PurpleHairUnicorn

PurpleHairUnicorn has 27 years experience and specializes in designated med nurse,med surg,hh, peds.

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1. anyone work for PSA

   PurpleHairUnicorn replied to txbootsy's topic in Private Duty

   I worked for them for 3 months somewhere in Texas in late 2015, and my experience was less than stellar. They offered me one payscale when I hired in, but when I actually worked for them, I was getting paid the same (lower) rate for a Trach/Vent, G b...

2. oasis question

   PurpleHairUnicorn replied to PurpleHairUnicorn's topic in Home Health

   Sorry I haven't updated....Here is what happened....I went to the meeting, they placed me on 'administrative leave' and gave me 2 weeks to get my weight restriction lifted. I left the meeting, was on my way home, they called me back to the office and...

3. oasis question

   PurpleHairUnicorn replied to PurpleHairUnicorn's topic in Home Health

   I received a call today (Sunday!!!) asking me to please be in the office at 10am Monday morning for a meeting with the DON, Operations manager, and the home office HR person....I know they are going to try to give me the axe, even though I have email...

4. oasis question

   PurpleHairUnicorn replied to PurpleHairUnicorn's topic in Home Health

   They are aware of the regs, they just choose to interpret them differently. They say I can do any thing OASIS wise as long as the RN countersigns it. That's not the way I read it. SO, NOW I was "suspended" because I have a 50 lb weight restriction. ...

5. oasis question

   PurpleHairUnicorn replied to PurpleHairUnicorn's topic in Home Health

   You were right, it did come back and bite me, I got "suspended" today, because I have a 50lb weight restriction, Funny thing is,...they knew that when they hired me 3 months ago, (I will probably receive the axe on Monday.) My weight restriction was ...

6. oasis question

   PurpleHairUnicorn posted a topic in Home Health

   I work for a home health agency, we do mostly medicare patients. The RNs are supposed to do Start of Care Assessments, Recertification assessments, Transfer and Discharge assessments. The OASIS forms that need to be filled out ask the discipline of t...

7. IV Phenergan

   PurpleHairUnicorn replied to ERERER's topic in Infusion

   Mosby's drug guide for nurses states to dilute with 9ml NaCl and administer over 2 minutes. Always dilute phenergan when giving it IV. My DH was in ER a while ago for what turned out to be food poisioning, they gave him undiluted phenergan and his ve...

8. want to help out a friend BUT.....

   PurpleHairUnicorn replied to hhrhrn41's topic in General Nursing

   We had a conversation with a legal nurse consultant about "borrowing meds" from one patient to another just this morning. She said that "borrowing" meds constitutes a number of crimes including dispensing without a license (doctors prescribe, pharma...

9. Patients whose gf/bf sleep with them in the hospital bed

   PurpleHairUnicorn replied to PickMePlze's topic in General Students

   When my DH was in the hospital years ago, he INSISTED I sleep in the bed with him. He was scared out of his mind,and couldn't rest with out me next to him. (they thought he had pancreatic cancer. He didn't, turns out it was food poisioning) I have NE...

10. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    RE: Happy2behere96 This is off topic, but regarding your calling docs to pronounce death, how does this work? I mean do you chart Doc pronounced death at such and such time. Could you explain to me the steps you take when someone dies in your facili...

11. IL LPNs and blood transfusions

    PurpleHairUnicorn posted a topic in Illinois

    Stumbled across and ad from Kindred Hospital in Chicago (on Monster.com) They are looking for LPNs with "Intravenous Blood Certification" Does this mean LPNs can GIVE/START the blood transfusion as well as monitor for a reaction?

12. Ever been accused of being an "overcompensator"?

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Been there, done that, and from personal experience I can say, you can always lose weight and learn a few makeup tricks, (have plastic surgery if truly "deformed"), but he will STILL be a drop out loser with an $8/hr girlfriend,who will probably ch...

13. Can you be called "Doctor" with a PhD in Nursing?

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to Jo Dirt's topic in NP

    I once worked with a nurse who was also a DC. On her charts she signed her name "Sally Smith RN" Her full legal title (at least in Georgia) was Dr. Sally Smith RN BA BSN DC. She always introduced herself to her patients by saying "Hello, I'm Sally a...

14. Help with organizational skills in Med/Surg

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to sasha2006's topic in Student Assist

    When I went through clinicals back in the dark ages, we went to the hospital the evening before and got our assignments. Allong with the schedule, I also made a check list of what needed to be done, and crossed it off as I did it. Hope this helps.

15. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think the problem could be in part , that LPN programs don't have a standardized curriculum,and the scope of practice varies so much from state to state. One school will teach iv therapy, one will not, some places LPNs can drop an NG some places th...