Nurse Netty

Nurse Netty specializes in pediatrics.

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1. Lifting Peds Patients

   Nurse Netty posted a topic in Pediatric

   Input on Recommendations for Lifting Peds Home Care Patients? Weight Limits, etc? Thoughts?

2. Help me get some peds perspective about attachment?

   Nurse Netty replied to mskate's topic in Pediatric

   There is a clear difference, in peds home care, between, loving your kiddos, letting them steal your heart, etc. and crossing the line into being unprofessional such as taking pics, posting to your facebook, talking about the child to anyone other t...

3. Has anyone worked in pediatric home health?

   Nurse Netty replied to gentle_ben_RN's topic in Pediatric

   Good Dialogue here, I've been a pediatric home care nurse for 5 years now. Shift work, not visits, I do anywhere from 6 hour to 16 hour shifts. It really has to be your niche I think. I've talked to a few nurses that feel they must work with other...

4. Stories of the worst patient going right...

   Nurse Netty replied to fmAtoZ&backagain's topic in General Nursing

   In the perfect nursing world, there would have been an awesome back up crew, however~small town, long term care, night shift, alzheimer's unit...just me and 2 amazing nursing assistants.

5. Stories of the worst patient going right...

   Nurse Netty replied to fmAtoZ&backagain's topic in General Nursing

   umm..have you seen the old episode of ER where the nurse has to run and dive at the escalating combative patient with a shot of haldol?!? I've been in that situation, i was at imminent risk of physical harm as well as my staff CNAs were at imminent ...

6. LPNA left on my own

   Nurse Netty replied to wishinguponastarLPN's topic in General Nursing

   You are very welcome. remember, your nursing assistants can be your biggest asset as a new nurse. they know their stuff, respect them and they will help you anyway they can. they generally know who everyone is, where they are, what they get and how...

7. LPNA left on my own

   Nurse Netty replied to wishinguponastarLPN's topic in General Nursing

   I will post the link to the page on the MD BON website explaining the med techs. In long term care, med techs are often not even new grad nurses, they are GNAs (Geriatric Nursing Assistants) who have taken this course and pass meds and do fingerstic...

8. Ethical WWYD

   Nurse Netty replied to mkjh's topic in General Nursing

   I've been in a similar situation, only this involved life or death, literally. I was the new nurse in a long term care facility, and just coming on to my shift, no one was at the nurse's station, and I heard something going on down the hall, I ran d...

9. Mother-Baby to where?

   Nurse Netty replied to Teaieal's topic in General Nursing

   One of the most awesome things about being a nurse is that we are not limited. Nursing is one of the very few occupations that has such a vast array of work options.

10. LPNA left on my own

    Nurse Netty replied to wishinguponastarLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure what state you're in, maybe I missed that, but, in MD when you go through nursing school, you actually get certified as a med assistant in your first or second semester, often without prior knowledge that it was done, and that is registered ...