Dear Prospective Nurse: I agree with most of the comments already written. I wonder, however, if you have thought about how you will approach real life nursing with your background in law. That is because the law is bent every day in hospitals and...
LuLu2008 replied to churchsgirl's topic in Colorado
Sounds like you have good plans! Your husband will survive and your career will be off to a very good start. I can tell you that the hospitals in the Springs are not the best from a nursing point of view. And don't start in a nursing home or long ...
LuLu2008 replied to churchsgirl's topic in Colorado
You probably made a wise choice. I worked for a while in home health care and the routine visit -- even if it took 1 hour or more -- always required paperwork that was time consuming. Many nurses did the paperwork quickly but I chose to be more tho...
Hello, fellow nurses....Yes, I wrote the comment about not coming to Colorado Springs "tongue in cheek" --and of course did not mean it in a rude or audacious manner! Naturally, I know that military spouses do not have a choice of locations! This...
LuLu2008 replied to emndarmic's topic in Home Health
Hi, CNA1991 -- It doesn't make sense that you work for a home health company that does not use nurses. The only way I can see that happening is if you are performing so-called "unskilled" tasks that do not require RN supervision. Otherwise your co...
Attention new grauates, military spouses and nurses thinking of relocating to Colorado Springs. We have a surplus of RN's here and it is difficult to get a job. Please stay away so those of us who are here will have a fighting chance of finding wor...
LuLu2008 replied to Matilda191's topic in Career Support
Just another thought for you to chew on: Take the nurse refresher course, because it will include clinical experience and will put you back in the mindset of anatomy, medications, procedures, etc. The university where you take this will have a prac...
LuLu2008 replied to KateRN1's topic in Home Health
Here is what I keep running across as I approve OASIS's, 485's and re-visit notes that the nurses don't seem to "get"-- 1. If a patient is a fall risk, why do you not teach fall prevention, and why do you not refer to P.T.? 2. If a patient is being...
LuLu2008 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing
This doesn't sound like a good fit for several reasons, but you did well and the interview really was not that horrific considering all the cards were laid out on the table. I don't think that insulting you was a good move, or showed that you should...
NO! If the patient has certain medical conditions the oxygen should never be above 2.0 lpm because of acid base imbalance. Poor nursing judgement and possibly dangerous. Know the diagnoses first!
LuLu2008 replied to hhrnohio's topic in Home Health
Barbie, I share your sentiments. It is tedious and sometimes feels like arts and crafts to be "bubbling" with the special pen after doing most of the charting in regular pen in the client's home.
OK... so we are at a standoff. Let's just determine some basic competencies as a baseline for a job and until they are learned, a person is not eligible for a raise or promotion. This could refer to not only charting by computer skills and speed bu...