rck213

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1. "Shot-blockers"

   rck213 replied to rck213's topic in Pediatric

   Thanks for all the replys but the "device" doesn't contain any topical analgesic. It works by "pressure" which decreases pain perception. Supposedly, according to a recent study on Medscape, manual pressure with a finger can do the same thing. The...

2. "Shot-blockers"

   rck213 posted a topic in Pediatric

   Question relates to Pediatric Office setting but there is more traffic on this forum. We use a device called a "shot-blocker" when administering immunizations to toddlers and up. Our supplier no longer has them. I have done searches online and canno...

3. Retirement "Gift"

   rck213 posted a topic in General Nursing

   A friend I graduated with recently retired after devoting 32 years to a local hospital in the OR. Her gift on her retirement: a small folding canvass chair also a year long fight to get 60% of the value of her ESLB. Any wonder there is no loyalty or...

4. How do you feel about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome?

   rck213 replied to daisey_may's topic in General Nursing

   I would expect more open minds from nurses. I see far more people out on disability for questionable "back pain" than I do for MCS, CFIDS, or fibro. I am a nurse, have had strange reactions to many medications tried for HTN control, ASA, NSAIDS and ...

5. employee or consultant?

   rck213 replied to rck213's topic in Career Support

   You echoed my thoughts exactly. It is all about liability at this point, I would be on my own. I do not think the compensation and length of employment would be enough to offset the costs I would incur to set up my "business" and maintain my own ma...

6. employee or consultant?

   rck213 posted a topic in Career Support

   I was recently approached by a local homecare agency to help them institute policy and procedure for homecare of the pediatric population which was previously provided by the county health dept. Their nurses have no pediatric experience. This agenc...

7. BSN program in upstate NY??

   rck213 replied to CEG's topic in Career Support

   Utica College of Syracuse University in Utica NY has a BSN program which looks at prior credits to work toward a degree as does SUNY Tech of Utica Rome in Marcy, NY However I am not sure if you can enter as a junior with no prior nursing courses. Y...

8. diploma grads

   rck213 replied to yasmina's topic in General Nursing

   Did not go on for BSN because even though graduated from a NY State Hospital School of Nursing the nursing courses didn't count as college credit. Found I would have to pay over 10,000 to get the degree. Wasn't worth it, the hospital I worked at di...

9. Flu Shot Clinic

   rck213 replied to nightingale's topic in Entrepreneurs

   I worked for Maxim Healthcare and they provided the written doctors orders, but I am pretty sure the docs were in state. New York is very regulated, not sure how an order from an out of state doctor would work. Too many rules and regs and way too ...

10. Survey: Has your facility implemented nurse to patient ratios?

    rck213 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    There are no mandated ratios for NY except for critical care If there were I would still be working in a hospital

11. Flu Shot Clinic

    rck213 replied to nightingale's topic in Entrepreneurs

    It depends on what state you are in. I am in NY and there are specific rules written in the nurse practice act. I also did flu shot clinics for a home care company and they were required to give us a full day of inservice on policy/procedure, infe...

12. Medical patients on post-partum floor?

    rck213 replied to tiliimnrn's topic in Safety

    Check your state Dept of Health regulations In New York State you cannot have any patient with cancer or any infection, any diagnosis of "itis", on a Maternity floor. If the hospital has a dedicated Pediatric unit no patient under 14 can be put in th...

13. Nursing Care Delivery Models??

    rck213 replied to rck213's topic in Safety

    Thank you for the honest discussion. My fear also is that this is a blind exercise to show that administration is encouraging "nursing" involvement but all along the course has already been set by administration and they are trying to make us think ...

14. Nursing Care Delivery Models??

    rck213 replied to rck213's topic in Safety

    I am asking because at the first meeting no one had any idea of what the possibilities mean. Too many years under a dictatorship and many newer RNs had never experienced anything else! A consultant was running the meeting. She mentioned magnet, p...

15. Nursing Care Delivery Models??

    rck213 posted a topic in Safety

    Recent nursing satisfaction surveys have finally prompted our facility to look into a different way of administration of nursing care. For the past 15 years it has been an undefined mess of whatever some "Service Line Manager" felt would work at the...