amoLucia

amoLucia

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  1. Essential Oils in the ICU

    amoLucia replied to beanrn1202's topic in MICU, SICU

    This is an older post. Just a simple example - I can't tolerate the smell of eucalyptus. Simple eucalyptus. Present in so many dried floral arrangements and room deodorizers and sachets thingeys....

  2. Would nurses be interested in this business idea?

    amoLucia replied to hallebban's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    OP seems to have disappeared. When reading the post, I interpreted it as a call for someone to act along the lines of a case manager or a health coach. Paid or volunteer not specified. There are...

  3. Care for the Older Adult: ICU or Not?!

    amoLucia replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    The first sad part of this issue is that nobody plans IN ADVANCE with the expectation that ICU admission may be a real possibility in order to 'make things better'. The second sad part is that when...

  4. Misconduct

    amoLucia replied to Abbycat's topic in General Nursing

    PP CoffeeRTC has explained the montly rollover MAR for NH/LTC facilities well. But we need to add to that explanation a timeline that is inherent in the process. When it prints the new MARs, the...

  5. "You Have to Get a BSN by 2020..."

    amoLucia replied to kalyani's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Back in the Dark Ages (1974 grad), the phrase was "BSN by

  6. On Call only position

    amoLucia replied to andi3097's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Did they give you ANY idea at all of the hours you might expect to take 'real call'

  7. Tips/tricks voiding trial

    amoLucia replied to neogirl's topic in General Nursing

  8. Mom Passed

    amoLucia replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I seem to remember some of the painful time you had a while back. Sorry for your loss and will hold good thoughts. (HUG)

  9. What do you think about this psychiatrist?

    amoLucia replied to vaspap's topic in General Nursing

    I think we're being snookered here. Patient? Family? Friend? Homework? Or else my cynicism is sneaking thru again.

  10. Driving While Elderly

    amoLucia replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    To mudspineredneck - please know there is something real called 'highway hypnosis' and it occurs most freq when a driver drives a very familiar stretch of the road repetitively again & again &...

  11. Tips/tricks voiding trial

    amoLucia replied to neogirl's topic in General Nursing

    To Kel & Charge - TY. I thought I was having old time hallucinations from nsg school. Can't remember why it worked either, but my old instructors swore by

  12. How to adjust to night shift sleep schedule?

    amoLucia replied to hp131071's topic in Health, Stress Management

    There have been buckets and buckets and buckets of VERY GOOD information written on this subject in many previous posts here. Please check them out if you haven't done so already. You might just pick...

  13. Cdiff odor?

    amoLucia replied to rubensa's topic in General Nursing

    Davey - your last post here has me laughing out loud. Really

  14. Trouble for taking Doctors candy

    amoLucia replied to zynnnie's topic in General Nursing

    off on a tangent - anyone remember when they used to have separate dining rooms for the physicians? Like does anyplace still have

  15. Tips/tricks voiding trial

    amoLucia replied to neogirl's topic in General Nursing

    Does anybody remember anything about the use of eucalyptus oil for voiding? I don't remember the specifics

  16. Driving While Elderly

    amoLucia replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    It's very easy to point a finger at some elderly driver when an accident occurred. Their age seems to be the distinguishing factor. Hell, even the newspaper and TV news latch on to "elderly driver...

  17. Preparing for Nuclear War: CDC's Public Health Response to a Nuclear Detonation

    amoLucia replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is such a serious topic and I don't want to minimize it any way. But all I could think of when I first read this post's title was those drills we did as kids in grammar school in the 1950's and...

  18. Risk Manager in LTC

    amoLucia replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    Might you reach out to someone with that title at a local hospital? They might be able to direct you into some resources as they freq belong to organizations in QA/QI and Risk Management. Joining some...

  19. Driving While Elderly

    amoLucia replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting article. But the bottom line is that seniors still need to drive to accomplish many activities for simple daily living. From a sociological point of view, perhaps more study needs to be...

  20. Shower tech advise

    amoLucia replied to Rennae11's topic in General Nursing

    jennylee - I remember the boots too. Like snow

  21. Blindsided by Manager

    amoLucia replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    KeepItRealRN - exactly what I'm suggesting!!! And with that second manager sitting in, I'm thinking sooner than later. There's prob more to it than just a raise. The writer may be using too much FMLA...

  22. Blindsided by Manager

    amoLucia replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Looks like a 'paper trail' has been started. And the fact that another manager sat in on the conference has me thinking that the OP has a target on her back. There may or may not be performance...

  23. Trouble for taking Doctors candy

    amoLucia replied to zynnnie's topic in General Nursing

    Bah

  24. Am I asking for too much help?

    amoLucia replied to newycRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Ruby Vee, you are a wise one. I would like to have been one to work with

  25. Why are they called, "Chucks?"

    amoLucia replied to NPbyDay's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget Christmas