nicole anne BSN, RN

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1. Lab values

   nicole anne posted a topic in General Nursing

   Quick question: I feel I'm struggling in understanding labs values -interpreting what they mean, which are most important to report to doctors, etc. I find it to be hard to remember/memorize it all...

2. So exhausted!?

   nicole anne posted a topic in Long Term Acute Care

   I am full time (five 8-hour shifts a week) on a busy LTAC unit. I run around all 8 hours and am lucky if I can sit to stuff some food in me. My question is: any other nurses out there TOTALLY...

3. Does anyone have experience with Wingate Healthcare in Mass?

   nicole anne replied to jdl1982's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Hi Jon! I've had an interview here and am considering the position. I was wondering if you took the job and if you could follow up with anything about it? Thank you so much for any

4. What am I doing wrong?!

   nicole anne posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Any advice (or encouragement) you could offer would be appreciated :) I'm a relatively new nurse with about 3 years experience. I had a hard time finding a job as a new grad and took a position as...

5. Private Duty wish: computers!

   nicole anne replied to Elektra6's topic in Private Duty

   My company went electronic about a year ago. They wrote their own secure website/program for documentation and MARs. I find it takes much less time to document as things that don't change are carried...

6. Good nurse novels to read?

   nicole anne replied to BIGT68's topic in General Nursing

   Not necessarily nursing related book but recently finished Stiff by Mary Roach. Really interesting read about cadavers and death. Highly recommend checking it

7. Late arriving Nurses

   nicole anne replied to Goal_NP's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   It drives me insane! I work in PDN and can't stand when the oncoming nurses show up late (or not at all- that's happened before sadly). 5 minutes late I can understand. 10-20 minutes late? Now you're...

8. Terrible Twos?

   nicole anne replied to nicole anne's topic in Private Duty

   So was mine... until she hit the "I want to be independent and test all boundaries" stage. I've dealt with it before and it wasn't horrible but that's because the parents cared and gave me some tools...

9. Terrible Twos?

   nicole anne posted a topic in Private Duty

   Has anyone ever had to deal with the "terrible twos" with a PDN patient? How did you deal with it? How about with parents who don't care to deal with it? I'm experiencing a lot of "terrible two"...

10. Walking into a mess

    nicole anne replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Sadly I feel your pain. It's very frustrating when I come in for my shift and the nurse before me has left the suction machine full, no suction catheters in the bag, no gloves around, etc. One of the...

11. I'm just as good as you...

    nicole anne replied to rnrg's topic in Private Duty

    I've been doing pediatric PDN for almost 2 years now and prior to that worked in a SNF for a while. Whenever I would catch up with old nursing classmates, I felt inferior and like they were looking...

12. How to Start a Medical Mission

    nicole anne replied to irishguy428's topic in General Nursing

    I do this with a group of nurses I graduated with. We go through program called "ProWorld". I highly recommend them - very professional, they make all arrangements (food, lodging, license in foreign...

13. Interested in Home Health

    nicole anne replied to akc_RN's topic in Home Health

    Hi akc_RN, I thought I would give a differing opinion from the pervious post. I started in pediatric home health care about 6 months ago (prior to that I worked in a skilled nursing facility for a...

14. New to Home Health - NEED ADVICE

    nicole anne posted a topic in Home Health

    I recently was offered a job a what seems to be a pretty reputable pediatric home health agency. I have a year of experience at an in-patient skilled nursing facility. However, I've never worked in a...

15. Interview Testing?!

    nicole anne replied to nicole anne's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It's in a long-term care facility on a trach and g-tube specific floor. I've been brushing up on the care involved with trachs and g-tubes as well as reading information from my textbooks. I have...