lovingtheunloved

lovingtheunloved ASN, RN

LTC, home health, critical care, pulmonary nursing

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  1. University of Phoenix-online for BSN

    lovingtheunloved replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    She started when she was 22, finished at

  2. University of Phoenix-online for BSN

    lovingtheunloved replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    My boss did her BSN via U of Phoenix. Expensive, yes, but she's happy with it, and she worked full time. She just finished in September. There were a few other nurses within the company doing it,...

  3. showers on nightshift and time for residents to get up in the morning?

    lovingtheunloved replied to FROGGYLEGS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    See, this is why I love where I work. Nights does start getting people up at about 5, but they start with the ones that are already crawling out of bed. The ones who don't want to get up, don't....

  4. All you do is pass meds and chart....I do everything else........

    lovingtheunloved replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    That's funny, because I work with a nurse who refuses to start a med pass until everyone is up, and refuses to allow anyone to leave the dining room until her med pass is done because she's "...65 and...

  5. shaving cream to clean dirty butts??

    lovingtheunloved replied to old heart's topic in General Nursing

    It's been my experience that the alcohol in shaving cream is quite irritating to the fragile elderly behind. Lotion does the job, and doesn't harm the skin. The only time I would put shaving cream...

  6. Ten Minute Safety Walks

    lovingtheunloved replied to TGIMN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That's the biggest bunch of bs I've ever

  7. Eating disorder patients?

    lovingtheunloved replied to LDNurse2B's topic in General Nursing

    Why would a parent be sent to jail because their child is

  8. friends with management-Is this a bad thing?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Happytocare's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My ADON and I are very close friends, and have been since before she took the job. It's common knowledge that we're friends, and when she took the job, good lord some people threw a fit. Mostly that...

  9. I have a weird feeling about this...

    lovingtheunloved posted a topic in Occupational Health

    My wrist has been hurting for about six weeks. I don't know if I hurt it at work or not. It's been getting progressively worse, not better. Today, I moved a pad on a bed and heard and felt my wrist...

  10. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    lovingtheunloved replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    Just recently, at the end of my shift, I was taking the trash and linen carts to be emptied. While trying to hold the door open with my foot and push the carts through, I fell, tipped the carts over...

  11. What's a nurse to do ?

    lovingtheunloved replied to xmaxiex's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'll tell you this. Change hurts. It's hard. You will not be popular. But think of who wins in the end. The residents. Our new ADON (who, yes, is a close friend of mine) is working hard to clean...

  12. setting limits in long-term care

    lovingtheunloved replied to FairEd'05's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in a facility for Alz's and behavioral health. We can put them in their rooms if their behavior is out of control, however, the door must remain open and it MUST be careplanned as an...

  13. Call-off policy

    lovingtheunloved replied to TeleRN44's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Policy means squat. We seem to need staff too much to fire the chronic callers. Consequences mean

  14. DNR orders

    lovingtheunloved replied to night owl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I find it much more effective, at least on my wing, to know who the full codes are. There's only about seven of them. The other 25 are

  15. Sick of it!!!

    lovingtheunloved replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Amen! (I have nothing else to say but the little pop up said my message was too short. So here's some random words to waste your

  16. Drug addicted nurses

    lovingtheunloved replied to ske0124's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Unfortunately, it's more prevelant than many people realize. In the facility I work in, I know of four nurses with a problem, and I've been here for two years. One of them was a close friend of...

  17. Fresh perspective

    lovingtheunloved replied to AmyB's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I love my job. I'll be there at least 5 more years. I work on an Alzheimer's unit, so there's never an end to the funny things that happen. I could write a book. I just generally love caring for...

  18. Sick of it!!!

    lovingtheunloved replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    "By remaining employed in such a facility you are condoning this and allowing it to continue." I disagree. I know that for some, remaining employed in such a facility is out of a sense of "They...

  19. Feeding and toileting

    lovingtheunloved replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I asked the state surveyor last year about wearing gloves while feeding, and she more or less said what you

  20. Sick of it!!!

    lovingtheunloved replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't recall anyone condoning substandard care for any reason. That was not even implied in the post you

  21. Sick of it!!!

    lovingtheunloved replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree. My generation (I'm 22) has had everything handed to us. We've never had to work hard for anything in our lives, and i think it's a tragedy. Then we grow up and get jobs and have no work...

  22. Sick of it!!!

    lovingtheunloved replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Stuff like that makes me fuming mad:devil: These people deserve so much better, and if a person's sense of decency can't be appealed to, how about the fact that they pay more than three times my...

  23. 11-7 Getting Residents up.

    lovingtheunloved replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Most of our CNAs don't have any idea which resident's are private pay. As a matter of fact, most of the nurses don't. We have more important things to do than run around trying to figure out what...

  24. Good care, but...no handwashing?

    lovingtheunloved posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work LTC and have always scratched my head at the fact that EVERY admit from the local hospital has MRSA. Well, I stayed overnight at the hospital with an elderly friend who gets very anxious...

  25. The bedpan incident, this is long

    lovingtheunloved replied to dinkymouse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is why I think med techs are a wretched