FLAlleycat

FLAlleycat has 30 years experience and specializes in L&D, Women's Health.

FLAlleycat's Latest Activity

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   nurse with late complications of Ebola

   FLAlleycat replied to Mulan's topic in Headlines

   And she's getting worseí ½í¸¢ Pauline Cafferkey: Rapid decline of nurse 'cured' of Ebola leaves experts staggered | Home News | News | The Independent
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   why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

   FLAlleycat replied to murseforever's topic in Relations

   As an NP, I'm constantly called "doctor". I always say, "I'm not a doctor. I'm Alley, a nurse practitioner." I need to order a T-shirt with that! When a CNA/NA calls themselves a nurse or lets it go when someone calls them a nurse, it implies they have the education and training to be a nurse. When they then give a ridiculously illogical answer to a patient's question, it certainly does damage to that training and education in the minds of the pt. It can also be correcting the misinformation. Adds to the "Everybody tells me something different".
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   CNA falls to death trying to help at MVC scene

   FLAlleycat replied to JustBeachyNurse's topic in Headlines

   My thoughts, too, about thread title. I seriously doubt "I'm gonna be a hero" crossed her mind.
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   Cassandra C's interview

   FLAlleycat posted a topic in Headlines

   I had wondered what was happening with Cassandra C: The Medical Kidnapping of Cassandra C (Finally The Truth Revealed) [video=youtube_share;La3dm_GQKYM]
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   Night Shift Woes...When Do You Sleep On Your Days Off????

   FLAlleycat replied to BibleBarb56's topic in General Nursing

   I always worked three nights in a row. On those days, I'd usually sleep from 10AM-6PM. On my days off, I'd stay up until 3-4AM then sleep till 11-noon. This worked for me as it gave me time for doctor appointments, some interaction with day-shift friends, etc.
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   Relocating to Tampa Florida

   FLAlleycat replied to tjhart69's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, Tabi, I have a lot of friends who work at FL Hospital in several locations in Orlando; however, I believe their philosophy would be the same in any of their hospitals. ALL of them love working there. When I first moved to Orlando, they had a 6-wk training course for nurses wanting to work L&D. It was awesome course. I worked with them until they closed the unit in the smaller hospital where I worked. The only reason I started working with another hospital system at that time was closer location. I'm sure their HR would be happy to give you info on your other questions. Good luck! Alley
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   Late arriving Nurses

   FLAlleycat replied to Goal_NP's topic in Professionalism

   Could've sworn this was the topic of one very heated debate a year or so ago. BTW, I'm a 60-yr old snot who doesn't give a damn what time you come in as long as my ass is out the door by 7:15, unless there's an emergency on my unit.
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   This week, I have learned..... (8/1)

   FLAlleycat replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   1. I love retirement. 2. I REALLY love retirement. 3. Whoever said I would be bored when I retired had no clue what they were talking about!
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   PA nurse drops newborn on his head

   FLAlleycat replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in Headlines

   This is true where I worked, also. Funny how a midwife can manage with an intact bed but an OB can't! I never broke the bed until the doc was getting gloves on, I didn't care if he was across the room yelling at me to break it down. Uh-huh. You get over here and get gowned and gloved first. Besides, the bottom of the bed can be lowered far enough down to be out of the way of delivery. Re night-shift workers . . . I was born a night person! I loved night shift and would be as wide awake at 7AM (probably more so) as I was when starting shift. I hated days.
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    Take this job and shove it!

    FLAlleycat replied to TTK RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, when the CNO of our community hospital asked this long-time L&D nurse to work with orthopedic patients, that was the last day she saw me. I was very honest in the exit interview. Others must have been as well since two months later she was fired
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    WELL, WOULD YOU???

    FLAlleycat replied to nurse2211's topic in General Nursing

    Haven't you been keeping up with fashion? The bigger, the better. You got one sexy butt!
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    To Colonoscopy or Not to Colonoscopy

    FLAlleycat replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    I had a colonoscopy ten years ago and seriously doubt I'll ever have another one! The prep was horrible. I was told to drink a glass of the prep every fifteen minutes. My stomach couldn't hold that much, and I started throwing up before half the gallon was down. Doc didn't tell me what to do in that case, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who had that problem! Puke.
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    You should know better

    FLAlleycat replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Sweets, ANY sweets...donuts, cake, pie, ice cream, chocolates. I really do try to avoid the bakery when shopping, but sometimes the aroma just ropes helpless me in.
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    Comfortable living?

    FLAlleycat replied to Kdao's topic in General Nursing

    I work in FL....low pay and high everything else! I started nursing when I was a single parent of a 2YO and 4YO and survived nicely on the salary. That excludes a whopping $25/month child support that was never paid, and I never remarried. I had no babysitters and had to use childcare/after-school care for years. I managed to buy my dream home (not a McMansion by any means but it does have 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, and pool), put kids through college, pay my loans, pay orthodontists, etc, invest some monies so I'll have comfortable retirement, paid $325 electric bill 10 months/yr, kids' first cars, and all other necessities. We always went some place special for our 2-wk vacation and to beach every weekend. I also budget extremely well. I've never felt financially pressured. Nursing has been an excellent career choice for me. Good luck to you in your future. It's exciting!
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    Talking trash about the patients is not a good idea

    FLAlleycat replied to RiskManager's topic in Headlines

    Um, plaintiff is an attorney, too. Oops.
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    FLAlleycat replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Headlines

    Doc Bastard dissects some of the lawsuit brought by Nailah Winkfield (Jahi McMath's mother) against Children's Hospital Oakland and Dr. Frederick Rosen: Stories from the trauma bay: Jahi McMath lawsuit along with the poorly written and inaccurate lawsuit: Jahi McMath Malpractice Complaint