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  1. sterile technique question for implanted port accessing

    Lovely! ty. Yeah, looking back at this question 7 months after writing it, it seems logical to me that I can touch with sterile glove.
  2. sterile technique q for foley insertion

    I was about to laugh...but then I thought, Its So TRUE. Not funny....but TRUEEEEE. I want a headlamp!
  3. sterile technique q for foley insertion

    ? Thank you
  4. How long does it take to "get" OASIS?

    Oh, gosh. Hmm. Makes me think of one RN case manager that I knew, who very earnestly told me that she "has to" rate her patients as dependent in ALL fields (not just the fields they actually are dependent in). The reason? "We [the HHA] have to show i...
  5. sterile technique q for foley insertion

    Wonderful. Succinct, Ms. Banana. Sounds good. Wow, someone who uses the word log!
  6. How long does it take to "get" OASIS?

    Thank you all. Yeah, I guess I lucked out with the job I just got (Accent Care).. They've got a great training program, with an actual Oasis class, and preceptorship for RN case managers doing Oasis cases.
  7. can I negotiate salary in my first HH staff nurse job?

    Thank you! :P
  8. How long does it take to "get" OASIS?

    I'm applying now for a position (either travel, or regular - have to see how things work out) in home health, as RN. I've got 9 months experience in home health (but no OASIS training) in my most recent travel nurse contract. Question: how long...
  9. Hi, there. Me: nurse for almost 12 years (medical-surgical, telemetry, and travel); most recently, did 9 months in home health travel nursing. That was my first home health experience - I was lucky to get a travel nurse job in it! However, I di...
  10. 3yo patient won’t let me cath her *SOS*

    Wow. That sucks, for everyone. I'm glad that you're concerned for the little one. All I got is: 1) Ask your boss 2) Suprapubic??? 3) Maybe a stupid suggestion, but can you involve her in it? Like, let her play with a cathet...
  11. sterile technique q for foley insertion

    Hi, there. The meat of my question is: after skin has been disinfected and air-dried, is it considered sterile? I admit, I struggle with Foley catheter insertion in women - particularly obese / CVA / poorly able to open their legs and position t...
  12. Hi, there. I've been a nurse for a minute now, but I've only done one portacath access, and I live in dread of having to do one again. So I've got maybe a stupid question for sterile technique, accessing implanted ports: Once I've disinfected sk...
  13. So I start my first home health job (travel nurse) next week...

    In answer to your question ("Do you recommended online OASIS training"): yessss, kind of.... (Short horror story here: yes, I paid $500 for rctc OASIS training, which was definitely good because I wasn't going in with "stupid face" to OASIS. How...
  14. Should I buy my own OASIS training?

    Thank you, that's good to know! ?
  15. Should I buy my own OASIS training?

    OK - you sold me! Just bought it. You're a good persuader! Ha, I think that the lady who taught my online OASIS training (Cindy Krafft) is one of the contributors or quoted people or something in the Big Red BOok, as I'm calling Ms Marrelli's bo...