missninaRN

missninaRN specializes in Med/Surg, Hospice.

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1. New Requirements for License Renewal

   missninaRN posted a topic in Oklahoma

   Got this in an email from the OK BON this week: "Effective January 1, 2014, Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses licensed in the State of Oklahoma must meet continuing qualifications for practice, by completing one or more of the followi...

2. Caseload for a Full time Case Manager

   missninaRN replied to jyhn's topic in Hospice

   I averaged 12 patients when I was working at my last agency. The agency did not consider travel time when scheduling my visits. I had patients up to 1 3/4 hours away from me that required daily visits and often drove over 200 miles daily. I was requ...

3. Getting Calls When Not On Call?

   missninaRN posted a topic in Hospice

   I worked a long day yesterday. I went in early, stayed late, and barely had time to eat lunch. If one patient hadn't declined a bath, I would have still been working at 7:00 p.m. (Yes, the nurses are giving baths because we lost our CHHA last week. I...

4. In Search of Online World History

   missninaRN replied to missninaRN's topic in Online Learning

   Thanks for the link, will check it out. My community college doesn't offer it online and the online school I'm taking classes with right now doesn't have it either.

5. Please Help a Student out with an Assignment - This is actually sort of fun :)

   missninaRN replied to hearts895, RN BSN's topic in Student Assist

   Some kind of stress management program/services for nurses. Maybe a package deal from a day spa specifically for nurses at a significant discount: a massage every week, aromatherapy treatments, yoga classes, organic/natural food discounts, etc. That ...

6. In Search of Online World History

   missninaRN posted a topic in Online Learning

   I am down to my last few prereqs for my chosen online RN-BSN program through Southwestern Oklahoma State University. This semester, I'm taking A & P II, Dev Psych, and Public Speaking through Edukan. This summer I will be taking World Geography-...

7. Use of pulse oximetry in hospice

   missninaRN replied to HoosierMale's topic in Hospice

   In both the current hospice I work for as well as the one I was with previously, we were not permitted to carry O2 sat meters. As the post above mine explains, we will use O2 for comfort in terminally ill patients regardless of O2 sat readings. And, ...

8. What specialty do you work in and why do you Likeit? Hate it?

   missninaRN replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

   Hospice-love it. More time with patients, less time spent charting, and having weekends and evenings off is great too. I was formerly on med surg Hated it. I hated being inside for over 12 hours, never seeing the sky, I ran the whole time, spent more...

9. The Concerns of My Loving Wife

   missninaRN replied to JohnWatson's topic in General Nursing

   I started in the hospital on the day shift, working 3 twelves. It was nice to have 4 days off every week, but it took some planning and paying attention to my physical health to ensure that I had the energy to enjoy my free time. Working 12 hour shif...

10. Stress level on a neuro floor

    missninaRN replied to ruralgirl08's topic in Neurological

    I worked on a neuro med/surg floor for 16 months with pt load of up to 7. I didn't find caring for neuro patients to be any more stressful than the medical patients (pneumonia, COPD, GI bleeds, etc). What I found stressful was the constant flow of d...

11. Much Older People Going Into Nursing

    missninaRN replied to MissMaryMack12's topic in General Students

    Your post reminded me of the RN who mentored and trained me in hospice. She works 60-70 hours a week, both as clinical coordinator of a hospice and DON of a LTC facility. She has more nursing knowledge than the rest of her staff combined and has been...

12. Much Older People Going Into Nursing

    missninaRN replied to MissMaryMack12's topic in General Students

    I started nursing school when I was 43 years old. I excelled in my nursing clinicals and ranked at the top of my class on every exam. By my second year, I was being paid by the school to tutor underclassmen and assist the faculty during clinicals che...

13. CLEP Natural Sciences & Humanities

    missninaRN replied to R0xyg4l's topic in Online Learning

    I CLEP'd Humanities with very little prep time. I think it is doable if you are already very familiar with a wide variety of art forms, musical styles, and literature. My childhood was steeped in those things. My father is a musician and orator and ...

14. Medical staff rude to my brother;complicated;advice please

    missninaRN replied to burberrylover's topic in Relations

    I've only been in hospice nursing for 2 months, but one thing I know for sure is that terminal cancer is painful; controlling the pain of terminal cancer patients is one of the greatest challenges of comfort care. The fact that the POA didn't want t...

15. pt. load for case managers

    missninaRN replied to holiday2525's topic in Hospice

    Tewdles, do you make all nursing visits on those 12-15 patients, or do you also have an LPN? I'm just trying to figure out what to expect at my new job. (I also need to learn to assert myself with my new employer so I don't end up in a situation sim...