IKSONAK

IKSONAK specializes in MS/Med/OB/Peds/Psych/HH/Hospice/ER/ICU.

Latest Activity

1. A prime lawsuit

   IKSONAK replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

   I was a legal nurse consultant at one time. The "suit" would depend on if there was negligence and did the result of that negligence cause the patient permanent harm or injury? If a vital organ had been removed, the jury would have something to ponde...

2. I saw my first patient that died today...

   IKSONAK replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

   Heartlover, it doesn't get 'easier', but you learn to deal with it.You usually have more than one patient to consider....the actual patient and the family.Having worked in hospice,we learned ways to treat the patient AND the family. It's heartbreakin...

3. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

   IKSONAK replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse since 1963.My best times in my career was when I was making $4/hour. Yes, that was top pay back then.Guess what?We didn't have all the rules/regs/JCAHO standards,IDPH rules,CMS rules,DRGs. It was pure, unadulterated nursing care. ...

4. where do old nurses go?

   IKSONAK replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

   I am 63.Been an RN since 1962.My body said to me, "do something different cuz the back is wearing out!!". I did some legal nurse consulting, but missed working in a hospital.Joined an information systems dept in hospital & because of my loooong h...

5. Home birth vs. hospital

   IKSONAK replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I worked in neonatal unit in StLouis.Many home births occurred in surrounding area.I hated getting the urgent msg to ready ourselves cuz a home birth gone awry was coming in!! We had labor rooms where entire families could come, practice their own ho...

6. This is sick

   IKSONAK replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

   I have never seen this in over 42 years of being a nurse, and in 4 states. What I have seen is slow increasing of Morphine to cover a patient's increasing pain that only an ongoing,horrible cancer can create. The amounts of morphine some patients are...

7. HH Software Critique

   IKSONAK posted a topic in Home Health

   Am new user to board. Need advice from HH Software users. Have a system that is not working & and need to purchase another application ASAP that functions well. Have not been able to bill since 11-03!! I have seen many of your entries describing...

8. What are some of the strangest situations you have gotten into in home health

   IKSONAK replied to lioneliz's topic in Home Health

   Cleanest wound I ever had was a man had half his foot removed, and as I tended it for the first time, saw many maggots 'debriding' the wound. It was pink, granulation at all edges, no purulency, no infection! Dr told me to leave them; they were doing...