Katy1

Katy1 has 30 years experience.

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1. RN care for developmentally disabled while vacationing

   Katy1 posted a topic in Entrepreneurs

   Question: I consider my expertise with developmentally disabled individuals with medical needs: I am trying to find out how I can find a resource where I can contract myself out to provide care for families that need a nurse when they travel to hotel...

2. G-tube questions

   Katy1 replied to noname44's topic in General Nursing

   Hello, you can always open the tube and roll the abdomen to try to dispel air you feel is trapped in a patients abdomen if it becomes distended. When you check residual, sometimes the air will come out before you get to the residual. The m...

3. RN -> interim Director -> Director -> pushed out. Could I, or should I, have helped?

   Katy1 replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

   Unfortunately, when people move up to administrator positions, they have a different role and the patients become numbers and budgets. In my professional career, I try not to do too many management roles because I feel I can make a bigger difference ...