LovingLife123

LovingLife123

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  1. Made a fool of myself to board of nursing rep

    LovingLife123 replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    You are being taught to critically think. And while we don't necessarily write the orders, we often put them in. As others have stated, once you work on the floor, you will see. We collaborate with...

  2. 12 hour rotating shift thoughts??

    LovingLife123 replied to Emmers4's topic in General Nursing

    Realize that working those 2 night shifts does not take up two days of your time, it will take up 4 days. You gotta prep by sleeping the first night you go in, so that day is gone. Then, the day you...

  3. Excelsior college

    LovingLife123 replied to smariemax's topic in Excelsior College

    The problem is their lack of clinical hours. I don't know if it's a good school or not, but I do know that particular school can be frowned upon as certain states do not recognize the school...

  4. Just........no.

    LovingLife123 replied to roser13's topic in Nursing News

    But the article stated she was just licensed as a RN October 30th. She was previously an

  5. Just........no.

    LovingLife123 replied to roser13's topic in Nursing News

    The article stated she did not work for Riley which is the pediatric hospital there. She worked for Methodist. That's the adult

  6. Just........no.

    LovingLife123 replied to roser13's topic in Nursing News

    Let me just say, I'm glad she was fired. Saying too much more, might identify me, lol. She said it on her Twitter account where she identified herself as a nurse. People tracked down her employer...

  7. Brain death and refusal to remove life support

    LovingLife123 replied to Legaltrends's topic in General Nursing

    So, if I'm reading that article correctly, she was declared brain dead and the family refused a brain flow study? That's a sticky situation. Brain death was determined by physician judgement. She's...

  8. What do you think of 12 hour shifts

    LovingLife123 replied to RNattie's topic in General Nursing

    I simply hated night shift. Your "first day off" is not really a day off as you worked 8 hours of the day. Then it's spent sleeping. If I was off the next day it was my only true day off, as by the...

  9. What Do You Think? Can You Be A Nurse If You Can't Do Bedside Care?

    LovingLife123 replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I will give my two cents. In order to do the non bedside positions, you should have a little bedside experience. Say an RN gets hired to do phone triage in a doctors office. How can they properly...

  10. Frustrated Patient

    LovingLife123 replied to jojomarie26's topic in General Nursing

    I love this.

  11. Brain death and refusal to remove life support

    LovingLife123 replied to Legaltrends's topic in General Nursing

    But also realize as a PP mentioned, it's not life support as she is dead. News articles are written by journalists, not medical people and cannot use the correct

  12. Brain death and refusal to remove life support

    LovingLife123 replied to Legaltrends's topic in General Nursing

    The factor in the jahi case is the family is not accepting that she is brain dead. They are claiming she is gradually getting better and spontaneously moving. They are also trying to pay "experts"...

  13. Brain death and refusal to remove life support

    LovingLife123 replied to Legaltrends's topic in General Nursing

    But we are talking about brain death, not a terminal wean. Don't confuse the two. The patient is dead. There are no miracles to happen. I completely understand a person who is so sick that they...

  14. Brain death and refusal to remove life support

    LovingLife123 replied to Legaltrends's topic in General Nursing

    Brain death is death. The patient is legally declared dead. I would look up and learn the difference in cardiac and brain death. The only time they don't come off of mechanical ventilation is when...

  15. What’s in your bag/what should I have as a newbie?

    LovingLife123 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I carry hemostats for chest tubes in case I need to clamp. They also come in handy if something gets screwed together too tight and I can't do it myself. I've had people screw lines into IV or picc...

  16. Straight Cath over 1000ml

    LovingLife123 replied to diana1234's topic in General Nursing

    Our bags hold much more than 1000mL. I got 1600mL out of a patient

  17. Well on My WAY!!!!

    LovingLife123 replied to Adrianaboydlewis's topic in General Nursing

    Is it just a general associates degree? I'm wondering why you did that first? I had an ASN to start. It was an Associate's of Science in Nursing. I hate the term ADN as it doesn't appropriately say...

  18. What’s in your bag/what should I have as a newbie?

    LovingLife123 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I have a clipboard, pens, sharpies, my stethoscope, snacks for the day, excedrin, sometimes a Red Bull, but usually any type of caffeine, scissors, and hemostats. I organize all my stuff on blank...

  19. what is the hospital nurses role in organ donation?

    LovingLife123 replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    We call organ donation for any patient that meets certain criteria. Even if the patient is most likely not a candidate or probably won't even die. We use the GCS scale to determine when to call. I...

  20. what is the hospital nurses role in organ donation?

    LovingLife123 replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    You are not allowed to ever discuss organ donation with a patient's family. Even if they bring it up they get referred to the organ donation

  21. Any ADNs that do not care about bachelors

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

    How many points do they award? I wouldn't think it would be any more than 1. I don't think mine awarded any extra points for a previous bachelors. That was a few years ago, but I didn't have one...

  22. Treating high BPs with high baseline

    LovingLife123 replied to brdavis17's topic in General Nursing

    I personally would have started with the hydralazine. You would have gotten a quicker result with a drop in BP and that is a high BP. I would of then given the clonidine when scheduled. I don't...

  23. Future Nurse With a Neurological Disorder?

    LovingLife123 replied to pavlovnurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's why I ask if they are controlled. I have been for well over 6 years now. I've gone from 3 meds to just one now and will go off that I'm assuming in the next year. I had about 10 years where...

  24. Future Nurse With a Neurological Disorder?

    LovingLife123 replied to pavlovnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want to reveal my state, but it shouldn't matter what state you are in. If you have a valid script, you are ok. My seizures have been controlled for many years. I've weaned down my meds to...

  25. What do you wear under your scrub pants in winter?

    LovingLife123 replied to vspaniel's topic in General Nursing

    I've never thought of wearing something underneath my pants. I like the under armor