amoLucia

amoLucia

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  1. VIP Patient Demanding His Drugs

    amoLucia replied to athey1999's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    cali - sad

  2. VIP Patient Demanding His Drugs

    amoLucia replied to athey1999's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Just thinking - who's paying for those procedures? Insurance? Are they clinically indicated? Could this be a case of FRAUD? I've a cousin who performed investigative forensic insurance fraudulent...

  3. No Scott Toilet Paper?

    amoLucia replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Received 2 free single rolls of generic toilet paper in a complimentary 'grab bag' from my Meals-On-Wheels provider. Appreciated but unexpected, to say the

  4. Medical DPOA for my mother, constant refusal to give me information even with the official form

    amoLucia replied to InSchool4eva20's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Kooky - I usually find myself agreeing with much of your postings. You DO have a passion at times, but sometimes you seem to go just a weeeeee bit over the top. I'm retired, so I have no audience...

  5. Is malpractice insurance worth it?

    amoLucia replied to MountainGoatRN's topic in General Nursing

    Couldn't agree

  6. I can't get a job!!

    amoLucia replied to ThatBLURN's topic in General Nursing

    OP - I'm surprised that you didn't find LTC/NH conducive to developing that close nurse/pt bond. I had no problem with autonomy, advocacy, critical thinking, skills performance, time management,...

  7. Management tasks for LPN in Assisted living seem ridiculous!

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

    Right - like who does the job when you're not there to be doing

  8. Multiple vaccine errors.

    amoLucia replied to lrkelso95's topic in General Nursing

    OP - breathe! Just to say, stop beating yourself up so badly. Obviously, you are deeply concerned re the med errors. And rightly so. Those 3 errors in 1 year are signally something very disturbingly...

  9. Is malpractice insurance worth it?

    amoLucia replied to MountainGoatRN's topic in General Nursing

    WELL

  10. 75th anniversary of the bombing that changed the world

    amoLucia posted a topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    August 6th, 1945 and then Aug 9th, mark the 75th anniversary of the WW2 Japanese bombings of Hiroshima and then Nagasaki. Shortly thereafter, WW2 ended on August 14th/15th with Japan surrendering....

  11. Management tasks for LPN in Assisted living seem ridiculous!

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

    Hmmm! Seems like a classic case of 'not my job' versus 'other duties as assigned'. Be careful how you proceed, for if you 'doth protest too much', you may find yourself out of a job. Usually, a care...

  12. Anyone Using 'Doctor' Title at Work?

    amoLucia replied to jfmDNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Mr.Sta -

  13. Is malpractice insurance worth it?

    amoLucia replied to MountainGoatRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, that one. In reality, I doubt that that poster is a HC person. I asked, but no

  14. Is malpractice insurance worth it?

    amoLucia replied to MountainGoatRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not so much RUDE, but she calls it like she sees it! NO NONSENSE! (Although sometimes, she is

  15. What did you do with your old nursing school textbooks?

    amoLucia replied to coopman712's topic in General Nursing

    And you certainly haven't missed them for your practice, I'm

  16. Bad reputation

    amoLucia replied to Takealeaf's topic in Home Health

    This is most prob TRUE. Home care pts and their families are a rare breed - as you can read from the postings here. You can man up to the agency and voice your concerns about the family. Consider what...

  17. I can't get a job!!

    amoLucia replied to ThatBLURN's topic in General Nursing

    SMS - TY so very much for speaking up in our

  18. Reusing IV Flushes on Same Patient

    amoLucia replied to LRNSTUDENT's topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering if the facilities were having any problems acquiring sufficient quantity of supplies so they 'wasted not, wanted not'!! The final word should be coming from their IV P&P, or from...

  19. My post-polio patient

    amoLucia replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    TY. Interesting to know. My next 'look-it-up'

  20. Is malpractice insurance worth it?

    amoLucia replied to MountainGoatRN's topic in General Nursing

    Malpractice insurance is just sooooooo inexpensive. I just don't get it why nurses don't obtain a policy. Certainly, it can't be for the cost - dang, I throw out more wasted fuzzy bread & fruit...

  21. What will school nursing look like after this pandemic?

    amoLucia replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    What's the recommendations re water fountains? grammy1 - clever solution, but sad that you had to resort to such. As always, good luck & good wishes to you SNs. And my

  22. new job, can I be denied job for benzo PRN

    amoLucia replied to seeing123's topic in General Nursing

    Also, there is talk here about taking a drug test. Are you aware that you can be REQUIRED, as indicated by your facility P&P, to testing? Some places require RANDOM employee testing when...

  23. Is malpractice insurance worth it?

    amoLucia replied to MountainGoatRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just thinking - Y'all know how we HAVE TO HAVE auto insurance in order to drive, well, maybe we all should have malpractice insurance in order to practice with our licenses! JMHO! Don't some SONs...

  24. Safe Staffing Levels for In-hospital Nursing Units

    amoLucia replied to NURS5870's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    WOW!! Thank you for the info. I just never followed along to check out the EB date, altho I always believed it to be true. Glad to see that nurse satisfaction was also improved, as it too was to be as...

  25. What rhythm is this?

    amoLucia replied to j0yegan's topic in General Nursing

    Are we Weincking here? ? I have forgotten sooooo much. Out of acute care mid 1980s to LTC. And retired