JoanKayRNBSN

JoanKayRNBSN

Med-surg, ortho, tele, float

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About JoanKayRNBSN

JoanKayRNBSN has 7 years experience and specializes in Med-surg, ortho, tele, float.


Second Career RN

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  1. Fall assessment in home health

    If this has already been addressed - please forgive me! Is a fall risk assessment a standard part of your initial assessment in home health? I want to add one, and I’ve been told it’s not needed. If yes - is there one geared towards home health? How ...
  2. You are right - it is not safe, but I have seen it happen.
  3. confused about insulin

    Is the insulin given based on the amount of carbs eaten per meal? The hospitals where our students go has started to switch to this type of dosing. Add to this room service and host/hostesses who do not understand carb counting - and you have a perfe...
  4. Lift recommendations for patients following flap repair

    I generally work on the weekends - PT/OT are as precious as rubies and will only come for trauma cases. I was hoping to have a great new idea for transferring patients that would not involve me hurting myself. I guess I'll go back to finding someone ...
  5. Lift recommendations for patients following flap repair

    I like the idea of asking the patient - because that puts them at the front of the care decisions. Most of the patients that I work with need 100% assistance to transfer from bed to wheelchair. My concern is the expectation that I am - even with the ...
  6. I have a general question - On the floor I work we have several patients that have had flap repairs to coccyx/buttocks (patients with paraplegia) that are on a specific schedule of assiting to chair 3-4 times a day. I am getting push back from mgmt o...
  7. Overweight Students

    All students come to nursing with challenges to providing patient care. It may be that they have learning disabilities, mobility issues, or other things that might make nursing care difficult. I had no problem showing a student who was missing severa...
  8. Nurse to Patient Ratio

    I was in tears over this this weekend. Calls to mgmt to report understaffing of 2-3 nurses are not returned. They must think we are like the check engine light on the dashboard - if you ignore it the problem will (hopefully) just go away!
  9. What does your username mean?

    My user name is to honor my mother who passed away a few years ago. She was very surprised when I told her i wanted to be a nurse, but she was also the first one to buy me a stethoscope and I still have a card from her congratulating me on my success...
  10. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    I saw an earlier post regarding the presence of mgmt on the floor as a ghost story. Made my day to see that I am not the only one who sees these things as frightening!
  11. What do you have to wear???

    RNs can wear navy blue, white, or prints that are mostly navy or white in background. I am one of the cheapest people that I know, so I ususally just get my scrubs at a discount store and only solid colors. I would love to wear all white.... but I am...