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  1. Returning to Work After COVID

    If you test positive I think it important to get a reportable test such as a PCR and not just a home test. This may help you out for any issues if you need disability for prolong time off for recovery from covid or even long covid.
  2. My kids are adults now but I switched from day shift to 3-11 after my first child was born. I worked 24 hours a week which I think is the max I'd want to do working that shift with kids at home. When they are school age you will have days when you do...
  3. Tips or techniques in getting an IJ CVC dressing to stay on patients with facial hair growth/beards appreciated. During change of shift noted dressing not occlusive. Changed the dressing, the white tape like part of the dressing was coming off almost...
  4. Staffing On Covid Unit

    What is the staffing like on your covid unit? What level of care med/surg , step down , tele ? Has the staffing varied? Are you in a surge? Do you have ancillary help such as CNAs , phlebotomists, housekeeper, ward clerks? Do you chan...
  5. What are you doing about reading glasses and goggles

    I found this to be a problem too. I only need readers a few times a shift to see bevel of a fine needle.
  6. Unemployment/ PRN nurses

    So the weekly max is $450/week and if you had reduced hours but earned say $600/week, you won't get any benefit? But if you only earned $300/week you would get some benefit? Anyone have any reference about this?
  7. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

    This is a big topic. If we tested a nurse today and that was negative and then worked 2 more shifts possibly exposed would you test them again in a week?........ the working and testing could go on and on. That's why I think its good for all healthca...
  8. Threw out back, what’s next?

    I agree with what the other posters have said about throwing your back out doesn't necessarily mean your bedside career is done. Do the prescribed therapy and see how you are feeling. Your back may flare up from time to time as mine does. Educate ...
  9. I was in your shoes. I've been a nurse for a long time now. These days when patients ask me how long I've been a nurse or how long I've work at my hospital and I tell them, they say " Did you start when you were 10 years old?" It never was a real...
  10. Paid for Mandatory Online Learning from Home?

    We can do them from home and are paid, if the system works from home. Some e-learning only work on the intranet at work. Some things are long and require headphones and would be very difficult to do during a shift. In the past employees have gotten ...
  11. Letting Public Health Nurse Certificate Lapse...

    https://www.rn.ca.gov/consumers/fees.shtml the information I have says $300 for initial PHN app and $125 for renewal., as of January 2019.
  12. Letting Public Health Nurse Certificate Lapse...

    Also it is only $125 a year to renew the PHN certificate. $187 if delinquent
  13. Letting Public Health Nurse Certificate Lapse...

    I don't know the answer for sure but I renewed last fall and no penalty. I don't think most graduates even get that certificate when they graduate anymore. I don't know the ramifications if for some reason you want to get it back. For me it was a non...
  14. Letting Public Health Nurse Certificate Lapse...

    I got mine 30+ years ago without any extra effort on my part. Never paid a dime to keep it. I let mine lapse when I saw the cost at my last renewal. Other people I graduated with that I still keep in contact with let theirs lapse as well. You have t...
  15. Are O2 sats a vital sign?

    I remember long ago> 28 years, when only RT had access to pulse ox. It was rare to get an RT to do one without an order.