Healerforlife

Healerforlife

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  1. COVID in Dialysis Center

    Healerforlife posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    So I am pretty worried. What are your experiences InCenter??? I have sent 3 patients to the Hospital with respiratory distress in the past 2 days. We have an "area" in the back for isolation....

  2. Haunted Hospital??

    Healerforlife replied to Breathing16's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    we had this one private room on our unit. Sometimes the room next door to it, the patients would complain, "whoever is in the room next door keeps slamming their drawers/ closets can you ask them to...

  3. Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    Healerforlife replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly! What Jerk "Friends" that person had. Once, my friend lamented about calling as she had the Flu to her OB unit, as she was going to be written up for call-in's. We had a policy of 4...

  4. Should I try HD?

    Healerforlife replied to clarkheart's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Hello ladies! So your thinking about dialysis? What a great decision. Prepare, as your perspective is about to change. Outpatient dialysis is nothing like what you have known in the Hospital,...

  5. terminated from FMC

    Healerforlife posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Background: 2 years ago I made a big leap of faith and left Hospital nursing for Dialysis. I started out in Acutes in the Hospital, but quickly found this was not a good fit as I had no dialysis...

  6. terminated from FMC

    Healerforlife replied to Healerforlife's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    So they say everything happens for a reason. Well it does. I have decided to leave my little town in Ohio and we will be moving to California to live near my brother. It's a big move, but the time...

  7. Lowering legs during dialysis treatment

    Healerforlife replied to thelittlenurs's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    My advise would be "get to know your patients" What how they respond to dialysis. Look for the ones' whose blood pressure often dips a lot during treatment. When putting their legs down, set the...

  8. terminated from FMC

    Healerforlife replied to Healerforlife's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thank you for your replies. I know I was stupid not signing the book. I'm sure I was freaking crazy busy those 2 nights too. I really have been doing my best Working 50+ hours a week really...

  9. Once you work in acute care you can't go back to LTC?

    Healerforlife replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    well you do have acute nursing skills now, Have you ever thought about acute rehab? I made my move from Ortho/Trauma/Spinal to and acute Rehab hospital. The average stay was about 10 days. These...

  10. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    Healerforlife replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    At my former hospital. They said they had to let nurses go, because we had had low census of patients ( example; we were not overwhelmed by the flu bug that year) So they got rid of 32 nurses....

  11. Falsely accused of med diversion

    Healerforlife replied to kindia's topic in General Nursing

    Scariest, and one of the dumbest thing I did as a nurse. My FIRST day on my own as a nurse. I d/c'd a PCA the patient never used and stuck the vial of morphine into my pocket as I took down the...

  12. MD hung up on me lol

    Healerforlife replied to Coldsvt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I once had a Trauma Doc too lazy to come up the elevator from the ED while his patient quickly declined. Forever Grateful for our House Supervisor RN who came and looked at my patient and went down...

  13. Leaving Bedside Nursing

    Healerforlife replied to Deebuzz's topic in Nursing Career

    I worked on an Ortho/Spinal/Trauma floor for 7 yrs. on the night shift. As most RN's will agree, I could tell a story pretty much every day that sounded made up but it was true! LOL LOVE LOVE LOVE ....

  14. "Your job is to make me happy"

    Healerforlife replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What a statement that is unfortunately true.. coming from how we are paid based on "patient satisfaction" It is sad that even though this guy was an idiot, as it should be obvious ones' health comes...

  15. Nurses Fight Back! Why Some Hospitals are Despicable

    Healerforlife replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    The Hospital I used to work at, "Laid off" 32 nurses from the float pool. Their excuse was that the previous year, we didn't have a very high census r/t the Flu season and cuts needed to be made. No...

  16. foot check on diabetic at dialysis clinic

    Healerforlife posted a topic in General Nursing

    So tonight I was doing a footcheck on a patient for the first time me doing it. He comes by stretcher for tx. he's 350 pound diabetic, who needs bilateral hip replacements, Lives at a nursing home....

  17. For Dialysis Nurses

    Healerforlife replied to Stepherslynn's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    So tonight I was doing a footcheck on a patient for the first time me doing it. He comes by stretcher for tx. he's 350 pound diabetic, who needs bilateral hip replacements, Lives at a nursing home....