ChristinP

ChristinP has 6 years experience and specializes in Homecare, Public Health.

Latest Activity

1. call the ambulance?

   ChristinP replied to babs1963's topic in Home Health

   I have had an assortment of situations when I felt EMS should transport a patient but as long as the patient is of sound mind they have the right to refuse. I make the appropriate calls and document. Sometimes it's a matter of cost I have a nice pati...

2. New to home care and freaking out because of the documation

   ChristinP replied to PeacockMaiden's topic in Home Health

   I have been working in home care for about 5 years and with 3 different companies. Your orientation to homecare seems terrible. All of our nurses spend several weeks learning how to document a routine visit before moving on to Oasis admissions, recer...

3. 60 visits a week quota ?? sound possible?

   ChristinP replied to SweetRN007's topic in Home Health

   I live and work in Ct for a large HH agency. I only do revisits and I have to do a minimum of 35 visits a week. I average 8 Pts a day. If its mostly status checks & prefills without problems I'm finished In 8 hrs or less. But lately my 8 Pts are...

4. LPN's in Connecticut hard time finding job

   ChristinP replied to lpnfromCT's topic in LPN/LVN

   I live in Ct. I don't believe lpns are being phased out. It's been the same for a while. The job market is poor, I have friends Rns with degrees who have found the job pickings here to be poor. It's the economy. Ive always had 2 jobs, when the VNA of...

5. Do you keep your door open or closed?

   ChristinP replied to 100kids's topic in School

   open doors are invitations LOL we leave it closed!

6. School Nurse...and More!

   ChristinP replied to Flare's topic in School

   Sounds like a typical day :)

7. Can I read TB test result that was given in Dr's office?

   ChristinP replied to umharhar's topic in Home Health

   I'm in Ct, as long as the patient has the slip from the MD, I'll check the site. We do this routinely in my school nurses office for our students and staff and I've done it for patients in home care. The slip gets faxed to md. Any positive reaction, ...

8. Depression r/t nursing school AEB becoming someone I don't recognize

   ChristinP replied to Jane says's topic in Stress 101

   Many of my classmates felt the same during nursing school. Some used meds, some of us exercised on break or found something to keep our minds clear and free of the craziness. I called it enviromental depression with situational bi-polar :) It really ...

9. I Love being a Christian Nurse

   ChristinP replied to Lauryen828's topic in Spirituality

   Amazing...... After reading the OPs statement which I believe is just a 'happy, feel good type statement' and then reading all of the comments both negative & positive..... remembering I live in the USA land of the free My comment is to the OP: "...

10. devalued team members

    ChristinP replied to laughingrose's topic in LPN/LVN

    Hospital Schools/ Diploma nurses are a dying breed. It's a shame because I've met so many wonderful nurses who graduated from these programs.

11. Critique my cover letter! (seriously, rip this baby apart)

    ChristinP replied to woahmelly's topic in Job Hunt

    i've written many cover letters and i am currently job seeking. my cover letter is constantly evolving. i tailor it to suit the company i want to hire me. i've had mine critiqued. i'll pass on some of the advice i was given. 1. if i can't find the na...

12. doctor's office accessing of scripts

    ChristinP replied to morte's topic in HIPAA

    How about you ask the MDs office straight out. How did you get my information? Show me where I signed permission? Then ask how you can prevent it in the future? Shoot, I understand you are upset but I wish my MDs did this because repeating myself get...

13. Learning a Second Language Through Nursing

    ChristinP replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    i know some spanish mostly learned from my patients and students. i do use google translate on my phone when i visit patients in their homes. the written translation is good/not perfect. when it reads the translation out loud the pronunciation is hy...

14. Is it worth the little pay?

    ChristinP replied to NurseMeganLPN's topic in School

    I don't get paid a lot but, I will have a nice pension when I retire. I have the same days off as my kids, snow days off, multiple vacations and summers off. My oldest even went to the same high school I work in (that was and wasn't a benefit). It's ...

15. permission to poop granted!

    ChristinP replied to Flare's topic in School

    I'm currently working in a high school health room it doesn't change with age :) our very old poorly designed office only has one bathroom so we save it for the "really" sick kids and send the poopers to the public bathrooms! All I can say is thank G...