LovingLife123

LovingLife123

Member

  • Content

    1,592

  • Visitors

    11,456

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    2,456

All Content by LovingLife123

  1. Advice re: long maternity leave and going to per diem after baby?

    LovingLife123 replied to ricki76's topic in General Nursing

    You can ask to take 6 months, but your employer is only required to hold your job and benefits for 12 weeks. So basically you would be terminated after the 12 weeks and then you would have to reapply...

  2. CVU- is this considered critical care?

    LovingLife123 replied to tlscot09's topic in General Nursing

    In my hospital it's not. It's called the cardiovascular unit and is sort of a step down unit. They deal with just cardio things so I would call it more of a specialized unit than a medsurg

  3. "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    LovingLife123 replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    You are way off base. Formula feeding does not cause any of the things you listed. SIDS is caused by babies rebreathing their own CO2, thus the back to sleep campaign and why SIDS has been reduced...

  4. Nurse Satisfaction comes before Patient Satisfaction

    LovingLife123 replied to JanineKelbach's topic in General Nursing

    You have this romanticized notion of healthcare and what it actually is. You want to go back to 100-150 years ago when the world was a 100% different place. Do you think hospitals make money from ER...

  5. SBAR Report-Nursing as a 2nd career worth it?

    LovingLife123 replied to greenjellico's topic in General Nursing

    Wait until your children are a little older and spend time with them now. This is something I always tell moms with young children who want to start nursing school. Young children don't understand...

  6. When do give up?

    LovingLife123 replied to LJR89's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Get an RN job ASAP. If you wait until you get your BSN you are going to lose your new grad status. Take any RN job, finish your BSN, then look into acute

  7. When patients keep calling 911

    LovingLife123 replied to JJ the crit RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would call the physician and have them put in for a sitter. Wandering the halls is a safety issue. I would also remove the phone. Our rooms don't have patient phones but sometimes we have these...

  8. I didn't become a nurse to feed people's addictions. Do *nurses* have the right to refuse

    LovingLife123 replied to Thankgodforativan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A short hospital stay is not the place to try and treat somebody's addiction. It's not. The OP asked if it was their right to withhold pain medication. It's not. The physician is the one who gets...

  9. Nursing Arrogance

    LovingLife123 replied to Flowerchild6065's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This post was wrong, I'm sorry. I have a very mentally and emotionally tough job. Putting the physically demanding part aside. Dark humor is how I deal. I thought it was funny. People that get...

  10. I didn't become a nurse to feed people's addictions. Do *nurses* have the right to refuse

    LovingLife123 replied to Thankgodforativan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It had the opposite effect in my town. Most went on to Heroin. Now the county is one of the highest in the country do Heroin addiction and overdosing. Three docs were shut down by the DEA all at...

  11. HELP - falsely accused for diversion of meds

    LovingLife123 replied to aberg22's topic in General Nursing

    I would contact an attorney and have them contact your the company you worked for to show your seriousness of the accusations. FYI, a drug screen does not automatically clear you. People who divert...

  12. Patient's family in denial

    LovingLife123 replied to standardprecautions's topic in General Nursing

    This is a common occurrence. To us, it's obvious and they are our patient, but this is their loved one, their life. What I will often say is yes, they have had some improvements today and here is...

  13. Nurse Satisfaction comes before Patient Satisfaction

    LovingLife123 replied to JanineKelbach's topic in General Nursing

    I believe, as with everything, we let the pendulum swing too far from one side to the other. Whether anyone like to believe it or not, healthcare is a business. It has to be. Patients are our...

  14. New Grad with Crummy Ankle

    LovingLife123 replied to Newgrad1984's topic in Emergency

    I think it honestly depends on the day and what type of ER it is. I know there are days our ER is packed and those nurses barely have time to breathe, let alone sit. I know many often chart in the...

  15. Stethoscope cover for men?

    LovingLife123 replied to Philly85's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I've never heard of

  16. Preventing call-ins

    LovingLife123 replied to Brandi,RN's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the thing, it's my PTO time to use as I see fit. You can't tell people how to use it. I personally get sick more than once a year. We are around sick people after all. It only seems fitting...

  17. Preventing call-ins

    LovingLife123 replied to Brandi,RN's topic in General Nursing

    That is

  18. Flu Shot or Mask?

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the problem with your argument, your argument is not about the science or safety of patients, it's about YOUR so-called rights being violated. You are more concerned as what you perceive as...

  19. Flu Shot or Mask?

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    What exactly have you learned? Hopefully not information from sites like you

  20. Flu Shot or Mask?

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Just a question for some people refusing the vaccine. Many if you say, well I got the flu once and I have refused ever since, that doesn't make sense to me and I'm wondering the reasoning behind...

  21. Gave a med I shouldn't have given... worried about repercussions

    LovingLife123 replied to tired_panda's topic in Patient Medications

    I guess it's kind of confusing deciphering the dream from what really happened. I know each hospital is different, but this just seems odd to me. It just seems to me if you don't think your floor...

  22. Gave a med I shouldn't have given... worried about repercussions

    LovingLife123 replied to tired_panda's topic in Patient Medications

    This is one of the oddest posts I have ever read. You are reporting yourself over a dream?? My thoughts are maybe you need a less stressful environment than the ED. Labetalol is a routinely given...

  23. Question from a Pre-Nursing Student

    LovingLife123 replied to Apple-Core's topic in General Nursing

    ICU. I knew in my final semester clinical rotation it's what I wanted. I like having something vastly different every day and I like the high acuity. It's like a giant puzzle to me on how to get...

  24. Scope Of Practice

    LovingLife123 replied to amysnurse's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of our surgeons do their own dressing changes. They may designate it to a resident but there are some dressings they are very particular

  25. On that call light every 5-10 minutes

    LovingLife123 replied to NurseCard's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I get them transferred out!! Lol. If you are able enough to hit that call light every 5 minutes, then you don't need to be in the ICU. I truly don't mind it for about an hour. Then I get to the...