kate64

kate64 has 13 years experience and specializes in med/surg, ortho, gyn, LTC, home health.

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1. How many patients prefer no scrubs

   kate64 replied to hotmama2be's topic in Home Health

   Hi - In a way I can very easily see home care patients wanting visiting nurses not to wear scrubs or a uniform that would "give away" their status as a "patient" to their neighbors or the outside world. Perhaps their are a few (especially elderly one...

2. What hours do acute nurses work?

   kate64 posted a topic in Urology

   Hi everyone - I have been an RN for 15 years and am contemplating dialysis. I'm beginning to research some of the more "practical" basics of the job like hours etc. I have a friend who works for a clinic and I know they work ungodly hours like 5:30 a...

3. What should I review before going back to Med/Surg as an inactive nurse with out.....

   kate64 replied to RN28MD's topic in Med-Surg

   Hello RN28, I myself have been out of acute care for awhile. I have been an RN for over 13 years but have been doing home health and long term care for the past few years. Anyway, I also knew I wanted to freshen up my acute care skills, so I signed u...

4. Reason for not giving IV push med too fast?

   kate64 posted a topic in Med-Surg

   Hi everyone, I am in an RN refresher course, my instructor asked me point blank "what is the reason to give an IV push med slowly?" My original thought was fluid volume overload (which occurs with IV fluids because the volume), but could not immediat...

5. New LNC here with questions

   kate64 posted a topic in Legal

   Hello SirI and everyone else! This is my first post here and wanted to introduce myself. I have been an RN for over 13 years (med/surg, LTC and Home health) and just recently completed my LNC training through LNCStat . I am still awaiting my marketin...

6. New LNC with questions

   kate64 posted a topic in Legal

   Hello SirI and everyone else! This is my first post here and wanted to introduce myself. I have been an RN for over 13 years (med/surg, LTC and Home health) and just recently completed my LNC training through LNCStat . I am still awaiting my marketi...