lovingtheunloved

lovingtheunloved ASN, RN

LTC, home health, critical care, pulmonary nursing

Member

  • Content

    940

  • Visitors

    11,664

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    83

All Content by lovingtheunloved

  1. Is my schedule doable?

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

    Totally doable. Not easy, I took a similar load last semester and worked 50 a week. Focus on the

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

    lovingtheunloved replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, that

  3. how often MDS C. work floor?

    lovingtheunloved replied to pageplace's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I can't imagine our MDS nurse having to work the floor. She does MDS for our facility, and our sister facility across the street, which adds up to 216 beds, and they're usually all full. She has an...

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

    lovingtheunloved replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ate tile in the middle of the hallway, in front of the nurse, a doctor, the DON and a group of orientees. My shining

  5. Give me the down and dirty of being a CNA

    lovingtheunloved replied to onesmallspark's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what it's like in Florida, but here in Arizona, you more or less have to have a pulse and no felonies to be a

  6. For those working 12 hour shifts, what is your schedule like?

    lovingtheunloved replied to JCRN's topic in General Nursing

    My facility just went to 12's in May. I was sooooo against it at first, mostly because I just resist change. I absolutely LOVE it though. I used to work Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and every other...

  7. anyone here a CNA?

    lovingtheunloved replied to catlover72's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've been a CNA for two years. The money sucks, no matter where you go. I think it's an incredibly valuable experience. But it's not for everyone. I love what I do, and if it weren't for the...

  8. Chemistry.... I have no clue

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

    Seriously, this may sound like I'm kidding, but I took chem last semester and got an A. The reason I got an A was because I learned not to ask why. For real, if you're like me, you just have this...

  9. Fear of Nursing and Bedside Care

    lovingtheunloved replied to angelica_rn2b's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who is a WONDERFUL nurse. In the middle of fourth semester, her instructor asked her class why they were there. After much brain wracking, her answer was simply, "Because I've gone...

  10. Non-Nursing Job while in school?

    lovingtheunloved replied to SheLby'sMom's topic in Nursing Career

    Ya know, ya gotta

  11. RN who wouldn't be CNA

    lovingtheunloved replied to cjog's topic in Nursing Career

    Just because you weren't a CNA doesn't mean you're going to be less of a nurse. I think it's an incredibly valuable experience. Yes, you learn basic nursing skills, but that's not the valuable part....

  12. Give me the down and dirty of being a CNA

    lovingtheunloved replied to onesmallspark's topic in General Nursing

    onesmallpark, I PM'd you, but I have to add this: I've heard from some very seasoned nurses that if you can work LTC, you can work ANYWHERE. Talk about learning time management. And the money...

  13. primary nursing

    lovingtheunloved posted a topic in General Nursing

    What areas of nursing has this? I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I don't want to just give the meds and chart and do the treatments. I want to be responsible for the total care of the...

  14. primary nursing

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    Haunted, I'm sorry I responded to you the way I did. I should have come up with a more tactful way to tell you that I didn't appreciate your comment. I'd had a bad day, and heck, it's that time of...

  15. primary nursing

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, Ms. Condescending, I got a news flash for ya...I know that. I mean I want to actually be the one GIVING the care. Is that clear enough for

  16. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

    lovingtheunloved replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No, it's not what LTC is about. If you decide being a CNA is what you want to do, remember this: you will learn a lot of very valuable things from some wonderful CNAs. You will also learn a lot...

  17. Starting LTC Tonight! In need of some encouragement and tips.

    lovingtheunloved replied to estrogen's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i'm not a nurse, just a lowly CNA, but I love LTC. It's got it's drama, but from what I see posted here all the time, so does everywhere else. Crap will happen that throws a kink in your routine,...

  18. primary nursing

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    I do want to do hospice at some point. I love caring for the dying person, making them as comfortable as possible. Is there anything besides L&D and peds? Maybe this makes me a bad person, but...

  19. what is comfort care only?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Gee, where I work, it means the aides leave the person in bed and more or less ignore them for the remainder of the shift, until the overpowering smell of urine wafts out into the hallway. Sounds...

  20. Looking like a Nurse

    lovingtheunloved replied to loserboy's topic in Men in Nursing

    He's thirtysomething, all the kids have the same mother. She homeschoolds, he pretends to

  21. Looking like a Nurse

    lovingtheunloved replied to loserboy's topic in Men in Nursing

    Well, it's true. All he does is hide in his office doing his homework for his BSN program. He's there all the time, I think to get away from his eleven

  22. Looking like a Nurse

    lovingtheunloved replied to loserboy's topic in Men in Nursing

    I work in a facility that tailors to behavioral problems, and when you've got a resident who's flipping out, his stature is an asset. Also, for such a massive intimidating looking person, he's one of...

  23. Looking like a Nurse

    lovingtheunloved replied to loserboy's topic in Men in Nursing

    My DON is 6'7, 300 pounds, bald as a cucumber, and an EXCELLENT nurse. He comes in

  24. why are cna's treated like they are stupid and replaceable?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I totally agree with you. But then there's the nurse who when you beg "Could you please stay with my HUGE fall risk that I just put on the toilet for just a minute so I can go break up the fistfight...

  25. why are cna's treated like they are stupid and replaceable?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    See, that's what I don't get. Why be a CNA if you hate it? It sure as hell isn't for the