locolorenzo22

locolorenzo22 BSN, RN

Ortho, Neuro, Detox, Tele

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  1. am I making too much of this?

    locolorenzo22 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I was supposed to be working friday.....other nurse and I were tied for last on call date. I should have been coming in. I got call because she HAD to be charge after 11pm because the team leader...

  2. Drunk paitents

    locolorenzo22 replied to Holly.G's topic in General Students

    Patients always have the right to sign out AMA, unless they are not their own guardian/poa. I work detox, we get quite a few who decide they don't want treatment. You can not restrain someone to...

  3. now I know why patients have ER problems...

    locolorenzo22 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So when I did go to the ER recently, I went to my hospital(45 mins away) rationalizing that "if I wind up admitted, I want a private room on my floor"....while I was there, I understand why pt...

  4. now I know why patients have ER problems...

    locolorenzo22 replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for all the replies....it's just with work/money/sickness/recover/going back to work/holidays.....it's a lot going on right now....I am sooooo thankful that I have my fiance to help take care...

  5. now I know why patients have ER problems...

    locolorenzo22 replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    ok....i guess maybe it was a little half assed for me to 2nd guess the staff...I don't work there. all complaints...except the infection control

  6. asking for some prayers

    locolorenzo22 posted a topic in General Nursing

    for those of you who saw my previous post, or who still comment on my posts here from the NS days when I posted here religously every week.....I need some prayers. I wound up in the ER tuesday with...

  7. CNA or just Volunteer?

    locolorenzo22 replied to Mrs.Christie's topic in General Students

    I feel like being a CNA gave me a HUGE leg up...I got to do more direct patient care and more interaction. Plus I felt like I could start running symptoms/interventions with what was going on for the...

  8. Priority Medication Administration

    locolorenzo22 replied to NnSweets's topic in General Students

    ok....for future reference. NITRO is a big STAT med..... then treat pain...there's a reason they call it the "6th" vital sign. po meds come above creams...especially antibiotics. the timing is very...

  9. I feel like my heads going to explode !!

    locolorenzo22 replied to kb88's topic in General Nursing

    I know when you're young, but what does she want? it's unfair for you to try to do this without her input. there's a big push when you're young to "get a job, accomplish something, etc." well, if...

  10. Would you want to be your own nurse? Your own patient?

    locolorenzo22 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I would want to be my own nurse....because I try to keep on top of everything and do things when I know they are needed ASAP...never discounting the patients words.... my own patient? well, I am...

  11. now I know why patients have ER problems...

    locolorenzo22 replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    crx, YIKES! I'm sorry to hear that about yours. I work ortho and pain is a BIG issue on our floor....I give the meds as often as i have to to make patients comfortable...working it makes me see the...

  12. How do you like your job as a nurse?

    locolorenzo22 replied to HopefulNurse90's topic in General Nursing

    I love my job. I enjoy the teaching, the skill, the learning, the fact that I am the front line for helping patients. shift wise....some places work 3 12s a week, some places are 9-5, some are...

  13. Suggestions are ways to organize your day...

    locolorenzo22 replied to candilowe, SN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    depends if you work nights or days....i work nights but trained on days...here's my suggestions for both. days: after report, I always went and pulled up my 6 and 8 am meds, then I figured out who I...

  14. Starting to doubt nursing....

    locolorenzo22 replied to thongvo89's topic in First Year After Licensure

    . DO you like/hate your job? why? I enjoy my job. I enjoy taking care of people and making them better, solving issues, caring for them at the end of life, post surgery, and educating them about why...

  15. You know you're a student nurse when...

    locolorenzo22 replied to knittingmonster's topic in General Students

    When everyone calls you for medication and symptom questions....even before you have your

  16. Working the night shift

    locolorenzo22 replied to luvmykids1123's topic in General Students

    I usually will go home and take a shower if I'm going to be doing something the next am....usually wakes me up, when I'm going to be driving 45 mins north to my fiances house. I've found that...

  17. need advice....gallbladder issues!

    locolorenzo22 posted a topic in General Nursing

    not a TOS medical advice post.... so I wound up staying up all night....throwing up, no fluids, 10/10 abd pain. my MIL and finance drove me a hour south to my job's ER....after fluids, toradol, and a...

  18. need advice....gallbladder issues!

    locolorenzo22 replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    ok, that's fine....not a problem. I don't like to be one of those TOS

  19. Working the night shift

    locolorenzo22 replied to luvmykids1123's topic in General Students

    see...I like the working 12's because then you're done for the week. not gonna lie, the last shift is very hard. I usually sleep until the absolute last minute to get up for work... home at 6, up...

  20. Changing Careers to Nursing. Advice needed

    locolorenzo22 replied to amoslieber's topic in General Nursing

    well....first. take a good long HARD look at why you want to change careers. It ain't for the money, it ain't for the respect, it's mostly about the help you give. I don't say that the money isn't...

  21. passing meds for 57 residents??

    locolorenzo22 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I can't even imagine.....it's tough enough when there is a call off and passing meds to 31 skilled residents....my job has been sending nurses home at midnight....responsible for 31 skilled, 27...

  22. "Just a Nurse"

    locolorenzo22 replied to jessi1106's topic in General Nursing

    too true...too

  23. Assessment

    locolorenzo22 replied to jojoh8479's topic in General Students

    besides a GOOD quality steth...I would have to say that google would do it...there are lots of websites out there that allow you to hear different sounds. Once you hear severe crackles/rales/afib/or...

  24. nebulizer meds

    locolorenzo22 replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    precisely....each week usually on sat night

  25. The Activities Dept.

    locolorenzo22 replied to Ling07's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    They have a invalable role in the SNF facility...same as us nurses. Everyone plays a role. I say this coming from 3 years before I started NS as a activity director. They had responsibilities and...