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  1. Potential to Violate, Employer says it's ok.

    I think your original post was questioning if you have a potential privacy violation. You have gotten our opinion that no, there isn't really a violation if you take the messages in a secure location (I.e in your car with the windows up- which I pers...
  2. Potential to Violate, Employer says it's ok.

    We exclusively use cell phones in my work as a visiting nurse. It is not a privacy violation to use a secure messaging service, even if you access it with a cell phone. You do have to ensure you do not take calls/voicemails where others can over hear...
  3. New Supervisor Violating HIPPA?

    If the email server is secured/encrypted it's not a violation. If the texts are coming over a locked company device it also shouldn't be a violation... but that could be different for you as I am in Canada
  4. I mainly see them in palliative care at end of life when oral access is lost. Mainly for Subcut hydromorphone, dexamethasone, and haldol.
  5. Subcutaneous butterflys are commonly used in community where I work. We do not flush them. The subcut tissue cannot accommodate that much fluid. The line is primed with the medication not saline. Heparin before and after is very strange. Bribg it up ...
  6. What is your Nursing Super Power?

    Im a visiting nurse and I'm really good at getting pts who are distrustful of nursing providers, or just neglecting themselves period, to let me visit them and provide care. Even when they refused/canceled multiple other nurses trying to get in to se...
  7. Questions regarding HH

    1. As an home health RN/LVN how much orientation did you receive when you first started? One month. 2. Did you feel competent with that much orientation? If not how long would you have wanted your orientation to be? As a new grad, it was scary only h...
  8. Orientation for New Grad in Home Health

    Saw this after I replied. I think you made the right decision. Good luck in your job search, I hope you find something quickly!
  9. Orientation for New Grad in Home Health

    I started as a new grad in home health, in Canada as well. I'm 9 months in now. I love it. I had a full month orientation, with in class plus 14 shifts of precepting and then I had reduced hours as well to ease into a full case load. I've been succes...
  10. Safety issue: 2 high risk pt's: one fell during shift

    I was put in this situation as a health care assistant while in school. Both patients got out of bed at the same time. It was stressful. Neither fell luckily but it was not a situation I'd want to repeat. No advice but good luck sorting this out with...
  11. Advice for a new grad HH nurse

    I started in home health as a new grad. I'm 8 months in now and I love it. I did have a placement in home health so I knew a bit about what to expect. My orientation was a month long. The specific issues you'll face may depend on the agency. I'd sugg...
  12. Tattoos?

    You never know which nurses have tats hiding under their scrubs. We are not required to cover ours. Mine are on my legs so they aren't visible but I've got no issues with tattoos so long as they're not offensive. They don't define your intelligence o...
  13. Career going and confused

    I'm a new grad (8 months into my firsr job) in Ontario and you are lucky just to have a job. Monday to Friday day jobs are pretty much impossible for a new grad and still not easy to find with tons of experience. I work in home care and do work days ...
  14. Lifestyle of a Nurse

    1. I work in home health. I'd say I experience stress daily but it's manageable and I am equipped to solve the issues I come across or ask for help 2. I would say my work and family are balanced. I work 5 days a week 8-4pm. I have time with my kids....
  15. New RN in Home Care

    If you like the company you work for, could you bring your concerns to them? Is working 13 hours a day something you are taking on yourself because you feel a duty to, or is the company pressuring you to do it? I ask this because you clearly recogniz...