MsNurse1997

Hi all! I am a RN with step down ICU experience looking to move to the central Florida area at the end of this year, Leesburg, FL to be exact. I was wondering if any of you have worked at or knew other nurses that have working at the UF Central Healt...

Hi! I’m a new school nurse. I’m currently in a long term substitute position for a K-5 school. I've been at this school for 3 weeks now so I've gotten the feel for everything and have my routine down. I have noticed a large problem with students comi...

I’m a full time float nurse for my school district, 22 schools total. I do a lot of long term sub positions for nurses on maternity leave, sick leave or for schools whose nurses have quit and waiting to hire a new one. I’ve been at this current eleme...

Yes I agree. I moved the note to the alerts section so it pops up on her profile when opened and I also removed all meds from her permitted list. The teacher messaged the parent about it yesterday actually and she was fine with it. Turns out the reas...

I made my first semi-big mistake in home health yesterday and didn’t realize it till today. I saw another case managers patient who has a foley that is irrigated each week with a vinegar acetic solution. I was looking to see when her next cath change...

The older kids (3rd-5th grade) have literally told me they miss being virtual and want to go back to that. Their reasoning? They could get all their work done in a hour and goof off and do whatever they want the rest of the day. And that’s all fine a...

You have to think most of the elementary school children the past 2 years have been used to virtual learning where they were not closely supervised and made to do their work. And most of the kindergarten kids have probably never be in a structured se...

One of the second grade teachers came to me today and she has a class full of frequent flyers. Today she had enough of it and told them if you are hurting or feeling that bad to go to the nurse, you need to sit out and rest and recess. I haven’t seen...

Everyone seems to be getting offended about this. You don’t know how many kids I deal with daily that are repeat offenders. I have some kids that come 2 or 3 times a day everyday. If a kid comes that I rarely ever see and says they threw up I’ll more...

That’s for all the advice! The teacher actually came and apologized to me yesterday for it. She said the secretary actually confronted her about it cause she saw how the kid was acting in my office and it made her mad as well. Our school policy for v...

Hello all! I’ve been a home health case manager for about 4 months now at a small hospital based agency. When I was hired in my schedule requirements were M-F 8-4:30 for my scheduled visits and taking call Friday from 4:30PM to Monday 8AM once every ...

Hey! I’ve been a nurse for 1 year now but, have worked in healthcare for 5 years, and just accepted a job in HH as a Case Manager! I’m super exited but also very nervous about it. I was wondering if any of you had some good advice for me and any skil...

It’s through a hospital! I interviewed there and with a private company and going with the hospital affiliated home health was a much better choice. The private company would only give me one month of orientation and I’d also have to work 12 hour shi...

We can see up to 7 patients a day but our typical amount is 5. And if we see 7 they are simple visits, like someone who just needs labs drawn or their PICC dressing changed. And we cover a zip code so most of our patients are within a 15-20 mile radi...

Hi! I’m a newer nurse (graduated in May 2020), I worked on a stepdown unit for 9 months and just recently started a new job at a completely different hospital in L&D, which is my dream job! Unfortunately, it’s definitely not what I thought it wou...

Our unit hangs LR and Pit on 2 separate primary lines and pumps. I feel like this is how it is done in most places and it keeps that from happening. Otherwise it can be a disaster waiting to happen. I would clarify how you are supposed to hang Pit wi...

I should I guess also mention the type of unit it is. It’s solely L&D. We have a separate mom/baby unit and us L&D nurses also cover the antepartum unit (which isn’t always open). It’s a high risk so we get all the high risk pregnancies from ...