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Thanks to you both for your feedback. I went with the larger agency and just finished my first week. Most of my new co-orkers seem to think highly of it. There's a lot to learn but I'm excited-we'll...

Yep-another one of those reminders that it's not up to us...I never mind being humbled this way, though.

If I am sending an unsolicited resume to a facility, I will try to look up that info on their website if there is one. You can look for the director of HR, the staff recruiter or the nurse manager....

Definitely happens. Although I think the job market is becoming less tight out there, employers have definitely been dragging their feet with regards to actual offers. I can appreciate the fine line...

OK-gotta say that's something I've never heard of before! (And I didn't think there was anything that could surprise me!)

One is salaried until you're out on your own, then per case. The other is an hourly salary. Both have a quota for the number of visits per week, differentials according to acuity of task or visit and...

I have experience in acute inpatient rehab and in med/surg. I have 2 offers in Home Health companies and I'm trying to decide between a large national agency and a local, single-office agency that...

It is what it is!

Yep, that was a typical "toothbrushing" rhythm; any rapid repetitive movement could fit the bill!

I have heard "picking" described as a archtypical end-of-life behavior and have seen it on occasion in pts that were getting close (ie-weeks to days).

Nothing wrong with noting a recurring correlation between 2 events, even if we can't explain it. It's not necessarily unscientific-just something that we don't as yet have the capacity to understand/...

Cuz' then they'd have to pay for it

I kknow I'm kinda cynical but spending a little extra time periodically re-assessing your pt, maybe advocating for a lab or two and paging an MD if need be takes WAY less time than running a code..

The cartoons on the scrubs make the difference-I'm sure the in-between age kids think they are very cool. I agree that judgement should be exercised in wearing all black, especially on certain...

Studies have been made to analyze the hours immediately preceding an arrest and see if there are any signs and symptoms that could be predictive of impending arrest within a timeframe in which...

Yep-because it's a consistently repeating pattern in my experience (that and the full moon, too). I'm not talking about when it IS quiet to start and then makes up for lost time-just normally hectic...

Kewl. I just alway figured once it was out of anyone's mouth we were doomed.

Oh, yeah-I even feel a little nervous THINKING that word...my husband is so accustomed to this that his parting comment when I leave for work is "Hope it's the "Q" word"!

yep- been there, seen that (med-surg here), also tach d/t scratching an itch, or laughing. (i owe a couple of my gray hairs to just that phenomenon). you still have to check the patient instead of...

1) No one can make you" take off" your dignity. 2)Tomorrow is the Avon Walk weekend for Boston- I will keep you in my thoughts. All the best-we know you are a fighter! Chaya

It probably ought to be shown inside a little "dream bubble" above an exhausted nurse whose alarm is about to go off at 5:15 AM...

Def a gray area. In school we had a journal of the patients we cared for which we turned in weekly to the instructor. Pts were identified only by initials, age and gender, ie: E.F., 79 year old...

Exactly. While you clean them you are assessing mental status, pain, skin, movement and GI function. Grab a set of vitals, check pulses and listen to heart and lungs and you've got a pretty thorough...

Exactly.A few years back hospitals began to take a less punative approach to med errors and to encourage voluntary disclosure in order to discover where and how in the process errors occur and...

Interesting. I wouldn't even let myself THINK that. (Picture the Peanuts character with the little cloud over his head that follws him wherever he goes...). Likewise, I wouldn't even let anyone...