lovingtheunloved

lovingtheunloved ASN, RN

LTC, home health, critical care, pulmonary nursing

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  1. Crazy Thing Pts Say or Do

    lovingtheunloved replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I just aspirated a cookie laughing at this thread! Every time I tell "Tales From the Unit" to people who are not nurses, they are either very confused or horrified that I think it's funny. I had a...

  2. first 2 days of clinicals eye opener :(

    lovingtheunloved replied to soon_2Bnurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It is sad. Keep in mind though, that the sweet little old man whose children live down the street and never visit, may have beaten the hell out of them or molested them their whole lives. It is easy...

  3. pros and cons of being a weekender?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Bibagirl's topic in General Nursing

    Amen!

  4. gloves to spike a bag

    lovingtheunloved replied to vickynurse's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    :yeahthat:

  5. Help! RN working first time in LTC

    lovingtheunloved replied to qtRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If the nurses I work with thought they had to turn a resident, they'd freak out lest they break a

  6. How long did it take you to get into nursing school?

    lovingtheunloved replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. And my school is notorious for having to apply three and four times. I can't figure out why. My GPA is nothing to brag

  7. Post-traumatic nurse disorder ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    lovingtheunloved replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah...and I'm not even a nurse yet. After one particularly vivid dream it took nearly 30 minutes to convince myself that I had in fact NOT stolen a '79 Winnebago from the scene of an accident and...

  8. Doyou think this is right

    lovingtheunloved replied to sunnyspin's topic in Infectious Disease

    Ditto, and if you MUST recap, secure it from the sides, not the top. I learned that the hard way, fortunately in the nursing lab, although who knows what cooties those mannequins

  9. Got thrown in the deep end!

    lovingtheunloved replied to DesertRain's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work in a SNF, we're well staffed, and rounds just don't take that long. There's a good amount of down time. Which is awesome, because when work is done we play! Our activites department sucks,...

  10. Short and thin..WHERE can I get scrubs that FIT?!!

    lovingtheunloved replied to CT Pixie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I buy extra small Dickies. Dickies runs small anyway, so they fit pretty

  11. UGH....About that CNA test.....

    lovingtheunloved replied to jlynnw's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    1. It depends. My tester was super nice. I've only taken the test once, so that's really my only frame of reference. 2. That depends too. Whoever is testing you will explain it at that time. 3. I...

  12. Belittled

    lovingtheunloved replied to NicoleRN07's topic in Emergency

    Lol, he sounds like an adolescent boy with a

  13. Nursing Students in Home Health...who would of thought?

    lovingtheunloved replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just do one day of

  14. Would you prepour meds for nursing assistant to admin later??

    lovingtheunloved replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    The rules in ALFs are different from LTC. In some places pretty much any caregiver can dispense medication, extra education or not. Some ALFs don't even employ licensed nurses. However, I'm pretty...

  15. CNA training scared the he** outta me!!!

    lovingtheunloved replied to dorselm's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps it's back breaking because you're not used to it. And I can't stress enough the importance of body mechanics. Raise that bed up when you're giving care. Don't bend over if you don't have...

  16. can anybody help me

    lovingtheunloved replied to kyros's topic in California Nursing

    It isn't certain meds that you have to crush, more like certain meds you DON'T crush. You crush things for people who have trouble swallowing pills. The things you can't crush are enteric coated...

  17. can anybody help me

    lovingtheunloved replied to kyros's topic in California Nursing

    I make drug cards, rather than buy them. Writing it seems to help it stick. Bring them with you EVERYWHERE. When you're standing in line at Wal-Mart, whip out your drug cards. Look at the name,...

  18. 'Scuse me sir, don't bite into that frito ! ! !

    lovingtheunloved replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Kind of similar, why put a 94 year old Alzheimer's patient on a low fat, sodium restricted diet? They'll live just fine on

  19. You're a nurse! How unfortunate

    lovingtheunloved replied to Anesthetize's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is so

  20. When staff accuse resident's of being racist?

    lovingtheunloved replied to LadyMonteCarlo's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Some people just don't understand that it's a different world behind the locked

  21. You're Going to Practice on ME?!?!

    lovingtheunloved replied to Kensington's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My instructor last semester is about 179 years old, and when she was in NS, they did EVERYTHING on each other. NG tubes and enemas included. Talk about the bonding

  22. ipods at work

    lovingtheunloved replied to RNfloatpool's topic in General Nursing

    What a slap in the face to a patient. What better way to say, "You don't

  23. Dumped in America

    lovingtheunloved replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The thing that gets me is that the woman was DEMENTED. She has no ability to do anything else but wander around in slippers. Would the hospital discharge a child to a homeless shelter like that?...

  24. Why are Newbies Such Whiners?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Some people have just made a hobby out of being offended. Their feelings are ALWAYS hurt by SOMETHING, no matter what. They can't handle correction, direction, or anything other than constant ego...

  25. accessing health records of others!!

    lovingtheunloved replied to 68RN's topic in General Nursing

    That's one of the main reasons I don't seek health care. Small town, HIPAA means nothing to some