amoLucia

amoLucia

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  1. Did anyone start as a new grad in home care?

    amoLucia replied to nurse1045's topic in General Nursing

    As you read along on this thread, you'll see freq issues re setting limits between you, the nurse, and the family. Often the 2 don't match. Families freq attempt to take advantage of nurses by...

  2. RN coworker discouraged me

    amoLucia replied to LPNwithBIGdreams's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to be elected KING of the

  3. Was this a wrong approach?

    amoLucia replied to Bubblesx530's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Outright lying is one thing, but 'therapeutic fibbing' is well-practiced by most of us. I prob would have pointed out the dark nighttime sky outside the window and I'd explain that taxi cabs...

  4. RN coworker discouraged me

    amoLucia replied to LPNwithBIGdreams's topic in General Nursing

    Great karma!! What goes around, will come around. As I so

  5. How far is your commute to work?

    amoLucia replied to 7237dallas's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Folks doing 3 -12 hour shifts had the most diff adjusting. I worked NOCs in 8 hr shifts - no problem driving the 1 hour commute. The drive home was my 'decompress time'. Even when I worked over a...

  6. Dealing With Traumatic Patient Deaths

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

    holyroyd - If you're still reading this, please consider your facility's EAP Dept, if they have one. In one sense, you were attacked by a grieving family, albeit through no fault of yours. Sounds...

  7. Unit Closed - Should I move on?

    amoLucia replied to Nurse1220's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^^^^^ This -

  8. New job. Got injured. Fired for unexcused absences during new hire probation period... what did I do wrong?

    amoLucia replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    BPM - TY for your trust & confidence. It's just that so many 'senior' nurses here at AN really have BTDT and we try to speak the truth, esp for the more inexperienced nurses. Even when they seem...

  9. COVID Testing and Home Care

    amoLucia replied to caliotter3's topic in Private Duty

    As a homebound pt, I receive many services within my home. Providers have always worn masks, kept safe distances, hand-washed, etc. My contacts were VERY limited, few & far between. Masks for...

  10. Who should call family during ICU transfer? (did I goof up?)

    amoLucia replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    Please, am foll along, but what is CIWA?

  11. Bombed my interview

    amoLucia replied to RN1485's topic in Case Management

    Might your interviewer NOT have been any way knowledgeable in medical terminology or the field? Like a really green civilian who wouldn't have the remotest idea about the difference between hypo-...

  12. MSNBC Host, Another "Behar Insult"

    amoLucia replied to rnpatrick's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    ARRGH!! I was actually watching the interview right up until that exact point when it was commented that the Director was an RN. And then the next comment came "that her second in command was MD... "....

  13. New job. Got injured. Fired for unexcused absences during new hire probation period... what did I do wrong?

    amoLucia replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    I truly hate to say this, but from my perspective and in my humble opinion, you posed a very real potential risk to your past employer for future injury that you could claim as 'occurring while on...

  14. Any other Nurses suspecting agency scams?

    amoLucia replied to JadedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like scamming to me!. Lots of news recently re the increase of scams, particularly in this time of covid. Too close to be taken seriously, esp with all those "YES" questions. Better...

  15. Flu Shot = Sick

    amoLucia replied to Taina33's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It must also be remembered that the 'window period' for full vaccine effective coverage must be considered. I was in a rehab facility 2 yrs ago, and I did get the 'flu' when a new roomie was...

  16. Do any of you work as regulatory nurses?

    amoLucia replied to veriteblesse's topic in General Nursing

    They were the 'fancy-schmancy' CORPORATE NURSES. Started at 9, always had a long lunch and left on time. They would come in wearing lab coats, fancy nice street dress clothes, coiffed hair &...

  17. HCA StaRN contract

    amoLucia replied to nursingsprettycool17's topic in General Nursing

    myoglobin - those nurses who were compensated at your former facility had the strength & threat of federal labor law violations behind them. So a conciliatory payout was prob negotiated to avoid a...

  18. HCA StaRN contract

    amoLucia replied to nursingsprettycool17's topic in General Nursing

    myoglobin - I respectfully disagree re obt a lawyer with the intention of 'fighting the contract'. I would offer that such a huge successful conglomerate business like HCA has some mucho high priced...

  19. DOC Guilt-Tripping Me To Accept Call-Ins

    amoLucia replied to amanda269's topic in General Nursing

    PLEASE! I'm going to play devil's advocate here. As supervisor on NOCs, it was part of my job to start calling staff to make coverage when the callouts came in. (Same expectation for the staffing...

  20. Do any of you work as regulatory nurses?

    amoLucia replied to veriteblesse's topic in General Nursing

    We used to call them 'corporate nurses'. They worked for a health care chain (in LTC) and would do things for survey. If the State showed up, they'd be swarming the facility in a heartbeat! The...

  21. Air Force nursing FY2021

    amoLucia replied to tabmeechie's topic in Government, Military

    Thank you for your future service (and to those already serving). Good luck to you

  22. PRN not being used what is happening

    amoLucia replied to nampa1's topic in Nursing Career

    It is feasible that you were terminated (not in a negative sense) just because you weren't needed and thusly you weren't being scheduled. So they would just close your file. Who does scheduling...

  23. Am I Qualified?

    amoLucia replied to MSN RN CNE CNL's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Your inner feelings are talking out loud to you. You have serious misgivings, and when that happens, it usually behooves the person to listen up closely. It's good that you want to do what's best...

  24. Reaching out to a deceased patients family

    amoLucia replied to nizhoniphoto's topic in General Nursing

    Others have so wisely CAUTIONED - be ever so careful re any contact. In these HIPAA times, I doubt that I would try even a simple sympathy card. N O T H I N G ! And that's so sad because there...

  25. HCA StaRN contract

    amoLucia replied to nursingsprettycool17's topic in General Nursing

    mursegoals, ADN - I admire and commend your ethics for fulfilling your end of that lousy contract. I truly understand your reasoning. So sorry you had to learn such a heavy handed life