vintagemother

vintagemother BSN, CNA, LVN, RN

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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

  16. 3 Simple Ways To Squash Compassion Fatigue

    vintagemother replied to Ashleigh Boyd Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for this post. I’ve saved it and will refer to

  17. Elizabeth Warren says doctors, nurses don't treat black women same way as other women

    vintagemother replied to Kallie3006's topic in Nursing News

    This is just the thing. I am now of a healthy weight, low normal BP and HR. I had abdominal pain for months, which stretched into years intermittently. My PCPs refused to offer imaging or diagnostic...

  18. How Do You Fit In 30mins Of Exercise In Your Work Day?

    vintagemother replied to RegenerativeNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I workout For over 30 minutes. More like 1 hour each day. Tips and tricks: yes we are active and not sedentary as nurses. But we don’t get our sustained heart rate up enough to help our...

  19. Are hospitals doing this now? ,(Vent)

    vintagemother replied to Lucinda4000's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a union do you could all file ADOs (assignment despite objection)? Or safe

  20. Nurses Charged in Deaths of 12 Nursing Home Residents

    vintagemother replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    Not same facility. As I said as an LVN I worked LTC settings. Now work Acute as an RN- pay is double to triple. Sad state of affairs, ALF/SNF Nurses make less with way more patients than in acute...

  21. Nurses Charged in Deaths of 12 Nursing Home Residents

    vintagemother replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    I was an LVN then. I’m now an RN and work in a hospital...therefore the CA ratios law applies and I only have 5 pts

  22. Nurses Charged in Deaths of 12 Nursing Home Residents

    vintagemother replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    I accept your hug. I worked in an ALF in CA with 54 residents in a locked dementia unit. The other side had 100 residents : 1

  23. Nurses Charged in Deaths of 12 Nursing Home Residents

    vintagemother replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    The ratios don’t really have a meaningful impact in nursing homes - SNF or ALF. I’m in CA, have worked in these settings. The ratios allow for 1 nurse to up to 35/54

  24. Exhausted; I want a way out.

    vintagemother replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to mention foster to adoption. In my state (CA), it is a relatively simple process to become a foster parent. And some agencies will help by only placing children with you who are up for...

  25. Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    vintagemother replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    Why are nurses leaving the bedside? Because some of them have never enjoyed providing bedside care and aren’t good at it...which leads them to become nurse managers. This, in turn, causes other...