I work home health in Texas for a government program taking care of nuclear and uranium workers in their home, most patients with around the clock care in 12 hour shifts. I have noticed that there have been staffing issues and regularly see nurses be...
The company is KetaMD. I will be honest with you, it has been a slow start. From the updates we get from the company they are still working out kinks with pharmacies in each state. I haven't had a patient session as of yet. When we do start up we hav...
I am involved with several psychedelic therapy groups on FB, MAPS, and a member of Cannabis Nurses Network. I have watched several great lectures on the subject - how psychedelics reset the brain, ect. I just think of so many patients who have had ...
Girl, this is so encouraging and gets me fired up! Thank you so much for your post! How do we get involved at this point? I am in school right now for my ADN and will graduate in May with my eye on psych. I am doing my preceptership later this sem...
I know this post is from August, but I am highly interested in psychedelic therapies as well. I will graduate with my RN in May and I am looking to branch out in alternative therapies. I have been watching TED talks from psychiatrists and physician...
My supervisor told me that JC would be reviewing my file and she had concerns in regards of my past mistakes/write-ups. I asked her if there was a possibility that I would lose my job and she said she didn't think so. But I know that might be a pos...
Well, in all actuality, when I was trained and in clinicals I was just handed a glucometer and asked to go check the blood sugar. I don't know of any co-workers that check blood sugars like joint commission says we need to. But now we will be wiser...
Joint commission has been at our facility this week and watched me do a blood glucose check on a patient. I failed to wipe the first drop of blood before obtaining the sample for the stick so our department was cited. My supervisor told me about th...
Hello guys! Just reaching out to any hospice nurses out there. I am currently an LVN and working my way toward RN. I have been considering hospice nursing (I am currently a tech at an ER) and was wondering how you got into hospice care? As in, wh...
Here is the list unsafe practices that is up for my peer review (it is alot): 1) When I first started work (ED) I was assisting another nurse in starting an IV and NS fluids. The nurse asked for a J-loop; I attached it to the saline flush but I d...
hherrn, this is great advice. My supervisor went over the fact that I graduated with honors, 3.5GPA, excelled in clinicals (several of rotations were in this department) and she wondered where the disconnect is. I honestly don't have an answer to g...