NurseDianne ADN

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About NurseDianne

NurseDianne has 29 years experience as a ADN and specializes in Hospice.


Living in Beautiful Montana, in a small "village". It's fabulous! I'm married to the most wonderful man in the world

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    Remote Nursing Job Advice

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    Question about dressing

    I have a patient that has venous leg ulcers that drain a lot!! The facility where is currently lives uses Optilock w/ Kling wrap. They change the dressing bid d/t the excessive drainage. I have spoke to the wound care nurse and she said that is th...
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    New to Hospice

    Congrats to you both. I also just today accepted a job as a Hospice Case Manager. I was an LPN for years, an RN now for 8 years, I have worked in all different areas but this is something totally different. I feel like I am compassionate to help p...
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    New to Ambulatory Clinic

    After years and years working in busy hospitals and travel nursing, I have settled down in beautiful Montana and have landed a FABULOUS job in a Ambulatory Clinic for a FNP. The hours are great, the staff is great, the patients are like heaven compa...
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    Moving To MT

    Planning on making a move to MT in the next 3 months when my S/O transfers with his job. I am a bit nervous, will have to get another nursing license and I'm not at all sure what the pay scale is out there. And advice at all? It looks like I wil...
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    Question about Online Education

    Thanks, they are one of the ones who has contacted me. Really I guess what I am searching for is if these online degees are even worth anything. How do I know that these are worth it?
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    Question about Online Education

    I have an Associate Degree and work full time. I would like to get my BSN since it seems that I will not be able to advance at my job without one. Has anyone actually completed an online RN to BSN progam. If so, can you give me some pointers and d...
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    RV Financing

    Good Morning! We used our local bank. They have our home and cars, so they were very understanding about the travel issue. Most finance companies don't understand the moving around. If you have someone you have dealt with in the past, it's the best ...
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    Nicotine Test

    I'm sure there has to be a certain level in your blood before they call is positive. I"m just not sure what that cut off would be.
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    Pediatric Travelers out there???

    HI Also a fellow Southern gal......GO DAWGS!! I work Peds, my favorite. Our first assignment was in Baltimore Maryland. It was a good assignment in a teaching hospital. Unfortunately during the summer I was hard pressed to find a Peds position. So h...
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    left stranded by last minute contract canceled

    HI, I understand what you are going through. Not sure I know the answer. Your liason at your company should be able to help you. My husband's contract was cancelled at the last minute in NM. Fortunately we had not left home yet. I still had a job, b...
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    What is going on???

    We are finding the same problem. Alot of the BIG money is in very specialized areas. I work Peds most of the time and when I can find a great paying job in this area, there is not a m/s place for my husband. Of course we are trying to get back sout...
  13. I totally agree, find another company. We also have a mortgage and all of our bills. I pay 98% of our bills online. At this point our youngest lives in our home and pays the electric, but we pay the mortgage and insurance. As far as out other bills,...
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    Nicotine Test

    I'm not sure if this has been brought up or not and I'm curious if other hospitals do this........ There is a hospital in South Georgia that if you are a new hire they do a test, blood, to see if you have nicotine in your system. If you do they will ...
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    Survey for my Sociology Paper!

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