dondon44444

dondon44444 has 3 years experience and specializes in Cardiac, Community.

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1. New RN working in Group Home

   dondon44444 replied to AddieRN's topic in Disabilities

   hey, sounds like things are coming together for you. thats good that they are listening and taking the bp like they should be. i think the inservice is a good idea, but i kind of doubt they will always do a manual bp. i know that the automatic ones ...

2. CNA's OR ANYONE HELP PLEASE

   dondon44444 replied to CyndyM's topic in Pennsylvania

   I forgot to mention, i used careerbuilder.com to find my job. i was having trouble finding a nursing job for a month then i put up my resume there and they found me. It was pretty cool bc i've never heard of my company before and they are an awesome...

3. Single Mom Starting Over....

   dondon44444 replied to ecf1972's topic in Pennsylvania

   HI!! i saw someone posted about abington hospital's dixon school of nursing, i went there and graduated in 2006. i did the day program, but i have a friends that did the evening weekend program which works out well if you have a full time job or alo...

4. Nursing in Philly advice

   dondon44444 replied to trouper's topic in Pennsylvania

   hi, i used to work on a telemetry unit at abington memorial hospital...its one of the biggest hospitals on the outskirts of philly. i dont know if you are looking for actual philly hospitals, but this is a nice suburban area about twenty minutes fro...

5. CNA's OR ANYONE HELP PLEASE

   dondon44444 replied to CyndyM's topic in Pennsylvania

   i work for an amazing organization called jevs, its a nonprofit organization with numerous programs that always need new people to help care for our consumers/patients. try their website...jevs.org. the program i work in is called clhs...it is a pro...

6. Opening a group home???

   dondon44444 replied to SOS4U's topic in General Nursing

   i work for a nonprofit organization that has numerous programs to help people. i manage thirty group homes for people with mental disabilities, mainly MR. this is my only experience in the group home field, but from what i know, the state does come ...

7. New RN working in Group Home

   dondon44444 replied to AddieRN's topic in Disabilities

   hey, sorry it took me so long to get back to you. this week has been so so busy at work. ive been working on these audits, which have to be turned in by the end of the yr. since i have so many houses, its pretty stressful and a lot of work, pretty s...

8. New RN working in Group Home

   dondon44444 replied to AddieRN's topic in Disabilities

   sorry, just re read your questions. about nursing care plans...we dont really do specific nursing care plans. we do have a form for them, but dont use nursing diagnoses, or care plans...officially that is. didnt do that at the hospital either. again,...

9. New RN working in Group Home

   dondon44444 replied to AddieRN's topic in Disabilities

   to answer your questions... right now i dont carry liability insurance, i used to back when i was in nursing school and working at the hospital. i was actually out of work for about a year bc i needed surgery on my back, it expired and i never renewe...

10. New RN working in Group Home

    dondon44444 replied to AddieRN's topic in Disabilities

    one more thing, i worked twelve hr shifts, night shift at the hospital, which i feel is a much better time to learn things and you are somewhat able to keep up with things. you usually get more patients at night, but they arent always leaving the flo...

11. New RN working in Group Home

    dondon44444 replied to AddieRN's topic in Disabilities

    hey, thanks for writing back. well, it sounds like we do alot of the same stuff. i think i mentioned that there are about thirty group homes that i manage. i have about eighty clients. ive just started my yearly audits...checking through the books, ...

12. New RN working in Group Home

    dondon44444 replied to AddieRN's topic in Disabilities

    Hi, I actually just started a job that manages thirty group homes that sound pretty similar to the one you work in. I am new to this field, I have one yr experience working on a telemetry floor in a hospital, I just started this job a week ago. Our p...