lovingtheunloved

lovingtheunloved ASN, RN

LTC, home health, critical care, pulmonary nursing

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  1. Halloween

    lovingtheunloved replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    Since I'm poor and mostly don't care about Halloween except for how much leftover candy I have since I buy it for trick or treaters and then, um...turn all the lights off...I went as a CNA one year....

  2. "Treatment Consent Form" for nursing school?

    lovingtheunloved replied to LaceyRN's topic in General Nursing

    WTH????? We had to have MMR and varicella vaccines or titers, but we were allowed to refuse, Hep B for example. I'm more concerned about the consent for anesthesia and operation?????? Are they...

  3. Nursing student freaking about BPs

    lovingtheunloved replied to midcom's topic in General Nursing

    So I've been a CNA for years, and I still have this problem. I hear the systolic, see something shiny, look away, hear the diastolic but was looking at whatever shiny thing diverted my attention, and...

  4. Andrea Yates Psych MR Online - HIPAA Violation?

    lovingtheunloved replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    He was not a healthcare worker involved in her care, so HIPAA is a hill of beans to

  5. How do you handle the "ones that are out for drugs"

    lovingtheunloved replied to level1_traumaRN's topic in Emergency

    One of my instructors, (ER nurse for many years) said she was always more than happy to give Dilaudid to everyone that asked because it cleared out the waiting room really

  6. Extubated my patient

    lovingtheunloved replied to BlueEyedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Let me amen the previous posters: You did NOT kill your patient. She died of whatever disease/disorder that caused her to need the vent in the first place. I've never had to do that, and I can't...

  7. Pregnant and working in LTC?

    lovingtheunloved replied to a_rose43's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    God made standard precautions for a reason. You really don't know WHAT anyone has, really. Besides, if someone has a known infection like MRSA, they're usually going to tell everyone if the patient...

  8. can anyone tell me the difference?

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

    If the particular nursing home you're talking about doesn't mind, great. My facility asks, but doesn't require students to stay at least a year after the class. It certainly does

  9. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    lovingtheunloved replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

  10. Nursing Home Snacks

    lovingtheunloved replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We keep it behind the nurses' station, which is closed off so the residents can't get back there. We have a microwave

  11. Nursing Home Snacks

    lovingtheunloved replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We had a similar problem, so we got a toaster and stuck it at the nurses' station. Since the pb&j is ever popular, we also have the supplies on hand for that. So we don't have to pull the...

  12. Nursing Home Snacks

    lovingtheunloved replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i think you misinterpreted mine as well. i made no reference to "juice crystals" and my point had nothing to do with juice. my general point was that i don't think we should be too concerned with...

  13. Family not visiting? Common?

    lovingtheunloved replied to -Midget-'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Very, very true. I always try to encourage staff not to be judgemental of families that don't visit. We had a gentleman who the staff just adored, very sweet, loopy little fellow. He had four...

  14. Nursing Home Snacks

    lovingtheunloved replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    when i'm 84 in the nursing home, i want cookies and cake and chocolate and soda and i'm not going to eat what the staff thinks is "healthy." i've got one foot in the grave, send me out happy....

  15. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    lovingtheunloved replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    That is freakin' hilarious. What a

  16. Residents up all night!!

    lovingtheunloved replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Be careful assuming that they aren't being involved during the day. You're not there, you don't know that for sure, and assuming it and reporting it to whoever can at very least, cause some...

  17. Think I could get fired for this.....

    lovingtheunloved replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not talking about that kind of circumstance. Here's a for instance. A few years ago, I got called in to work, as none of the aides showed up for my floor. I wasn't able to come in. They pulled...

  18. Think I could get fired for this.....

    lovingtheunloved replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    When you have a patient that has to pee so bad he's going to wet himself, I promise he doesn't give a damn what you went to school

  19. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    lovingtheunloved replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I knew a lady once who had serious issues about getting pregnant if you weren't married. You were a horrible person if you did. Yet she had no problem with premarital sex, just pregnancy out of...

  20. reorientation in dementia

    lovingtheunloved replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ooooh, that thread got pretty heated. Lots of very passionate geri

  21. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    lovingtheunloved replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I can't fathom that. If I were the doc, I'd have pressed charges. It just goes with my saying that nurses are... And texas_lvn, lots of people had babies early. Maybe not the most ideal situation,...

  22. Residents up all night!!

    lovingtheunloved replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If they're night owls, let them stay up. Feed them, find them something to entertain them. Just because we think "it's night time, they need to sleep" doesn't mean they

  23. Wellbutrin

    lovingtheunloved posted a topic in General Nursing

    "Why can't you give Wellbutrin to someone with bulimia?" Someone asked this today in lecture and the instructor said look it up in your drug book and all I could find was that it is contraindicated in...

  24. Wellbutrin

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a good reason not to give it to someone with an ED! Thanks

  25. Is night shift easier?.....

    lovingtheunloved replied to RN1263's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Slightly off topic, but a few weeks ago for some reason none of the night aides who work my Alzheimer's unit were scheduled, so two of the day shift aides worked the night shift. 9 out of 32...