barefootlady

barefootlady ADN, RN

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  1. PCA and PTT

    barefootlady replied to RNmaria's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Agree with above poster. Is patient on IV

  2. Job Advice - Please Help!

    barefootlady replied to dander625's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Keep trying for that hospital job. It may take awhile but that is where you need to

  3. Simple things new nurses or experiece nurses are not doing?

    barefootlady replied to RN28MD's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I go balistic when a patient has a NG tube that is only secured with tegaderm.

  4. help what would u do?

    barefootlady replied to Big Smurf2007's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know what it is like to need the job but to be too sick to do the job. So, please understand when I say, you need to quit, get well, and seek another job when you are well. This nurse and the...

  5. Need Advice Again!!!

    barefootlady replied to chocolate123's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You have to decide to bite the bullet on this one. Either take the day job for more experience and keep the benefits or do the pool and know you will end up on the unit you do not want to work most...

  6. Need ideas for Nurses Week

    barefootlady replied to NurseDixie's topic in General Nursing

    So, tell me about nursing in Tennessee. Do you live close to the Smokies? Is Tennessee behind the rest of the nation like WV is? Strange, since I have a doctor in the family, who says he wishes the...

  7. Need ideas for Nurses Week

    barefootlady replied to NurseDixie's topic in General Nursing

    Cont'd I grew up on the doorsteps of Tech. So I remember Mr. Nelson and others. Uncle worked there, so did several neighbors, and no one went any where else to school unless you had big money. Tech...

  8. Need ideas for Nurses Week

    barefootlady replied to NurseDixie's topic in General Nursing

    Too complicated to explain. Let's just say the old system of who you know instead of what you know is still alive and well there. Several Dean's List students, never a warning, never any word to...

  9. The weird part of hh

    barefootlady replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    It may sound strange to some but I have been exactly where you are and know beyond a shadow of a doubt some of the patients really resent you being there, asking questions, giving tips, explaining...

  10. Need Help Now With Decision!!!!

    barefootlady replied to Jan RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What's the

  11. Arou

    barefootlady replied to small_potato's topic in Medical-Surgical

    What is AROU? Sorry, but brain is not working today if I should know

  12. Any one wprk at Ruby?

    barefootlady replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

    Hey ed, You got to let us know what has happened with the interiews. Come on, give over.

  13. Interview at the VA

    barefootlady replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

    Hey ed, How did the interviews go? Any decisions

  14. Need ideas for Nurses Week

    barefootlady replied to NurseDixie's topic in General Nursing

    Sally, I am a Tech nurse. Things are mixed up as ever there. When did you

  15. the state of nursing-jobs

    barefootlady replied to annab's topic in General Nursing

    Another hospital is closing here, economy is bad. No surprise to me about these conditions. Friends have moved from Florida to S.C., Ohio, N.C., and Nevada for work. Nursing is biggest drain on...

  16. Simple things new nurses or experiece nurses are not doing?

    barefootlady replied to RN28MD's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Iv site care, cath care, IS use, dangling for post op pts. prior to getting OOB, proper use of Ted hose, skin checks for less mobile patients, bowel and bladder checks, these are all issues for new...

  17. Need Help Now With Decision!!!!

    barefootlady replied to Jan RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Jan, If there were more aids you could do it but without more aids no

  18. Need Advice -should I stay?

    barefootlady replied to 2006RNCS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi, I would be looking for that day job. I would even try some agency work if it will pay the bills and allow you a schedule you need. I have no magic answers but if you do not look out for...

  19. Need Advice -should I stay?

    barefootlady replied to 2006RNCS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Good luck on the job hunt. Did she give you any reason for the day job being on "hold"? Are you going to work Per

  20. HELP!!!! I need your response today!!!!

    barefootlady replied to chocolate123's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What was the final outcome

  21. Medication Changes

    barefootlady replied to jacesmom2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A new order is a new order and should be treated like any other new order. So yes, you discontinue the old order, mark MAR accordingly, and write new order on

  22. Uniforms and your appearance

    barefootlady replied to sassysteph7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am a nurse. I look like a nurse at work. I wear colorful, clean, pressed, neat scrubs. I learned a long time ago to wear a wife beater under my tops to prevent any and all "flashes", my shoes are...

  23. age discrimination

    barefootlady replied to older nurse Bertha's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Smith, was this an HCA facility? HCA lied and laid off nurses here at 2 different facilities years ago and it is still

  24. age discrimination

    barefootlady replied to older nurse Bertha's topic in General Nursing

    Older nurses are more difficult to deal with because they have been around a while and know the ropes a little. They do not accept it is done this because administration says so. Older nurses work...

  25. Help !!! suprapubic catheter care

    barefootlady replied to Dorain's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with Dolce. we generally apply triple antibiotic ointment around stoma site bid too. check with the doctor