LovingLife123

LovingLife123

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  1. Career over family?

    LovingLife123 replied to Sharmilagrg00's topic in General Nursing

    Sooo, does your husband have a job in the state you are going to move to, or does he just think there are better “opportunities”

  2. Dear Healthcare Leaders: Self-Care is Not the Answer

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse Writing Nook's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the others, I don’t pick up unless I WANT to. If I want the extra money, I’ll do it, if I don’t, I don’t let those texts bother me. IT IS within our power to say no or ignore...

  3. Medsurg to outpatient PACU?

    LovingLife123 replied to MO24's topic in PACU

    2 week orientation is

  4. How do you become a PACU Nurse?

    LovingLife123 replied to nishey94's topic in PACU

    My pacu won’t hire you without critical care experience. I know not all are that way, but you really need it so you can understand what you are seeing before it all goes bad. Managing the...

  5. How soon to start my first job after graduation?

    LovingLife123 replied to birthworker's topic in General Nursing

    You don’t need a month to study. You just need to run through about 50 questions a day. I graduated May 12th, started my residency program May 22nd, and took NCLEX June 10th. NCLEX is a test...

  6. Sign On Bonus

    LovingLife123 replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Nursing

    I was told by the CNO at my last hospital that most places don’t enforce them as it costs way more money to try and recoup the money than it is to actually just let them go. This was the...

  7. Sign On Bonus

    LovingLife123 replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Nursing

    It looks like they would be charging interest. Very few hospitals enforce these. It’s not worth it to take you to court for $2500. They like to scare you with things like this. They also...

  8. Career Change Question

    LovingLife123 replied to Cmailes's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if cath lab will hire you with only 6 months experience. I’d stay in the ICU a bit longer. Cath lab is no joke. Lots of

  9. Are you a Nurse just for the money or do you do it from your heart?

    LovingLife123 replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I do this because, one, I need a job to pay for necessities. Food, shelter, clothes, you know, all those fun things. The money is OK and I can afford my life. Second, I have a flexible schedule...

  10. Frustrated with Hospital Disregard for RN and Patient Safety

    LovingLife123 replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    So every patient in the hospital is in negative airflow? I guess I’m not understanding. If you use covid precautions on every patient then you don’t need to test. My concern was that nobody...

  11. Frustrated with Hospital Disregard for RN and Patient Safety

    LovingLife123 replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    So, what does your pacu do with other things that need isolation. Covid isn’t the only thing that needs iso. My hospital is overly aggressive with isolation but we have iso rooms in pacu....

  12. Forgot to put water in a water seal chamber on a chest tube

    LovingLife123 replied to A95's topic in General Nursing

    I had only worked with the atriums that had the dry seal, but recently have seen the wet seals as well. I was slightly confused when I saw my first one about two weeks ago because it constantly...

  13. Help! Having anxiety about job decision

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

    Depending on the hospital there can be a lot of call. Getting into procedural I didn't realize how the call worked. Personally, I don't mind it unless it's an all night shift in the middle of the...

  14. Does Joint Commission have any credibility left in 2022?

    LovingLife123 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    TJC came to my old hospital when one of the surges died down. I was on the list of people to talk to them. I was ready for it and said so. I dated for them to come at me for one damn thing. Guess...

  15. Can you hold medications without a doctor's order?

    LovingLife123 replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

    No it’s not. I’ve often called a physician over meds and labs asking if they want to hold. I’m done cases where I thought to hold, the physician wanted it given. It’s not my scope of...

  16. Can you hold medications without a doctor's order?

    LovingLife123 replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

    You always have to inform the physician and get their OK to hold a medication. Many meds have hold parameters for these situations, but you just can’t decide Willy nilly to hold a

  17. Help Me Decide Based On Your Experience

    LovingLife123 replied to MomWifeNurseStudent's topic in General Nursing

    I’d do the pediatrician office as a fellow mom with boys quite active in sports. It sucks to miss things and they are only young once. I finally got a job with very few weekends and I’m so...

  18. IDK, What I Want To Do With Nursing

    LovingLife123 replied to Jordan1927's topic in General Nursing

    And you may totally end up loving OR. I enjoy procedural nursing. Wasn’t sure I would, but I love it. Just know, it takes time to build those relationships. I left my unit after 5 years. I was...

  19. Staff Management And Nursing Assignment

    LovingLife123 replied to LisaCam's topic in General Nursing

    What’s

  20. IDK, What I Want To Do With Nursing

    LovingLife123 replied to Jordan1927's topic in General Nursing

    To be absolutely honest, I would have stayed in PP. You were only there for a year. It takes a few years to be seen as a good, stable RN and that’s how you make those connections. I noticed right...

  21. Movie/TV nurses in the 1960s and 1970s

    LovingLife123 replied to londonflo's topic in General Nursing

    Awe, wish you had gotten to keep

  22. Calling All My PACU Nurses

    LovingLife123 replied to Misszilla's topic in General Nursing

    I could not see that working if you have a ton of surgeries happening. We recover in phase one until they meet phase 2 criteria then they go to a phase 2 nurse. We have people coming out for...

  23. Starting New Life, Overwhelmed Need Advice

    LovingLife123 replied to StartingFreshin21's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I wish I could have given you advice before you settled without a lawyer. I just want to give you all the hugs. I never expected divorce either. But I fought. I learned the absolute...

  24. Does your employer give you hell for calling in sick?

    LovingLife123 replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely think every nurse should call in if they are sick. That should never be questioned in my opinion. But you know why it is? Because people call in and say they have a sore arm. ??...

  25. Starting New Life, Overwhelmed Need Advice

    LovingLife123 replied to StartingFreshin21's topic in General Nursing

    You should have never walked away with so little. I get you were in a bad place but didn’t your lawyer fight for you? Yes. I would do some local travel if possible and start putting away...