Kim, HHRN

Kim, HHRN specializes in Home Health CM.

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1. Seriously thinking about quitting

   Kim, HHRN replied to twokidsmom,rn's topic in Home Health

   Are you paid per visit, hourly, or are you salary? I used to work salary at my first HH company and it became a nightmare! I worked 60-70 + hours per week. We had 17 RNs on staff at the time and the turn over rate was astronomical! We all were ov...

2. New grad, new to home health - overwelmed

   Kim, HHRN replied to okhhnurse's topic in Home Health

   T your concerns sound a lot like mine have been except I have outstanding support behind me and the lpns I work with r great. If ur in Oklahoma email me. That's where I am too. Would love for u to come work with us.

3. new grad with unknown HH agency, complicated pt case

   Kim, HHRN replied to jerzie0820's topic in Home Health

   I don't think you are giving yourself much credit. Will you be nervous? Sure, everybody is when they are new and there has to be a first time for everything, no matter if it is the hospital or in HH. I have been a HH nurse for 2 months now, had 3 ...

4. Wet-to-Dry Dressing

   Kim, HHRN replied to PediLove2147's topic in Wound

   When I was working med surg, we were taking care of a guy who had thick scabs and appeared to be infection underneath, so they were tx with wet to dry in order to debride.

5. Wound classification?

   Kim, HHRN posted a topic in Wound

   Taking care of a man who has had weeping BLE distally from knees to toes and covers almost the entire leg surface, area red, edematous 3+, hard, endurated,bronze brown, looks like skin peeling around what perimeter remains. Is this classified as a ve...

6. New nurse OVERWHELMED

   Kim, HHRN replied to leapof faith's topic in Med-Surg

   When I read the OP thread, I thought it was me posting......my floor is too fast, too busy, not enough time to teach a new grad.....guess med surg isn't for me. I gave it my best. I like all the people I work with, but med surg literally ate my lunc...

7. Leaving an agency, giving report

   Kim, HHRN replied to spejsa's topic in Home Health

   This isn't advice but I know I have been to several hospitals where report was taped for the next nurse coming on duty. I have also seen on several occasions where a nurse had to leave but left written report with the oncoming nurse. Wouldn't that ...

8. People think you are rich because you are a nurse

   Kim, HHRN replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   Some cell phones have the option to reject the call automatically, yours might as well.

9. Transferring total assist clients, how to?

   Kim, HHRN replied to Poi Dog's topic in Home Health

   We need more training in transfers.

10. Have u ever??

    Kim, HHRN replied to marielina85's topic in General Nursing

    That's horrible! I had a bad experience, too but not as bad as yours. I was in my last semester of nursing school, doing my ICU rotation. My mom was sent to the ICU and I had stayed up with her all night long. I came home to sleep for a few hours...

11. Good idea to take micro and anatomy together?

    Kim, HHRN replied to dangerkader08's topic in General Nursing

    That depends.....did you take anatomy in high school? If so, and you are already familiar with anatomy, you have an advantage and can probably handle them both at the same time. On the other hand, how much of the prereq courses do you want to retain...

12. So frustrated. Need advice!!

    Kim, HHRN replied to delvenia's topic in New Nurse

    Hi, this is advice coming from a newbie, too but it sounds to me like you are doing a great job. Learning how to manage heparin drips takes a few minutes and when you are working under pressure, it makes it that much more difficult. At least the ne...

13. HELP...2 wks left of orientation and I'm still SO slow!!!

    Kim, HHRN replied to Kim, HHRN's topic in Med-Surg

    Thanks for the suggestion, I actually almost got one, but in my last week, I really picked up the pace....don't ask me how cuz I don't even know. I have been off of orientation for one week now, with 5 patients, and acutally able to keep pace. I am...

14. Did i handle this situation correctly???

    Kim, HHRN replied to marielina85's topic in General Nursing

    What do you know.....was just reading in my Med Surg Text (Lewis) and it states that "ideally, regimens should be mutually selected by the patient and the health care provider." Now can we just get the health care providers who won't listen to their ...

15. Did i handle this situation correctly???

    Kim, HHRN replied to marielina85's topic in General Nursing

    That's what makes me mad about docs sometimes.....there are a few that act like they are the only ones with critical thinking skills and that the patient (or the nurse) doesn't know didily.....most people know their own bodies better than the doc or...