LovingLife123

LovingLife123

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  1. Seeking Financial advice

    LovingLife123 replied to HalfBoiled's topic in General Nursing

    I'm also going to tell you to get Dave Ramsey books and listen to his show on the radio. I live pretty much debt free except for my

  2. SNF

    LovingLife123 replied to Prunella12's topic in General Nursing

    I think SNFs need to hire appropriately and not expect nurses to care for 30+ patients at a time. It's mainly a for profit business and a terrible business model at that. I won't touch those places...

  3. Scheduling harassment

    LovingLife123 replied to NurseDisneyPrincess's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's unusual you got hired to not work weekends when all your coworkers do. Do you work in a hospital

  4. New Grad Nurse

    LovingLife123 replied to Ms Petite 93's topic in General Nursing

    You need to relax a little. It's really not a big deal. It's not like you missed a critical lab or med. It was a discharge. I agree with your charge, stop beating yourself

  5. Hand IV trouble

    LovingLife123 replied to mariaconcetta's topic in General Nursing

    I'm terrible at older people. Their veins often look good but blow right away. I'm best at the ac but hate putting them there because they always bend their elbows and they beep. I'm better at...

  6. NP refusing to write meds?

    LovingLife123 replied to nishali78's topic in General Nursing

    What is the role of the NP on the unit then if she doesn't see the patients? I'm confused as to why she is being paged for meds then. On my unit, the NPs round with the physicians on patients and we...

  7. Age of Nurse = Level of Experience? Or Not?? The survey says...

    LovingLife123 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Our society is changing its expectations of what a job should offer them. The buzz word fulfillment is thrown around a lot. To top it off, for profit schools run all these ads on TV making nursing...

  8. Moving to Day Shift...Advice?

    LovingLife123 replied to futurenurse16's topic in General Nursing

    It's about being organized. I did nights for a couple of years. Missed my family and my sleep immensely. I was so happy when I finally got on days. But it was an adjustment. It's just constantly...

  9. Does anyone else ever envy their patients?

    LovingLife123 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Viva, I was in your position not that long ago. On SSDI andvery dependent. It was awful. I became severely, depressed from it all. People didn't get it though. They thought I should be enjoying...

  10. Police investigating use of opiates in comfort care case

    LovingLife123 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for posting this. The did read the article bit missed the cardiac death. That is a hot mess of a situation because it's not the coroner from what I'm reading, it's a pediatric death...

  11. Have you or anyone you know ever sued for not having a lunch break?

    LovingLife123 replied to YoutubeTheNP's topic in General Nursing

    I hate being "forced" to take a break. I can't leave until my charting is complete. I'm getting paid either way. I'd rather chart and go home on time rather than take a break and have to come home...

  12. Smoking

    LovingLife123 replied to keebler1995's topic in General Students

    That's not how it works. The smoke drifts. I smell it. Remember the days of smoking and nonsmoking areas? I do. The smoke doesn't confine itself to one small

  13. Smoking

    LovingLife123 replied to keebler1995's topic in General Students

    Huge difference between a person eating unhealthy food and smoking. Smoking affects the health of everybody around them. Me eating twinkies from the vending machine doesn't cause anybody else around...

  14. Am I Too Dumb For Nursing?

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

    Most private, for profits are unaccredited, therefore, the OP would not be able to transfer credits to get a BSN, nor will most places even look at you for a job unless nationally accredited. It...

  15. Police investigating use of opiates in comfort care case

    LovingLife123 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    They were probably already declared dead. Brain death and cardiac death are two different things. If the organ team was involved, that child was probably declared dead a long time before extubation....

  16. Police investigating use of opiates in comfort care case

    LovingLife123 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think that there is more to this than anybody knows. There are basically no limits in a terminal wean, and there shouldn't be. Parents should not have to watch a kid in air hunger. That's just...

  17. Insight from current nurses- do you like your jobs?

    LovingLife123 replied to The new nurse's topic in General Nursing

    12:1 in acute care? I highly doubt that. Are you worked to the point of exhaustion? Yes. It's not

  18. Graduating soon, did nursing kill my relationship?

    LovingLife123 replied to TraumaICUqueen's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with getting some counseling. It sounds like he thought you were going to nursing school whether or not he thought it was a good idea. And it wasn't that he wasn't going to support you, he...

  19. Graduating soon, did nursing kill my relationship?

    LovingLife123 replied to TraumaICUqueen's topic in General Nursing

    Don't blame Nursing for the demise of your relationship. Blame yourself for not prioritizing your relationship where it should have been during nursing school. If you feel it's worth it, I would...

  20. Benefits... No need is good news?

    LovingLife123 replied to FuturePN's topic in General Nursing

    If they have less than 50 employees they are not required to offer benefits. You need to find this out ahead of

  21. It is a broken system - rant

    LovingLife123 replied to nutella's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you. People are so scared of death and equate to the worst thing ever that can happen. When in all reality having a 90 year old a full code on a vent and not able to effectively...

  22. What is the grossest thing that's happened to you???

    LovingLife123 replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing

    Projectile vomit. Black. In my

  23. Help, did I get hired onto a sinking ship?

    LovingLife123 replied to skydancer7's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a martyr at all. I'm simply pointing out that you have job issues. You can't pay your rent right now and you wouldn't go full time at a PACU job over 15 minute breaks. You are the one that...

  24. Help, did I get hired onto a sinking ship?

    LovingLife123 replied to skydancer7's topic in General Nursing

    But you stated you were getting your lunch break, just not your 15 minute breaks that are "required" by law and that was making you unsafe. I said I need to eat. And I do. I may not get my whole 30...

  25. My parents don't want me to become nurse but I don't care anymore

    LovingLife123 replied to JayLuv108's topic in General Nursing

    FYI, nurses don't get paid that much. Especially for what we do. It may seem like a lot when you are young, but when you add it all up with COLA, it's enough to support yourself. Not much more. If...