prettygirllpn

prettygirllpn has 1 years experience.

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1. Anyone work in HH as new grad and do just fine?

   prettygirllpn replied to emptyboxcars's topic in Home Health

   I went straight to HH as a new LPN and worked there for four years. It was scary but i had a good mentor who was willing to help, and she was a friend before i went to work there. As far as the company itself, There was training, after I had been the...

2. Have any of you gone straight into home health or ONLY had home health experience?

   prettygirllpn replied to efda3's topic in Home Health

   I went into home health right out of school ( i'm an LPN) and i do not regret it at all. I have gotten a ton of experience. Wound vacs, lots of lab draws, in depth teaching on diease process, wound care, just to name a small percentage. Yes there is ...

3. What's the weirdest baby name?

   prettygirllpn replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Chevy ( a son) and Dodge (another son) No kidding! Of course i live in the south!!!

4. LPN's being on call

   prettygirllpn replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Home Health

   we have an rn for triage...but thats all they do unless they have to do an roc. Lpns on call do the weekend visits and do the oncall visits. Rarely does the rn go out. we (lpns) try to resolve the problem but if we are unable to, we call 911 to trans...

5. Call patients the night before or in the morning?

   prettygirllpn replied to tinderbox's topic in Home Health

   i call my pts in the morning, after i get my route planned out in my head. some i dont call because they know when to expect me and they will call me if there is a change in their schedule. after a time, if you keep the same pts, you will get into a ...

6. does anyone know how to calibrate a manual BP cuff?

   prettygirllpn replied to freefalr's topic in General Nursing

   I take mine to the local medical supply store and they do it for me. just takes a second.

7. Driving

   prettygirllpn replied to nursemomof3boys's topic in Home Health

   I drive all over the county and it sucks! My car is less than two years old and has 50k miles. we have company cars but they are not very dependable and where i go, i get no cell phone service. I go waaaayyyy up in the mountains so i drive my own car...

8. Do you identify yourself as a nurse when you or your family are a patient?

   prettygirllpn replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I never introduce myself as a nurse. My grandmother, on the other hand...well, lets just say, she is proud. I dont want to make the nurse feel uncomfortable or nervous. I just set back and observe.

9. Nurse-ified Song Titles?

   prettygirllpn replied to nickos's topic in Humor

   there was one our instructor showed us in ns... the girl with emphysema goes...uuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh so funny! http://www.toolivenurse.com/girl_song.htm too live nurse. cracks me up!!!

10. Anyone tried Iridology?

    prettygirllpn replied to prettygirllpn's topic in General Nursing

    The iridologist told me that back in the old days, doctors looked into the pts eyes first thing. Said many of her older pts remember this. Told her i had never heard of it. she said that with all the technology nowdays, it was not practiced much. All...

11. You know you're Old School when...

    prettygirllpn replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused...Could you please explain this? Thanks!

12. Anyone tried Iridology?

    prettygirllpn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had never even heard of iridiology until a friend of the family was dx with pancreatic CA. She helped him with his last days but (of course) did not cure him. Then, my dad became ill, tried many doctors without positive effect. Then he decided to ...

13. Am I getting snowed? HH in North Texas

    prettygirllpn replied to alwaysBELIEVE's topic in Home Health

    I guess our cost of living is decent. 3 bedroom houses rent for about 800 +/-. My check pays for my car payment and daycare and elec. My husband foots the rest of the expenses. Thank God he has a good job. I could not support my family on my pay.

14. Considering Home Health, but worried about skills

    prettygirllpn replied to Not_A_Hat_Person's topic in Home Health

    You should be able to ride along with a nurse that has been doing hh for awhile and he or she can help you refresh your skills such as blood draws and foleys. The thing i like so much about hh is that you are never really along in the field. If you h...

15. Am I getting snowed? HH in North Texas

    prettygirllpn replied to alwaysBELIEVE's topic in Home Health

    wow. I work in a small town and am an LPN and getting paid $16/visit with like 37.5 cents/mile. This sucks! i really had no idea what the "outside" world pays. But there is an upside, after three years of PRN, i get 17/visit!