LovingLife123

LovingLife123

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  1. Employee Health Questions

    LovingLife123 replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you sign a release form, they absolutely cannot get your medical records. I do get all my healthcare done through different hospital systems so they do not have access to my personal medical...

  2. CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t understand our own nurses that don’t support safe staffing ratios. We pretty much have them in my unit and I still feel like I’m trying to constantly avert disaster every shift. I get...

  3. Repayment program information please help

    LovingLife123 replied to Plumbob7's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What extra stuff are you wanting to skip?? The nurse repayment program if not mistakenwajs you move to underserved areas. Lots of us did nursing school pregnant, single moms, or both. If you are...

  4. Alcohol withdrawal unit?

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse Pompom's topic in General Nursing

    I will also say, learn to laugh and let things roll off your back. Don’t take their anger personally. They are

  5. how often do you chart a note and PRIORITIZATION

    LovingLife123 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Nursing

    I rarely type notes at all. It should be in my assessment. Will control monitor is one of the stupidest nursing phrases out there. I type notes if something happened that I need documented that is...

  6. Alcohol withdrawal unit?

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse Pompom's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of agitation, anger, hallucinations. And patients seizing. They will be trying to get out of bed constantly. How is the pt

  7. PARTING GIFT

    LovingLife123 replied to RNfindingherway's topic in General Nursing

    A gift? For leaving a job? Why would you think you would need to do

  8. Regrets after regrets!

    LovingLife123 replied to Toaster's topic in General Nursing

    OP, you can still be close with your parents and be independent. It’s not one or the other. You are a nurse. You will have people’s lives and well being in your hands. That takes some...

  9. ICU Research Project

    LovingLife123 replied to kjacks759's topic in Critical Care

    The thing is, they are not the same thing. Melatonin actually looks like it can adverse affects with people with dementia. Dementia patients are much more at risk for icu delirium. The elderly in...

  10. ICU Research Project

    LovingLife123 replied to kjacks759's topic in Critical Care

    Do you mean icu delirium or dementia? I’ve never once treated dementia with melatonin in the icu. Now, to help with delirium and getting them on a sleep/wake cycle, sometimes melatonin is used....

  11. What to Say When Your Patient Dies

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    It’s not a one size fits all when comforting family either. As each person handles grief and dying differently, you have to feel them out. I’ve been present for a lot of death. Some sudden,...

  12. Generation Z

    LovingLife123 replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    I just find they are different. I was way different at 23-24 than I am now. Although I was married and owned a home. I just find it’s different priorities. And applaud many of them for trying to...

  13. Career Crossroads

    LovingLife123 replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    I have kids at various stages right now. I work 3 days a week right now. But it’s 3 twelve hour shifts. My older two have extra curriculars I need to attend. My youngest needs me as well. He...

  14. Should I have accessed her port?

    LovingLife123 replied to guest947568's topic in General Nursing

    No, you are mistaken. The reason why the port was placed wa because the pt has sickle cell and ends up in the hospital frequently. Ports are not just used for chemo. It absolutely should have been...

  15. Should I have accessed her port?

    LovingLife123 replied to guest947568's topic in General Nursing

    Then what is the point of a port? If the infection risk is so high from accessing it, why would they ever be used? The reasoning on here makes no

  16. Should I have accessed her port?

    LovingLife123 replied to guest947568's topic in General Nursing

    What do you think the point of having the port is? This post makes me crazy. The patient is a sickle cell patient for crying out loud. And you won’t access her port because you are afraid of...

  17. Write Up's and Potential Termination for Pain Reassessments

    LovingLife123 replied to MiralaxOnIceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I reassess for prn narcs. I do not for anything scheduled. I know it’s a JHACO

  18. How do you feel about the role of a Nurse currently?

    LovingLife123 replied to annabellarose77's topic in General Nursing

    I do not work with unsafe staffing ratios. I truly appreciate that with my place of employment. what I get fed up with is the meaningless tasks I al expected to complete every day that have nothing...

  19. Help Quit New Grad ICU Job

    LovingLife123 replied to lclapps's topic in General Nursing

    You quit without notice and you did it in an email. I would consider this bridge burned. You should have spoken to people in person. You went at this job long enough to adequately assess the...

  20. Help. Input. Agree. Disagree. Thoughts.

    LovingLife123 replied to NRNPH's topic in General Nursing

    I’m pretty sure this is the tubing we use. That cap is not on there tightly to begin with so it’s not sterile. I also do not have the pump prime the tubing. I prime it myself. I think you are...

  21. Per diem rejections

    LovingLife123 replied to Coffee Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    That has happened to me. I was told I had the job, then a week later I got a generic email from HR telling me that o did not get the job. I often wonder if it’s a system issue where after an...

  22. Sitting down - New nurse looking for advice

    LovingLife123 replied to MgoBlue37's topic in General Nursing

    I’m going to echo others and say, the nature of the job is that you are on your feet. It’s the job. Not everyone can do it. Just as there are jobs that I couldn’t do, not everybody can do my...

  23. CBD & Nursing don't mix

    LovingLife123 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I know what the FDA approved medication is. Still not the same as what has been tested and being used out there. I never stated anything on the the FDA approved drug. Seeing as how it’s federally...

  24. CBD & Nursing don't mix

    LovingLife123 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like people are getting CBD oil and medical marijuana confused here. They are not the same thing. Medical marijuana is actual marijuana. It can help specifically with children who have...

  25. Question about manual irrigation for 3 way foley!!

    LovingLife123 replied to Race881's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for that!! I have seen one of those one time. A few years ago. I was actually thinking something completely different. My train of thought was