LaRN

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1. I'm a nurse and I don't like people.

   LaRN replied to addylpn's topic in LPN/LVN

   I laughed when I saw the title of this thread...... sometimes I feel like i'm more of a hotel customer satisfaction rep than a nurse. employers try to get everything they can out of you and so do most of the patients and nearly all of the family memb...

2. Foot Care

   LaRN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric

   I could've written this. if there is that much dead skin, it usually means they aren't washing the feet very well or at all even. makes you wonder what else they aren't washing. it's a lot of work but you may have to go back to the drawing board and...

3. PLS help me w this very cheap HA I am pay per visit at....read below pls

   LaRN replied to chitchatkat's topic in Home Health

   ktrvrn, something is definitely not right there...promoting someone who has no experience in home health to asst admin is crazy. sounds to me like he's just setting you up for the fall. in other words, when the agency gets busted for illegal activity...

4. Do you have to call your nurse manager before you call the doctor?

   LaRN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric

   it's possible she does this because the nurse who calls the doc has a lot of influence whether the md sends the patient out or chooses to treat the patient where they are, ie, antibiotics, u/a, portable xray, etc. the manager probably wants to know w...

5. Why is LTC so hated

   LaRN replied to MadameFreckles's topic in Geriatric

   There's definitely a negative vibe associated with long term care, for which there are numerous reasons, but I think the main one is: any time you hear about substandard care issues, it's almost always a nursing home/LTC. next in line are mental inst...

6. Do any nursing homes use "agency staffing" anymore?

   LaRN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric

   my guess being budget is the biggest reason, but another reason is = if mngmt can simply call agency nurses when coverage is needed, then management tends to not have a 100 percent commitment to retaining their nursing staff. by commitment I mean tr...

7. home or back to the office?

   LaRN posted a topic in Home Health

   Curious as to how most agencies manage their full time staff. do you have to return to the office before and/or after seeing your patients, or do you go home when finished with your daily route? if your employer expects you to come to the office at ...

8. RN's in HHC, How much do you take home weekly?

   LaRN replied to mommycruz3's topic in Home Health

   That amount has varied over the years. when I first started, patients were seen more frequently, which made things much easier, I would see approx 6-7 revisits /day. now that frequencies are very conservative, there is so much to be packed into e...

9. RN's in HHC, How much do you take home weekly?

   LaRN replied to mommycruz3's topic in Home Health

   I'm not sure what others are talking about when they say home health requires assessment skills , etc that aren't covered in nursing school or clinicals. of course good assessments skills are required, just as it is in all areas of nursing. .....repo...

10. Some Insight Please...

    LaRN replied to NuggetRN's topic in LTC Directors

    around here the assisted living homes have had great difficulty finding and keeping management ....nursing director of wellness and admin /ceo ....mostly because they are expected to be on call and available nearly all of the time....and held accoun...

11. I was fired today

    LaRN replied to sparenurse's topic in Home Health

    i could have written this very same thing. i went through an ordeal like this a while back.....its like bad luck was on my side...i think i was trying too damn hard....in addition, those jerks gave me all of their WORST patients . the ones that their...

12. I was fired today

    LaRN replied to sparenurse's topic in Home Health

    been there, done that. employers arent very tolerant these days, ...we are a disposable society, nursing. at least a third of the nurses i know who have been nurses for any real length of time have been fired from at least one job. a profession dom...

13. Anal retentive Nurses UNITE.

    LaRN replied to lumbarpain's topic in Geriatric

    by doing what?

14. Admissions people

    LaRN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric

    oh no.....in the words of Fred Sanford "You big dummy!". She must have felt like a complete idiot when she realized what she had done.

15. How does your morning begin?

    LaRN replied to PepperciniRN's topic in Home Health

    the only time you may have to start earlier is if you have a fasting blood work on a patient who insists on having their blood drawn early, or perhaps a diabetic who isn't able to fast through their normal breakfast time. but in my experience, that r...