x4livin

x4livin ADN

ICU, MS, BHU, Flight RN, Admin

I've been across the nursing spectrum, I think I'll just settle down here in medsurg and retire in a few years.

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  1. Behavioral home health help!

    x4livin replied to Lisa Siciliano's topic in Home Health

    It's great until the HH begins to care more about numbers than the CMs safety, and you begin to have to jump through hoops and feel like you are having to defend yourself when you have to leave an...

  2. Nurses, invent what you want.

    x4livin posted a topic in General Nursing

    A few years ago, we were talking about how cool it would be to have a way to hook suction up to a patient's genitals and simply vacuum away the urine, and then someone invented the primafit. Years...

  3. Nurses, invent what you want.

    x4livin replied to x4livin's topic in General Nursing

    THIS is genius. I wonder if a bladder scanner would pick up a liquid volume on a stomach. I am going to try that for kicks at work and see if it picks up

  4. Nurses, invent what you want.

    x4livin replied to x4livin's topic in General Nursing

    I have been trying to get someone to invent aerosol valium (in a spray can...like fly spray or air freshener) for years. I think it could be good for the staff, patients, families. make it a nice,...

  5. I'm the worst CNA they ever had

    x4livin replied to jarae's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I notice a lot of folks are believing that the CNA flipped the lights on...I got that the patient was the only one flipping lights. The CNA stated that she could see, the pt insisted, then changed her...

  6. How happy are you as a rural nurse

    x4livin replied to sourapril's topic in Rural

    Yeah, I'm pretty happy with it, but like above poster, I can't vote in the poll. I have worked in large hospitals, in every possible department(med/surg, ICU, CCU, ER, House sup, rehab, behavioral,...

  7. What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

    x4livin replied to monkeybug's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am lucky to be working for(for 10 years now) a hopsital that doesn't much do this stuff. If we ask for supplies, it is the time it takes to get it delivered that we wait. The PTO is pretty straight...

  8. I think I'm in over my head :/

    x4livin replied to CrystRN33's topic in MICU, SICU

    Only you can answer that. Ask yourself these questions, then be ok with your answers. How much do you want it? Do you want it now? Which do you value more? Is it ok to stay where you are? Achieving...

  9. Texting while doing patient care?

    x4livin replied to klone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It depends. I work at two hospitals. One large, one small. At the larger one, cell phones are supposed to be in lockers for the whole shift, never on you. Most don't lock them in lockers, but checking...

  10. Informed consent-who what when where in texas

    x4livin posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I was called upon to assist in making a decision as to who can give informed consent for blood. This was the information I was given at the time of the call: Pt was admitted through ER to OR, was...

  11. Nursing Superstitions?

    x4livin replied to JustEnuff2BDangerous's topic in Nursing Humor

    This is actually written in the policy at a very small rural hospital that I work PRN at. It has been around since hospitals hve

  12. How long did you stay at your 1st job?

    x4livin replied to 01dayatatime's topic in Nursing Career

    1 month, the place was horrendous. Beyond that, mostly several years

  13. Something I Wanted to Share

    x4livin replied to AICU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Aids make the best nurses. They make the best bosses too. They've been there and they willingly jump in and do things other nurses concider benieth them.

  14. What was the funniest/crazy thing you have heard another Nurse doing?

    x4livin replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Worked with a little LVN at a rural hosp, new nurse, who also had never cooked for herself(brought potted ham when asked to bring canned ham to thanksgiving night potluck at wk) She would go clean her...

  15. does it really matter where you got your degree from?

    x4livin replied to Nolander's topic in General Nursing

    Nope..doesn't matter. Are you licensed to practice with good references? Yes? Well, then I'll be making you that job

  16. How does it make you feel?

    x4livin replied to prettymica's topic in General Nursing

    I kind of get the feeling that maybe you cared for this patient thinking that she was a layman and maybe didn't give 'perfect' care and now you are wondering how much she caught you on. If my...

  17. How does it make you feel?

    x4livin replied to prettymica's topic in General Nursing

    I would not feel decieved. I have had this happen, and I react with "Cool! That makes explaining your plan of care a whole lot

  18. Freaking Out a Bit....

    x4livin replied to LTCPCA's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I do get why she is in this position. In AL, the patient is responsible for themselves. They are concidered competant and oriented, although maybe a bit forgetful. Technically, the poster is not...

  19. Religion

    x4livin posted a topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I work float pool at a larger hospital, and 2 days a week I have been in acute care rehab(mostly ortho). I have a patient who began to ask multiple questions about myself and evey other nurse here as...

  20. Religion

    x4livin replied to x4livin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Thank you all for your ideas and thoughts and stories relating to this. I actually come from a Southern Baptist background, this is why I mentioned that. There was nothing that she was saying that I...

  21. Religion

    x4livin replied to x4livin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Because she KEPT ON....this subject began while I was admitting her on her first night there.....this morning, the other nurses there in report discussed this, and she didn't do this to anyone else....

  22. Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    x4livin replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's funnier when you do this and THEY have to hold the phone away from their head to recheck that they didn't jsut call you at work(again) because the first time mom's baby coughed

  23. Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    x4livin replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have answered the phone at home "This is Gina, can I help you?"..especially if I see "Wise ICU" on the caller ID. It triggers something. Otherwise..I have woke up listening for call bells thinking I...

  24. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    x4livin replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Tiny bubbles...for the art

  25. What does your username mean?

    x4livin replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Time for living. I have had this ID for 8 years now. It reminds me to take time to live while I am