LovingLife123

LovingLife123

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  1. Urgent question about the missing controlled medications

    LovingLife123 replied to Greensoup's topic in General Nursing

    This doesn't make much sense. They are not firing you but are reporting you to the nursing board and state police? The state police had BON may decide your fate for you. I'm sure you will at the...

  2. Accomadating patients racist request?

    LovingLife123 replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm very confused about this. Was it the patient or the family? You don't mention the patient at all, just their family. And this is where the family is under the impression they have all the power....

  3. mixing pain medications with a flush

    LovingLife123 replied to painmeds's topic in General Nursing

    You don't need to dilute unless the medication is a vesicant at which point pharmacy will instruct you how to dilute. It's an old nurse's tale that narcotucs need to be diluted. There's no specific...

  4. First time fired by family

    LovingLife123 replied to invictus's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes, I fire myself. Haaaaa!!! And that is the best decision ever. Honestly, I wouldn't give it another thought. Sometimes you can't win no matter

  5. Old nurse won't retire

    LovingLife123 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    First, I thought this nurse had a husband who passed a few months ago. And for goodness sakes, maybe she was infertile or lost a baby. Nobody knows this woman's background except possibly Emergent....

  6. Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    LovingLife123 replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    I thought it was a known fact that I work in a Trauma/Neuro/Surgical

  7. Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    LovingLife123 replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    I'm guessing many of you that don't glove up work on a med surg floor or outpatient. When you work in the icu, literally every encounter you can come into contact with bodily fluids. It's a...

  8. Germophobia

    LovingLife123 replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a germophobe. I don't understand why gloving up makes one a germophobe. Lol. To me, it makes sense. It's not odd for me to do it on my unit as we all do. I also very rarely call out for...

  9. Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    LovingLife123 replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    That's why I bleach my keyboard and claim my computer at the beginning of the day. I actually bleach the whole nursing station at the start of my shift. I grew up in the dirt and played outside as a...

  10. Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    LovingLife123 replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught to always glove up. Not just in nursing school, but on my unit. I'm not defensive, it just irritates me when people respond the way they do like those of us that glove up all the time...

  11. Non-nurse midwives?

    LovingLife123 replied to cleback's topic in General Nursing

    There are very few states they are legal

  12. Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    LovingLife123 replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I wash my hands. Obviously. Lots of things can happen though. And my response was more towards the person who thought we would offend patients by gloving up. I think it would be more...

  13. Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    LovingLife123 replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. Just glove up. Nothing wrong with it. And I don't need to defend

  14. Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    LovingLife123 replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    I always put on gloves when entering a room. It's not just for protecting myself from anything. It's for protecting the patient from me. I know many disagree with me on here. I don't care. I...

  15. LVN to RN Carrington College2018

    LovingLife123 replied to Embie0410's topic in School, College Programs

    Carrington is still in business? I thought the government shut them down? Are they even accredited? You won't get a job as an RN without ACEN

  16. Coping while being a new nurse????

    LovingLife123 replied to Hsbyard04's topic in General Nursing

    Take care of your self. Do things for you on your days off. For me, I will get a massage or my nails done. I plan trips so I have something to look forward to. Take your PTO time. Rest on your...

  17. Are nurses smarter than resident physicians?

    LovingLife123 replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

    I work st a level one trauma/teaching hospital. I recognize that you guys have to learn. It's the only way you will become good attendings some day. I really don't have problems at all with our...

  18. Catheter Came out. Should I reinsert it?

    LovingLife123 replied to fergsu22's topic in General Nursing

    I know this is in Canada so things may be different, but I'm not understanding the amount of US nurses who think this is ok. Or who have never had a patient tug at their catheter and cause some...

  19. Bathing and Showering Systems in Hospitals

    LovingLife123 replied to Naser001's topic in General Nursing

    We bed bathe

  20. Bathing and Showering Systems in Hospitals

    LovingLife123 replied to Naser001's topic in General Nursing

    Except icu's. We don't have showers. At least in my facility as most patients are not able to do

  21. Order of Draw for Labs - Concerns / Looking for Your Opinion / Expertise

    LovingLife123 replied to aroelisland's topic in General Nursing

    I always thought it had to do with the additives as well, as some have Heparin and others don't. Therefore, a closed loop system shouldn't come into play. I don't know anything about the test that...

  22. Paid Report Time

    LovingLife123 replied to cdods's topic in General Nursing

    There are so many things wrong with the way your unit is run. I would have run away long ago, and I'm a pretty good person when it comes to being compliant with your employer. What do you do in a...

  23. resigned

    LovingLife123 replied to hopern84's topic in General Nursing

    How were you

  24. Catheter Came out. Should I reinsert it?

    LovingLife123 replied to fergsu22's topic in General Nursing

    You deflated the balloon, but didn't pull out the catheter? I find that odd. Did it not just slide out after that when the resident moved? There should be an order for that catheter and a reason...

  25. It will take me 7 years just for a bsn.

    LovingLife123 replied to futurernmaybe's topic in General Students

    I understand that. But if that's the case, then post that in your OP so we have an understanding. I was wondering if the OO has gotten the ridiculous advice to not take two sciences together. That...