nursynurseRN

nursynurseRN

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About nursynurseRN

nursynurseRN has 12 years experience and specializes in TELEMETRY.


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  1. What are you good at?

    Leech therapy! I always get those suckers to latch on!
  2. What is this nurse did it on her lunch break??? I don't see anything wrong with it, it's like reading a book on your lunch or break.
  3. how much salary/hr should I expect since I'm a new grad RN?

    In the inland empire in Southern California the lowest I've seen is 25 per hour for new grads
  4. Job Advice in Riverside/San Bernardino Area

    I hear chino valley pays about 27 an jour for a 3 year RN and they go on a scale that is non negotiable, while arrowhead pays about 32 for the same experience.... Just my 2 cents...
  5. Who actually likes nursing??

    I think I still like nursing. One of my favorite things to do is feeding the patient, I like opening their food setting up their tray and if they need to be spoonfed I like to do that too. It's one of my favorite things of nursing. I also enjoy hangi...
  6. Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    If nurses didn't cut corners then everything we did would never be on time and there would always be overtime...., I think cutting corners on small things is ok, it's the big things we need to worry about not cutting corners.
  7. How would you deal with this situation re:narcotics?

    Find another job, if something goes Down you will be held responsible.
  8. Charting in HH

    I can equate hh charting like doing a complete initial assessment each time, plus adding in all the teaching u have to chart. It is computerized by it still can be time consuming. I take about 30 min per patient to chart.
  9. Office/Clinic setting staff morale

    We have a great morale were we work, mostly because our managers have a great sense of humor!!!
  10. Giving iv meds through running line

    I don't dilute if there is a running iv
  11. Should I go salary or stay pay per visit??

    I think that u can make more per patient or hourly, but if u want to be safe I would take salary.
  12. Just got accepted!

    Just got accepted into a FNP program. So excited! Any tips for me from anyone on what to except, how to handle school and work, stuff to look out for? Plain old suggestions? Starting in February 2013. Thanks for any input'many input
  13. What would you have done?

    I think what you did was right, only thing I would do is tell the patients the doctors plan and see if he agreed with you about the pain and how the pain meds were much more then he needed for the pain level, then if the patient agreed I would chart ...
  14. New to home health

    Well I think it was a very flexible job. Gave me a lot if room to run errands in between patients. Big problem I found for me is that now your on their turf. Not like in the hospital, it's not like they are at your mercy. If they don't want to see yo...
  15. New to home health

    If its per diem hh you probably won't make enough money. Just because it seems like most agency's pay per visit and most of the time you will only see about half the patients you are assigned. That has been my experience.