregiver from the facility and told her to stay home this weekend; seems she's been ill with fever and diarrhea since last sunday...
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    Assisited Living DONs--anyone here?

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

    Weetz, thanks a million for that link!!:bowingpur I've been around ALFs for a while, but things change SO fast, and it's hard to keep up. Division 47 (here in Oregon) is the Bible as far as delegation...
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    Rant: Loopy narcissistic patients

    VivaLasViejas replied to 1Tulip's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain..........I have three ladies like your patient in my assisted living facility (try dealing with it every single day ........) and while none of them has ever gone so far as to follow...
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    Memorial Day Tribute

    VivaLasViejas replied to Corvette Guy's topic in Government, Military

    ......dang........there's something in my eye.........and my throat's suddenly decided to close up......... What a beautiful tribute. Thank you for
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    comments about patient's w/ IV's?

    VivaLasViejas replied to johnson0424's topic in Medical-Surgical

    My hospital had standing orders for a saline lock to be placed whenever a patient went on telemetry. It's a good precaution---I was glad to have one when I was in last year for chest pain, just in...
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    I Got Into LBCC!

    VivaLasViejas replied to CindyJane's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I'm an LBCC alumna myself, graduated in 1997. I was very proud to be from that school, which at the time was one of the best in the state; and even though the program was managed very poorly for some...
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    Another Vaccine Proposed for Kids

    VivaLasViejas replied to indigo girl's topic in Pediatric

    Here we go
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    Okay Homo-phobic thread..LOL!

    VivaLasViejas replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Folks, it's beginning to get ugly in here. This is a sensitive topic, and as educated, professional adults, we should be able to discuss it like.....well..... educated, professional adults. Please...