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  1. Prayers for COVID patients?

    spaniel replied to TheEternalOptimist's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    It’s your beautiful intention that counts. Precision of the exact words not so

  2. New nurse, asthma, Covid-19, What do I do?

    spaniel replied to AnonymousNurse2012's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Old bat former ICU/CCU. Surgical ICU, Neuro ICU, psych nurse here:::: Now much of this depends on how large a city you live in. What about a site that does ophthalmology surgery. Of course you’d...

  3. Acute COVID, What We're Seeing

    spaniel replied to MunoRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is exceptional information. Please send it pronto to leaders in the field,both medical and

  4. Completely Devastated

    spaniel replied to pookiesmom's topic in Retired Nurses

    I do not agree with the ADD or Adhd "route" necessarily. If you are a bit older, new learning make take some time. With that said, there is an added bonus of accumulated wisdom with older folks (i.e....

  5. Haitian Relief Efforts-Nurses, we need you!

    spaniel replied to zahryia's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, a very desperate situation. Let us also put a lot of pressure on the bigger medical corporations to increase donations-stat. The big sports conglomerates also... From my understanding, the need...

  6. New Rn Fired For Bgl Issues

    spaniel replied to shouldhavebeenanunRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am so very very pleased for you. Nontheless, what a heartache you had to endure. Even though LTC places are certainly not all the same, I do not believe it is a place for newer grads to work, for...

  7. call offs

    spaniel replied to worldqueenie's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Oh yea, the QA board sure sounds effective... now we have nursing staff facing a "parole board". An administrator at one of the local nursing homes was a no show for many days, did not even provide a...

  8. ADVICE, PLEASE: RN with a Certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorders??

    spaniel replied to dianabay's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Yes, try your local MRDD group homes. Or better yet-maybe a day program where there would be a few other nurses. I've worked in this field in the past and if this is truly your interest, you would be...

  9. Abandonment issues!

    spaniel replied to RNtowering's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Indeed that is bullying, abuse, whatever you want to call it. Can you imagine, being offered Compazine, then being asked to work-ridiculous. Leave the

  10. Bronx-Lebanon

    spaniel replied to shinyblackcar's topic in New York Nursing

    I hope others join in here. BLEB is on the main drag. It is fairly near Yankee Stadium.While the neighborhood used to be atrocious, I believe it is truly on the upswing. This is a perfectly reasonable...

  11. New Rn Fired For Bgl Issues

    spaniel replied to shouldhavebeenanunRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It has been thirty years since I've graduated (RN). I am ever so grateful that I had the opportunity to have a supportive management and orientation for my first job. This was at a mjaor medical...

  12. Floor nurse seeking guidance

    spaniel replied to abooker's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Oh my! That surely is a case of psychobabble from the administrator. When the Titanic did not have enough lifeboats, that was not a "external locus of control" problem of those who were frustrated...

  13. "Escorted" out of work

    spaniel posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work as a consultant to nursing homes, and have been licensed,oh, for about 30 years. I am seeing a horrific trend in which DONs are physically escorted out of the building. A typical scenario is...

  14. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

    spaniel replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    Rats.. the forum was updating so I lost my reply. I've read many of the posts on borderline/alternative methods,etc. This really has been thought provoking. I also believe relationships heal. I also...

  15. LTC consulting

    spaniel replied to Nascar nurse's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Are you kidding? This is an excellent idea. You might want to also consider teaching: 1) Strategies for the patient with dementia,etc. 2) Smoking cessation. I wish there were more nursing...

  16. Psych Nursing prior to 1980

    spaniel replied to colrainrn's topic in Psychiatric

    Lordy, you guys crack me up. The l980's- the "middle ages' or something akin. Okay here goes... I think I might start listing some of the positives: In good treatment facilities, there were: 1. Actual...

  17. Any NP's not practicing and if so why?

    spaniel replied to nurseaboveboard's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm not sure if I totoally understand your message. I have worked along side of Psych NP's who have "quotas". to fill per "mandates" of their companies. I have seen some rather atrocious care-spending...

  18. I Want to Transfer to CCU

    spaniel replied to ItalianRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I worked in the CCU a long time ago (1990)- but figured I'd answer you. I went to the CCU after about 2 and three quarters of a year in med/surg. I had superb orientation in an excellent NYC hospital...

  19. Ideas for finding clinical sites.

    spaniel replied to BChapp3182's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Dave- Yes- Excellent. Should you ever need to change "day jobs' you can always be a reporter! (Please take this as a

  20. rx auth for psychologists

    spaniel replied to fidelio's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi- "therapist 4Change", we've "met" on a previous discussion. I'm the person who's dually licensed as RN and psychologist. And a bit old- and with a major tendency to vacillate... I go back and forth...

  21. ?NP schools that "find" clinical sites

    spaniel posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Okay folks. Would it be possible for any NP students (or others) to state their experience re NP schools that actually find clinical sites for students? I don't mean simply give a "list" of potential...

  22. Med Techs work under your license?

    spaniel replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I went to an Urgent Care Facility for my ear. The M.D. "assigned" the "tech" to do an invasive procedure-well not majorly invasive-but it did involve placing an instrument in my ear. As I noted the...

  23. Need Advice. I'm afraid my nursing career is over.

    spaniel replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    Alrighty - I had the norovirus (used to be called Norwalk). Now-It's basically what some people call a "stomach flu". I work LTC consulting/psych but am an RN as well. Anyway last year the "stomach...

  24. How dangerous is Psych nursing?

    spaniel replied to Asklepios's topic in Psychiatric

    My first inpatient experience was in l969. (Yes, I was really really young and not a graduate yet!) I have worked in outpt.,inpt.,med-surg.,CCU/ICU, developmental disabilites, and so on. I have...

  25. Age Discrimination?

    spaniel replied to SueB1967's topic in General Nursing

    Hi- I work in consulting in geropsych, by the way. Yea,I have to wonder if this might have been age discrimination. The need for well versed nurses in geropsych is quite high-and as you indicate you...