yadda_yadda_yadda

yadda_yadda_yadda LPN, LVN

LTC, SCI/TBI Rehab,RX Research, Psych

Member

  • Content

    108

  • Visitors

    3,627

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    22

All Content by yadda_yadda_yadda

  1. PeriCare question

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in Men in Nursing

    Thank you for your reply--I know that this was a very odd / atypical question. I appreciate the insight.

  2. PeriCare question

    yadda_yadda_yadda posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    Serious question to all male caregivers/ nurses. I'm a "mom"--my son (caregiver/ in nursing school) came home from work telling me about an unusual event at work. A male RN told him that he,...

  3. Need validation ASAP!

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in General Nursing

    Wow--a bit presumptuous in regard to your statement, "Maybe you aren't really the right person to take the reigns of any facility" So sad that those comments are made within health-care....

  4. Need validation ASAP!

    yadda_yadda_yadda posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been an LVN/LPN since 1993, with vast experience in geriatrics. Last week, 3/31/2020, I started a new role as "the lead nurse" over an assisted living facility. One Day #3, I had cause to check...

  5. Vaccine Hesitancy

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    @ChickenHealer-- Good to finally hear from a recipient that a symptom tracker/ diary IS being done. I'm not a conspiracy theorist by ANY means...but the dangerous deceit I experienced with...

  6. Vaccine Hesitancy

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Most educated people (nurses or not) are opting out because this is NOT a vaccine, in the sense that we know vaccines to be...It is a Phase 1a product...this is a CLINICAL TRIAL. What alarms me,...

  7. Need validation ASAP!

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in General Nursing

    Thank all of y'all for your insight & supportive views. Yesterday / the day after this gentleman returned to the community from a 5-day hospital stay, Hospice care had been initiated. The assigned...

  8. Need validation ASAP!

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in General Nursing

    NOTHING was documented...NOTHING...I had 2 skin sheets, saying, "Please check xyz...it is getting bigger" (which indicated (to me) that someone had seen/documented some sort of care...nope. The ED has...

  9. The Worst Interview of My Life! Ever!

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! A topic I can really contribute to! I live in WA State..Had left a long-term gero-psych position & took some 'me time' before jumping back in to finding a job...Interview #1 - Advertised as a...

  10. Disappointed LPN

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to Dee0123's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Being floated can definitely freak you out; however, we all have to take a deep breath and remember that we work for the company...not the unit/ hallway/wing, whatever. I agree that being floated away...

  11. New nurse feeling incompetent

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to LindzTS92's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Oh, my goodness! Y'all are just baby nurses...you are NOT incompetent. You are BRAND NEW. Give yourselves a break. I've been a LVN/LPN since 1993...and remember feeling like the new kid on the...

  12. Morphine Diversion--Need replies ASAP

    yadda_yadda_yadda posted a topic in Washington Nursing

    My primary concern/question is bold & underlined below: I work in LTC in WA...outside of the Seattle area. Recently, it was discovered that a Resident Care Manager had been diverting liquid...

  13. Nurses With Low Self-Esteem: Please Seek Help

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    SO true! We've got a supervisor that has a select % of the staff as 'FaceBook friends', and actually talks about this in front of the others...and wonders why the morale is as it is. The 'friends', of...

  14. Funny ways little kids describe how babies are born

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to shhhh's topic in Nursing Humor

    I:heartbeat these stories! My boys are now almost 24 & 21. When I was expecting my youngest, his brother was only 3 years old. He had the whole collection of questions, like all of these stories...

  15. Doing real CPR as a student.

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    I couldn't help but to post---this very thing happened to me in 1992 as a student. We were told to line the wall of the ER room & watch only.---The physician running the code did his "YOU..come...

  16. Clogged feeding tubes

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to Phillygryl's topic in General Nursing

    Have your ward clerk or Central Supply person order you some "G-Tube Decloggers". Seriously---that's what they're called...they're long, flexible 'probes' that you insert into the lumen of the G-Tube...

  17. Seeking opinions on 35:1 patient ratio.

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to VSsn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have to second the "are the meds timed so it's at least do-able" question. Also-it's not just going to be medications...You'll have your treatments, skin assessments, the inevitable falls &...

  18. Help! Insubordinate Nursing Aides

    yadda_yadda_yadda posted a topic in General Nursing

    I haven't posted many times here, but always receive support & wise advice when I do..so here goes: I work LTC on the Pacific Coast..and work @ a place where nurses aides are allowed to carry on...

  19. Help! Insubordinate Nursing Aides

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in General Nursing

    Limey-- (((( hugs )))) Sounds like we may be coworkers & not even know it. Thank you for your support.--- I wish you the same good luck & blessings. (( hugs

  20. Help! Insubordinate Nursing Aides

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in General Nursing

    Good morning, allnurses! I went to sleep last night when my thread had generated 5 replies...eyes swollen from crying...headache-also from the crying. My husband of 10 years listened attentively...

  21. Help! Insubordinate Nursing Aides

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in General Nursing

    Hindsight is 20/20...how I wish I'd interviewed

  22. Please be honest!

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to kalinka's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm...My nurses aides attend to most of the odors you mention in your original post. I've been a nurse since 1993 because I truly love people. While working alongside other amazing nurses &...

  23. Morphine Diversion--Need replies ASAP

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in Washington Nursing

    AimeeJoRN, the pharmacy tested the bottles left behind--they tested positive for WATER. The suffering residents received WATER. It's just a disgrace to the profession that some white-washed law allows...

  24. Morphine Diversion--Need replies ASAP

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in Washington Nursing

    I can't believe no one responded to my inquiry. The morphine swilling supervisor returns to work tomorrow..and despite many considering drug diversion a "disease", it's a sign of something far,far...

  25. Colds and ATB

    yadda_yadda_yadda replied to nursesaurus's topic in General Nursing

    This was one of my fave lectures from Micro in college.. :) The cellular wall of viruses mutates / changes...therefore, making them impermeable to antibiotics. My instructor referred to viruses as...