SteveNurse

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1. Nursing Home: Tips on how to be faster in med pass?

   SteveNurse replied to itsdebraanne's topic in New Nurse

   I saw in the responses many good tips on how to pass meds faster. In nursing school, they said you get 1 hour before and one hour after the med is due to be in the acceptable safe window. Some of the Facilities I work at have a 5-hour med pass, ...

2. Assignments 120 miles round trip

   SteveNurse replied to SteveNurse's topic in Home Health

   Thats wonderful! However my former employer isn't that good to its people. No insurance. No raise for 10 years. Not ebough shifts. And certainly NO company car! But don't worry about me, I will find a job closer to my home :)

3. Assignments 120 miles round trip

   SteveNurse replied to SteveNurse's topic in Home Health

   UPDATE : Well, I met with my Supervisor AND her supervisor this morning (12/15/2017) and I got fired. But its just as well, because I think I'll be happier elsewhere, I called a nearby Nursing Home ( 1/2 mile away and got hired this afternoo...

4. Assignments 120 miles round trip

   SteveNurse replied to SteveNurse's topic in Home Health

   I am an LPN for 25 years now. I work in a Hospice type company Per Diem in Orlando, FL. and I have an old 1997 Nissan Altima which does fine if I am only driving about 10 to 15 miles. Otherwise it begins to stall out and this has happened many times ...

5. Assignments 120 miles round trip

   SteveNurse posted a topic in Home Health

   I am a Per Diem LPN for 25 years now, and I have an old 1997 Nissan Altima which does fine if I am only driving about 10 to 15 miles. Otherwise it begins to stall out and this has happened many times in the middle of a large highway! For the past...