locolorenzo22

locolorenzo22 BSN, RN

Ortho, Neuro, Detox, Tele

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  1. Has anyone else had this discussion with their kids?

    locolorenzo22 replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I find that the younger patients are often the most demanding...I had a guy in with a 101.6 fever...and mom, wife, and sister thought they were ALL going to stay the night in that room (NM the guy had...

  2. Should I say something to this student?

    locolorenzo22 replied to CNAinNeb's topic in General Nursing

    The patient is ALWAYS the staff RN's responsibility...don't assume total care of a patient without talking to the RN, because students often cannot call docs, take new orders, etc....that's...

  3. Do You Deliver Safe Patient Care?

    locolorenzo22 replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    From a tech: 1. Generally 12-15 a night...depending on census...although last week I had 24 by myself.... 2. Ortho/Neuro 3. NO! Often my total cares are lucky to get pericare, and changed on...

  4. Rules of Nursing "Office Politics"

    locolorenzo22 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    -Don't dip your pen in the company ink. -don't leave the crap work for the next shift, you make the mess, you clean it up....also, applies to full trashcans and empty water pitchers. -Never say...

  5. Got Laid Off... Good time to Start in the Med Field... But WHERE???

    locolorenzo22 replied to Future-Male-RN's topic in Men in Nursing

    nothing will probably pay you what you want, but why not research different medical jobs....there are a lot of options out there, but it may take you some time to get the exp or education you...

  6. why did you go into nursing?

    locolorenzo22 replied to nghtfltguy's topic in Men in Nursing

    I care....period. I'd probably do my job for a lot less if I got paid enough to pay my bills. However, I also like dealing with patients who haven't talked to anyone in days, but they talk to...

  7. How do you deal with female patients?

    locolorenzo22 replied to Dr.Nurse2b's topic in Men in Nursing

    Hey, I hear all the advice up here and more....Usually, I go into work with the attitude of "I'm here to care and be your hands-on front line care giver today"....After report (and lately I've been...

  8. During school, did you see anything gruesome

    locolorenzo22 replied to ThePretender's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, you learn to deal fairly quickly, as you realize YOU are the caregiver for that patient. Patient with immune system attacking him, had weeping skin all over, dead skin flaking off him, itching,...

  9. I'm sad :( Nursing is Hard!!

    locolorenzo22 replied to cyncopia's topic in General Students

    Yeah, I remember those days....It was foleys, Ivs, central lines, dressings, shots, meds, etc.....demo or fail, then redemo and fail...."oh, you aren't ready..." Many times the instructors would each...

  10. sick as a dog

    locolorenzo22 replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I had something along those lines last month, and hanging out with flu patients doesn't help....you mask, etc...but I think 1/2 of it is psychlogical.....I just start off with the low grade...

  11. LPN students have to give bed bath to classmates

    locolorenzo22 replied to vina2550's topic in General Students

    trust me by the end of the program you get lots of comments back and forth...especially if you're one of the only 3 males left! One asian, one gay and me....good lord, you'd think we resemble a...

  12. Tell me why I'll LOVE nursing

    locolorenzo22 replied to maggijo's topic in General Nursing

    getting through to "difficult" patients, listening to them, providing a simple handhold for a elderly confused patient, tenderly cleaning up accidents, saving a life when someone codes.... People come...

  13. Who makes your assignments?

    locolorenzo22 replied to NurseCherlove's topic in General Nursing

    the nurses at night collabarate about which nurses had patients the previous day, how "hard" they should be, how many to give LPNs, scheduled sx coming that have to go to an RN, LPNs can't admit,...

  14. Tech Refuses Patient

    locolorenzo22 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    please.....what a crock....Unless the tech is pregnant or somehow otherwise immunocompromised...there is NO excuse for not taking that patient. You gown/glove/mask appropriately and no prob....Was...

  15. Is working as a CNA beneficial?

    locolorenzo22 replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    Let me be honest.....the nursing students who don't work in the medical field often have problems relating to patients and their activities of daily living. I work in a hospital and find that I have...

  16. Tidying up the patient's room is important!

    locolorenzo22 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's a good question...... I'm a tech, and part of our duties include emptying trash and picking up crud around the room....Personally, I can't STAND when I come on and trash is overflowing out of...

  17. "Weekends aren't a shift!"

    locolorenzo22 replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital stays open til 7:00PM, but it doesn't help much when during the 2 hours from 5-7 you're busy getting report, answering call lights, taking surgeries in, trying to pick up messes from the...

  18. Manufactured jobs

    locolorenzo22 replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you have actually been in someone's shoes, you cannot accurately judge what they do or not do. Unless you have actual acess to their job description, perhaps they are fulfilling the job as it...

  19. Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    locolorenzo22 replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    not to mention, wouldn't the ANA withdraw their endorsement if she had said

  20. "Your attention, please. Code J, ICU pod A. Code J, ICU pod A. Code J, ICU pod A."

    locolorenzo22 replied to JaredCNA's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I do clinicals at plays "Good Vibrations" over the loudspeakers.....wow, thanks for not only ruining my day, but making my patients listen to me hum that for a couple hours.... Also, this...

  21. We can't go on divert!

    locolorenzo22 replied to RNcDreams's topic in Emergency

    I've been at my hospital for 15 months, and I've only heard of 1 time where we went on bypass....we were full with a 73 car pileup, and after we got 34 of the cases (including the people that were...

  22. What do you mean I didn't get a raise........

    locolorenzo22 replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't get one until 6 months, but after that, I got a 1.24 cost of living raise, no other raise to speak of. but my shift differential went up a 1.34 as well, so a 2.50 raise on 10.00/hr, that's...

  23. question about becoming a cna

    locolorenzo22 replied to vaness87's topic in General Nursing

    HECK NO! You've got to go through the entire class, get through, and usually pass the state exam to be in the state rolls.......keep on

  24. If there were no CNAs...would that be a bad thing?

    locolorenzo22 replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    I work as a CNA/tech...and let me tell you, when I'm around, I make SURE my patients are taken care of..... I get frustrated when I work with nurses that WON't do anything...if they can't that's a...

  25. Question about a PE...from a tech/Nursing student POV.....

    locolorenzo22 posted a topic in General Nursing

    ok, so if you read my other post, my favorite patient of the night was sat in the 70s at 3AM, doc wanted a chest CT with contrast....ok. took her down , she's fine, sat jumped back into the 90s on...