amoLucia

amoLucia

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  1. Camp Nurse. First time, is this par for the course?

    amoLucia replied to MakeLemonadeRN's topic in Camp

    - Welcome to AN. I would strongly, STRONGLY suggest that you change your screen name to something anonymous, esp since you have such concerns. Everybody reads these posts - not just

  2. Drug seeking- something to ponder

    amoLucia replied to Nsg is an art's topic in Pain Management

    LB - welcome to All Nurses. I strongly recommend that you change your screen name here to something anonymous. There is no privacy in social media and everybody & anybody reads postings here. Many...

  3. How long does it take to "get" OASIS?

    amoLucia replied to allthesmallthings's topic in Home Health

    HHH - "Just when you build a better mouse trap, along comes smarter

  4. Inpatient CM vs Outpatient Oncology Navigator

    amoLucia replied to RN1485's topic in Case Management

    There's also certification, per se, for case managers. That could reap financial benefits. Likewise, I believe there may be tracts in Masters programs for CM. Not sure for 'nurse navigator'...

  5. 3yo patient won’t let me cath her *SOS*

    amoLucia replied to mustlovedogs's topic in Home Health

    Has she been hurt at the daycare? And now she fears

  6. Manager wants us back in office...

    amoLucia replied to rn30's topic in General Nursing

    I fear that you've become very comfortable in your work-from-home position because you no longer have direct pt contact. No bedside pt whining, no admin micro-managing, no family Be careful. If...

  7. Longest Shift You've Worked

    amoLucia replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Just like it did BEFORE you got

  8. NP Please help!!

    amoLucia replied to Mathew Reed's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    sleepwalker - you said it so well! I couldn't put the words together as I'm sure many others thought the same. Kudos to you. So now we have a parent lashing out at respondents for being honest....

  9. Longest Shift You've Worked

    amoLucia replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    There it is --- the martyr's 'crown of

  10. New DON

    amoLucia replied to bbrown74's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Truer words were never

  11. Being called a LPN without license?

    amoLucia replied to IdahoLPN's topic in General Nursing

    THIS^^^. They prob just don't have a specific job title, already created, in which to plop him. So the easiest thing was to just classify him as an LPN. Now, if he were PRACTICING tasks or identifying...

  12. Longest Shift You've Worked

    amoLucia replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that long haul truckers are allowed to work those crazy hours! Did you ever see them on the road just before a pullover station 'doing their books'? I understand unforeseeable TRUE...

  13. when do you think hospitals will go back to not requiring masks?

    amoLucia replied to J89Mike's topic in General Nursing

    Horseshoe - people just generally don't seem to recognize various phobias as reality for many of us. Like we make these things up!?!? I am petrified of dogs - like real 'fight or flight' syndrome...

  14. Feeling close to the end of my rope...

    amoLucia replied to Aliceozwalker's topic in General Nursing

    PMP = primary medical provider. I have multiple health issues and use multiple specialists. Sometimes it feels like things get lost among them all. I like the sense of feeling 'grounded' using my...

  15. Longest Shift You've Worked

    amoLucia replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    These posts all seem to follow the 'wash, rinse, repeat' modus operandi for

  16. when do you think hospitals will go back to not requiring masks?

    amoLucia replied to J89Mike's topic in General Nursing

    Emergent - FWIW, I do understand you. I'm barely OK tolerant of masks now because I wear a full face sleep apnea one. (And it took a crisis for me to adjust to it!) But those covid surgical ones are...

  17. Longest Shift You've Worked

    amoLucia replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I was illegal after 16

  18. Feeling close to the end of my rope...

    amoLucia replied to Aliceozwalker's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know which to address first - your job situation or your health. I'm going with the suggestion that you get a good PMP who can 'see the big picture' for you. Just an observation, with the weight...

  19. injured as a CNA... where to go now?

    amoLucia replied to round_two's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Any bedside nsg job has the potential for injury. And then there's the issue of getting through nsg school, where your clinical performance is required. Have you considered becoming a Medication...

  20. Assisted Living vs Nursing Home

    amoLucia replied to moomin's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ain't this the truth! Powerful

  21. How does your unit determine who floats?

    amoLucia replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have to xxx-foot around Union contract

  22. Professional name vs. legal name?

    amoLucia replied to Justabitoff's topic in General Nursing

    Check with your BON, but I might just pay a lawyer for 'professional' advice. Rather than just guessing here on AN, altho folk here mean well with good intentions. I'd postulate that Family Court...

  23. How to deal with guilt after pt's death

    amoLucia replied to AlexisZ's topic in First Year After Licensure

    to meanmaryjean - so insightful. to AlexisZ - Sometimes they go fast - even as you're standing right there. But then there are also the pts that survive and do well. They surprise you and make...

  24. New RN being moved…

    amoLucia replied to nasr69's topic in First Year After Licensure

    HB - I believe you misunderstood that OP is about to be transferred to NOCs which is NOT her desire. It appears that she is having some difficulties adapting to the daytime pace. nasr69 - TAKE...

  25. Advice for difficult blood draws

    amoLucia replied to techitalia's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If there's any chance that the pts can be hydrated little extra on lab draw days. It helps to keep them 'juicy' for the stick. The NH staff would have to be resp for this, but it helps you to...