wordsmith

wordsmith has 25 years experience and specializes in Med-surg, acute rehab, cardiac, oncology, dialysis.

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1. Texas Children's investigates RN for social media HIPAA violation

   wordsmith replied to JustBeachyNurse's topic in HIPAA

   Trying not to be picky, but it's not "HIPPA", it's HIPAA, for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Thanks.

2. Anyone working or have worked for Davita

   wordsmith replied to NURSET2007's topic in Urology

   I posted this eight years ago (!): Nov 27, '09 by wordsmith, ADN, RN I worked for a doctor-owned facility that was bought out by Davita. There were lots of processes and policies that Davita put in place. OMG...Everyone from Davita was really nice a...

3. Get the Bsn or leave nursing?

   wordsmith replied to smartnurse1982's topic in ADN/BSN

   Socialist medicine is good, to a point. The problem is where people have to wait for long periods of time for routine surgeries. Or when the "system" decides that when you're over a certain age, procedures and medications aren't going to be part of y...

4. Get the Bsn or leave nursing?

   wordsmith replied to smartnurse1982's topic in ADN/BSN

   Uh, yeah, it IS that expensive, if you're working crazy hours and/or in an area where there is no physical nursing school campus. One of the on-line outfits charges about $2500 per class. I started taking the BSN classes and after $10,000 I decided t...

5. Which nursing specialty has the most autonomy/independence? Apart from nursing practioner

   wordsmith replied to Zyrv's topic in Rock

   Sure they are...found in any dialysis center near you :) or any hospital that provides inpatient dialysis services. With the aging of the population, and more and more people getting hypertension and diabetes (top two causes of end stage renal diseas...

6. Which nursing specialty has the most autonomy/independence? Apart from nursing practioner

   wordsmith replied to Zyrv's topic in Rock

   Tommy, I work for a disabled and senior services agency as part of state government and I absolutely LOVE this job. It's almost all paperwork. I also see clients in nursing facilities and try to get them placed in assisted living facilities, foster h...

7. Fresenius Training

   wordsmith replied to TheSuperNurse's topic in Urology

   Over $5/hr. I was amazed at the increase. They took into account my total years of nursing, not just dialysis experience.

8. Fresenius Training

   wordsmith replied to TheSuperNurse's topic in Urology

   I just got hired by Fresenius. I've been working for Davita and can't believe how much better Fresenius pays. To be fair, I'm moving from one area where there's little competition to an area where there's more competition, but the increase in pay was...

9. Yes, another Davita hiring/training question..can't find the answer on here

   wordsmith replied to Marshall1's topic in Urology

   and telling me training will be at this clinic but also another one and possibly one out of state for a few weeks. Is this the norm for Davita? .There are two clinics in our area and we swap personnel back and forth sometimes. When nurses and PCTs tr...

10. HOWS L.I.F.E as a MALE Nurse???

    wordsmith replied to Student Nurse_7's topic in Male Students

    I hope this is encouraging--it's meant to be. My 30-yr-old son just got his BSN and was hired shortly after that at the hospital where he did his practicum. He treated the practicum like a long-running job interview and it worked for him. When I got ...

11. FA Making us fill home pill boxes.

    wordsmith replied to uberdialysisnurse's topic in Urology

    Then the previous suggestions people have made apply--pharmacy, doctor's office, family or friend to do for the patient or assist the patient in filling the box. For sight impaired, same thing, or as the Braille-using person suggested, a Dymo labeler...

12. Learning the computer system at DaVita

    wordsmith replied to Joni's Mom's topic in Urology

    Hi--I hope after a couple months you're a little more accustomed to the chairside Snappy. It's slow (it was part of the Gambro system and DaVita incorporated it into Snappy) and somewhat redundant with all the password stuff, but you do get used to i...

13. FA Making us fill home pill boxes.

    wordsmith replied to uberdialysisnurse's topic in Urology

    As above, liability issues, time issues...check with your clinical service specialist and nursing board to see if it's dispensing. Yikes. I sure wouldn't do it, FA or no. I think my CSS wouldn't go along with it, either. Also, that's what home health...

14. Bevel up, Bevel down???

    wordsmith replied to ESRD's topic in Urology

    Funny how things vary. We always do bevel up, are not supposed to flip needles, but occasionally have to depending on the patient's access. We do use lidocaine by request on accesses; I understand that many clinics don't. I never heard of Tums on an ...

15. How long is your shift?

    wordsmith replied to MJB2010's topic in Urology

    Anywhere from 8-12 hours depending on the schedule.