nursekelly217

nursekelly217

Member
  • Content

    45
  • Visitors

    2,374
  • Followers

    0

About nursekelly217

Latest Activity

  1. Is 44 cents per mile good?

    I get 40 cents/mile. The IRS says we should get 45. I'd be happy with 44.
  2. Use of Narcan in cardiac arrest

    Not exactly cardiac arrest situations, but I worked in a freestanding (non hospital) detox where we routinely gave IM Narcan 1mg Q5min up to 10 doses with patients who had OD'd ... obviously while EMS was on the way and O2 and Defibrillator on hand. ...
  3. pain with mesalt - advice, alternatives?

    I am a HHN with a pt with non healing wounds on both feet. Long history with the wounds and wound care has been changed to and from every product I can possibly think of. Aquacel, prisma, promogran, iodoform, accuzyme, mesalt, foam dressings, the w...
  4. The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

    I worked in a drug and etoh inpatient detox where we had to verify all the pts meds on admission and call them in to whoever was covering (who was usually clueless about detox and defer to the admit nurse). So one night a girl comes in and along with...
  5. LPN's In Home Health! How Many Visits and Pay???

    I'm an LPN in HH. I work salary for 24.70/hr 37.5 hours/week, plus mileage. My quota is set at 7 pts a day... sometimes I may have 8, which is too many, I think. Any pts seen outside of 8-4 hrs is at per diem rate which is about $26. Also have ca...
  6. 1. Yes 2. N/A 3. Yes 4. 69
  7. Severe Asthma can it be a disability for a nurse?

    Ms Piggy you have my sympathy and understanding, though no solutions, unfortunately. I have mild-moderate asthma that is normally well controlled, however last year had a severe asthma attack at work (also at an acute detox center), triggered by the...
  8. Self inflicted

    in a detox center... syringe taped btw 17yo's buttocks to try and smuggle in (found in a "why is your bottom beeping" moment with the metal detector), a repeat offender old enough to be my father who had a piece of his syringe break off in his arm th...
  9. canker sores

    from repeated experience... zinc lozenges, held against the sore and allowed to dissolve there have really helped me.
  10. desperate for advice/direction (Long but urgent)

    I have reposted this question in the general nursing section. Thank you for your advice.
  11. Long but desperate for advice

    I had originally posted this in the military section but it was mentioned that I might get a better response here. I'm hoping someone on here might be able to point my family and I in the right direction. I'll try to be concise. A 28 year old fami...
  12. desperate for advice/direction (Long but urgent)

    Gen- thanks for the links. I will contact the author to see if he has ideas. It's worth trying anything to me. It is so important to adequately protect and care for our troops. They do more for the country than any average citizen I know and yet ...
  13. I'm hoping someone on here might be able to point my family and I in the right direction. I'll try to be concise. A 28 year old family member is active duty in the Air Force and returned to the US one week ago after 2 years overseas. While she was...
  14. What's your pay for an LPN working HH? Just curious.

    In MA, $24.70/hr for 35 visits/week. $.40/mile reimbursement. On call about 1 week/month at $2/hr with per diem pay of $26.70 for on call visits or after hours visits. Also on call every 8th weekend. Could be better but could also be much worse. ...
  15. IV certification in San Diego?

    I did my IV cert in San Diego 5 years ago... it was one day, about 6 hours. With a minimal amount of live sticks ... I think 3. The theory is easy and the live sticks on young, healthy, hydrated "patients" are too. The real training for me was on ...