amoLucia

amoLucia

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  1. Scope of Practice and medications?

    amoLucia replied to Catedi's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You have to be VERY VERY careful about setting special precedents within a corrections setting. Shouldn't be any special circumstances to circumvent regular SOP. Makes you look like you're 'playing...

  2. Happy Nurse's Week! You ROCK (literally a rock given to RN's for Nurse's Week)!

    amoLucia replied to CABGpatch_RN's topic in General Nursing

    HB -

  3. Promoting Mental Power During Shifts That Provoke Mental Pain and Mental Strain

    amoLucia replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Something like scratching a mosquito bite

  4. allnurses doldrums

    amoLucia replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Righto, Emergent. I hope she had a sufficient supply of Diet Pepsi & Reeses. But how would she have found the time to get away from her all time-consuming time

  5. allnurses doldrums

    amoLucia replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Did anybody else notice that just very recently Davey hadn't posted for a short time, but also Silverbells didn't post either??? Then when he resumed posting, so did Silverbells! There had been...

  6. Nursing Intuition- What Is It, and Do You Have It?

    amoLucia replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^^ Oooooh! You struck an old memory for me. Had a 4 bed pt unit and 2 of the bed positions should NOT have been like they were by the windows. I remember walking in to do first rounds and that lady...

  7. Should I give a two weeks' notice?

    amoLucia replied to neuron's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you have another position lined up & ready to go, I'd advise NOT to just leave. Regardless if your departure is a resignation or just a walk-away, you'll most likely be ineligible for any...

  8. Chest Tube LCS

    amoLucia replied to FutureNurse0201's topic in General Nursing

    Muno - as per usual, you info was very informative for me. HB - you offer great info also, but this time, it was just toooooo much all at one time. I'll go back to catch up. Have you ever...

  9. Job interview

    amoLucia replied to Animal House R.N.'s topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    OP - that wasn't really so-so bad considering that all the things that could have interrupted the Admin before your interview call. NOTE - PP caliotter's

  10. IV infiltration with PRBC

    amoLucia replied to Videos Depot's topic in General Nursing

    Back in the Dark Ages, I remember we had to sit with the pt for the first 30 mins of the infusion. Like a bedside babysitter. A year ago, I rec'd 2 units for emergency hemorrhage. Let me tell...

  11. Dress Code - Hair dye

    amoLucia replied to Annabelle Flee's topic in General Nursing

    Worked a Civil Service position where it would NOT have been tolerated if I became very 'hair artistic'. Nearest I got was that I would 'finger paint' littles wisps of my hair with 'hair paint' - neon...

  12. Teacher Issue...

    amoLucia replied to CarlyCastaneda's topic in School

    And the Status Dramaticus award goes to

  13. How to leave toxic work environment when you're the only RN?

    amoLucia replied to pumpkinqueen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP - I bet you feel like the whole world's burden has just been lifted off your shoulders! Isn''t that a good feeling?!?! You'll feel a little 'empty' - like at 'loose ends' for a bit. But time to...

  14. Worried I made a mistake

    amoLucia replied to em3120's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Anxiety will predispose you to high BP and gastric issues. Not worth it! I particularly like 'don't strain for perfection, strive for excellence'. Big difference and more easily

  15. Promoting Mental Power During Shifts That Provoke Mental Pain and Mental Strain

    amoLucia replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You're right - same old, same

  16. Yes, Employer Can Require Covid Vaccine

    amoLucia replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Local gal here

  17. Dress Code - Hair dye

    amoLucia replied to Annabelle Flee's topic in General Nursing

    That's a rather attractive picture, JMHO. H O W E V E R, you might want to ditch the photo (assuming that it's a REAL pix of you). And not sure about your screen name. Anonymity for social media...

  18. Worried I made a mistake

    amoLucia replied to em3120's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Go easy on yourself! Yeah, I know! Often easier said than done. Every now & then you'll get a realllly weird order. Like for loading doses of Coumadin, comes to mind. I just needed to take...

  19. Leaving a job my parent's friend got for me

    amoLucia replied to kidblinks's topic in General Nursing

    Daisy - TY for the comeback explanation. Makes sense, esp re the parents' being caught off-guard (messy). And personal favors can become troublesome as you say. OP would prob do well to wait for...

  20. Leaving a job my parent's friend got for me

    amoLucia replied to kidblinks's topic in General Nursing

    my bolding to scuba & Daisy - for what purpose would negating the unit to the director have to make anything TRULY better??? Nothing ever gets corrected after such kind of meetings. The...

  21. Tips For Being A Preceptor

    amoLucia replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    pinkdoves - I note that you have one very strong asset in your favor. That is, by your own preceptor history, you know what DIDN'T work! You have the opp'ty to provide a good experience for...

  22. I'm tired!

    amoLucia replied to Avill's topic in School

    Congrats on your staff

  23. Question for In Hospital Nurse Educator

    amoLucia replied to Magnolia11's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Delegate to others if you can for some more simple info. As supervisor on NOCs, I freq rec'd info with a sign-in from our part-time SD nurse. It would be short length and I could take a few days to...

  24. Promoting Mental Power During Shifts That Provoke Mental Pain and Mental Strain

    amoLucia replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I think I've heard this

  25. Promoting Mental Power During Shifts That Provoke Mental Pain and Mental Strain

    amoLucia replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I worked one place where many, MANY of the ancillary staff were required to hold CNA certificates. Like clerical staff, therapy aides, dept heads (SW, Rec Dir, etc), even the LNHA, all had CNA...