westieluv

westieluv

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  1. Questions about Acute Dialysis

    westieluv replied to allen80's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    What I don't understand, is that both of the Big Two are always worried about cost and the bottom line, yet they have to be losing money hand over fist on training acute nurses and then working them...

  2. what's your pet peeve?

    westieluv replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    Co-workers who find the time to take multiple outdoor smoke breaks throughout their shifts, disguised as "bathroom breaks", even though ours is supposed to be a non-smoking facility inside and out....

  3. what's your pet peeve?

    westieluv replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! You nailed it, this is exactly what my experience has been too. And nine times out of ten, the boyfriend will want to spend the night in the room, sometimes in the bed with the patient if he can...

  4. what's your pet peeve?

    westieluv replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    People who are admitted for abdominal pain and state that their pain meds are inadequate, then you walk into their room and find them pigging out on Taco Bell food that their family brought in for...

  5. Normal for a manager to treat employee badly after turning in notice?

    westieluv replied to sungrl01's topic in General Nursing

    I have been treated very coldly by previously friendly management after I gave notice and proceeded to work out my two weeks. It's frustrating to try to do the right thing by giving notice when others...

  6. Pocket Snacks for 12 Hour Shift?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all of the great suggestions, I will definitely use these ideas in the future, starting on Monday.

  7. Questions about Acute Dialysis

    westieluv replied to allen80's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Fresenius will also work you to the breaking point. I know, because I worked for them doing acutes. I could have worked every day of the week and taken call every day of the week too, had I wanted to....

  8. Pocket Snacks for 12 Hour Shift?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    Great suggestions! Thanks so much, kind of embarrassed I didn't think of that myself.

  9. Shadow Day at Davita

    westieluv replied to Highly_Favored's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Both Davita and Fresenius realize that to most potential new hires with no dialysis experience dialysis is a foreign entity, and they do not expect you to know about dialysis when you start, that is...

  10. no reply from nurse manager

    westieluv replied to tinybbynurse's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I would leave it alone too. The NM obviously knows that you are interested in working on that unit, but if you keep pushing and contacting him/her, you will come across as desperate and pushy, and...

  11. Nitro patch on HD?

    westieluv replied to AcuteHD's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Nurses don't have the authority to just remove ordered medication patches. It's no different from holding ordered medications without a physician's order and she is acting out of her scope of practice...

  12. Tips for Davita phone interview

    westieluv replied to heronurse's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    That's great! Congratulations! I just started working at a Davita chronic unit this week and I love it. I hope you will too.

  13. Terminated. Pursue a Lawsuit?

    westieluv replied to ERgirlynurse's topic in General Nursing

    ???? In case you needed it? If you needed it, wouldn't you then go to the Pyxis and sign it out? I used to carry around a roll of tape in case I needed it, but medications? Is it that hard to get into...

  14. Why I refuse to work overtime. Anyone else?

    westieluv replied to xtina15's topic in General Nursing

    I can't say that I've always, across the board, refused to pick up extra, especially if there are perks, such as at the hospital I worked at several years ago that offered time and a half + $10/hour...

  15. Someone in my charts....

    westieluv replied to Maevish's topic in General Nursing

    I just started a new job with a large dialysis company and had to go through all of the federally mandated HIPAA training just yesterday. it is a violation of HIPAA for anyone to look at PHI of a...

  16. Someone in my charts....

    westieluv replied to Maevish's topic in General Nursing

    There is also the possibility that this ICU is so tiny because it is in a small hospital in a small town where everyone knows everyone and the other nurse was just being nosy. He certainly didn't seem...

  17. Questions about Acute Dialysis

    westieluv replied to allen80's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I can only answer based on my personal experience, and one thing I have learned through the more experienced dialysis nurses on this forum is that acute programs can be run completely differently,...

  18. Is everyone's first day this "Great"

    westieluv replied to Feelgood RN's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds to me like you are being too hard on yourself as a new nurse on your first day off of orientation. The palliative patient had a life altering illness in order to qualify for palliative...

  19. Lpn & asn are are being phased out.

    westieluv replied to shermainenevels's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    So true! I have worked with so many young BSN nurses or talked to young people in BSN programs in recent years who have no intention of working at the bedside at all. The vast majority of them seem to...

  20. Lpn & asn are are being phased out.

    westieluv replied to shermainenevels's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I can see both sides of this argument of yea or nay to getting a BSN. What I also see is all of the threads here on AN where someone is crying about being miserable and hating nursing and wanting out,...

  21. Are nurses generally more attractive

    westieluv replied to rfms's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just FYI, you don't need an apostrophe when you pluralize something, only if it is being used in the possessive form. e.g. "One's chosen profession can say a lot about them." vs. "I prefer the ones...

  22. Question About Returning to Dialysis

    westieluv posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I left Fresenius a year and a half ago after working there for two years doing first acutes and then chronic. I got to be a pretty good dialysis nurse, but it has been a year and a half so I have not...

  23. Lpn & asn are are being phased out.

    westieluv replied to shermainenevels's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    If anything, now that the federal government has wormed its way even more deeply into the healthcare industry and Medicare reimbursements are so much more conditional and precarious than ever before,...

  24. Lpn & asn are are being phased out.

    westieluv replied to shermainenevels's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    In my area (Upper Midwest/Great Lakes) I see a lot of job postings for LPNs, and the two local LPN schools are very busy. LPNs are in demand here for LTC, clinics and MD offices, and hospice....

  25. Lpn & asn are are being phased out.

    westieluv replied to shermainenevels's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I also live in the Midwest and ASN and LPN programs are going strong where I live. "Just" being an ASN isn't such a dumb idea either, if you think about it. You graduate, pass the exact same NCLEX...