VivaLasViejas ASN, RN

LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych

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    Wearing scrubs in public...

    VivaLasViejas replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I've never worked in a healthcare facility that provided scrubs for any other than the OB and surgical departments. However, even though I wear mine both to and from work, I do NOT do my grocery...
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    Cruise Ship Nursing??

    VivaLasViejas replied to memory_rn's topic in Travel

    Now THAT'S a job I wouldn't mind doing......ahhhhhh...... There's only a couple problems with this: number one, I'd HATE catering to rich people, and number two, I don't know how well I'd function...
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    Frequent Fliers and caring for them

    VivaLasViejas replied to RNAnna's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm concerned. You say 'everyone' is aware of this patient's abusiveness and threatening manner, so why is it being allowed to continue? He sounds alert and oriented; the only reason he gets away with...
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    Overweight nurse needs advice!

    VivaLasViejas replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, Barb, do I ever feel your pain.........you sound just like me!! Obviously, losing the weight is the single best thing you can do for yourself, but if that were easy you & I both would have...
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    level of function to expect post total hip replacement

    VivaLasViejas replied to ren.lpn's topic in Orthopedic

    You probably wouldn't be able to have both a TKR and THR on the same leg at the same time, if for no other reason than the use of continuous passive motion for the knee, which could easily flex the...
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    Public Misconceptions

    VivaLasViejas replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    And by all means, we DO accept tips.
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    WHY are nurses so catty??

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

    It's not just nursing. My sister once worked in a law office with 10 other women, and they just about destroyed her with their glares and their whispers every time she walked by......as an older...
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    Recovering RN seeking to re-enter practice

    VivaLasViejas replied to JMWalker's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Many congratulations to you for staying clean and being honest with yourself and us......you deserve the best! Let me tell you a little bit about my co-worker, whom I'll call Linda. She diverted drugs...
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    I Think I've Just About Had It.......

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Career

    Oh yeah, I almost forgot: my organization just happens to have a 24-hr/week position in hospice open......guess who applied for it today? :chuckle I've already realized that I've GOT to get out of...
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    I Think I've Just About Had It.......

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Career

    Awwww........shucks, I'm speechless. :imbar Actually, that is probably among the top 10 nicest things anyone ever said to me. Thank you, dear, you just made my day. :kiss Oh, and by all means call...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    VivaLasViejas replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! Fran, haven't you ever seen "Porky's"? :rotfl: That movie came out around 1982 when I was pregnant with my oldest, and it was the first time I'd ever heard that term.........but I...
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    What is on your LTC crash cart?

    VivaLasViejas replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What's a crash cart?? :chuckle Not one LTC facility I've ever worked in had anything like the OP has described.......the best place I worked had an old Gomco suction machine, a couple of Yankauers,...
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    I Think I've Just About Had It.......

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you, Mijourney......I can use all the prayers and good thoughts I can get! I too am a spiritual person, and even in these past few months which have been so difficult, I've stayed in touch...
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    Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

    VivaLasViejas replied to pebbles's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hear, hear! :yelclap: :yeahthat: Beautiful.......just beautiful. Especially #7, which is what I've been telling teenagers for the past 10 years!
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    Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

    VivaLasViejas replied to pebbles's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree. There's good and bad everywhere; it doesn't matter what the age. Although I do think that we Baby Boomers are the original Peter Pan generation---first we refused to grow up, and now we're...
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    I Think I've Just About Had It.......

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Career

    BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Even in the middle of crisis, you always come up with the great one-liners!!!!! You should be a comedian........I know I'd come to your show The...
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    Any Linn Benton Students?

    VivaLasViejas replied to CindyJane's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Welcome, Cindy!! I'm an LBCC grad myself.......went there from '93 to '97. The nursing program used to be one of the state's finest; they've had some problems in recent years (less-than-stellar NCLEX...
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    I Think I've Just About Had It.......

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you so much! You are SO right......if we don't address these issues sooner, they slap us right upside the head later. That's what's happened to me this year. As I said to the ER doc last...
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    I Think I've Just About Had It.......

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Career

    What delightful responses, Tweety and sbic!! I had a rather fitful night's sleep last night, thinking about all of this, but instead of feeling even more draggy and tired, I'm suddenly energized!...
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    I Think I've Just About Had It.......

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Career

    DING! DING! DING! We have a winner!! :chuckle That is EXACTLY what I've started asking myself lately! Of course I can run myself into the ground trying to keep up with my colleagues, but at what...
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    I Think I've Just About Had It.......

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi Mimi, it's been awhile! Thanks for the suggestion, I know you know the area here and have first-hand knowledge of the facilities in question. :) Yes, we are planning to move to a sunnier clime...
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    I Think I've Just About Had It.......

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Career

    Leslie, my dear, you may have just scored a bull's-eye........I've long thought about hospice, in fact I'm working on the palliative care committee at my workplace which is bringing hospice into the...
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    Any nurses with plantar fasciitis?

    VivaLasViejas replied to RedSox33RN's topic in General Nursing

    What helped me was wearing a special brace 24/7---even in bed at night---that held my foot in a flexed position, keeping the tendon stretched out. I also did the NSAIDs, ice, and exercising the foot...
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    I Think I've Just About Had It.......

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Career

    No such luck......up until 2 months ago, I could have, because our organization had an 'in-house' registry which partially staffed all five of our hospitals when the census was high or an individual...
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    I Think I've Just About Had It.......

    VivaLasViejas replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Career

    Bless you, Tweety, you do have a way of putting things into perspective :chuckle You're right, I must sound like I'm ready to give up the ghost, which is actually pretty far from the reality (even...