kemper1974

kemper1974 has 31 years experience and specializes in ortho/neuro/ob/nicu.

Latest Activity

1. Disability paperwork

   kemper1974 replied to Rascal1's topic in Disabilities

   I don't have to apply for disability yet (I have RA and Fibro) but have gone thru the process with my husband. The most important thing is to document everything! My sister in law worked for SSDI as an investigator, and she said that if there is a po...

2. Clock out by 8am or get reprimanded!!!

   kemper1974 replied to RnM21's topic in Activism

   If you clocked out and stayed over to chart on a patient, would that not be a HIPPA violation, since legally you are not a paid employee with a right to access a medical document at that time?

3. Do you have a baby nurse at delivery?

   kemper1974 replied to RNBelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

   we have 100-120 deliveries a month the nursery nurse is present at all deliveries, anlong with Respiratory for meconium, decels, preemies and C/sections. Peds will come in from home for

4. Couplet care - how do you handle float pool nurses?

   kemper1974 replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Well, our unit has thrown ortho/neuro elective suregerues in to our pp/gyne mix....

5. Has anyone taken an interest in OB after other areas?

   kemper1974 replied to ruralgirl08's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I spent 8 years working ortho/neuro before I switched to OB in 1985. I learned so much on the ortho unit, but was starting to need a change. I have worked L&D, mother baby, management and NICU. I love L&D, but after 31 years in nursing, the b...

6. Mixed Units

   kemper1974 replied to kemper1974's topic in General Nursing

   When this mix was initiated, several hospital employees from other units were worried about the unit having male patients on the floor, even tho they were on the other hallway. Personally, I don't think a male THR/THK is going to jump out of bed to b...

7. Mixed Units

   kemper1974 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone work on a unit where there are 2 polarly opposite patient populations? I work on a 24 bed OB unit as a primary nursery nurse. We have to capability to have 3 extended transition/special care nursery beds. Everyone works 2 units. Nursery n...

8. How many miles/minutes do you drive to work?

   kemper1974 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

   28 miles each way, and I pass 4 other hospitals to get there!

9. Mandatory Flu shots

   kemper1974 replied to CathyLew's topic in COVID

   ******* My husaband got Guillane Barre after surgery last year. He is no longer independent after 16 weeks in the icu and rehab. I am currently starting my second round of chemo (rituxan) I got my dose Wednesday. I can get the regular flu shot 4 week...

10. Getting called off

    kemper1974 replied to pottie's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't it funny how when you are hired in to the job FULLTIME nobody ever tells you that you can be put on call with no pay, flexed or cancelled and you must use your PTO to make up the difference? This week we got an email from our manager stating we...

11. And while we're at it-things you'd LOVE to ask/tell management and get away with

    kemper1974 replied to HelenofOz's topic in General Nursing

    1) Hellllllooooo....let me see you do my job, because you are so far removed from reality you have no clue 2)You really believe that staffing has nothing to do with acuity or patient satisfaction?

12. Nursing Staff Pictures. .. . .

    kemper1974 replied to SmileyGirl210's topic in General Nursing

    When our unit used to be a great place to work (5 years ago) we had all sorts of bulletin boards. We had a monthly theme...Mother's day was pix of us and our own babies, HS graduation, nursing school graduation, our baby picture, June Brides, Hallowe...

13. Do facilities sometimes try to get rid of more experienced, more expensive nurses?

    kemper1974 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital system I used to work at closed our unit to make way for more med-surg beds to accomodate our growing ER. We were all able to transfer to another hospital in the system, after we re-interviewed at the new place for the same positions we ...

14. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    kemper1974 replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

    I had been an RN for 5 years in charge of an Ortho/Neuro unit. One night the supervisor begged me to come in extra and be in charge on the medical unit, whcih I had done before. This particular night I got report from the day nurse. There was one pat...

15. Rheumatoid Arthritis

    kemper1974 replied to Jeanine1970's topic in Disabilities

    I have had RA since 2001. I have been on MTX since then, and have been on and failed humira,remicade, orencia and am currently on enbrel, which by itself helps a bit. I started on a clinical trial in Feb that combines the enbrel with rituxan, so far ...