T-Bird78

T-Bird78

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  1. COVID-Positive Nurses Working: Irresponsible or Smart?

    T-Bird78 replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I’m an LPN in ambulatory care but my office is part of a large healthcare system that includes several hospitals across 7 counties in my state. When this was starting up, they made all LPNs and RNs...

  2. New nurse leaving hospital for office job.. advice?

    T-Bird78 replied to Cabana's topic in General Nursing

    I’m an LPN and have only worked office/clinic settings because my kids are young and I need my evenings/weekends/holidays off to be home with them. Anyway, I know I’d have a VERY hard time trying...

  3. Is PPE really helping?

    T-Bird78 replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I’m in an office setting but we are seeing pts with COVID-like sx (ENT) and my docs are doing surgery in the hospital with exposure. One of my docs did contract it and was tested only after he...

  4. Friend diagnosed with cancer but can't get surgery?

    T-Bird78 replied to Juniper83's topic in General Nursing

    Try another doctor/hospital, call the insurance company to see what’s going on and find one that does take his insurance. Push come to shove, find out what the self-pay rate is and set up payment...

  5. Losing hope and suicidal

    T-Bird78 replied to Marylandburntnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hugs. You are more than just this job and mean more to people outside that

  6. What else can I do? Help please

    T-Bird78 replied to crystalpan's topic in General Nursing

    I’m seriously burnt out and am strongly considering getting out of direct care also, but I’m an LPN so my options are very limited regarding what I can do in non-bedside nursing. I was talking to...

  7. How often should healthcare workers be tested for COVID?

    T-Bird78 replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In office they wear an N95 and surgical mask over it and a face shield or goggles and isolation gown if they’re using the endoscope. In the OR it’s the same, but if it’s airway-specific they...

  8. LTC to allergy RN

    T-Bird78 replied to RNMTRC's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Be prepared for a lot of repetition. Allergy is a very focused speciality. At my former allergy clinic, RNs were the clinic managers for most of our locations. We’d have our floor nurses rotate...

  9. How often should healthcare workers be tested for COVID?

    T-Bird78 replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How often SHOULD and how often ARE we is two completely different answers LOL. I work in an office but we do have COVID pts coming in as long as it’s been 2 weeks since their positive test. My docs...

  10. Burned out on telephone triage

    T-Bird78 replied to Mnstn's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Hugs. I agree completely. Our office doesn’t have designated phone triage staff, we rotate working with physicians and doing phones/cleaning rooms/processing instruments/etc. I tell pts the exact...

  11. As an LPN, I can't help but feel like I'm not a "real nurse"

    T-Bird78 replied to SlowlyButSurely's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Heck, I’m an LPN in a doctor’s office and people are almost ashamed they ask what hospital I work in when I answer. I get “oh, okay. . .” Or even ”oh, sorry”. Just know you are a nurse,...

  12. What are some things you can't do now but plan on doing once this Coronavirus situation ends?

    T-Bird78 replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well, my husband and I were supposed to have been on a week-long Caribbean cruise this past week for our anniversary, so that’d be nice to actually do. Maybe next year we can celebrate our 11th at...

  13. HIPAA and court orders and custody oh my!

    T-Bird78 posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Ugh. We have a pt threatening to file a HIPAA complaint against my office. Mom has custody of child and only listed mom and mom’s siblings on HIPAA form. Child was with dad and dad called to...

  14. Famous person as patient?

    T-Bird78 replied to MarkMyWords's topic in General Nursing

    But was the bed empty? LOL. I live in metro Atlanta but worked for a surgeon’s office in downtown briefly. A very popular boy band from the 90s/early 2000s went there for voice therapy before...

  15. Are Big City Hospitals Really Getting Hit With COVID-19 Pts?

    T-Bird78 replied to EPS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Tell your wife this—I work in a physician’s office and am on the next round of call-ups to be sent to a hospital instead. In my 12 years of nursing, I’ve never worked in a hospital. I had...

  16. Why do so many cheerleaders enter nursing?

    T-Bird78 replied to RitzyCinnamonRoll's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm. In my nursing class of 20, there were 8 black women and 1 black man (no white men) and we ranged from the 59” tall 100 pound former high school cheerleader to the 72” tall 200 pound never...

  17. Any nurses pursue master degree that is not related to nursing?

    T-Bird78 replied to juviasama's topic in General Nursing

    That’s what she said. I guess she’s thinking you have to start repaying loans 6 months after you graduate but if she’s still in school then it doesn’t apply to her. She’s in her early 30’s...

  18. What is it like in your hospital right now?

    T-Bird78 replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I’m not in a hospital but in an office that is part of a healthcare system that does have several hospitals, urgent care, long-term care, hospice, physician offices, and surgical centers in 10...

  19. Urgent and emergent situations in the clinic

    T-Bird78 replied to Love2Sleep's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    We’re ENT so our big ones are uncontrollable nosebleeds. I had a child bleeding in one room, assisting the physician and trying to calm mom, and a coworker came to hold pressure as I updated the...

  20. Any nurses pursue master degree that is not related to nursing?

    T-Bird78 replied to juviasama's topic in General Nursing

    Not me, but one of my coworkers is an MA (medical assistant) who got a degree in healthcare technology. She is now going to get her masters in healthcare leadership JUST because she doesn’t want to...

  21. Why do so many cheerleaders enter nursing?

    T-Bird78 replied to RitzyCinnamonRoll's topic in General Nursing

    You caught me. I was a cheerleader for two years—when I was 7 and 9! I’m a nerd, honor roll in school, wore the heavy glasses, and was a band geek; concert band AND marching band. I was one that...

  22. Please help, feel trapped

    T-Bird78 replied to Guest716906's topic in General Nursing

    I feel you—and I work in an office. We have the same problems, being short-staffed, crazy patient loads, and ornery doctors. I have a coworker who leaves at lunch two days a week and one day a week...

  23. They locked up all the masks in security ?

    T-Bird78 replied to RegisteredNurseReneeRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Every office in my healthcare facility is required to have a fully-stocked flu station in the waiting room. It’s got hand sanitizer, Kleenex, and masks, and all pts with a cough and/or fever are...

  24. MA for a boss?

    T-Bird78 replied to guest464345's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I’m an LPN but my initial clinical supervisor was a surgical tech. When HR realized she’d let her certification lapse and had no plans to renew it or get her nursing degree like she’d said, they...

  25. Do you have an SOP for patients who vagal?

    T-Bird78 replied to tippeny's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    My podiatrist I saw for an ingrown toenail has a saying—rear above the ear. He put me trendelenburg when I went vasovagal during a procedure and got his MA staff to help me out. LOL. Anyway, at my...