lovingtheunloved

lovingtheunloved ASN, RN

LTC, home health, critical care, pulmonary nursing

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  1. Cheyene Stokes - Dying pt

    lovingtheunloved replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I had a lady this weekend who I was sure wouldn't last the shift, and two days later she was up walking around cussing people out like she usually

  2. Scared to talk to Doctors

    lovingtheunloved replied to jam0516's topic in General Nursing

    You get over it. Lots of docs are really nice, and the ones who are jerks, I find rather

  3. Anybody else struggling with anorexia and bulimia?

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I've been battling my ED for almost 16 years. I'm at a point where I feel so incredibly hopeless. I'm still in outpatient treatment, but have relapsed in spite of it. In spite of a true desire to...

  4. Nurse Insights into Eating Disorders in Adolescents

    lovingtheunloved replied to knewb's topic in General Nursing

    Very true. Body image especially, since the body is so commonly violated. Most ED patients have depression, PTSD, addiction, etc in addition to the ED. Sad how our list of things to avoid is made...

  5. Nurse Insights into Eating Disorders in Adolescents

    lovingtheunloved replied to knewb's topic in General Nursing

    Avoid being emotionally, physically and sexually abused. A huge number of ED sufferers have a history of abuse. EDs are NOT about food and

  6. Anybody else struggling with anorexia and bulimia?

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I was discharged from an inpatient treatment center almost a year ago...and am actively engaging in my ed behaviors, and feel hopeless to

  7. For a hypochondriac RN

    lovingtheunloved replied to sundowners2's topic in General Nursing

    Take me to WebMD and give me a list of sx for prostate cancer, and I'll be the only girl on earth who's

  8. Pain management in LTC

    lovingtheunloved replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Had a similar problem with one of my ladies. She now gets a lidocaine patch daily to her lower back, and vicodin prn. She very rarely complains of pain anymore, and before she would barely get out...

  9. Why I am a LTC nurse

    lovingtheunloved posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm an LPN, finishing my RN. I have had so many nurses/doctors/instructors etc tell me lately that I MUST work a few years in a hospital, that LTC isn't real nursing, I'll lose my skills, "You're too...

  10. Am I Stupid??

    lovingtheunloved replied to Stressin04's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, preach it. I'm a LTC nurse too. My first day on my own, I'd had a license for literally five days, and made a doozie of a med error, (thankfully, the pt was fine,) two crashed and the doctors...

  11. nurses from maintenance point of view

    lovingtheunloved replied to sailordave's topic in General Nursing

    Mitches. That's freaking

  12. Double Briefing

    lovingtheunloved replied to michael79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Stick the staff in a pile of wet, stinky plastic and leave them there for a few hours. Maybe they'll realize they don't work at Wal-Mart stocking shelves, but that they're dealing with

  13. Best-smelling liquid meds!

    lovingtheunloved replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    Lactulose smells like a buttered popcorn Jelly Belly! I've never had it, but judging by the looks on my residents' faces when they get it, I doubt it tastes like one. I've never smelled liquid...

  14. Why I am a LTC nurse

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Good

  15. Why I am a LTC nurse

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have great CNAs and an awesome DON and ADON. Very much a team environment. That makes it much easier to manage time so I can spend it with the

  16. Why I am a LTC nurse

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The facility I work at has 88 beds, three locked units. The whole place is for dementia patients with behavioral problems. The vast majority of them are DNR, and comfort care only. So, not many...

  17. Back to basics

    lovingtheunloved replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I hate electric cuffs. I don't allow my CNAs to use them. For instance, I had a little old man who had diarrhea and vomiting all morning, refused to drink anything, and the electric cuff said his BP...

  18. Caffeine!!

    lovingtheunloved replied to Annieee's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Before I went to treatment for my eating disorder, I was drinking about 5-6 liters of Diet Coke a day. And even with that amount of caffeine, my heart rate was around 36. Figure that out. They...

  19. Former addict a nurse?

    lovingtheunloved replied to JoeyDog's topic in General Nursing

    There was a similar character in my first two semesters of nursing school. Not nearly as extreme as this one sounds. The faculty had her pegged within the first week of school. She made it through...

  20. Food Addiction?

    lovingtheunloved replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Wow. It's astounding to me the number of nurses I know personally who struggle with addictions... I'm addicted to food in a different sense than what others have posted. I've battled anorexia and...

  21. Is the NURSES STATION REALLY a Pateint Care Area?

    lovingtheunloved replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    On my unit, absolutely. I have several residents who routinely sit with me while I chart. Usually the screamers or fight pickers. I have one lady who truly just needs human contact, so she sits...

  22. Disrespect of LTC nurses by acute care (even though BMs neglected in hospitals)

    lovingtheunloved replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't gotten much attitude about being a LTC nurse...usually other nurses have positive things to say. The few negative comments I have gotten have been more amusing than offensive, because the...

  23. Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    lovingtheunloved replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    Sssshhhhhh!!!!!! Don't tell anybody about that. McDreamy said to keep it a

  24. Bite Me!

    lovingtheunloved replied to sleepyndopey's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Heh, been there. Battle scars of LTC. My tetorifice shot's good for another four

  25. Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    lovingtheunloved replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    I thought that was why I became a nurse...get paid good money to eat bon bons and watch "Fresh Prince" reruns at the nurses' station. Right? I thought all those people in wheelchairs were part of...