Leonardo Del Toro

Leonardo Del Toro RN

"Wound care - geriatric care

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  1. Family Feud: What would a nurse want to do to a hot male patient

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to bruins79's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just going to say one thing: there is nothing more annoying and disruptive than the sound coming from the TV while Family feud is on. It is the most irritating sound in the universe while you're...

  2. How do you feel about having other nurses as patients?

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to purplegal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You better do a good job, they know exactly how the tune

  3. Unsolicited Advice From A Preceptor

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to Izzy11's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I had the opportunity to see good preceptors and horrible ones. I think is interesting how nursing preceptors can vary wildly. There is a quality either being really good or really bad...just a...

  4. How would you judge in a situation like this?

    Leonardo Del Toro posted a topic in General Nursing

    A PM nurse enter a order for a wrong patient but give the first medication to the right pt at the right time. The next admission is AM. The NOC RN sees the error. Instead of correcting the error the...

  5. Wound care work opportunities

    Leonardo Del Toro posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I have an RN degree and have been for some time considering getting a WOC certification but I'm still unsure of the opportunities or the value of such title. After all it does require some kind of...

  6. Name one of your favorite things about being a male nurse.

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to DatMurse's topic in Men in Nursing

    When the female tribe loves you, it's the best feeling in the world. This any guys dream: to work surrounded by Bright and wonderful woman who are sweet to him. When they don't like you is hell on...

  7. Wound care work opportunities

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Thanks for your input. I'm happy that hospitals need more then one wound RN. I'm pretty much have decided I will continue to learn about wounds and will get some kind of certification. In the end of...

  8. Common meds given in LTC facilites? New nurse seeking advice

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to Beautiful_Soul's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And don't forget: oxycodone, oxycontin, tramadol, ambien, morphine, methadone, dilodid,

  9. Subtle deterioration on the floor

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    When I chart and try to follow the dozens of processes in place to either "achieve better results"; "improve safety"; "better patient satisfaction" and the list go on and on I'm perplexed with one...

  10. What do you think of electronic health records (MediTech, Epic, etc.)?

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to 2Ask's topic in General Nursing

    My biggest criticism of EHR charting is that instead of simplifying the work, it does the opposite. In theory computer charting could be more simple but because it does cut a lot of corners they...

  11. Starting over age 40

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to Sarahbear's topic in General Nursing

    I think its a noble thing to become a nurse at 40. I did it at 50 but it hasn't been easy at all. Not because of nursing but because of the job market. Is is not easy to get a nursing job as many...

  12. New Grad, SNF job

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to nbsotelo's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think is a smart move. Even though SNF's are not acute care you end up doing a lot of the same kind of work i.e. med pass, assessment, writing orders, sending people to the ER, dealing with death...

  13. Tips on Constructive Criticism

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to sfrw's topic in General Nursing

    It's important to stop and listen as a nurse. But is also important to know when the ones telling you something actually know what they are talking about. What I've notice in nursing is that there is...

  14. Short staffing incentive ideas???

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to kms6417's topic in General Nursing

    I have a great idea. It goes more or less like that: hire and train more

  15. RN support

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to sabatical's topic in General Nursing

    This is as vague as

  16. Should I drop out

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to Dsosa's topic in Canada

    Life is hard, nursing is even harder. There are 10 reasons why you should never become a nurse. If you want to become a nurse is because you want to challenge the 10 reasons and because you think you...

  17. Med error...what to do?

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to kh2013's topic in General Nursing

    You are overthinking this whole thing. MD gave you the order, problem solved, end of story. There is no need to file anything. If you insist in doing you are now creating a problem when one didn't...

  18. I Don't Think He Meant To Hurt Me

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in Private Duty

    Nursing is a dangerous job - protect yourself! I've been attacked by demented patients several times, not

  19. Going to be fired?

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to Meridian2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are dozens of SNF's out there. There is no need to stick to any particular one. Just leave, they don't need you. There are great SNF's to work for and there are rotten ones. Just find one you...

  20. Leaving Bedside Nursing

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to Deebuzz's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes, bedside is not for everyone. I do enjoy it most of the time and yes there are moments when you get that sinking feeling - "what the heck happened to my life" but there are also toxic places and...

  21. Refusing a case in home care

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to Katesp91's topic in Private Duty

    You did very well in refusing. Don't ever take an assignment you don't feel comfortable with. You have every right to refuse a task assigned to you. Bosses will take advantage of the scope of...

  22. New Nurse Devastated by Unexpected Termination - What Now??

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    When you get a new job don't think that you actually have a job. Don't assume anything at all. The first 3 months they are just doing a free trial on you. There might be many reasons why they don't...

  23. Best quality care cannot be provided

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to uniqueguy34's topic in General Nursing

    Yes welcome to corporate health care. The bottom line is money but let's not forget that we are all in it too. The moment you take a assignment you are part of the whole thing. On another note this...

  24. How in this world do you ever get 1 year experience?

    Leonardo Del Toro posted a topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in 2010 and nursing have been a bumpy road for me. Thousands of applications later and I still have not been able to work in acute care. For the past 4.5 years I've been busy in SNF, home...

  25. How in this world do you ever get 1 year experience?

    Leonardo Del Toro replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Wow!!!!Thank you so much for your support and responses. There is a lot to think about here. Right now I took a job at a really nice SNF that is pretty skilled, neat and and organized and the staff...