TexasPoodleMix

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  1. What can be done??

    TexasPoodleMix replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am soo sorry but what is a pcp ??? are you talking about the original psychiatrist ? He just came that once that i know

  2. What can be done??

    TexasPoodleMix replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    would help to know what actually happens--does she hyperventilate? sweat? shake? how long has she been in the home? does she say anything when it happens? -------- hyperventalates , claims she can't...

  3. What can be done??

    TexasPoodleMix replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    oh but did i say the "caretaker" who beat her up got 50 years

  4. What can be done??

    TexasPoodleMix replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    on the showering, they do that in her bed, they do everything in her bed, and she wears a diaper now too. I guess showering would be considered a sponge bath ? I am not sure. she calls the nurses...

  5. What can be done??

    TexasPoodleMix replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi I am not a nurse or a cna, I am her granddaughter. No one in the family has pushed her to get out of bed. We have encouraged her, but not pushed her by any stretch of the imagination. We have...

  6. New grad not wanting to work

    TexasPoodleMix replied to MSMCnurse2004's topic in General Nursing

    Ithink whatever you want to do in regards to your job do it, do what feels right to you. I would at least work part time in case you need something to fall back on one day. I just finished a 3 yr...

  7. What can be done??

    TexasPoodleMix replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    good luck, i am hoping for good weather for yoU !!! stay safe and be careful. Ya , we have pretty much lost hope too. she's been like this for so many years... just getting

  8. What can be done??

    TexasPoodleMix replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    oh honey , i wish :( she is horrified of animals , particularly cats (more like has a phobia of them !!) Growing up, she always "tolerated" my animals but never cared for them much. Acutally the...

  9. What can be done??

    TexasPoodleMix replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    She is actually on medicaid. She was set up pretty good (had about $3000 a month coming in from retirement, social security, and other things my gp. had set up for her etc.) but still could not...

  10. What can be done??

    TexasPoodleMix replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What is really, really sad is she had a roomate a couple of mos. ago who she really liked, was talkign to, and was making friends with. It was the first positive thing that had happened in her life...

  11. What can be done??

    TexasPoodleMix replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I do think the nurses have tried, I know they really encourage (almost force) her to go to PT. At first she was going, now i think she has pretty much told them to bite her ! Just last week one of...

  12. What can be done??

    TexasPoodleMix replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks, earle. I will pass the advice on. I really appreciate it. I will keep you posted. Is this a common thing in the elderly ?? Have you ever seen anyone just NOT get up out of bed ??? (she...

  13. What can be done??

    TexasPoodleMix replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks, earle, I am praying for a miracle ! They called a psych. about 2 mos. ago and it took him 2 weeks to get there. When he did get there, he went to the wrong patients room (actually, the...

  14. ? about employers and furthering education

    TexasPoodleMix posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I am getting pretty ahead of myself with this question, but I have been thinking and I definitely want to pursue a BSN after I get my adn. Since I already have a BS it shouldn't take long at...

  15. ? about employers and furthering education

    TexasPoodleMix replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, Mike

  16. going to LPN school after failing RN program

    TexasPoodleMix replied to Purple Princess's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I agree... keep on going, girl. You will find the right

  17. Wondering if my drink was laced??? Need input..

    TexasPoodleMix replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    I am so glad your husband was there with you, who knows what he would have done if he wasn't

  18. Wondering if my drink was laced??? Need input..

    TexasPoodleMix replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    YEP sounds like it.......... Extra salt ?? Maybe he put some kind of acid or something in your drink. I am sorry, you probably feel violated. :stone

  19. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    TexasPoodleMix replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    That is bizarre. Someone I know has a mom who is a "nurse". I asked her one day "what is your mom, an LPN or an RN??" she said "oh, she's not any of that , she's just a nurse"

  20. New graduate employment

    TexasPoodleMix replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

    She sounds like a nut

  21. OVERTIME situation

    TexasPoodleMix replied to Pete495's topic in General Nursing

    so are the more 'functional' and healthy units few and far between

  22. OVERTIME situation

    TexasPoodleMix replied to Pete495's topic in General Nursing

    Hell, do you even get any vacation time ? When my MIL was working at the hospital, she got the standard 2 weeks. Do they not do that anymore

  23. Future Employer wants to run a credit check?!?

    TexasPoodleMix replied to hospicenurse's topic in Nursing Career

    :rotfl: haha that is funny

  24. Future Employer wants to run a credit check?!?

    TexasPoodleMix replied to hospicenurse's topic in Nursing Career

    bk is so common now. I think more people understand thanyou realize that families tend to get in over their heads,

  25. OVERTIME situation

    TexasPoodleMix replied to Pete495's topic in General Nursing

    I love it. When you say "they need me to work instead of them" do you mean TRADE shifts, or you pick up their shift ?? That sounds ridiculous ! almost laughable ! I will just say "sorry I have...