lovingtheunloved

lovingtheunloved ASN, RN

LTC, home health, critical care, pulmonary nursing

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  1. Elderly patient choked on water

    lovingtheunloved replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, been there. Happens pretty often where I work. (Alzheimer's pts) Usually they can get it out on their own, but if they're not breathing at all, put their arms over their head if possible, (not...

  2. need advice - delicate situation (long)

    lovingtheunloved replied to mkf0605's topic in General Nursing

    Surveyors CAN pull medical records on dx'd

  3. Adhd

    lovingtheunloved replied to romiia's topic in General Nursing

    What I was convinced was ADD was actually depression. A little effexor made things a lot better. Then I quit taking it. So now I see something shiny and I'm

  4. Destruction at work: What have YOU broken?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    The plugs for air mattresses are ALWAYS getting broken, because when you raise the bed, it pushes the plug, and the prongs get stuck in the wall. Our jackass maintenance man yelled at me once saying...

  5. COPD pt's and 2L o2

    lovingtheunloved replied to wooosp's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just want to say, what a cool thread! I was taught not to crank it up past 2L for a COPDer too. Never thought of the things others have posted. I always learn the coolest things on this

  6. What Is the Problem With These Nurses?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. I worked with some awesome nurses this semester, and I learned a ton from them. Thank you to all the great preceptors out

  7. Elopement........ahhh help

    lovingtheunloved replied to Sari_LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Even as it happened, it was funny. My charge nurse was FREAKING OUT. I'm like, uh, call the cops! Kinda sad too, the city police cornered him at a gas station down the street and he was holding...

  8. Advice for 1st semester in Nursing School?

    lovingtheunloved replied to earthangel141's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses cannot treat a medical diagnosis, for instance, COPD. A nurse can, however, treat Ineffective Airway Clearance. I'm just a first semester student myself, but it seems to me that a nursing...

  9. Ageism in Nursing School..

    lovingtheunloved replied to MQ Edna's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not all of us young 'uns are like that. Take

  10. do grades really matter after graduation?

    lovingtheunloved replied to iheartnurses's topic in Texas Nursing

    Fear not. In so many places, license = job. C's get

  11. Elopement........ahhh help

    lovingtheunloved replied to Sari_LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Don't you just love locked units? I got a new admit one time. Admissions lady brought him in the unit, he looked at me, high tailed it out the doors to the locked courtyard and just shimmied right...

  12. Advice for 1st semester in Nursing School?

    lovingtheunloved replied to earthangel141's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:

  13. Illegible Handwriting

    lovingtheunloved replied to PurrRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a first semester student, and the hospital I do clinicals at does handwritten nurses' notes, and God help me if I can ever read those. Computers,

  14. Please stop the blank v.s blank debates.

    lovingtheunloved replied to mydee's topic in General Nursing

    Heh heh, there's more politics in nursing than

  15. what did you do in your former life?

    lovingtheunloved replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    I :redbeathe the Dollar

  16. Hmm......what would you do?

    lovingtheunloved replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah. Wrong site and wrong

  17. filter needles

    lovingtheunloved replied to HSRN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Are you serious?

  18. Other jobs...

    lovingtheunloved replied to Diva Nurse Dani's topic in General Nursing

    Dude, go to the specialty nursing forums. You'll find lots and lots of options. I never knew there was such a thing as hyperbaric

  19. "Nurses are not professionals"

    lovingtheunloved replied to wannabesedated's topic in General Nursing

    Three letters dude. I...C...U. I am AMAZED at the level of skill and judgement

  20. CNA's in the OR

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

    PACU= post anesthesia care unit. Seriously, I can't imagine a CNA in the OR. I've been a CNA for three years, I'm a nursing student, I know lots about sterile technique and...if I were in the OR, I...

  21. Patient hostility...HELP!

    lovingtheunloved replied to shannon8282's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    So if he's such a royal PIA and disruptive to other patients, why is he still

  22. the hug for Tweety thread

    lovingtheunloved replied to Ado Annie's topic in General Nursing

    So I can't figure out what happened to you Tweety, but whatever it is, I'm praying for you!

  23. nurse aides rules

    lovingtheunloved replied to reylem's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    OH...MY...GOSH. I hope they

  24. nurse aides rules

    lovingtheunloved replied to reylem's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just hate the type of CNAs the OP mentioned. It gives those of us who work hard and take pride in our jobs a bad rep. Every new nurse I work with I have to bust my butt to prove myself to, because...

  25. What career would YOU have chosen if you weren't a nurse?

    lovingtheunloved replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    I'd shoot chickens out of cannons at airplanes. So it's not original. But Larry the Cable Guy had a good