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I have a question for the polls I haven't seen here yet.
Where do you nurse, hospital/homehealth/hospice/nursing home/ clinic?
Second question what is your speciality?
Me, I work in a clinic where we deal with cancer patients from dr visits to chemo therapy and everyrthing in between and beyond.
Becky, I have had my share of positions. First, a med/surg staff nurse then added home care to it. Then I went full time homecare and then back to medsurg until a disability happened.
I believe every nurse no matter what the level is needs to be aware of the changing laws.
nurecheryl, you certainly have a diversified CV. I also believe that managed care is one of the major culprits of the shortage. Also, with being in case management how often or what percentage of patients stay outside the limits? I think that managed care has had a negative effect on the entire health of the nation. I have a gal in my class for BSN who has been a nurse for just three years and she is making decisions on who gets what kind of care. She, in my opinion does not have enough experience and to make those situations which could be life threatning. I think all newbies should be required to do a year of med/surg before speicalizing. It may actually cause the nurse to give better care as on med/'surg you see just about everything.
I work in a health clinic/10 bed infirmary at a co-ed boarding school for grades 9-12. Myself and another nurse run the health clinic 50 hours a week and we're on call 24/7. I also run a foot care clinic at a senior center 2-3 days a month. Prior to this, I worked at a rehab hospital as a staff nurse.
I am also having trouble voting.
Linda
EFMBholder: my son was stationed at Ft. Polk up until two years ago. He has many 'fond' memories of Louisiana-especially field training in the swamps! He's in Germany now headed for, (let's vote on this): Bosnia for the second time or Iraq for the second time.
Anyway, I am a self employed home health care nurse specializing in foot care as a nursing service.
Peace,
Lois
rebelwaclause, ASN, RN
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Hospital - Med-Surg. I hate it. I want my office back and meeting with medical directors and telling people what they can and can't have because of coverage and denying services, determining length of stays, fighting for out-of-plan services ...And I want.....
....Oh sorry. I work in med-surg - Hospital.