livinglighthouse ADN, RN

livinglighthouse has 13 years experience as a ADN, RN and specializes in Oncology, Palliative care.

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   Is home health that bad?

   livinglighthouse replied to trinan71's topic in Home Health

   I feel like I am a lucky one.........I worked in the hospital setting for 8 years, Med/Surg, Oncology, Cardiac/Neuro, Case Management. I started in home health last year and I agree that the first year is tough.......and you feel like you are worki...
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   How do you use your flexible schedule?

   livinglighthouse posted a topic in Home Health

   In a typical 8 hour day most home health nurses I know use that time very differently and not always in a strict 8-5 linear fashion, nor seeing patients starting first thing in the morning...........I am curious how people set up their days to work f...
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   Inadvertent HIPPA violation

   livinglighthouse replied to livinglighthouse's topic in HIPAA

   Just want to let everyone know how things ended up..........Had to meet with Compliance Dept today, signed a disclosure that I will not share or distribute hipaa information and that I verify that the email had been deleted and trash bin emptied as w...
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   Inadvertent HIPPA violation

   livinglighthouse replied to livinglighthouse's topic in HIPAA

   Thank you for your reply. I did not report it as my thought was that the information was sent to myself, and that the info was something part of my job, not unauthorized access to info. Deleting it I figured my only error was accidentally emailing ...
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   Inadvertent HIPPA violation

   livinglighthouse posted a topic in HIPAA

   I just started a new job at Kaiser and am 2 months into my 90 day probation. I inadvertently created a hippa violation. Here is what happened. I had made some word/excel documents with checklists to help me remember tasks with my new job. I wanted...
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   HH in CA....new job offer, thoughts?

   livinglighthouse replied to livinglighthouse's topic in Home Health

   the benefits are very good....and the case load is 15 for the first year and then 20 thereafter....
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   HH in CA....new job offer, thoughts?

   livinglighthouse posted a topic in Home Health

   I have been in the hospital for 8 years now.....I have begun to specialize in chemotherapy, palliative care. I got an offer from a big hospital in Sacramento for HH Advanced Illness Management............the offer is M-F 8-5pm, one Saturday on call ...
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   CA RN...will I take a paycut?

   livinglighthouse posted a topic in Travel

   I currently work FT in Nor Cal making $42 base pay...we do not own a home so would not qualify for a tax home.........would I end up taking a paycut to travel???? We are mostly interested in the traveling, not necessarily getting rich (unrealistic, p...
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   Experiences with being an Alternate for Admission?

   livinglighthouse replied to LuckyinKY's topic in General Students

   I was alternate #3 this semester and got in. Ultimately 6 alternates got in. We have a class of 48........I think each school is different and a lot has to do with how many students are accepted. I didn't find out until the beginning of December t...
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    Nursing school starts Tuesday!!

    livinglighthouse replied to capemay5143's topic in General Students

    I had family orientation last Thursday, then this Thursday I have a 4 hour orientation (lots of paperwork I hear) then start classes on Monday. the first 8 weeks we have no clinicals, dosage calculations/pharmocology, theory, med/surg, lab and fundam...
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    Just got back from Family Orientation

    livinglighthouse replied to livinglighthouse's topic in General Students

    My school is Butte Community College in Oroville, California
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    Just got back from Family Orientation

    livinglighthouse posted a topic in General Students

    And it was great, I think all nursing school should do this. They did a powerpoint to show the number of hours the student is in class and the number of hours they should be studying at home so the family understands the workload. They also talked ...
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    Why did you Failed Clinicals?

    livinglighthouse replied to bambam1288's topic in General Students

    At the school I'm starting at I've heard pushing ANY IV meds without your instructor present will get you immediately expelled. No ifs and or buts.
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    Help...my nursing program starts in 3 weeks

    livinglighthouse replied to heatherRNgrad2011's topic in General Students

    I start in two weeks and here is what I've been doing/will do. 1. Read the intro/first chapter in each of my textbooks 2. Getting a message 3. Stocking up on school supplies and snacks to keep in my car 4. Getting my house in order 5. Reading wh...
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    I had orientation today!

    livinglighthouse replied to jcolli01's topic in General Students

    We have a family orientation next week on the 14th (this is where your spouse, kids, parents come) this is pretty cool that our school does to help prepare the families for what the student is going through for the next 2 years and they give ideas of...