Aliareza

Aliareza BSN

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  1. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    Aliareza replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Several things: First, the fact that nurses at that time had to override anything they gave from the med Pyxis, down to the simplest bag of saline. Second, the fact that Vaught was floated to the...

  2. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    Aliareza replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    You'll side-step it ad infinitum but you won't actually just answer the question I've asked several times so I don't know what more to say to you. There is no getting around it: The answer is yes....

  3. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    Aliareza replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think there's anything simple about it. She made a mistake that killed a patient. There were many factors involved, her own negligence and poor practice included. There is no questioning that....

  4. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    Aliareza replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Will you claim that Vanderbilt had no hand in this patient's death? The environment in which she worked sounds absolutely appalling to me as a nurse of ~10 years, and yet I have worked in similar...

  5. Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    Aliareza replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Eh. I have mixed feelings on it myself. She was truly thrown under the bus. She was incredibly remorseful from the very start and showed that in every action she took. She immediately admitted her...

  6. My mother caught COVID and is on the ventilator -- now what?

    Aliareza posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    So to make a long story short, she didn't get vaccinated and caught COVID in early June. She was hospitalized on the 11th and slid downhill until she had to be intubated. She got a night's warning so...

  7. My mother caught COVID and is on the ventilator -- now what?

    Aliareza replied to Aliareza's topic in Disaster Preparation

    She took a sharp turn for the better within about 36 hours of that care conference. One lung started to clear up and her vent settings were able to be turned down enough that she qualified for a trach...

  8. My mother caught COVID and is on the ventilator -- now what?

    Aliareza replied to Aliareza's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That's just it. I think part of us will wonder if we stop now would she have improved had we just given her x number more weeks to let her lungs recover? But I have seen SO MANY families cling to that...

  9. My mother caught COVID and is on the ventilator -- now what?

    Aliareza replied to Aliareza's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I know ☹️. It's so difficult to see her mind still there and active while her lungs stall out and fail. There is so much she's never gotten to see. She has a new grandbaby on the way via my...

  10. My mother caught COVID and is on the ventilator -- now what?

    Aliareza replied to Aliareza's topic in Disaster Preparation

    She'll be 60 in September. She was generally unhealthy, maybe getting into pre-diabetic territory and probably had undiagnosed OSA (my sister and I both told her she needed a sleep study but she...

  11. Want to swap to ICU but I cry during codes

    Aliareza posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm currently working on an ortho floor at just over 1 year into nursing and am ready for a change. I love my ortho patients but we're just too short-staffed for me to properly care for them, and my...

  12. Advice for an itchy nurse?

    Aliareza replied to adventure_rn's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Paint the back with clear nail polish (or glittery/colorful, if it suits your fancy). This is what I have to do when I get a nice necklace pendant that causes my chest to break out because of the...

  13. Care plan books..yes or no?

    Aliareza replied to LaBellaVita's topic in General Students

    Fully agree on the usefulness of a care plan book. Not one that teaches you how to write them, just one that comes with a bunch of premade care plans. That's basically all you ever do with care plans...

  14. Your decision to pursue nursing?

    Aliareza replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    I have a business degree and started out in that area when I graduated. I felt horribly unfulfilled doing it and knew I hated it. Plus it was very hard to find anything with "just a 4 year degree"....

  15. Want to swap to ICU but I cry during codes

    Aliareza replied to Aliareza's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thank you all for the insight and input. I didn't see that last reply about processing my feelings until just now, but that's what I think I've needed to do all along. I've spent the past few days...

  16. refusing assignment

    Aliareza replied to texas_rn11's topic in Agency Nurses

    I don't know if you're trying to sound extremely bitter and biased against agency nurses but that's how it's coming off. At my facility, any new nurse being hired on would get 6-8 weeks of training....

  17. The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    Aliareza replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lots of little old ladies calling me fat. I just laugh at them and tell them they're beautiful too xD. I've had some patients say some truly mean things. The key is just to laugh at them and kill 'em...

  18. Do you overspend on luxury items as a nurse?

    Aliareza replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    Being a nurse didn't really lead to me being able to buy more luxury items. It led to me being able to afford my own apartment, and then help the SO out with college. But I can honestly say that if I...

  19. When you want to slap your co-workers

    Aliareza replied to thecrossfitrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Couldn't you just tell them what you're thinking? Perspective is everything. Don't do it in an "You ingrates! You don't even know hardship!" kind of way. Do it like, "Hey, it could be worse. At my...

  20. Can I ask to work exclusively day shifts?

    Aliareza replied to kassiahgp's topic in General Nursing

    TBH rotating seems ridiculously unnecessary and torturous, and I would never consider it unless I had literally no other options. I doubt I'll ever be in that bad a spot. Where I live, nights are...

  21. What do you hate most about your job?

    Aliareza replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Half of my floor's day and night crew has quit in the past 2 months, and yet, I still can't pick up an extra shift and be reassured that I will not be called off for that shift. The float pool has too...

  22. Female vs male patients

    Aliareza replied to qaz99's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I like men better because post-op, they can use the urinal and even if they can't it's not so bad to help them briefly stand at bedside to use it then sit them back down. Might end up having to...

  23. Why do some nurses "hate their jobs"?

    Aliareza replied to iculvr's topic in General Nursing

    I hate my job because my hospital's administration finally drove the nurse manager who'd been running my unit for 15 years out. She'd gotten 95+% HCAHPS scores every year, carrying the hospital, but...

  24. Differences in US nursing vs the rest of the world

    Aliareza replied to irishicugal's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree with this entirely. When our system goes into downtime overnight, I usually jump for joy. I get all my assessments in before the downtime starts and then all I have to do is maintain the...

  25. what's nclex test scheduled time like?

    Aliareza replied to ineverseeu's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    At my site, there was an 8 a.m. and a 2 pm slot. I had a bit of a drive to get there, so I chose afternoon. The day before, I did the recommended pre drive to ensure I could find it. I checked with...