vintagemother BSN, CNA, LVN, RN

vintagemother is a BSN, CNA, LVN, RN and specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg, Psych, Geri, LTC, Tele,.

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1. Is ICU worth the stress?

   vintagemother replied to commitmentphobe's topic in Critical Care

   It depends on your short and long term goals. I have always had an interest in critical care. After several years in med-surg, I made the leap to critical care. I've been working in critical care for...

2. The Ultimate Guide to Not Getting Fired From Your Day Job While Being TikTok Famous

   vintagemother replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing Career

   Great article! My facility has a social media policy that states you can’t say anything on social media that might paint the facility in a bad light. So, I post nothing negative, at all. I never...

3. Absences - Insomnia

   vintagemother replied to 6244444's topic in General Nursing

   I also do not feel it’s safe to go to work with no sleep. I, too, have some insomnia issues. What shift do you work and how many hours is it? When I worked 8 hr nocs, I initially would try to go to...

4. Advice for taking 2 patients

   vintagemother replied to nurseinthemaking24's topic in MICU, SICU

   Do you feel you need to be faster with charting or with cares? I’ve worked on charting fast, but as I said, it still takes me what I feel is a long time to clean a pt, reposition them, educate them,...

5. Advice for taking 2 patients

   vintagemother replied to nurseinthemaking24's topic in MICU, SICU

   I try to get that 1st head to toe (or at least the assessment of the main problems) assessment done first. For me, it helps to stop after I get report, to map out my day (based on the pts plan...

6. Time management

   vintagemother replied to Cmailes's topic in Critical Care

   I agree with the other posters who stated to get that assessment done first. For me, it helps to stop after I get report, to map out my day (based on the pts plan for the day- imaging trips, labs,...

7. COVID-19: Vaccination Administration Question

   vintagemother replied to Rosie Cotton's topic in Disaster Preparation

   When I give vaccinations, in a hospital setting, we 1. Review the order to assure that the pt meets criteria/ doesn’t fall in the exclusion category 2. Give a paper handout on the vax 3. Educate the...

8. Nurses are Pushed to the Brink

   vintagemother replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Nurse Beth, the original poster, I just want to say that everything you wrote is true. I don’t work in So Cal, but In northern CA and you were exactly spot

9. Huge Zoom Mistake....Nurse Instructors Caught!

   vintagemother replied to Pre.Nurse_tobe's topic in General Nursing

   Your post exemplifies the types of situations I believe I observed in RN school. I couldn’t prove it, but you can due to the recording. I think you should report it to the nursing school dean and...

10. New Grad Nurse Might Lose Job Struggling In Orientation

    vintagemother replied to Scrubba Dub's topic in General Nursing

    This is so true! Do things the way they do, even if they dont align with your education. Once your off orientation and off probation, do things your

11. How would you improve the nursing profession? (beyond better staffing, higher pay, etc)

    vintagemother replied to labordude's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses need to be kind to other nurses. If there is a problem, there should be a way to address the issue without It being punitive. Seriously, just a way to offer feedback to help the other

12. Lazy patient

    vintagemother replied to Katie622's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, in an Acute hospital on a Med surg Floor, we frequently have pts who refuse to do things for themselves. Even the day prior to discharge supposedly home. It’s quite ironic, I’ve...

13. Nurse vs Respiratory

    vintagemother replied to TheSixFootThree's topic in General Nursing

    I’ve been in a few hospitals and have observed various policies. In 1, RNs or RTs could administer breathing tx. Where i currently work, only RTs can give them. And, the RTs are very obvious...

14. Patient’s family threatening to report me to BNE

    vintagemother replied to GilligansPlace's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I see your point. But berating the nurse providing care while s/he is providing said care does not help the pt to recv better care. This behavior simply makes you have more than 1 person to...

15. Anyone Ever Actually Used Their Malpractice Insurance?

    vintagemother replied to PMHNP2023's topic in General Nursing

    My NSO annual policy costs around 120/yr. my union dues are a separate cost I pay to CNA/NNU. Whom do you pay 600 to for liability