lovingtheunloved

lovingtheunloved ASN, RN

LTC, home health, critical care, pulmonary nursing

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  1. I'm at a loss...4-year-old on nectar thick fluids

    lovingtheunloved posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend whose four year old son is on 9 asthma meds. Adult doses. He's been in the hospital dozens of times. As it turns out, the kid has been aspirating everything since birth, causing the...

  2. Why be a CNA?

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    CNAs should never pass meds.

  3. I'm at a loss...4-year-old on nectar thick fluids

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry about it. I'd had a bad day with a family member at work who spent thirty minutes yelling at the nurse about how "stupid all your girls

  4. I'm at a loss...4-year-old on nectar thick fluids

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    they have an appointment with a pediatric GI doc. In a month. He's been hospitalized enough times that he knows what an IV is and that he doesn't want one. His mom has been able to say "You have to...

  5. When do you call off work?

    lovingtheunloved replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't feel guilty. I'm 21 and scrappy. Talk to me in 10 years and that may change. And i'm a workaholic. If you call off sparingly, by all means, stay home and get well. It's the ones that call...

  6. When do you call off work?

    lovingtheunloved replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    God delegates the task to an angel. So far that's only happened

  7. When do you call off work?

    lovingtheunloved replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    When do I call off? When I'm

  8. Bossy CNA's in LTC(long)

    lovingtheunloved replied to jaimemds's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I hate to say it, but

  9. Why be a CNA?

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work with a nurse who said that's the biggest drawback. She misses the time she spent one on one with the residents when she was a CNA. She's a hell of a nurse

  10. I'm at a loss...4-year-old on nectar thick fluids

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    Telling them to make sure he has good oral care is not going out of my scope. I'm a CNA, not an idiot. Forgive me for being defensive, it's been one of those "you're incompetant" days. They were...

  11. Is This Illegal?

    lovingtheunloved replied to HannahRN24's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If they'll cut corners like that, they aren't particularly concerned with the welfare of their residents are they? That's an administrator that REALLY REALLY wants to get sued

  12. Why be a CNA?

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    TriageRN-I've said it before, and I'll say it again; You rock! You should come to AZ and work with me! And as far as appreciation is concerned, my ADON goes out of her way to show appreciation for the...

  13. Bossy CNA's in LTC(long)

    lovingtheunloved replied to jaimemds's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    yep, asked for help, and yep, talked to the nurse about it. There's a staff meeting tomorrow. MrsLePew-I've never even HEARD of restricting fluids to have less to clean up. That is INSANE. That...

  14. Why be a CNA?

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've read that. It's very sweet. It breaks my heart how people are treated sometimes. I think that my user name is my calling. To love the

  15. need help for severe depression

    lovingtheunloved replied to needs help's topic in General Nursing

    You sound exactly like what you hoped you wouldn't. People and attitudes like yours are exactly why so many people suffer in

  16. Bossy CNA's in LTC(long)

    lovingtheunloved replied to jaimemds's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I had an attitude today. In my car on the way home. Not in front of my residents and coworkers. It pisses me off when I can't get my showers done because I'm running around toileting and putting to...

  17. Do your CNA's call in sick every weekend?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    2) i don't want to work with so and so on THAT unit, so i am going home. 5) i don't like the set i got assigned by the nurse, so i'm outta here! I don't feel like it? If they've taken report, that's...

  18. Do your CNA's call in sick every weekend?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, the blessed call off. They don't fire our chronic callers because that would eliminate at least one half of the CNAs. We work four days on, two days off so making them make up weekends won't...

  19. Problem CNAs on night shift

    lovingtheunloved replied to clab25's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    A friend of mine used to work 11-7. She even had an aide call her a b***h to her face. Her solution? You didn't want to work, she sent your butt home. It's not like you'd be losing valuable...

  20. Bossy CNA's in LTC(long)

    lovingtheunloved replied to jaimemds's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ah, no worries. I was a little, um, under the influence when I posted yesterday. Bad day for me too. I understand where you're coming from. CNAs do need respect. But whether the nurse respects me...

  21. Bossy CNA's in LTC(long)

    lovingtheunloved replied to jaimemds's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well, I concede. If it's going to change from a difference of opinion to a grammar lesson, you

  22. gero-psych...nothing but a nightmare!

    lovingtheunloved replied to MisPlacedTexan's topic in Psychiatric

    Maybe it's just not the field for you. I'm a CNA in geri-psych, and I love it. Maybe your not twisted enough. But maybe I'm liquored up after a bad day. I love my Captian

  23. carotid pulse?

    lovingtheunloved replied to LPN2be2005's topic in General Nursing

    I often check carotid pulses. I work with Alzheimer's patients, and many of them WILL NOT hold still long enough to get an accurate radial pulse. They're trying to fold things, or pull the...

  24. My DON makes me feel like I am worthless

    lovingtheunloved replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

    If my DON found out that a nurse allowed a CNA to pass meds, that nurse would be F-I-R-E-D! And reported. I sometimes wonder if some nurses ENJOY having a license. You wouldn't know it by the...

  25. Bossy CNA's in LTC(long)

    lovingtheunloved replied to jaimemds's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well, you've been misguided. A CNA is NOT a nurse. Contact your BON and ask them about who a nurse is. It ain't a CNA. If it were, there wouldn't be laws about identifying oneself as a nurse if...