LovingLife123

LovingLife123

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  1. Working Out with 12 Hour Shifts?

    LovingLife123 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I just go work out on my days

  2. Hardship: none of my business or a problem?

    LovingLife123 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Wait, wasn’t there a post about this last

  3. I hate fake call outs.

    LovingLife123 replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    It’s very simple to call out for two days. You do it when consecutive call ins are considered one occurrence and you know one day is not going to cut it. You did voluntarily sign up. You may have...

  4. I hate fake call outs.

    LovingLife123 replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Then management deals with it. Not this employee. Again, they have no say so in the matter. As much as the OP complains she signed up for this on call. She feels pressured to do it, but she still...

  5. What's your favorite nursing task?

    LovingLife123 replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    I like to titrate drips. I like trying to find that sweet

  6. I hate fake call outs.

    LovingLife123 replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Dramatic much, OP? You are on call, right? So it’s not actually your day off. Am I reading correctly that you signed up for this on call? Expect to be called in any time you are on call. It’s...

  7. Antibiotics administration.

    LovingLife123 replied to ChooSoul's topic in General Nursing

    Have you called pharmacy to have them Renault adjusted? Do you have a BUN and Creat number for the day? You give the abx unless you have the data to back up changing it. There could be numerous...

  8. Looking up patients on Facebook

    LovingLife123 replied to falconersys's topic in General Nursing

    What do you mean expose a patient’s name? Searching a name does not “expose” them. It does not expose them to being a patient anywhere, much less your patient. If they have a public Facebook,...

  9. Help! In Desperate Need of Charting Tips

    LovingLife123 replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    It’s a difficult charting system. Why do you go in an hour early? Are you being paid for it? It takes 10 seconds to print a strip. I just organize my day from the get go and go from there...

  10. Flushing tubing after IV ATB administration

    LovingLife123 replied to dexilna's topic in General Nursing

    Why would you not flush the rest in? Not just to infuse the entire amount, but for your next Ivpb to hang. You don’t know if they are compatible. I always hang a 25mL flush after any ivpb. But...

  11. Looking up patients on Facebook

    LovingLife123 replied to falconersys's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh, it’s not a HIPAA violation. If somebody’s profile is public on Facebook, then it’s public. So what if Facebook knows you searched this person? Does Facebook know that they were a...

  12. RN school while in High School?

    LovingLife123 replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    I know that years ago, many people becwme RNs and LPNs at young ages. The maturity level was different back then. I don’t think the changes are necessarily all a bad thing. We have since...

  13. Washington State tries to ban 12 hr shifts for nurses

    LovingLife123 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I like my 12 hour shifts. Yes, I’m tired. But, I would also be tired after 5, 8 hour shifts. Probably even more so. This again points to people who have no idea what healthcare involves trying...

  14. Hardship: none of my business or a problem?

    LovingLife123 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I’m not understanding why you are so surprised that you can’t park your van that you live in on the parking lot where you work. You can’t do that. You need to find a place where you...

  15. RNs and up - Do you really use all of the "gen-ed" course material on the job?

    LovingLife123 replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, you kind of need to know anatomy and physiology to do this job. Cranial nerves are kind of important in my specialty. If you don’t know how the body is supposed to work normally which is...

  16. How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    LovingLife123 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t know if this has been mentioned or not, but reimbursement from Medicare does not even begin to cover hospital expenses. Fewer nurses would definitely be hired and wages would go down....

  17. Falls

    LovingLife123 replied to Marija1's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I’m not sure why you even posted. Or let me rephrase, posted the question the way you did. You should have asked for only people who would agree with you. I absolutely did not insult or...

  18. Masks and blood cultures

    LovingLife123 replied to jmich's topic in General Nursing

    We have to. Not sure if the point if it but it’s our policy to do

  19. Nurse Practitioner (Mother) leaves 21 month old in car for 8 hours

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree with you so much. Being a stay at home mom was not for me. I’ve done it. It’s not about sacrificing for a smaller house. I have no credit card bills, no car payments. My husband...

  20. Falls

    LovingLife123 replied to Marija1's topic in General Nursing

    I’m not understanding this. Your post asked a specific question regarding you being fired for falls. You admitted no Neuro or vital sign assessment was done. Your facility has a protocol in place...

  21. Falls

    LovingLife123 replied to Marija1's topic in General Nursing

    I’m not trying to bash you or anything, just trying to get you to see what the priorities should be when the elderly fall. I work in a Neuro icu and falls can have very bad

  22. Falls

    LovingLife123 replied to Marija1's topic in General Nursing

    Why didn’t you check pupil size? What was your facility’s protocol with falls? Why did you not chart the BO the paramedic took? It was a blood pressure. You had a few minutes before EMS...

  23. Labor and Delivery nurses-question from student

    LovingLife123 replied to kkb91's topic in General Nursing

    L&D at my hospital requires a couple of years of experience. It’s almost everyone’s “dream” to do labor and delivery. Don’t have tunnel vision or blinders on. Keep your eyes open...

  24. patient pretending to fall?

    LovingLife123 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I would not have left a withdrawing pt alone. They are automatically and fall and seizure risk. I just tell them, sorry, no privacy when you are a fall risk. In the icu, I have very few that are...

  25. Falls

    LovingLife123 replied to Marija1's topic in General Nursing

    What did you assess then? Did the EMT take vital signs upon arrival to take her to the hospital? Maybe you did more of an assessment than you thought but didn’t chart it? Falls have very specific...