LovingLife123

LovingLife123

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  1. Predatory New Grad Contracts

    LovingLife123 replied to CreamCheeseRangoons's topic in General Nursing

    Don’t sign a contract then. You knew that you were committed to two years and if you didn’t complete the two years, you would have to pay it back. That’s what a contract is. That’s not...

  2. Medications Mixing and Nasogastric Feeding Tubes

    LovingLife123 replied to kjeanw's topic in General Nursing

    Oh you know I

  3. How many jobs have you had in your career?

    LovingLife123 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I’ve had one job. Been at it for 9 years. I don’t like to job hop. I don’t like having to interview, quit the old job, learn a whole mindset, and make new friends. I like where I’m at....

  4. Medications Mixing and Nasogastric Feeding Tubes

    LovingLife123 replied to kjeanw's topic in General Nursing

    My facility’s policy is to crush them individually, so I do that. The reason is that mixing crushed meds together is considered compounding medication which is out of our scope of practice. It’s...

  5. Wise Orders From Wise Doctors

    LovingLife123 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You actually wouldn’t believe what some people do. I find some nurses just work on autopilot. They get so focused on tasks that they don’t actually look at their patient. I've had...

  6. Nurses on Match.Com

    LovingLife123 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Oh SilverBells. I think match.com would be absolutely perfect for you. You could meet the right partner that would support your Pepsi and peanut butter cup habit, and could also contribute to that...

  7. Clinicals- Critical care

    LovingLife123 replied to LovelyRN10's topic in General Nursing

    Critical care is like anything else, fast paced and busy, except multiply it by 10. I’d say 70% are one step away from death, the other 30% are waiting for a bed on the floor. Follow your...

  8. PACU recovering patients in the ICU?

    LovingLife123 replied to QCG33k's topic in General Nursing

    Patients that stay intubated do not need to be recovered, therefore, no pacu nurse is needed. My unit has our own nurses that recover non intubated patients if there is a bed

  9. New To Nursing

    LovingLife123 replied to taxestonursing's topic in General Students

    I know of no nursing program that has a flexible schedule. Things are flexible in the prereqs. When you are in the program you will be in a cohort. That is the schedule you follow. They don’t...

  10. New To Nursing

    LovingLife123 replied to taxestonursing's topic in General Students

    Just realize once you are actually in the nursing program, you are at the mercy of their schedule. Classes and labs were usually 4 days a week around 6-8 hours. When we delved into clinicals, they...

  11. Moyamoya Disease | Knowledge Brush-Up

    LovingLife123 replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    I lost a patient a year ago to this. Death was sudden and shocking. It’s one of those cases that haunts me to this day. I didn’t know much about it either. I do

  12. Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    LovingLife123 replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is so disrespectful to all of us that have battled covid for the last year. Yeah, I saw healthy people die. I saw the supposed “covid recovered” die. I saw families half wiped out. And...

  13. Saving Towards Retirement 401K/403B

    LovingLife123 replied to NurseNate1's topic in General Nursing

    I contribute 8% currently. My employer does the same as yours. I’m on goal to retire with the income I think I need provided nothing catastrophic happens between now and then. You always have to...

  14. Pay Raises, Bonuses and Incentives: Where Are We?

    LovingLife123 replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    I’m going to guess the ones that have received extra pay and bonuses are the hospitals that received help from the government in that very first stimulus. That had to be spent on

  15. Oxygen Therapy

    LovingLife123 replied to Deli's topic in General Students

    Right. We then put a new order in for that. I just had a COPD pt the other day. But the standing admission order was then changed. Every, single admission gets a standing order set. To insert...

  16. Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    LovingLife123 replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    But you can’t practice nursing on instinct. You can have instincts and sometimes those instincts are right, but you can’t practice nursing on your instincts. That’s not

  17. Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    LovingLife123 replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I’m going to say this and then leave these threads as these threads disturb me. The thought processes that so called medical professionals have blow my mind. Science is not a belief or...

  18. Weaning Drips

    LovingLife123 replied to gonzo1's topic in Critical Care

    Does your facility not have a policy on paralyzed patients? My other question is do you not use a BIS monitor to monitor the level of sedation on a patient? You absolutely never wean your pain...

  19. Does the shot mess with your DNA?

    LovingLife123 replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Sigh. Yes, it has been tested. I’m flabbergasted every time I come to this site anymore. I thought we all took Microbiology for our degrees. Do we actually have nurses with a degree in science...

  20. Oxygen Therapy

    LovingLife123 replied to Deli's topic in General Students

    FYI, in the real world you have a standing order to apply oxygen is the spO/2 is less than a certain percent. It’s with every single admission. Nursing school is ridiculous. It’s a standing...

  21. Unit secretaries assigning patients to nurses??

    LovingLife123 replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    Charge should be making assignments,

  22. Question about Medical Knowledge

    LovingLife123 replied to premurse's topic in General Nursing

    You do realize that a nurse and doctor are two different things and we approach things with a different thought process? I feel like you are trying to throw shade whether that is your intention...

  23. Working full-time with 10 months old baby studying NCLEX

    LovingLife123 replied to Ariana30's topic in General Nursing

    My two cents and you can take it or leave it. I’m simply did 150 questions a day. That’s it. You truly just need to be doing questions and not long study sessions. NCLEX is just a test to see...

  24. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    LovingLife123 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I’ve owned both. And I do agree with you that older homes have charm, they are a pain when they go bad!! LOL. A plumbing issue ended up costing me over $20k out of my pocket after insurance paid...

  25. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    LovingLife123 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    If I didn’t have a family, I would consider it. And honestly, I’m happy with my lifestyle. But I do feel I’m severely underpaid for what I do. My husband owns his own company. His employees...