lovingtheunloved

lovingtheunloved ASN, RN

LTC, home health, critical care, pulmonary nursing

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  1. Sitting down to calm an upset patient is unprofessional?

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

    That is absolutely

  2. Is Home Health nursing dangerous??

    lovingtheunloved replied to Butterfly0328's topic in Home Health

    The biggest danger is probably dogs. Though I have had a gun pulled on

  3. Is Home Health nursing dangerous??

    lovingtheunloved replied to Butterfly0328's topic in Home Health

    The biggest danger is probably dogs. Though I have had a gun pulled on

  4. To flush or not to flush...advice please.

    lovingtheunloved posted a topic in General Nursing

    I cannot find a protocol anywhere at work, and googling it has not helped. I work in a SNF. We use a lot of subcutaneous ports for morphine, etc in dying residents. Some nurses flush the tubing...

  5. Home Health Nursing

    lovingtheunloved posted a topic in Home Health

    About 6 months ago I had a bit of an upheaval in my life causing pretty much EVERYTHING to change, including leaving my SNF job of almost 8 years. I took a few months off, and then got a job in home...

  6. To flush or not to flush...advice please.

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    I no longer work for the facility I did at the time I started this thread, and at the time I left, I was STILL trying to get them to write a policy to the effect of what you're saying. Turns out I...

  7. Home Health Nursing

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Home Health

    I actually DON'T have hospital experience, and my boss was initially a little wary of hiring me because of that. She said she had never hired anyone in home health or hospice without med surg...

  8. Bosses

    lovingtheunloved posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I love my DON and ADON. Couldn't ask for better people to work for. I really can appreciate the incredible stress and responsibility they're under. For any DONs or ADONs that are discouraged,...

  9. "Don't get stuck in LTC"

    lovingtheunloved replied to Jw1724's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Honestly, as soon as I saw the title of this thread, the only thing I could think was "Bite me." Why people say such asinine things is beyond me. Your perspective is awesome, and LTC residents...

  10. Drugs Not Given Together...

    lovingtheunloved replied to simprocon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just to throw this in here, since one of our physicians LOVES calcium supplements...synthroid also needs to be given at least 2 hours before

  11. Do you think Patients would confuse me for a doctor if I'm South Asian and male?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Samian Q's topic in General Nursing

    In my community, which is small, 50% of our physicians are from India/Pakistan/Jordan, etc. Here, you would absolutely be mistaken for a doctor. Especially by old people. You could have REGISTERED...

  12. When do you cut off your family?

    lovingtheunloved posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    This may not be the place to post this, but I'm thinking facebook ain't it. I need the anonymity. And advice. I have parents, a sister, her husband, and niece due in January. My parents live about...

  13. When do you cut off your family?

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Not a decent role to me. If my value to my sister is going to be my checkbook, she can bite me. And I promise you, that is exactly what she meant by that

  14. Gonna be teaching a CNA class...

    lovingtheunloved posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm nervous. I'm pretty good at teaching in the clinical setting, but I'm nervous about the classroom portion. I can barely order at Starbucks without sounding like I'm having a stroke, and am...

  15. Gonna be teaching a CNA class...

    lovingtheunloved replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks!:)

  16. CNA issue

    lovingtheunloved replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    She would last about 20 minutes with

  17. Agonal breathing

    lovingtheunloved replied to nurse4theKing's topic in General Nursing

    In which no mention of CPR was

  18. Hating the med pass

    lovingtheunloved replied to NotFlo's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Reading these horror stories makes me realize how blessed I am to work where I

  19. Agonal breathing

    lovingtheunloved replied to nurse4theKing's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps before you get so irate, you should actually READ what people have posted. No one told anybody to do

  20. Have you ever been told

    lovingtheunloved replied to purple10's topic in General Nursing

    I too, find the med pass to be a necessary evil, that must be completed in order to actually do the important parts of my

  21. Ignores my being an RN

    lovingtheunloved replied to LovemykittyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not enough to stake my sister's or niece's well being

  22. Ignores my being an RN

    lovingtheunloved replied to LovemykittyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not enough to stake my sister or niece's well being

  23. Ignores my being an RN

    lovingtheunloved replied to LovemykittyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Independent of titles, I'm a preacher's kid. I've been in church a loooooonnnnngggg time. I recognize the

  24. If you go to the ER or doctor's office, do you tell them you're a nurse?

    lovingtheunloved replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    That's insane. For one thing, someone with those sx shouldn't just be running around willy nilly without someone there to make sure they don't keel over on the bathroom floor. B) Even I need 2 hands...

  25. Ignores my being an RN

    lovingtheunloved replied to LovemykittyRN's topic in General Nursing

    My sister is 28 wks, and constantly asks me pregnancy/childbirth/complications questions. Hello, I work at a SNF. 80 y/o women don't turn up pregnant too often. Call your flippin'