leilo0 BSN, RN

leilo0 has 13 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Medicine, Geriatrics, Ambulatory Care.

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1. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   leilo0 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a Catholic teaching hospital and the original building was built in the late 1800s. I've heard stories of patients seeing a faceless nun nurse wearing a habit during nightly rounds. I...

2. Extreme anxiety no longer want to be a nurse

   leilo0 replied to Katiejef's topic in General Nursing

   The only cure for me was leaving the bedside. At 8 years in, I still dread going in to work, still sleepless before a shift, still felt like a sinking ship going in. I thought the problem was me until...

3. New grad RN, absolutely hate nursing

   leilo0 replied to Ashley Karanja's topic in General Nursing

   Your daughter is quite an admirable, responsible young adult! I wish I had the same courage as she did and did not buy in to my mother's own pressure to find something stable and 'well paying'.and...

4. New grad RN, absolutely hate nursing

   leilo0 replied to Ashley Karanja's topic in General Nursing

   I worked befside fulltime for years. I don’t know I managed. Whew! Then when I got the guts and a part time position twice a week showed up, I grabbed it. That only held me out for two more years...

5. New grad RN, absolutely hate nursing

   leilo0 replied to Ashley Karanja's topic in General Nursing

   Curious as to why would you want your daughter to go through that knowing what you know about nursing? There are other jobs out there that make decent pay, even better than nursing without the...

6. Who cleans the poo?

   leilo0 replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

   This is exactly what I'm getting at. It's the small things that culminate to a lot of things. The onus is always on the nurse and you're pulled away from doing your actual job. And so, in paper you...

7. Who cleans the poo?

   leilo0 replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

   This is exactly my point. I've seen comments pointing out that this incident seems complicated for housekeeping to handle but this isn't rocket science. I had sick patients that night that Iwas...

8. Who cleans the poo?

   leilo0 replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

   Your facility must have better toilet paper than we do. On top of being rendered ineffective when it comes to pasty formed poo, it also has the tendency to clog our bathroom toilets so towels were the...

9. Who cleans the poo?

   leilo0 replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

   I've had gloves rip on me so yes, I feel the need to double glove. feces was all over the side rails so I gowned up just in case. I tried not to go into the poopy details but it wasn't just a matter...

10. Who cleans the poo?

    leilo0 replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

    Seeing the general response from everyone, I think I can guess what the answer

11. Who cleans the poo?

    leilo0 replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

    Haha. I have not heard of that phrase but will have to use that on my coworkers! I think one of the issues we have with our profession is how broad our scope of practice is and we can't set firm...

12. Who cleans the poo?

    leilo0 replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

    The patient was not on any isolation precaution but it was everywhere and I wasn't going to risk making contact. lol, I don't mind clearing a good part of the mess but I feel its' almost unreasonable...

13. Who cleans the poo?

    leilo0 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Providing hygiene care when a patient soil themselves is a given but what happens when poo appears in public areas or shared spaces? The other day, I had a patient lose control over their bowels...

14. Multiple CNA's refusing assigned task

    leilo0 replied to Dawnkeibals's topic in General Nursing

    Too many reasons why our working standards are below par compared to other healthcare professionals and I wonder how we got to this. I see PTs and OTs work with assistants that are exclusively...

15. Be Healthy: 10 Self-Care Tips and Tricks for Nurses

    leilo0 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your reply Melissa. I read your article through a header under "Tips that will save you from burnout" and with that premise, it did struck a chord. Your article on its' own is helpful in...