amoLucia

amoLucia

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

    amoLucia replied to Rex Sanchez's topic in Disaster Preparation

    To Orion and several others here - Re Safe Harbor - unless things have changed, Calif (?) was the only state to have Safe Harbor legislation. And just to remind all, Safe Harbor does NOT give the...

  2. Week of July 19, 2020

    amoLucia replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Exercise and Healthy Living's Exercise

    hppy - TY. I'm thinking it was some disease that I didn't recognize the abbrev. And re that stretching photo - her left leg looks displaced!! OUCH!!

  3. Transition to Nurse Supervisor

    amoLucia replied to athey1999's topic in General Nursing

    And what will be your feelings if you DON'T get the

  4. Week of July 19, 2020

    amoLucia replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Exercise and Healthy Living's Exercise

    Interesting group to join. Yes, C19 has been stressful but I started megace in May. Major side effect is wgt gain from increased appetite. I mean I want to eat the wallpaper!! I am a BIG GIRL! I...

  5. Oxygen and the rebreather mask question

    amoLucia replied to Slipping CMA's topic in General Nursing

    OP - are you working in the States? I ask as you comment 'head staff and head manager'? Never quite heard them called that here in the

  6. 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

    EKUGRAD - priviledged to have you as one of us. And esp to say, thank you for your service. (And to your

  7. Transgender nurses?

    amoLucia replied to munkyfusic's topic in General Nursing

    Good

  8. Oxygen and the rebreather mask question

    amoLucia replied to Slipping CMA's topic in General Nursing

    pOx of 90 is not so bad for everyone. There's gotta be more clinical info that we just don't have here in this

  9. Nurses and narcotics

    amoLucia replied to mdiada's topic in General Nursing

    OP - you have knowledge of info/situations/details NOW that points to ILLEGAL activities occurring presently AT THIS TIME. Would not your NOT reporting your concerns make you complicit in that illegal...

  10. Walmart, Sam's Club , BJ's, and others to require all customers to wear masks effective 7/20/20

    amoLucia replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How will they enforce the requirement??? Will those customers be stopped by store staff and escorted out of the store? And if they make a big hulabaloo? A multiple-person security effort is needed...

  11. NP: Age limit?

    amoLucia replied to romantic's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    TY. I am sooo gullible. The respondent sounded soooooo serious with such specifics. Could prob have sold me oceanfront property in Arizona or the deed for the Brooklyn

  12. NP: Age limit?

    amoLucia replied to romantic's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Is this for real???? I don't do sarcasm

  13. How Does This End?

    amoLucia replied to MeganMN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    ^^^^^ YES! THIS!

  14. SNF Residents Dying of Broken Hearts Due to Visitation Restrictions?

    amoLucia replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Wuzzie - it sounds to me like your parents moved in to a new environment smack in the middle of C19. Would NOT that environmental change have been enough of a major distraction on its own deleterious...

  15. 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

    TY - I was wondering if I was missing something here. Right now during C19, flexibility has to be considered as the NEW NORM. I worked many a LTC/NH during my career. One place had an ADON who loved...

  16. How Does This End?

    amoLucia replied to MeganMN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    OP - you ask how do we continue to move on. I see 2 areas not addressed enough that I think could make positive impact. Firstly, TV media - needs to take a more proactive and oversight function in all...

  17. Nurses and narcotics

    amoLucia replied to mdiada's topic in General Nursing

    Any way you could look up her RN license number with the BON to make sure she is practicing in good standing??? Not to bespeak poorly of your employer, but it wouldn't be the first time that an...

  18. Nursing charity working on toe nails?

    amoLucia replied to InSchool4eva20's topic in General Specialties

    For the UNcomplicated client, how is this any different than the person going to a local spa for a manicure??? Am sooooo thrilled. I was just home-visited by a podiatrist for routine toenail clipping....

  19. Prescribing Narcotics for Pt with Drug Abuse Hx

    amoLucia replied to NurseQT's topic in Pain Management

    Hppy - kudos to you for your perseverance in your struggles. Also for your effort to educate those in need of educ thru their own misunderstanding or

  20. Contract for parents before students return to school

    amoLucia replied to nicole.schoolRN's topic in School

    A terrible thought crosses my mind - what happens if a child/staff/teacher etc DOES come up positive for C19? Will you be REQUIRED to inform parents of the situation??? I mean, with HIPAA/FERPA how...

  21. Nursing Is No Longer Worth It

    amoLucia replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in Disaster Preparation

    A sad realization for many, if not most, of the more experienced nurses here is that it is prob much TOO LATE in their careers to do a major shift to a second profession (like from teaching to nsg, or...

  22. Contract for parents before students return to school

    amoLucia replied to nicole.schoolRN's topic in School

    SaltineQueen - You guys even have trouble having family 'pickup or callback' when you try contacting them!! There'll never be any real way to enforce this type of policy - what else can you do???...

  23. Do you know anyone who was offended by Eskimo Pie ice cream treats?

    amoLucia replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Same by

  24. Help- Unfair Scheduling and Favoritism

    amoLucia replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I always wanted to work at a place that would give employees their personal BIRTHDAY off. There are places out there that DO, but I never worked at one. I just thought that that was a small but nice...

  25. Do you know anyone who was offended by Eskimo Pie ice cream treats?

    amoLucia replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Were folk here aware that the native Indian maiden on the Land O' Lakes dairy products was removed some not-so-long-time ago? Didn't affect my decision to continue using their products. I don't...