emmybear2005

emmybear2005 specializes in MR.

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1. Opening a group home???

   emmybear2005 replied to SOS4U's topic in General Nursing

   You would think, but I guess it is like the for profit nursing homes. They somehow make money, I've worked for them for 18 yrs & they have expanded over the years. But other companies have gone under, hard population to serve & to meet the ...

2. Opening a group home???

   emmybear2005 replied to SOS4U's topic in General Nursing

   I work for a group home that is run by a Private for profit company. We have 7+ clients & we are labeled as an ICF/MR setting. The only ones that live there are the clients. We then have round the clock care w/ nurses & direct care. The c...

3. Nasty family trying to pull the VIP card

   emmybear2005 replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

   Does MR mean you work in medical records? No I work in a group home with Mentally/Physically challenged clients, formally mental retardation. As for an ER nurse being busy or not, I didn't mean to imply that this is how ALL ER nurses are. The nurse...

4. Nasty family trying to pull the VIP card

   emmybear2005 replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

   "when they start helping themselves to blankets" Ok I'm guilty of this- just did it Friday when I took my daughter to the ER. She was laying on a litter, visably shivering, & the nurse gave her a SHEET. I asked for a blanket, nurse disappeare...

5. Heparin Drip Error

   emmybear2005 replied to YO/RN's topic in General Nursing

   I went for a job interview & was asked if they may contact my present employer. I was honest & said yes, but that my current employer would only say that yes I was employed there. The HR person said that the most ANY employer could tell a p...

6. Biochemo vs chemotherapy

   emmybear2005 replied to voraciousj's topic in General Nursing

   I went thru biotherapy- which I believe was the immunotherapy minus the chemo. I went thru a year of Interferon. Another one is interleuken. I went the thru the interferon to start my cells fighting malignant metastatic melanoma. My oncologist ca...

7. Saw something that really disturbed me tonight

   emmybear2005 replied to flightnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

   The department of welfare should be able to help. Most group homes are owned by just a few companies, if u know the names of the companies in ur area u could call them. I work for a group home & we do dress in street clothes and don't advertis...

8. LPN acronym

   emmybear2005 replied to michael79's topic in LPN/LVN

   Let's pretend nurse

9. Differences of Pharmacy technician

   emmybear2005 replied to Nursebarebari's topic in General Nursing

   the tech with the degree went to school for 2 years, where as the tech just did on the job training. there isn't a difference in pay. my 19 yr old daughter is a pharm tech n has been since she was 17. she makes 8 bucks an hr here in central pa. she i...

10. Central Susquehanna LPN Center...Sunbury?

    emmybear2005 replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in Pennsylvania

    The LPN Center used to be known as Danville Area SD School of Nursing, that had been around for a very long time- based in Washingtonville. I went to that program back in 1995-96. Since then I have worked as an LPN in a group home. It was a good p...

11. Schedules

    emmybear2005 replied to emmybear2005's topic in General Nursing

    Yep thats how they have been doing it lately. We are a small ICF for MR about 15 employees presently- usually 25 or better. We all have set schedules w/a contract we signed. I am supposed to work 37 hrs a week 4 days each week. Our problem is we...

12. Schedules

    emmybear2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was just wondering how far in advance is an employer required to post schedules? My employer post them on Friday- for the following week. It is driving us nuts because we cannot make appts & plan vacations cause we never know what we are wo...

13. Pre reqs what is needed?

    emmybear2005 posted a topic in Online Learning

    Hi everyone. Just wanted to know what all classes were needed b4 you start your Nursing Concepts at Excelsior? I know A & P, Microbiology, and Psych. But what other ones? A group of nurses where I work are all gonna go through the program ...

14. Excelsior College Costs

    emmybear2005 posted a topic in Online Learning

    Hi, I'm new to this site and had a few questions about EC. First, I've checked the site and costs- not exactly sure I understand how that works. It tells the price for exams- NRSG Concepts 1 thru 7 cost 215.00 each. Is that correct? And then t...