Kashia

Kashia ASN, LVN

Med-Surg, Home Health, LTC

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  1. Evolution and Nursing

    Believe in
  2. The Nightingale Pledge - Still relevant today?

    Here is Wikipedia on Nightingale Pledge history. I said it in 1999. It is beautiful traditional and of no cause to offend anyone....after all , the dollar bill still reads.... In God We...
  3. I recently heard of a traveling nurse that wears uniform styles of the 40's 50's..a dress style white stockings shoes. She was told from nursing heads she had to wear regular scrubs so she went to...
  4. Medication error scenario

    Quick scenario: Pt returning to ltc from acute care with new medication orders. Norco previously ordered number "2" 5/325 q 4 hrs, packages labeled hydrocodone 5/325. New order written: Norco "1"...
  5. I found the great Allnurses forum when I was a student, before I graduated. It helped me so much! And has helped me throughout the years. But here I am posting this....I am leaving nursing. I am a...
  6. I just remembered! The place I agreed to work ( agency) next weekend has some hostile nurses. UGH! They work Noc shift, I am doing days. No problem except during report. A few of them who have no need...
  7. Contemplating and came up with answer. We have a right to not be harassed in the work place, a legal protection. In that case, situation referred to employer who is responsible for protecting...
  8. As a nursing instructor you can find out what faith related nursing careers there are. Google "Parish" nursing, or community faith based nursing, etc. and then let students know about these options....
  9. Will they contact State Board

    I would not think so ..if the Board of nursing was contacted every time a med error was made, they would have no time for anything else. We are all human and we do all make mistakes. If the...
  10. Has anyone grown to love nursing

    I have really loved nursing when on full time staff. As agency nurse, I still love the patient/nursing aspect but the politics personalities of other nurses have made it little bitter. So I would...
  11. Yet another burned-out nurse question...

    pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago... Google it, see The
  12. Coworker (resident) is a former patient..

    In small rural areas I think this is common or has potential to be. I have worked with doctor as coworker who was also my doctor at one time. It was fine, professional lines respected, relationships...
  13. Can you imagine having Spiderman as a patient?

    Long ago, we did have a patient called Spiderman. He was the real deal. He had been bitten by brown recluse , delayed seeking treatment, damage eventually to bone.... and he ended up having total...
  14. A Rough Nursing Shift...

    Now that is
  15. New to Agency Nursing- and worried

    good advice. here is what I discovered.....collect written references from nurses you work with who know you feel comfortable with you. you know, the old fashioned hand written on paper kind of...
  16. agency Nurses, How do you do it??

    In report, as agency new on the scene, I care to know a brief but relative history if there has been change of condition in patient. Who is diabetic, and pills crush or whole. New admits, recent...
  17. Greetings new nurse.....all nurses can be treated poorly so its nothing about being new. just a place to jab, but if it was not that, they would find another. well, I am an older nurse- And I see...
  18. Could you just talk directly to the nurse offending you? If someone has done something that offends you, maybe just bring it up to them. In a calm way, you can state your
  19. Girl, hear what Peter Paul and Mary are sayin about doing the right thing....If I Had a Hammer..... Thank you for doing the right thing and being a patient advocate instead of .....like the...
  20. A father, daughter & a dog

    Thank you for inspirational story. And reminder of Hebrews
  21. I feel like everybody hates being a nurse!!!

    I love patient care! and some nurses and other staff as well.:-) The hard part -it is oppressive and money profit is bottom line. working in non profit or church owned places tend to have better...
  22. A follow up comment after reading more posts: Which states require a nurse applying for a lic to list medications they are on? California does not require this. On potential employers: OK, what do...
  23. I am in agreement with Sasha, the poster of this thread. If a patient who happens to be a nurse, has a physician recommendation, in a state which allows for this, and it is not used while on the job,...
  24. How to Determine Whether a LTC / SNF is Well Run

    Just a short comment on what is where: I do agency work and work a lot of different places. There are wonderful long term, assisted living and acute care hospitals and there are the "others." I find...
  25. Being an ugly nurse

    When I first read the heading of your post , I thought it would be concerning the heart of a nurse, perhaps a mean spirited nurse or other behavioral control issues agendas. Ha ha Surprised was I to...