flasandy42

flasandy42

5 years peds, 35 years med-surg

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flasandy42 specializes in 5 years peds, 35 years med-surg.


I retired two years ago and I'm doing home health now. Forty years of hospital nursing about killed me! I finally enjoy going to work. :)

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  1. A Few Questions-I'm considering HH

    How do I evaluate the agencies? What about pay - hourly vs. per visit - which is better? How can I get up to speed fairly quickly? What would a good orientation consist of? I'm use to a very brief orientation at present but what would be sufficient f...
  2. "Umm...I need the RN."

    >>> Well WE know that LPN stands for "Low Paid Nurse" and RN stands for "Rich Nurse".......right? I never told my pt's I was their LPN...I just said I was their nurse.
  3. Male Nurses/female Patients

    >>> I admit that I will ask a male nurse for lifting help more than I do females, and some do get upset about it. I have 40 years of stress on my back and was terrified of hurting it more. I can't blame them when they have their own work ...
  4. To cap or not to cap!

    I was sorry to see the cap go. Now no one knows who the nurses are from dietary, housekeeping and other departments. I was proud to wear my cap, but the new younger nurses worried about it messing up their hair. Now they wear long hair that hangs ...
  5. Florida Roll Call ......

    I would NOT recommend any of the HCA hospitals, and there are many in the Tampa Bay area. Most of the travelers in my hospital were very unhappy and could hardly wait for their contract to end.
  6. Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

    One thing that I've noticed is that there are very few male nurses who actually do floor nursing. They seem to work mostly in ER's, ICUs, supervision, or management. Is this the norm in most places? Even when we have male aides they seem to have ...
  7. As a patient, do you disclose your qualifications?

    I don't intentionally say I'm a nurse unless asked, but they usually realize it when I answer questions such as what surgeries I've had and I say something like "A chole, bilateral carpal tunnel x 2, and a low anterior bowel resection for rectal c-...
  8. Nursing and Piercings

    Being old, I will never understand tongue piercings. Do young people do it for shock value or what? I can imagine the odor when food gets stuck in it....yuck! I prefer a clean mouth, thank you.
  9. Delegating bedmaking, bedpans . . .

    >>> That's not easy to do when you have one aide and 40 pts on the floor with four to six nurses. Everyone want's the aide at once. Each nurse usually assigned the aide two pts for bath and bed, which still left us with five or six beds an...
  10. 2011: Update: New to Homecare? Info to get you started

    Do you want to do pt care or be in the office? I've been doing home health part time for about a year and I love it. I worked 40 years in med-surg and finally retired from hospital nursing....and I will NEVER go back. I feel appreciated and respe...
  11. Florida Roll Call ......

    I'm a hospital-retired LPN doing home health in St. Pete. Home health is so much less stressful. If anyone is looking for hospital work in Florida I would NOT recommend any HCA facilities.
  12. What can an RN do that an LPN can't?

    In my hospital LPNs CAN'Tadmit, assess, spike blood, insert NG tubes, sign off orders, do care plans, give chemo, pronounce pts. LPNs CAN start and maintain IVs, give meds, take phone and verbal orders, push certain IV meds, maintain and give meds th...
  13. When Did Your Hospital Stop Requiring Caps?

    Why? Nursing should not be gender bias in-favor of females. The white uniform & white nurses hat has the connotation of the female nurse.>>>> That's the silliest thing I ever heard. Male nurses wore all white and in place of a cap th...
  14. When Did Your Hospital Stop Requiring Caps?

    >>> I agree. I worked hard for my cap and felt so professional in my white uniform. Now if a pt sees me they wonder if I'm housekeeping, dietary, or some other dept. My name and title are right on the whiteboard by their bed but they sti...
  15. This Site has Jaded My View of Nursing

    >>> You don't think women are more catty? I'm afraid I agree that they are. Have you ever sat with a group of women on break or at lunch? I feel that women definitely gossip more than men....myself included I'm afraid....which should be ...