nursesearl

nursesearl BSN, RN

Home Care, Urgent Care, ER, Med Surg

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About nursesearl

nursesearl has 30 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Home Care, Urgent Care, ER, Med Surg.


nurse for 30 years, presently work in Urgent Care

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  1. My husband is a hospice chaplain, and I am a home care RN. We have often thought about opening a comfort house, but have no idea how to go about doing it. There was a previous thread on this topic, but it was closed. We appreciate any help or any ide...
  2. Toradol IM Injection.

    I have always given Toradol in a large muscle because I was told many years ago that it needed to go there. I have recently tried to look this up and can not find any info. We had a patient in our Urgent Care that returned with a lump on his arm, whe...
  3. Wow, sounds like you guys did a great job! Can I come work for you? Lynn
  4. Starting new job on Monday - need advice.

    Best thing to do is ride with a HH nurse BEFORE you accept a position. HH is not easy. That's the only advice I could give you now.
  5. Can someone explain OASIS to me? Simply what does it mean?

    O-outcome, AS-assessment, I-information, S-set
  6. need help with BSN practicum

    Marina, Do you guys in Brooklyn realize there is an "upstate" to NY? HaHa! We are about 7 hours from you.
  7. need help with BSN practicum

    Marina, Sorry, I don't know of anything in that area. Let me know if you need any help if you need to come to Allegany County. Lynn
  8. need help with BSN practicum

    I used to work for the Allegany County Department of Health. Poorest county in the state, very rural. They do mostly home health. Quite a bit different than Brooklyn! Their number is 585 268 9250. PM me and I'll give you more details and names and pl...
  9. Help with new clinician orientation program

    OASIS education is on the CMS web site. It's long and boring, but good OASIS education.
  10. need help with BSN practicum

    Where in NY do you live? I know of several agencies in the southern tier who you could precept with.
  11. Neuro-vascular status

    I work in an Urgent Care in a small rural hospital and the nurse manager insists that we chart the above term when anyone has an injury to an extremity and after casting. The exact phrase is "neuro-vascular status intact." She used to chart it as "NV...
  12. Our agency recently changed to "pay per visit." I want to understand why this seems to be the trend in home health agencies. Our agency said that it is a motivator, trying to increase our productivity. I personally believe it saves the agency $. I wo...
  13. Paraplegic wants to do own in and out cath

    Thanks so much for the info! Very helpful. I've printed the "gizmo" to give to the caregiver.
  14. I did a SOC on a 20 year old female paraplegic who wants to do her own in and out cath. Her mom has been doing it. The patient says she has tried it before but is unable to do it. She's tried lying down, but she can't see the area with a mirror. We t...
  15. Know of any Home Health Nsg Magazine's?

    In our agency, we do OASIS training on the Web @ oasistraining.org. Alot of it is boring and propoganda-like, but I've been through it twice, after I had been doing OASIS since it began, and I learned many things I was doing wrong.