PurpleHairUnicorn

PurpleHairUnicorn

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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. IV Phenergan

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to ERERER's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    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...

  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...

  9. IL LPNs and blood transfusions

    PurpleHairUnicorn posted a topic in Illinois Nursing

    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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  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...

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

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, 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...

  14. Help with organizational skills in Med/Surg

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to sasha2006's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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,...

  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...

  16. Nurse to patient ratios

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to mark hamel's topic in Illinois Nursing

    They need to pass something similar for ltc. Currently they look at staffing over a 24 hr period, counting office nurses and administration (if applicable)for their nurse hours total. Which amounts to...

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

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Daytonite, although I would suggest a yearly review of policy and procedure to cover those who have "been there since the doors opened" and equal enforcement of the policy and procedures,...

  18. Employment records

    PurpleHairUnicorn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have requested a copy of my employment records ( start date, stop date, pay rate) and a copy of my last employee evaluation (which I received a copy of but have since lost, I was at this particular...

  19. Employment records

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to PurpleHairUnicorn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks I didn't think of that, perhaps I'll try the TN board of labor as this is where the corporate office is supposed to be

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

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry I didn't mean to hijack the thread either.... From Il nurse practice act... (i) "Practical nurse" or "licensed practical nurse" means a person who is licensed as a practical nurse under this...

  21. Titration Problems - Help!!!!

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to nursemi's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    re:Here is a problem sample; Give lidocaine 30 mcg/kg/min to a child weighing 55 lbs. the drug available is 120 mg/100 ml of fluid. How many mcg/min will be given? The total mcg/min will be 750...

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

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

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

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    re; schroeders piano..the illinois lpn scope of practice is not currently defined,the Illinois Practice Act Task Force is currently working on defining the scope of practice for the LPN, therefore it...

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

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is a little off topic but...re:traumaRUs - In Illinois LPNs can take verbal orders and telephone orders, and our scope of practice varies from facility to facility. LPNs can do much, much more in...

  25. Titration Problems - Help!!!!

    PurpleHairUnicorn replied to nursemi's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For your first question the answer I came up with was 45 mg/hr. The pump setting would be 37.5 ml/hr. I took the child's wt, converted to kg., (25kg), multiplied that by 30mcg ( that's 750 )then I...