River&MountainRN

River&MountainRN ADN, RN

Primary Care, LTC, Private Duty

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  1. Women's Right to Choose

    River&MountainRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I haven't seen this conversation come up on AllNurses, even after Scrubs Mag addressed the erosion of women's right to choose. I apologize if this is too much of a hot-button issue to open up for...

  2. Aveanna Takeover of Maxim

    River&MountainRN posted a topic in Private Duty

    Has anyone else heard the news? It looks like Maxim has sold their home care portion of the company to Aveanna. See the announcement here: Link What do you all think of the move? What do you think it...

  3. Drowning in Skills

    River&MountainRN posted a topic in Private Duty

    ***Please keep off FB Before coming to Big Name Agency, my skill sets were all from SNF/LTC and clinic nursing. I had extensive G-tube experience, wound care experience, suctioning, some IV experience...

  4. You know what grinds my gears?

    River&MountainRN replied to Snatchedwig's topic in General Nursing

    When you try multiple times to reach a patient about their controlled medication that they're requesting EARLY, leave multiple voicemails, and then they call back to complain "no one called me and now...

  5. Should I disclose my current job to interviewer?

    River&MountainRN replied to CA_new_grad's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    People talk and 2 hours away isn't that far away when it comes to the small community of nursing...heck, go 2 hours away here and you're still part of the same hospital network! See what I mean? So,...

  6. Leaving a Position during Orientation

    River&MountainRN replied to RNnurse2019's topic in General Nursing

    Never have I ever had to work out a notice while still on orientation. It just doesn't make sense, since you're still training "under" someone and not on the schedule by

  7. Can I Be a Nurse?

    River&MountainRN replied to Elllauxj's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If this isn't just a joke post from a "one and done" new member, then let me be blunt: You will need to work extremely hard and, yes, you do need to know basic

  8. Deciding on CEUs

    River&MountainRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    How do you determine which CEU credits you take to meet your state-mandated renewal quota (if your state has one)? Do you just do the cheapest/freebies as you find them? Do you limit yourself to CEUs...

  9. Year of Experience

    River&MountainRN replied to dhbrn's topic in General Nursing

    I count three ways, depending on the situation: x amount of years since I graduated nursing school, x amount of years since I passed the NCLEX, and x amount of years since I first started working as a...

  10. Your Favorite Nursing "Hack"

    River&MountainRN replied to canadianedmurse's topic in General Nursing

    Reminding myself that a. You can't care more than the patient, b. Patients are allowed to make stupid decisions, and c. You don't have to like all of your patients. It's saving me a lot of grief and I...

  11. Rant: Feeling like the worst nurse ever

    River&MountainRN replied to 2018nurseandbeyond's topic in General Nursing

    Did it seem particularly worse this past week? Because everyone I talked to at work seemed to share in the same sentiment...for some reason, this past week was worse than most! Hang in there! You'll...

  12. Miserable New Grad

    River&MountainRN replied to PippyM's topic in General Nursing

    You just need to find the right practice...some will be absolutely miserable, with the teams at each others' throats, the doctors throwing them under the bus, with no hope of lunch or leaving on time...

  13. Miserable New Grad

    River&MountainRN replied to PippyM's topic in General Nursing

    8 hours is great (8.5 if they make you work to make up for your 1/2 hour unpaid lunch so that you get a full 8 hours' pay)...you get there, get busy with the start of the day, before you know it it's...

  14. Miserable New Grad

    River&MountainRN replied to PippyM's topic in General Nursing

    It's one of those "you love it or you hate it" areas...but it does allow for a more normal schedule, no heavy lifting, less acuity (therefore, in one way, less stress). The EMRs can be an absolute...

  15. Miserable New Grad

    River&MountainRN replied to PippyM's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on the clinic...I've worked in some where they average 30+ patients over 8-10 hours per provider, on top of also having to do nurse procedures, PAs, telephone triage, case management,...

  16. what do ambulatory nurses do?

    River&MountainRN replied to abu123's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on how hard up for help the facility is that you're applying to as far as ease of being hired. When I hear the term "Ambulatory Nursing", my thoughts range from Walk-In/Urgent Care (where...

  17. Nurse as a Patient?

    River&MountainRN replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    YES, it is very scary! They exist and they walk among us as coworkers that subtly (or not-so-subtly in the OP's case) try to sabotage us in our day to day shifts

  18. Exhausted; I want a way out.

    River&MountainRN replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Have you considered fostering (either just to foster or a foster-to-adopt

  19. Please excuse the nature of this question: upcoming tests

    River&MountainRN replied to mathboy's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but this website is not allowed to provide medical advice. This would best be a question for your

  20. Nurse Beaten by Patient Denied Request for Unpaid Time Off and Fired

    River&MountainRN replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    She needed leave donations, even unpaid, to protect her job, even better if they were paid days off to have some income. I take it you're not in the US if you're unfamiliar with FMLA (Family and...

  21. Pediatric Home care Nursing

    River&MountainRN replied to Motivated87's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't sign up for a radius farther than an hour (what an hour TRULY means for your commute, factoring in major vs back roads and amount of traffic) away from your door. Once you start picking...

  22. Pediatric Home care Nursing

    River&MountainRN replied to Motivated87's topic in General Nursing

    Usually it's when you hit get to the job site, find the tablet that documentation is done on, and then get the tablet started up (or the off-going nurse finishes their notes and logs out so that you...

  23. Pediatric Home care Nursing

    River&MountainRN replied to Motivated87's topic in General Nursing

    That is fantastic news! In that case, have fun with it!!! ? ? ? They sometimes have shorter shifts that'll be perfect to slot into down time that you have without becoming overwhelming since it's...

  24. Pediatric Home care Nursing

    River&MountainRN replied to Motivated87's topic in General Nursing

    Like I said in my last post (too late to edit it), I enjoyed it and LEARNED a LOT. To go back to your original question, though, $29.50 can or cannot be "enough", depending on the hours/cases...

  25. Pediatric Home care Nursing

    River&MountainRN replied to Motivated87's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, have you ever done home care? It's a special specialty, but as long as you have backup income for those famine periods that is the "feast or famine" nature of the beast, know what you're doing...