lovingtheunloved

lovingtheunloved ASN, RN

LTC, home health, critical care, pulmonary nursing

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  1. Med surg or LTAC?

    lovingtheunloved replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in an LTAC for several years. One thing to consider is the nurse to patient ratio, because these patients are SICK. I frequently had multiple multiple patients on pressors and/or cardiac...

  2. Terrible experience with nursing staff

    lovingtheunloved replied to guest1074638's topic in General Nursing

    I suspect the OP has returned under a different

  3. Gloves at all times?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I wear gloves to pass meds just because like another poster said, if food service workers do...also there are a lot of meds that gloves are recommended due to the drugs potential for harmful effects...

  4. Code Blue: Just Trying Figure Out What Happened?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Binz's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I’m the weird one here, but I never ever get a patient on pressors out of the bed...things go awry fast and then you have a coding patient on the commode. Then again, I don’t do pressors all...

  5. While we were arguing; We disappeared

    lovingtheunloved replied to Yep, Me's topic in General Nursing

    I can’t speak to that. Ours turn themselves around. You fix them, 5 minutes later they’re flipped again. May not have been

  6. Omnicell vs Pyxis

    lovingtheunloved replied to dianearc's topic in General Nursing

    Omnicell is more user friendly to me. Pyxis always had those damn doors that wouldn’t

  7. While we were arguing; We disappeared

    lovingtheunloved replied to Yep, Me's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has different badges for each discipline. Unfortunately these are always turned around and the patients can’t see them

  8. Am I too stupid to be a nurse?

    lovingtheunloved replied to iconicqueen's topic in General Nursing

    If you think you genuinely have an anxiety disorder, for the love, get treatment. Been there, and my quality of life is so much better in general, not to mention

  9. The one thing in nursing/medical that makes you shudder?

    lovingtheunloved replied to RegenerativeNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hanging blood. I can walk into what looks like a crime scene and I’m fine, but something about the blood in the bag makes me feel like I’m going to pass

  10. IV infiltration

    lovingtheunloved replied to AllyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I’m sorry, how is a “no more sticks list” even a thing? So what, your IV goes bad and you’re on the list so you’re SOL and you just don’t get anymore IV meds? PICC

  11. Should secondary tubing for incompatible meds be back flushed or change the tubing?

    lovingtheunloved replied to kawatts22's topic in General Nursing

    Zosyn and Vanco are compatible, just

  12. Did you live alone, worked while going to nursing school?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Hanhxx's topic in General Nursing

    I lived alone and worked 48 hour weeks as a CNA to pay the bills. I have absolutely zero idea how I managed that in retrospect. I know I didn’t sleep, like,

  13. Anxious About Clinicals

    lovingtheunloved replied to guest1122560's topic in General Students

    I have a severe anxiety disorder, and I’ve fortunately learned to manage it well, but holy smokes was nursing school hard because of it! What I wish I would have known then: Take good care of...

  14. Hijab (headscarf) Nurses

    lovingtheunloved replied to skybmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    I work with a nurse who wears a hijab. It’s never been an

  15. Tips - moving from skilled nursing facility to hospital

    lovingtheunloved replied to SamJS's topic in General Nursing

    I honestly had a LOT of trouble transitioning from LTC/sub-acute to the hospital. Mostly because our equipment at the SNF was ancient, we had to send everyone to the ER for every little thing so I...

  16. Made my first mistake

    lovingtheunloved replied to allyyy's topic in General Nursing

    Relax. This mistake didn’t hurt anyone, and that’s what’s really important. You learned a lesson. Don’t be so hard on

  17. DNR/transfer to hospital

    lovingtheunloved replied to Cisl4him's topic in General Nursing

  18. DNR/transfer to hospital

    lovingtheunloved replied to Cisl4him's topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering where an LTACH comes into play in this

  19. Any nurses that love nursing and love their job??

    lovingtheunloved replied to nets5010's topic in General Nursing

    I love being a nurse! I’ve been a nurse for 12 years and I’m not bitter or burned out yet. Part of that has to do with the fact that I have good personal boundaries. And a really great

  20. IM injections- to aspirate or not?

    lovingtheunloved replied to dah512's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught to aspirate...though I believe current practice is not

  21. Alexa, I need to go to the bathroom???

    lovingtheunloved replied to drkshadez's topic in General Nursing

    They need to save the money they’re spending on this nonsense and spend it on safe

  22. How do you feel about the role of a Nurse currently?

    lovingtheunloved replied to annabellarose77's topic in General Nursing

    I love nursing. I work with safe staffing. There’s BS involved for sure, but a lot of that depends on the culture of the individual

  23. Is it possible for me to be a good nurse?

    lovingtheunloved replied to Mimium's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like your anxiety is your worst enemy. Perhaps you need to see someone about it. A bit of anxiety can be a good thing, but it sounds like yours is crippling you. If you can get it under...

  24. Moving from LTC to the hospital

    lovingtheunloved replied to Lovejday1's topic in General Nursing

    I went from LTC to home health to acute care. It was a rough transition, not gonna lie. When you’ve spent 12 years out of the hospital it’s really hard to try to learn to think that way and to...

  25. Save yourself; get out of medicine.

    lovingtheunloved replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but your experience isn’t everyone’s experience. I love nursing. I love bedside nursing. If you need to get out, get out, but discouraging others from going into healthcare is not