lifelearningrn BSN, RN

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  1. lifelearningrn

    Are we over-reacting?

    lifelearningrn replied to RainMom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The price tag for your facility is more reasonable than the $1k week for a facility that does not provide any medical
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    Are we over-reacting?

    lifelearningrn replied to RainMom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Does it include skilled services (medical procedures such as wound care, injections, breathing tx, etc) along with PT and other therapies. Do you have nurses staffed 24 hours a day that monitor...
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    Are we over-reacting?

    lifelearningrn replied to RainMom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    People can live a good 10 years with this dx and without some measurable signs of decline to indicate she is within 6 months of death, she is not a candidate for hospice. These places LOVE hospice...
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    Cafeteria Food

    lifelearningrn replied to TBeee's topic in School

    Yep- "french toast" is a packaged piece of bread. Most breakfast choices are sugar laden.. the lunch options at my school are generally awful too (my kids are in another district and they have pretty...
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    Are we over-reacting?

    lifelearningrn replied to RainMom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You have to remember memory care ALF are NOT medical facilities and often the caregivers aren't even CNAs (but trained by the company- and poorly at that). I think nighties are the one and only...
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    Children of teachers/employees

    lifelearningrn replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    We have several kids of teachers/employees at my school, and none are frequent fliers. There is one that when she comes in (rare) there are usually tears involved and more drama than I'd like, but...
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    Seems parents aren't parenting

    lifelearningrn replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    You've still failed to present how you'd handle the multiple situations presented to you. Do you even have children?? As a parent, I can't imagine being so blase about the well being of my children...
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    Seems parents aren't parenting

    lifelearningrn replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    This actually did lead to the family getting extra help and services through the community. This child has a lot of issues and the family is/was overwhelmed and had absolutely no idea how to deal his...
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    Seems parents aren't parenting

    lifelearningrn replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    So, what would you do with a child who can no longer function in the classroom and parents refuse to be reached? Are you saying we shouldn't even have told the parent's the next step was the police...
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    school nurses salary. LVNs

    lifelearningrn replied to anita07's topic in School

    Wow-
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    Seems parents aren't parenting

    lifelearningrn replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    This is how I do it too.. I go down the list until someone answers. I do leave messages with the primary number but if it is something that need to be immediately addressed, I keep going down the list...
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    Seems parents aren't parenting

    lifelearningrn replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    This was exactly the situation. This child, when medications are well regulated is an angel, when he is 'off his meds' it's obvious. His parents had been ignoring calls for several days leading up to...
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    Seems parents aren't parenting

    lifelearningrn replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    Since this post was directed at me, I'll respond. It was not me who threatened a call to the police and CPS, it was the registrar when a student, with severe chemical imbalances and not taking meds...
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    Differences in US nursing vs the rest of the world

    lifelearningrn replied to irishicugal's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for saying this.. in the UK, healthcare is given to those in need, in America, it's given to those with the means to purchase
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    Seems parents aren't parenting

    lifelearningrn replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    I don't have any diabetics this year- but I have similar issues with parents for other issues. Especially kids that are frequent peers/poopers/behavior. Parents routinely forget to send changes of...
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    Angry..

    lifelearningrn replied to JellyDonut's topic in Critical Care

    Me thinks you might be overselling yourself. If this small town facility is full of lowly educated BSNs, ADNs, and diploma nurses, they might not appreciate a big city personality with big city grad...
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    School Nurses, How are you Paid??

    lifelearningrn replied to anita07's topic in School

    They hold back pay every month so that during the summer we continue to get the same pay check. We are paid every other week year round, salaried. We are on the same pay scale as
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    Student with a new trach and feeding tube

    lifelearningrn replied to shsnurse's topic in School

    What type of classroom was this child in prior to this? Are they putting student in a self-contained classroom or regular classes? Students like this should have 1:1, or at the very least in a...
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    Over 10% out sick. :(

    lifelearningrn replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    10-15% out and my admin would be having a stroke! She is unhappy with anything over 3%.. Though we did have some pretty close to that right before our spring break last month when the flu and a...
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    New School Nurse. Help with immunizations!!!!

    lifelearningrn replied to anita07's topic in School

    Must be nice. Mine will let me send out the letters, but when it comes to excluding.. especially if they say, "well we can't do it for x many days"- she'll let them stay so they aren't absent (and...
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    New School Nurse. Help with immunizations!!!!

    lifelearningrn replied to anita07's topic in School

    Make friends with the registrar --- they shouldn't be allowing kids in without the needed vaccines... mine is AWESOME.. she will not enroll without the required.. she knows better than most once they...
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    Up the Nose and In their ears

    lifelearningrn replied to missriss65's topic in School

    Nope- no digging in noses or ears here either... too invasive. I agree it bites to have to call parents but this is definitely an MD
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    Too old to go into nursing??

    lifelearningrn replied to st431's topic in General Nursing

    So you can turn 43 without a shiny, new hard earned nursing degree or you can turn 43 and be doing something amazing. Why not go with the latter? FTR- I was 39 when I got into nursing school, and 41...
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    TWU Spring 2017 Applicants

    lifelearningrn replied to Azon's topic in School, College Programs

    As a TWU alumni I wish you all the best of luck! Before you know it, you'll be done and hard working
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    Administration hovering and criticizing

    lifelearningrn replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    OP-- I am angry for you reading this!! OMG-