HisAlone

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1. Relocating from California?

   HisAlone posted a topic in Maine

   Wow, I just kind of got a shocker. I'm an LVN out here in California and would like to move to Maine after recently losing my husband. I've just gotten off the phone, was talking to a few perspective employers (My chosen vocation is home hospice). ...

2. How many Pt do you take care of?

   HisAlone replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

   2 patients with MD private duty in the home.

3. I don't understand this profession..

   HisAlone replied to smg's topic in General Nursing

   After 25 years as a data communications engineer I decided to retire and go into nursing. So far after just 2 years I am horrified. Can't go back to engineering because everything changes so fast while you're out of the loop - it'd be like starting...

4. Anyone receive a sign on bonus?

   HisAlone replied to HisTreasure's topic in LPN/LVN

   I just accepted a position in Oncology with a $5000 sign-on bonus. I get $2500 after the first month, the balance after 6 months. The committment is 2 years - if you leave before the 2 year mark you only have to pay back the prorated balance. It's...

5. Questions about LPN/LVN Jobs.

   HisAlone replied to jt8493's topic in LPN/LVN

   Hi Josh, I'm just up north from you in the Ventura area. You can go to http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/provlist.htm to find lists of those who are authorized by the State Board to provide IV Therapy and Blood Withdrawal. Some can only offer IV, others can ...

6. Venting...Hosp pts coming from skilled nursing facilities

   HisAlone replied to stidget99's topic in General Nursing

   I see this all the time in hospice. We have a small facility for those patients who cannot be cared for in the home. When we admit them we automatically get out the supplies for wound care and fecal impaction. Nearly every patient we take in requi...

7. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

   HisAlone replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, it sounds like my nursing program was BOOT CAMP compared to some. We hit the floor at 0545 to gather info on Dx, H&P, recent orders, med lists, labs and diagnostics for the last three days, etc from the patient charts. We had to have manua...

8. Study strategy needed! Any advice?

   HisAlone replied to enfermeraSG's topic in General Students

   I couldn't have survived without my study group! We'd break reading assignments out and then get together and brief each other on the main points of "our chapters" if it was IMPOSSIBLE to get the entire assignment read by oneself. In a pinch I'd fo...

9. Michigan Preparing To Let Doctors Refuse To Treat Gays

   HisAlone replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Activism

   Oh! OK, the hyperlinks are created automatically. Kewl.

10. Michigan Preparing To Let Doctors Refuse To Treat Gays

    HisAlone replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Activism

    I can't seem to figure the hyperlinks out, but here are the links to the bills to ammend: Michigan Senate Bill 0609 http://www.legislature.mi.gov/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2003-SB-0609 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY 7/3/2003 Michigan...

11. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    HisAlone replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    What an emotional roller coaster! And how can anyone wonder why? I think we all have to remember that for many of us this case was not in our own personal spotlights until recently, but for these two families it has been going on for 15 years. Non...

12. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    HisAlone replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    OK, so it wasn't the parents writing the book...it was their lawyer! Sorry. The book to which I was referring was Litigation as Spiritual Practice written in 2000 by George Felos, Michael Schiavo's attorney.

13. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    HisAlone replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    God rest her sweet soul. I just have this huge lump in my throat thinking that over the weeks and months to come, all of the unsavory details of this whole episode are going to come out bit by bit and shed light on all of the procedural irregulariti...

14. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    HisAlone replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Loss of feeling in LLE s/t salami strapped to inner thigh and pants too tight to get off. Tx: cut pants off and unstrapped salami.

15. Michigan Preparing To Let Doctors Refuse To Treat Gays

    HisAlone replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Activism

    I'm confused. Way back in like post #21 or so someone was kind enough to post a link to this bill. So I went up and read it. Sec. 11. (b) A health care provider shall not assert an objection to providing or participating in a health care service b...