carrie_c

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1. WHY... DME air matress not approved for stage 4 coccyx wound?.

   carrie_c replied to CenterIce's topic in Home Health

   I worked in insurance for a long time. What's needed is a script and medical records describing the wound and what all has been tried. Sounds like laziness to me. Home health agencies are often the worst.

2. Lifelong predicament, PLEASE help!!!

   carrie_c replied to onehope67's topic in Criminal

   What state are you in?

3. Writing Explanation Letter (criminal hx) For Nursing Board

   carrie_c replied to MelodyinTN2015's topic in Criminal

   I graduated nursing school in 2011 and I went through the same thing you are dealing with. I was terrified, but I got my license with no problems. The most important thing is to be honest. Go into detail about what led up to it and just tell the...

4. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   carrie_c replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   No your baby does not have RSV just because she sneezed. HOW is it possible that you don't even know how to change a diaper or feed a baby a bottle? Have you never even been around a child? And even if you really don't know how to do this stuff, don'...

5. Postpartum maladjustment...moral support, anyone?

   carrie_c replied to L&Dhopeful's topic in Ob/Gyn

   This is crazy! The max we have is 4 couplets. You shouldn't ever have more than 8 patients. You should get out.

6. What valuable experiences did you take away from Nursing School

   carrie_c replied to mom_coach_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I'm quite, but I feel that is necessary most of the time to keep from saying something that will get me in trouble, lol. I think the biggest thing I learned was, if I could handle nursing school, I could handle anything. Nursing school for me was bru...

7. Landed my dream job in LDRP..any tips?

   carrie_c replied to brittykbritt's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Congrats!! Like the above poster said, be on time, listen, ask plenty of questions. And don't be scared to just jump right in. Good luck!

8. Mandating to work on days off

   carrie_c replied to amk7223's topic in General Nursing

   My job makes us take call every other week. So it is basically mandatory overtime. That is bad enough. I would look for something else ASAP.

9. Is It Just Me?

   carrie_c replied to Mijourney's topic in General Nursing

   I can understand why new nurses don't want to do bedside nursing for long. Admit it, we get treated like crap. Most other professions would not put up with what we do. High patient loads, low pay, bad hours, mandatory overtime, working holidays, week...

10. How'd you choose? Because I don't know how!

    carrie_c replied to on eagles wings's topic in Career Support

    I work OB. I wasn't exactly sure that was what I wanted to do, but after 3 months of med surg, I knew that wasn't for me. So when I was offered a job on an OB floor, I jumped on it. I like it so much better than med surg. If you aren't sure what you ...

11. In what order are nurses placed "on call"

    carrie_c replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital calls off prns first. But low census is not usually a problem on my floor. Some of us beg for it sometimes! It can get crazy. We also have a low census page we can sign up on if we want it. The first person to sign up gets it, regardless ...

12. Mandating to work on days off

    carrie_c replied to amk7223's topic in General Nursing

    "F that." My thoughts exactly.

13. Leave nursing job to be stay-at-home mom?

    carrie_c replied to mol42's topic in Career Support

    I haven't had my baby yet, but I won't be staying home. Just going to work part time.

14. Assessments?

    carrie_c replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I really don't think most nurses to a full head to toe assessment on every patient. We just don't have the time. We do vital signs every 6 hours, except fresh sections and babys 36 weeks get vitals every 4 hours.

15. Assessments?

    carrie_c replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I work mother/baby. We do 1 assessment per shift. On the Moms, I check lungs, heart, bowel sounds, fundus, bleeding, incision (for sections), vaginal and anal area, check for homens sign, pedal pulses, and edema. If they still have their IV and/or fo...