Ruth E. Raleigh

Ruth E. Raleigh has 37 years experience and specializes in Home Health.

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1. New Graduate Nurse Looking for Advice

   Ruth E. Raleigh replied to newnursegirl's topic in General Nursing

   Take the Telemetry position. In order to do home health, a nurse needs to develop his/her assessment skills first in knowing how to assess patients cardiovascular/respiratory status, and general...

2. New Grad seeking advice + reassurance: I will be taking 7 patients on med surg day shift

   Ruth E. Raleigh replied to emmaroseRN's topic in General Nursing

   As a practicing RN of 4 decades, I remember doing RN primary care in the hospital. There is NOTHING that can replace the old fashioned manual assessment of the heart, breathing and vitals by the RN....

3. California nursing pay

   Ruth E. Raleigh replied to kraft Wek's topic in General Nursing

   The cost of living is VERY high here in California, be it Northern California, or Southern California. Like the above post said it depends on where you live I.e., close to a major city such as Los...

4. Hospice Nurses! Help!

   Ruth E. Raleigh replied to Nurseynurse2424's topic in General Nursing

   ALWAYS OBTAIN CONSENT FIRST. Depending on which state you are in, I am in California and it is considered assault and battery to touch a patient first, without those written consents being...

5. Soon To Be Off Probation - Looking To Change Nursing Fields

   Ruth E. Raleigh replied to Ruth E. Raleigh's topic in General Nursing

   This was based on a complaint from a patient and her mother. I did specialty infusion with IVIG. Pt was put on IVIG infusion, but the insurance, Medi-Cal (Medicaid), only allowed 2 hours for the...

6. Returning to Nursing after a year away

   Ruth E. Raleigh replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

   There are a lot of jobs that will not require you to handle IV's and foley/indwelling urinary catheters. Probably a remote work from home position, telephone triage, etc. where you are not directly...

7. Soon To Be Off Probation - Looking To Change Nursing Fields

   Ruth E. Raleigh posted a topic in General Nursing

   In November, 2025 I will be off probation. I am extremely lucky to have been kept on at my current job in home health. I LOVE my job and have done home health for almost 30 years, but I admit that...

8. Have you ever been bullied by someone who had seniority over you?

   Ruth E. Raleigh replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

   If this nurse with only 2 years of experience lies and manipulates, that nurse WILL eventually be caught. How long it takes is hard to determine. I remember when I had a tough situation come up I...

9. Could I get into trouble for this?

   Ruth E. Raleigh replied to SentinelTruth's topic in General Nursing

   The Boards of Nursing are very stinky in deciding to discipline a licensed nurse. What seems to be a harmless thing could quite possibly turn into something. In the event you do hear from your state...

10. Help!! Should I use NSO attorney to fight BON Charge

    Ruth E. Raleigh replied to Just.Blessed.RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    By ALL MEANS GET AN ATTORNEY STAT. Do NOT even speak to the BON investigator without consulting with NSO sponsored attorney

11. Long, Dragged Out Probation Period

    Ruth E. Raleigh posted a topic in General Nursing

    In 2018 I had a complaint filed against my RN license here in California. At that time I had practiced 30 years in nursing. This was a malicious complaint, but I was disciplined and placed on...