VivaLasViejas ASN, RN

LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych

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    if you leave the field of nursing ...

    VivaLasViejas replied to Ted D's topic in General Nursing

    I've had to leave nursing because of physical and mental health issues, and am having a hard time landing a job because nobody understands why I would leave such a well-paying occupation to work as a...
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    Should Nurses Bill Separately from Hospitals and Physicians?

    VivaLasViejas replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Good points!
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    Mental health

    VivaLasViejas replied to Ackeem's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I wish I could find something redeeming about this thread, but as someone who suffers from mental illness I just can't. PLEASE don't go into psych nursing. Should I ever be hospitalized, I would hate...
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    Soma or Enclosure Beds... Cruel or not?

    VivaLasViejas replied to Paws2people's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What a marvelous idea.....far better than Posey vests or limb restraints. I'd rather see a confused loved one in a bed like this than regular
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    Soma or Enclosure Beds... Cruel or not?

    VivaLasViejas replied to Paws2people's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've never heard of these before. Can someone post a
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    Nursing School Oopsies

    VivaLasViejas replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Students

    Made the mistake of telling a joke while I was giving my tube-fed resident her bolus feeding. She laughed, and suddenly that tube erupted like a miniature volcano and bathed us both in Jevity. That...
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    still unemployed

    VivaLasViejas replied to wcasey's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 55 and unemployed also. Although I'm retired from nursing, I can't retire from working (though my psychiatrist has talked about filing for disability), so I'm looking outside the field and not...
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    Meds

    VivaLasViejas replied to Creak Freak's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I hope we haven't scared off the OP by arguing among ourselves. I am concerned with her statement that she doesn't always understand what she reads. I'm glad she came here to learn something, but I...
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    Drug testing in the work force

    VivaLasViejas replied to rebeccarcook's topic in General Nursing

    I've always had issues with the constitutionality of drug testing. For one thing, what employees do on their time off shouldn't be any of the employer's business---if they want to smoke a little MJ on...
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    CNA before nursing

    VivaLasViejas replied to amandaamanda's topic in General Nursing

    Becoming a CNA before being a nurse was one of the best investments of time I ever spent. I worked summers and weekends at the hospital while I was in nursing school, and I learned all kinds of things...
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    Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

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

    Must be a regional thing. I live out West and have certainly heard "fixing to" (do something), but never
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    What would you do? Possible blood splash...

    VivaLasViejas replied to AbbyLou86's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I honestly don't think you have anything to worry about. There is almost no way that any of the resident's blood got into your mucous membranes. Don't sweat
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    Needing Alone Time

    VivaLasViejas replied to nurseling's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I used to feel the same way when I was working full-time. Nursing took so much out of me that there was nothing left for friends, a social life. I stopped being fun and all I could think about on my...
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    Still Reeling From This

    VivaLasViejas replied to MECO28's topic in General Nursing

    You absolutely did the right thing. If ever I am in a position like that of your patient, I hope I'll have someone like you looking out for my best interests and not the MD's
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    Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

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

    Awl thys weerd speling is haard on mi
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    Where O' Where are the wise ones?

    VivaLasViejas replied to RNIBCLC's topic in General Nursing

    That's awesome!!
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    This will be a tough year

    VivaLasViejas replied to Andoo's topic in General Students

    Typing through tears is a little difficult, especially when my vision is so blurry even when I'm NOT crying. Please accept my condolences on the loss of your mother. I can only imagine how proud of...
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    New RN hired on the spot during an interview in a Assisted Living

    VivaLasViejas replied to lllenjolll's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sometimes there's not that great a difference.....in the ALs where I've been a DON in recent years, we had a good number of heavy-care residents who should have been in nursing homes and people who...
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    Do you chart lies?

    VivaLasViejas replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Former President Gerald Ford: "It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable." 'Nuff
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    Unavailable meds

    VivaLasViejas replied to Pat_Pat RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One of the facilities I visited during my brief stint as a surveyor had a problem with their pharmacy shipping new orders in a timely fashion. Sometimes 2-3 days went by during which the resident was...
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    Mean coworker

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

    I think sometimes we forget that we are not at work to make friends; we are there to do a job and make sure the patients are cared for. It's certainly nicer if we all get along well and there is good...
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    Mean coworker

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

    Hello, and welcome to Allnurses! I think a little more information on how this charge nurse disrespected and insulted you would be helpful in order for us to give you the best advice. Many types of...
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    Where O' Where are the wise ones?

    VivaLasViejas replied to RNIBCLC's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry to hear this. I don't know you well, but the posts I've read from you are informative and well-written. I hope you'll stay and be one of our "wise
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    Robin Williams RIP: Coping Mechanism?

    VivaLasViejas replied to aspiration's topic in Psychiatric

    Everyone's experience of MI and its relationship to the world they live in is different, and we all should accept that. If we don't accept and validate each other's experiences, we're no better than...
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    Robin Williams RIP: Coping Mechanism?

    VivaLasViejas replied to aspiration's topic in Psychiatric

    Aw,