sunnygirl272

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1. Home Health Nurse Safety

   sunnygirl272 replied to JULESNYRN's topic in Home Health

   Hi, Julie! Welcome to the board! I work in home care also. Luckily, I do not have to do beeper call. I do assigned visits on my weekends. Let me ponder the topic a bit, and come back to it.. ~SunnyGirl

2. V Codes

   sunnygirl272 replied to JennyHHRN's topic in Home Health

   We don't have a coder either...it's VERY hard to get into this Vcode mindset now that we are SUPPOSED to use them. ugh.

3. MI symptom debate

   sunnygirl272 replied to jenac's topic in Cardiac

   My mother (also a nurse) never had any Sx that she attributed to cardiac....until she coded at work...thrombolytics failed...after a day or 2 int the unit, and finally being transferred to a Syracuse hosp,(local hosp doesn't to caths...)...the cath s...

4. what qualifies?

   sunnygirl272 replied to kcrnsue's topic in Home Health

   it's medicare. venipuncture alone is not a skilled nursing need. you may feel the client needs continuing monitoring...but medicare will not allow payment for monitoring a stable client just in case something ges wrong..even though you know it will ...

5. Girl gives birth in chatroom,talking to me!

   sunnygirl272 replied to Anagray's topic in Ob/Gyn

   just think...she (or he) now has your address, and directions to your door....

6. Strange things that you saw when you were a student

   sunnygirl272 replied to cokie's topic in General Nursing

   Saw a dermoid cyst during my lab rotation...

7. tips

   sunnygirl272 replied to kcrnsue's topic in Home Health

   We had an obese bipolar client w/hep c....she would've given you the shirt off her back, but who knows when that shirt had last been washed, or the back she took it off of, either.... she had a bird of some sort, used to fly freely through the house....

8. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

   sunnygirl272 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

   1) yes, stick it.... 2) couldn't she have been admitted for rehab? shoulda been soon enough after hospital d/c to still get in , right?

9. tips

   sunnygirl272 replied to kcrnsue's topic in Home Health

   food i accept...whether or not i consume it depends...if ya know what i mean..... i nevernevernever accept money.....

10. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    sunnygirl272 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    bump

11. Hypothetical Question re: prn meds

    sunnygirl272 replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in General Nursing

    OOOhh...that's a toughie....will await replies.... i would want to give the other 1mg....but dunno if that flies......maybe call the md? we know they love it when we call them....

12. Total knee and drain question......

    sunnygirl272 replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in Orthopaedic

    ConstaVac™

13. Did I do the right thing?

    sunnygirl272 replied to jenac's topic in General Nursing

    screams of chf...ya done good, sweets....

14. Two 5 year olds

    sunnygirl272 replied to Texagain's topic in General Nursing

    seems to me to be normal curiosity... why are you upset that a little boy wanted to do this, but not upset that a little girl did? why do you feel you are required by your license to do something? I would definately talk to the other mom though....

15. Don't Tell Mom/dad/wife

    sunnygirl272 replied to cokie's topic in General Nursing

    i can see if the patient is demented...in those cases, they aren't really gonna get the jist anyhoo...but it is just so wrong to not tell an adult pt their own diagnosis/prognosis. pssssttt.....hipppaaaaaa?