amoLucia

amoLucia

retired LTC

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  1. 2 Nurse Verification of SubQ Insulin

    amoLucia replied to Heide MedSurg's topic in General Nursing

    I find it humorous that when I worked in a couple small facilities, I was the ONLY licensed nurse. Nobody to check double check with. Problematic when wasting narc meds and then the 2-nurses for foley...

  2. Help with inventory

    amoLucia replied to NurseM_j's topic in School

    Cheapie baggies for things you may hand out. What are you doing for cold/ice packs? BIG commodity for you guys. Not a school nurse here, but I read your threads like gospel! Just trying to

  3. Texas Hospital making nurses resign or take care of COVID patients

    amoLucia replied to Rex Sanchez's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Uh, folks. You do realize that in the beginning, NJ's infection was primarily located in NORTH NJ, where the geographical proximity to New Your is only a river tunnel crossing away. It was often...

  4. Nursing Is No Longer Worth It

    amoLucia replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Great point differentiating the 2 diverse aspects!. I TRULY miss the nursing CARING part - it was soooo hard for me to turn off that 'nurse' part of me when I was hospitalized several times recently....

  5. Nursing Is No Longer Worth It

    amoLucia replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in Disaster Preparation

    SOMETHING happened to healthcare about 20 - 25 some years ago. It moved out of the pt-focused delivery care system to one that was just driven by money. And it was run by those who just crunch the...

  6. Too strong of a personality?

    amoLucia replied to NICU_rn_bsn's topic in General Nursing

    Pedrita - you are so

  7. Nursing Is No Longer Worth It

    amoLucia replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Peachpit - I'm envious as I believe so many other readers prob are too. Glad that you were able to find something that works for you. Esp in these times and when one starts to think 'retirement' in...

  8. Social Media Policy

    amoLucia replied to stema's topic in General Nursing

    I can't help you directly, but please, I would IMPLORE you to make sure it is applicable to all staff, in all depts. Sounds so simplistically simple, right?!?! And it should tag into HIPAA. That seems...

  9. What was your last non healthcare related job?

    amoLucia replied to DesiDani's topic in Nursing Humor

    I forgot - I was a data-entry person just before and during early NS. What a difference between private industry and health

  10. HELP! Don't know what to do.

    amoLucia replied to lucyrdgz's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps you can reach out to your old nsg sch alumni office or guidance office and see if they can offer you any suggestions. Better late than never for some of their interventions that should have...

  11. Too strong of a personality?

    amoLucia replied to NICU_rn_bsn's topic in General Nursing

    There is a problem here that I've seen bubble up in some facilities I've worked. Many facilities have policies in place that prohibits employees from being assigned to their old units when upward...

  12. New Grad LVN thinking of quitting. HELP!

    amoLucia replied to New LVN20's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Not the BON, but your state Dept of Health and your local Board of Health. And I usually advise against this, but a call to a local TV station might shake up

  13. Feeling bad

    amoLucia replied to lorias's topic in General Nursing

    Just thought of something - as I used to inservice my staff re suction equip, I also made sure they could connect an O2 green tank. Not every facility has piped in wall oxygen, nor do they always have...

  14. Egocentric Managers

    amoLucia replied to BBpeds18's topic in General Nursing

    To OP - forget the anonymous complaint thing. First off, they'll most 100% guess that it's YOU making the complaint. Known as 'sour grapes' in general. Secondly, if you're suspected, you could be...

  15. No Scott Toilet Paper?

    amoLucia replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I kid you, not! And the prices ... Just check out amazon - I thought it was just my local grocery. So I checked there. Availability decreased but prices muy increased. And then the quality of the...

  16. HELP! Don't know what to do.

    amoLucia replied to lucyrdgz's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I do understand where & when REAL life interferes with hoped-for lifeplans. Didn't catch that from your first post. To me, it looks like your first step is to test. You might consider a...

  17. Made a mistake during orientation

    amoLucia replied to surfnurse90's topic in General Specialties

    Sorry - I can't get that upper entry to delete somehow. Not intended. As ajnurse2b6 commented, this was a MAJOR systems error issue just waiting to EXPLODE & FAIL. For your part, you need to focus...

  18. HELP! Don't know what to do.

    amoLucia replied to lucyrdgz's topic in General Nursing

    Wait! You haven't NCLEX yet and you're talking about BSN? Where was your school's academic counseling/guidance office in all this? So you're NOT working as a nurse but have an 'interest in further...

  19. Feeling bad

    amoLucia replied to lorias's topic in General Nursing

    Yes to the above! In the many LTC/NHs I worked, suction was always avail, set-up and ready to go. All its needed equip was right-at-hand and/or connected. It was usually located on a unit 'crash cart'...

  20. No Scott Toilet Paper?

    amoLucia replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Anybody else noticing that just about ANYTHING PAPER is missing-in-action????? Like paper table napkins, paper towels, and now most recently, paper plates. Paper plate prices have

  21. Sigma Theta Tau International membership

    amoLucia replied to Saab93's topic in General Students

    I hate to differ, but I really believe I rec'd a temp nsg sch faculty replacement position because of my membership. The Dean saw my Sigma membership on my resume, and I was asked to interview. It...

  22. Have you ever had to burst a left over balloon from a patient at work?

    amoLucia replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Reading this late - did I miss the popcorn being passed

  23. As a Nurse, is it normal to be pushed around doing different jobs at the place you work?

    amoLucia replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    PT, RT, RD, and the physician services are all billed individually for their services. Not nursing - it gets lumped into room & board! In LTC MDS documentation, care/billing is done by the minutes...

  24. How long is a 3 person waitlist for day shift?

    amoLucia replied to NewGradNurse3's topic in General Nursing

    Being honest &

  25. Texas Hospital making nurses resign or take care of COVID patients

    amoLucia replied to Rex Sanchez's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Orion81RN - I do apologize. MY error in that you were not questioning Safe Harbor. I did bring up the topic because there are many here who really do NOT have a full understanding of what SH is all...