JessLPN2RNASN

JessLPN2RNASN

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About JessLPN2RNASN

JessLPN2RNASN has 8 years experience and specializes in ER.


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  1. Skilled Need?

    I am new to home health, and have been through the crash course on my own. Much of what I know comes from all you wonderful people who post information and answer posts from floundering fools like me. Here comes another question: I recently admitt...
  2. How do you say no

    I'd like to know how to say no when you are the only (willing) RN at the company. The other is close to retirement and has done hospice only for the last 20 years. How so you say no then? When is it okay to turn down referrals without having the dr ...
  3. Is this ok?

    A port is a little different than a PICC line but the technique is the same. Clean the site well, flush with 5-10 ml NS and waste 8-12 ml, draw your labs with a syringe and transfer to the tubes. Flush with 10 ml NS and 5ml heparin EVERY TIME. If hep...
  4. 5 top things

    I have been doing home health for 6 months and feel like a retard. I have been a nurse for almost 9 years and I think my company is taking advantage of me being an "experienced nurse". I had two days of orientation (no skilled anything, just OASIS t...
  5. Would you consider a home birth?

    I appreciate the concern everyone voiced on both sides. I agree that the NICU and L&D nurses would be against home births because they see what goes wrong; a normal home birth doesn't go to the hospital. I have been an RN for over a year and an...
  6. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    "nurse" is a protected title. It is agaist the law to call yourself a nurse if you so not hold an LPN/LVN or RN license recognized by the state. It is the same a calling yourself a doctor, Navy Captain, or Queen of England. You are no more a nurse...
  7. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    I love being a nurse and helping those who cannot help themselves, but nursing is also about helping those TO help themselves. Anyone considered that part of the shortage stems from people who refuse to take a proactive role in their own well-being,...
  8. Dear Abbey, about a nurse

    someone needs to write and tell abbey that its not the doctor's job to discipline a nurse because the nurse doesn't belong to him. if their is a valid complaint against a nurse, it should be made towards hospital administration or the state board of ...
  9. Dear Abbey, about a nurse

    There is an ethical obligation (and legal, to some extent) for a nurse to discuss the side effects of medications, however, this particular side effect had nothing to do with life-and-death or the effects on the patient's well-being. Therefore, it w...
  10. microbiology for pregnant women

    Usually gloves are not given out in a micro class because of the use of bunsen burners and open flames; heat is easier to pull away from than is a glove melted to your skin. If you are using the correct technique while in class, you should be fine-i...
  11. Nurses under the influence

    I am an RN student in Idaho. I have been an LPN for almost three years, and I have seen some scary things on the job and in the clinical setting. I have heard many stories of nurses caught in the bathroom at work shooting up stolen medications. I ...
  12. Ohhhhh your a Nurse!?!?

    How sad to hear that credentials dictate the treatment you deserve! I agree with PapawJohn and Dave Barry; it doesn't matter how you treat your friends, but how you treat your servants (so to speak. The term is old fashioned. If I remember correctly,...