LovingLife123

LovingLife123

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  1. How Long After Graduating to Start a Job?

    LovingLife123 replied to Student_Nurse3's topic in General Students

    I had a job offer prior to graduation. I started the new grad residency program immediately after graduation and passed my NCLEX 1 month after. The residency was 8 weeks and you were expected to...

  2. Cutting Clothes: ED SI/HI pt

    LovingLife123 replied to bigldiesel's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t understand the cutting of the clothes. What if they were his only clothes or only had a couple of things. You’ve now destroyed one of the few things he has. Many people with mental...

  3. Frustrating Nurse Family Members

    LovingLife123 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Can I just say I completely disagree with 86 year olds being put on any type of special diet? I had this argument with our physicians and NPs about a month ago. The guy had a history of high blood...

  4. Critical Care Eliticism?

    LovingLife123 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    We don’t put many IVs in the icu. Lol. We get PICCs.

  5. What’s changed since 2004?

    LovingLife123 replied to RenRN's topic in General Nursing

    That’s working on twenty years out of practice. I’m sure so much has changed. I would think you’d need more than a simple refresher course, as I know so much has changed practice wise since I...

  6. Terrible experience with nursing staff

    LovingLife123 replied to guest1074638's topic in General Nursing

    Well then you do understand Medicare is no different than private insurance? You have to buy gap and prescription coverage plus a part B plan to cover doctors visits? Mine was all purchased through...

  7. Critical Care Eliticism?

    LovingLife123 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I’m a critical care nurse. I don’t see myself as better than any other nurse. Each nursing job has it’s own challenges. You will lose a lot of knowledge and skills leaving icu. There is a...

  8. Terrible experience with nursing staff

    LovingLife123 replied to guest1074638's topic in General Nursing

    I’m also going to state that Medicare for all is the wrong term and not lining up with what people think it is. I was on Medicare many moons ago when I was disabled. You still have to pay for...

  9. Threw out back, what’s next?

    LovingLife123 replied to Lightning Rose's topic in General Nursing

    If you have a herniated disc with nerve compression why on earth would you see a chiropractor? Stay far away from those quacks. They’ll end up making it worse. Have they started you on steroids?...

  10. Nursing School Accreditation

    LovingLife123 replied to Finalynn's topic in General Nursing

    What was the accreditation they held in 1998? There are many different

  11. What would you do?

    LovingLife123 replied to Hunt er's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t know about the part where the employees are worse than the customers. I’ve had guns pulled on me, people try to physically assault me, customers poop in the middle of the floor, and...

  12. What’s with “researching” patients before clocking in?! Is this a standard?

    LovingLife123 replied to NurseOrBust13's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t work for free. It’s insanity to go in 45 minutes before your shift. I wrote the night shift assignments on the board at 1858 last night. Nobody needs to do that much research on a...

  13. Terrible experience with nursing staff

    LovingLife123 replied to guest1074638's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I can’t imagine how awful it would have been to have a major surgery such as a hysterectomy in another country. I’m sure it was scary and you are going through a grief process right now which...

  14. New nurse, how incompetent am I really?

    LovingLife123 replied to NewnightRN's topic in General Nursing

    Have you passed NCLEX yet? I know many of our new grad residency nurses haven’t passed it yet. When I was in residency many moons ago, we couldn’t do any nursing tasks until we graduated the...

  15. What would you do?

    LovingLife123 replied to Hunt er's topic in General Nursing

    This is coming from a former retail manager, I don’t know that I’d do it. I make less now as a nurse than I did in retail. If I work OT consistently I can make more. I thought people were...

  16. Night shift to day shift

    LovingLife123 replied to AmieCooney's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I knew it was too awful for me. I thought nights would work for me, but it turns out it was the worst. Fortunately, positions opened on dayshift and my manager allowed me to move after a...

  17. Restraint Free Facility?!

    LovingLife123 replied to Verygreennurse's topic in General Nursing

    Is it me or do you feel like this then becomes a chemical restraint thing instead of using physical restraints? The facility then claims its restraint free. I’ve tried reading studies on this...

  18. Restraint Free Facility?!

    LovingLife123 replied to Verygreennurse's topic in General Nursing

    Have your higher ups explained how this is going to work? Especially with vented patients? Do you up their sedation and not do frequent neuros? With frequent neuros they can’t be on a ton of...

  19. Restraint Free Facility?!

    LovingLife123 replied to Verygreennurse's topic in General Nursing

    This does not sound safe. I’d get used to a ton of self extubations. People are naturally confused when sedated. When you wake them up for Neuro checks it sends them into a frenzy as they are...

  20. On FMLA, Can't Go Back To Old Job, Now what?

    LovingLife123 replied to namaste111's topic in General Nursing

    What are you needing help with in terms of childcare? I’m just wondering how much childcare a 12 year old needs. I’m so sorry for your loss. I can’t even imagine losing my husband suddenly so...

  21. Afraid my manger is going to retaliate against me

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    The problem with the nimodipine being late is how was it scheduled? Every 2 or every 4 hours? It’s such a tricky med. I’m guessing this was an aneurysm pt in spasm? It can be a problem even...

  22. Didactic Course Work

    LovingLife123 replied to Mt. Tahan-Future NP's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Get your RN first, get experience, then become an NP. Personally, I disagree with getting a Masters in a subject that you can’t possibly have mastered. You become a master through practice....

  23. Expectations when addressing physicians across the country

    LovingLife123 replied to labordude's topic in General Nursing

    I usually address attendings by Dr. and residents by their first name. All of our NPs go by first name. I’m in the

  24. Rapid response

    LovingLife123 replied to Calm and collected's topic in General Nursing

    While I agree DNR doesn’t mean do not treat, in this case, if the patient was truly comfort measures only, a rapid should not have been called, nor should breathing treatments given. If he was...

  25. Bad CPR techniques- do you say something?

    LovingLife123 replied to Peditra's topic in General Nursing

    Our Zoll tells us if the compressions are not adequate. It responds to the position, depth, and