mb1949

mb1949

med surg home care PEDS

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  1. How many hours is too many

    I have a weird situation and would like some advice. I have a peds patient, pre school, vent dependent with other issues. Anyway I believe the case has 20h/day x 7 days. Nice family, however, the parents want to go away by themselves for a long...
  2. Home ventilators

    I agree love the trilogy
  3. How many hours is too many

    The patient has no meds. Just vent dependent and g tube
  4. How many hours is too many

    Thanks for your input. I will stop by agency office tomorrow and get copy of 485 andBoth pare
  5. Discouraged new/old grad

    sorry will have my bsn in May 2013
  6. Discouraged new/old grad

    don;t feel bad, I have an ADN, graduated in May 2010, will have my bsn in May of 2012 and still don;t have a steady job, even with a 3.9gpa, try some agencies, there are lots around, some are good, some not so good, I refuse to give up there...
  7. New Grad RN still no job

    I am in the same boat. Nursing homrs dont want new grads either especially in the Nyc area. I finally gave up and got an admin position. There r no jobs for new grads in this area. Anyone who got a job was pushed by. Thier mother sister uncle who is...
  8. BEWARE: Pace University

    Sorry fir typos. Darn i phone keyboard
  9. BEWARE: Pace University

    I am impressed. Nevermind the debate about Pace. How did you get a few job offers. My classmates and i have beem looling for over one year. Its rpugh in the metro NY area
  10. After 20 MONTHS of job search.....i give up.

    Amen, I am in the same position, 20 months no jobs, I am working in a bank now, making just barely minimum wage, and people I went to school with who I helped through school got jobs, I am so depressed.
  11. Any grads of Lehman College RN to BSN program?

    Yes they do have nursing classes during the summer and the winter intersession, so if you go straight throuhg you could do it faster, don;t forget though they only give you sixty undergrad credits and so you have to do the 37,5 nursing credits plus...
  12. How is job market NOW for Registered Nurses?

    Please I went to school with a ton of Philipino students and they are actually in the same boat as the rest of us in NYC, if they can't get jobs what hope is there for the rest of us, I graduated one year ago, and haven't had one interview, and y...
  13. After 20 MONTHS of job search.....i give up.

    Good for you, congratulations, it gives me hope, I am 20 months and around 50k in debt, so discouraging,
  14. Any grads of Lehman College RN to BSN program?

    Full time you can do it in 4 semesters
  15. Any grads of Lehman College RN to BSN program?

    Yes there are classes at night, most of the rn to bsn classes are online the few that are not are at night, the liberal art requirements can be done at night , day , weekends or on line. There are no clinical requirements, you have a physical ...
  16. Any grads of Lehman College RN to BSN program?

    I am at Lehman now, RN to BSN, and I love it, so far the Professors are great very helpful, the classes are reasonable, most of the nursing classes are on line, of course it is CUNY so dealing with financial aid, the registar etc are the usual CUNY n...
  17. Good at Theory, Trouble with Clinical/Lab

    Become a CNA, listen to me, I am an RN now but I struggled through nursing school, I was all thumbs, and felt so uncomfortable during med pass, wound care whatever, but now I don;t even sweat it, you just need practice, they make it so myst...
  18. I'm a nurse. Not a housekeeper!

    Ok how about this, patient has an older sibling under 5, mom thougt she was slick, would go out for milk and disappear for 2 hours, once for the whole day, that was it, I am not a nanny, and honestly if medicaid did an impromptu visit, I woul...
  19. Should I leave this case? Worried.

    It is sad they are put in this position, my client just had hours cut, I have to find another day somewhere cause this isn't cutting it, anyway I just left another case for much of the same reasons, and because mom thought I was nannny for her o...
  20. too hot in the home

    I had to leave a job this summer because of this, a little different situation, worked nights, apartment was an oven,, mom would take baby into her room and put the air conditioner on, while I sweated in a hot living roon, on a plastic covered ...
  21. Am I Nursey Enough For You?

    Thank you, its time we realize all Nurses are important and do important work,
  22. After 20 MONTHS of job search.....i give up.

    I feel the same way, I have given up, unless someone gets you a job you will never get one in the NYC area, upstate there are some jobs available, however due to family responsibilites this is impossible for me. So I am back working as an admi...
  23. Landed an Interview!!

    Good luck, let us know how it goes, I rooting for you
  24. ADN New York No Prerequisites Yet

    I started nursing school in my early 50's it took me almost 4 years to do the pre reqs and finished the nursing program with an AAS I got my BSN in no time so figured out how old I am as a fairly new nurse,,34 is a baby
  25. is anyone else in CUNY hell?

    Graduated from BCC in 2009, and get use to it, nursing school is tough, BCC is doubly tough, CUNY is tough, you have to do everything yourself, no one tells you anything, the staff is not too friendly to say the least, and it took me 4 years ...