amoLucia

amoLucia

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  1. Sigma Theta Tau International membership

    amoLucia replied to Saab93's topic in General Students

    Proud past member Sigma. I always listed it on my resume under Professional Memberships. It was right there with ANA and APIC. I relinquished my membership a few years after I retired. As I...

  2. Parental Consent for Telehealth

    amoLucia replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    Maybe you could run your form past your school's legal consultant? Or might that just open up the proverbial 'can of worms' for

  3. Is it normal for HH nurses to not wash hands with soap and water?

    amoLucia replied to guest1143647's topic in Home Health

    Just a thought - the HH nurse would be washing her hands over the homeowner's pots/pans/dishes etc that are laying in the sink. What was on her hands that are now on my eating

  4. C'Mon Now!

    amoLucia replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Well, they're trying, altho to the extreme. You gotta give 'em

  5. Homeland Security chief shakesup Homeland Security Advisory Council -fires most members

    amoLucia replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Well, it seems with the Jan 6th fiasco, HSA dropped the ball along the

  6. Back Pain

    amoLucia replied to keketas007's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Per Terms of Service, members are not permitted to give medical advice. If the pain is significantly troublesome, you should be seeking assessment & treatment from your health care PMP. Take...

  7. Burnout in HH

    amoLucia replied to 1999nurse's topic in Home Health

    (((delivern))) I'm agreeing with you that you're being taken advantage of. I don't believe that it is being done maliciously, but with today's health care climate (ie doing more with less)...

  8. Tips from experience LTC nurses

    amoLucia replied to Shelly0928's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm nodding here, just after I snorted up my

  9. Pharmacists admitted to BSN Program

    amoLucia replied to CYNTO Y's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    lost ph - I've just posted on another VERY similar Pharm-to-BSN post. I suggested that the OP consider using a professional recruitment/head hunter agency. (Was that you?) That might help....

  10. Got Fired From My First Nursing Job

    amoLucia replied to Lynker's topic in General Nursing

    Just soooo sorry that you got severely nailed. It wasn't the fact that you were being honest, it's that you raised a red flag in front of the State lady. I'm betting your place is doing BIG TIME...

  11. Got Fired From My First Nursing Job

    amoLucia replied to Lynker's topic in General Nursing

    Sooooo sorry I missed that. But now I understand why your employer wa so punitive. DOH would view you as being incompetent. With state people, you NEVER say anything. Just smile & nod....

  12. Possible BIG insulin error (patient okay)- Tips for risk-reducing methods?

    amoLucia replied to mtyfry's topic in General Nursing

    Docs all get the early sales pitch from pharmaceutical reps re 'their' products as the best-est new med on the market. So the Docs order the new meds. Everything from insulins to cardiac to...

  13. Is working too much bad for your health?

    amoLucia replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    OP - no need to get

  14. Is this a HIPAA violation?

    amoLucia replied to guest0000005's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I wonder if every morning at shift start, if some facility HIPAA staffer has to run an audit of all chart entries in the last 24 hrs or so. Just to review if all the entries were legitimately...

  15. Possible BIG insulin error (patient okay)- Tips for risk-reducing methods?

    amoLucia replied to mtyfry's topic in General Nursing

    I am NOT negating anything you said. You'll learn that when you get that funny 'gut' feeling or that 'ESP' twinge, you're prob right. But I'm thinking, even if your pt had been 'hypoglycemic'...

  16. Upsetting Foley Insertion in a Confused Dementia Patient

    amoLucia replied to wernicke's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt that any different positioning would have made a difference. It's all about the 'touching' there and the instrumentation entry that is the psychological feeling of violation. Not...

  17. Medication Error in School

    amoLucia replied to uofanurse's topic in School

    Even a sealed bottle could have been mis-filled. You'd still be unaware of te

  18. Got Fired From My First Nursing Job

    amoLucia replied to Lynker's topic in General Nursing

    Repeating my rule #2. What you inadvertently did was to present a pix of your inexperience and lack of knowledge to a pt causing them to doubt your efficiency and posing a risk to their safety....

  19. Things are sprouting. A walk through the garden

    amoLucia replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

    Those mushrooms in the photo ARE rather pretty! hppy - you are so ??????? There's a word I'm looking for - it is COMPLIMENTARY. Like an old soul aficionado of the fine things in life. I'd be...

  20. Things are sprouting. A walk through the garden

    amoLucia replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

    I just call my plant

  21. Let the chips....err Domino's fall

    amoLucia replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    These 'projects' always amaze me. Like how the artists think in 3D I can't even do puzzles. My neighbor was fascinated doing puzzles - all those little pieces! I can't conceptualize the 'fitting'...

  22. Weird Interview

    amoLucia replied to PPediRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Yep! Weirdest interview I ever had. Dept head asked me a couple questions and then we parted. Had confirmation within the week. It was a state civil service position and I was top of 'the list'....

  23. Let the chips....err Domino's fall

    amoLucia replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    WOW! So absorbing. I swear if I stare long enough, it undulates.

  24. Temporary Disability

    amoLucia replied to newmom17's topic in General Nursing

    TY. I was beginning to think that I must've worked in the world's worst insensitive facilities. So lucky for those staff in places so much more sensitive &

  25. Got Fired From My First Nursing Job

    amoLucia replied to Lynker's topic in General Nursing

    Rule #2 in nsg school was to NEVER TELL A PT YOU DIDN'T DO SOME TYPE OF