Emmasmom03

Emmasmom03 has 3 years experience and specializes in Transition nursing and couplet care.

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1. Nurse Fired by HCA After 20yrs - Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Filed

   Emmasmom03 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Nothing HCA does would surprise me.

2. Average call time

   Emmasmom03 replied to Emmasmom03's topic in Triage

   Mine is around 5 minutes on an average day. My calls vary widely though and are mostly easy issues like pink eye, strep and stomach flu. So my call time is short on those as they are super easy.

3. Endorsement & Temporary Practice Permit in PA - timeframe?

   Emmasmom03 replied to Clovery's topic in Pennsylvania

   Anyone know how long this is taking now? I applied in February and have gotten the TPP, but not my regular license.

4. Current/graduates from UTA online RN program

   Emmasmom03 replied to Mscris's topic in Texas (UTA)

   Honestly it was a very boring program that focused on a lot of busywork, but I finished it and got my degree and kept a good GPA.

5. 8 Work From Home Jobs

   Emmasmom03 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Support

   I work from home as well. No worries about being late as I have to punch in and have to be on to take calls during my hours. I love it. I don't have to get dressed, but I usually do unless I am working overtime for a couple of hours. We have chats wi...

6. School Shootings

   Emmasmom03 replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

   Honestly one thing we have got to do is to stop glamorizing guns. I am on another site called Nextdoor which is for people who live around next. Every single day there is a thread about a "potential" criminal ( basically someone who looks like they d...

7. Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

   Emmasmom03 replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

   I worked in Women's and still was not an issue. The only time I remember something remotely similar was a woman who was less than 20 weeks and who was dilated and contracting and maybe an infection?? I can't remember, but I know there were some nurse...

8. Day vs Night Personalities

   Emmasmom03 replied to ScottMedicRN's topic in General Nursing

   I think it just depends. I am very laid back so night shift at the hospital was great for me, but with new mom's and babies it could be tough as night as we also had to act as lactation consultants as we don't have any at night. That of course is whe...

9. Average call time

   Emmasmom03 posted a topic in Triage

   I think my call time is pretty low. I am at about five minutes for the actual call, not including documentation time. I know I go fast, but so many of the calls are about strep or ear infections. There is really only so many questions you can ask. I ...

10. New to triage and feeling incompetent!

    Emmasmom03 replied to RNhuron's topic in Triage

    Not long at all. Just started this year. And yes, we have lots of protocols and work instructions.

11. HCA thoughts? StaRN program?

    Emmasmom03 replied to apgxo_'s topic in Job Hunt

    I would say no personally. I may have a different view. I used to work for a hospital in Houston that was bought out by HCA last August. At first it was fine, but starting the beginning of this year they began to implement a lot of cost cutting measu...

12. New to triage and feeling incompetent!

    Emmasmom03 replied to RNhuron's topic in Triage

    Telephone triage nursing is so different than what most people think. Some days go really well and you feel like you have the hang of the job and then the next day you feel like every decision you made was wrong. I mostly only have inbound calls for ...

13. Actual job requirements of teletriage

    Emmasmom03 replied to Murphree8's topic in Triage

    My job truly is just triaging. I don't have to answer questions about directions to the office and I do not make the appointments myself. We have coordinators who do that part of the job. I just answer the triage questions. And yes we do have some sc...

14. Lifehealth

    Emmasmom03 replied to Emmasmom03's topic in Triage

    Not high stress after you get used to it. Right now lots of overtime and bonuses being offered, but that us because this is a brand new contract and they underestimated staffing. I enjoy it for the most part.

15. Lifehealth

    Emmasmom03 replied to Emmasmom03's topic in Triage

    So far so good! I am working for Lifehealth who is a contractor for Optum.