lovingtheunloved

lovingtheunloved ASN, RN

LTC, home health, critical care, pulmonary nursing

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  1. Anyone else think HIPAA rules are getting out of hand?

    lovingtheunloved replied to BrandonLPN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    What Tankweti said. People just make crap up as they go along. And it usually is, a big steamy pile of

  2. My first death

    lovingtheunloved replied to dialysisnurseLC's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It is normal. I've been in nursing for 9 years and had hundreds of deaths (did a lot of end of life care) and they were all hard to some degree. Even if I don't have a particularly emotional...

  3. What should I bring with me on my first day in LTC?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Mrsearly2009's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ativan.

  4. Home Health Bags

    lovingtheunloved replied to busyrninva's topic in Home Health

    I bought a snazzy black, shiny, fake croc skin laptop bag at Ross for like $18. I like it because I can use Clorox wipes on the

  5. Dear God, Help me

    lovingtheunloved replied to artsmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Used to have a lady who would alternately scream "God bless America!" and "Help me do the dishes!" She would get the phrases mixed up and start yelling "God bless the dishes!"

  6. What to do when a doctor won't let you read back an order

    lovingtheunloved replied to aem31's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Welcome to

  7. Any Nurses Dealing with Eating Disorder Recovery?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Tobygo2's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yep, anorexia and bulimia. I'm doing really well now, but the first 4ish years as a nurse were rough. It was really hard for me to stay focused on what I needed to be doing instead of how many...

  8. EMR/EHR Meaningful Use

    lovingtheunloved replied to Sally Now's topic in General Nursing

    I work in home health, but the hospital I work for just went to EMR and for two weeks every patient I saw told me what a hot mess it was in the

  9. How scary does this sound to you? Or am I the only one -

    lovingtheunloved replied to njgrl622's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Welcome to

  10. Loose teeth letter - thought I'd share...

    lovingtheunloved replied to Marlene39's topic in School

    Sending a kid to the nurse for a loose tooth? That's seriously the dumbest thing I've ever

  11. Assaulted while working

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovelucklaughter76's topic in Home Health

    I have no advice, I'm just really really sorry that happened to you. I'll be praying for

  12. How many days of orientation?

    lovingtheunloved replied to NewLPN11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As a brand new LPN, I got a day and a

  13. Sedation in ICU... your opinions/ experiences?

    lovingtheunloved replied to IheartICUnursing's topic in MICU, SICU

    Not an ICU nurse, but I've been an ICU patient, and looking over my medical records and seeing all the invasive, unpleasant crap that was done to me in there, I'm eternally grateful that they snowed...

  14. Being called "ignorant" by your boss- am I over-reacting?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Cat_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds exactly like the facility I used to work for. Run, don't walk. Run away. It will only get

  15. How Hard is Home Health Nursing on the Body?

    lovingtheunloved replied to westieluv's topic in Home Health

    Much easier on the body than working the floor, that's for

  16. People really do ask you for medical advice! Wow...

    lovingtheunloved replied to tenjuna's topic in General Students

    My standard answer to any question like that is "Go see your doctor." Because I'm not YOUR nurse. And I don't want to hear about your

  17. mental health

    lovingtheunloved replied to ~passionateSN~'s topic in General Students

    Just because they're a psych patient doesn't mean they're

  18. mental health

    lovingtheunloved replied to ~passionateSN~'s topic in General Students

    Psych patients are just people...I'm a lot more afraid of a baby in the NICU than I am of a psych patient. Not all psych patients are aggressive...in my experience, most of them are not. Treat them...

  19. Prioritizing in LTC, what is normal?

    lovingtheunloved replied to brendacg's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The lack of sharps containers and needed supplies is ridiculous. As far as prioritizing, when I was in LTC, I probably looked like there was no rhyme or reason why I did things in the order I did....

  20. How long was you orientation traing when you started in LTC?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Mrsearly2009's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As a brand new LPN? A day and a

  21. Nursing Discipline- Board of Nursing

    lovingtheunloved replied to nancynurse227's topic in Home Health

    Mine was d/t complaint that was not anonymous. I knew who and why. I had the right to know exactly what the complainer said, the investigator read the person's statement to me. I don't know how...

  22. Nursing Discipline- Board of Nursing

    lovingtheunloved replied to nancynurse227's topic in Home Health

    I've had the displeasure of dealing with the BON in this capacity. I found them to be very professional and concerned about my well being as well as doing what they needed to to ensure that I was...

  23. Managing Fungating (Malignant) Wounds

    lovingtheunloved replied to VickyRN's topic in Oncology

    I have a patient right now with this type of wound. A squamous cell carcinoma. Unfortunately, she's terribly noncompliant and will probably lose her leg because of

  24. Is OASIS really hard to figure out?

    lovingtheunloved replied to lsvalliant's topic in Home Health

    I actually found OASIS to be pretty easy to learn. I came from a nursing home job, where I had to learn the MDS nonsense, and it's pretty similar to OASIS. Ya know, knowing what the question is...

  25. Ridiculous "House Rules"

    lovingtheunloved replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Home Health

    I'll abide by all kinds of weird rules, but I will NEVER remove my shoes in a patient's house. First of all, I don't want to step in the cat urine on the carpet. Second, if I have to get outta there...