NurseRoRo

NurseRoRo

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  1. need advice for home health nursing

    NurseRoRo replied to KittyLover1971's topic in Home Health

    I love my HH job but it did take some gettin' used to. I had to be very assertive with what my hours were going to be because I believe our agency sort of hazes the newbies in. (Like for instance I...

  2. Tracking devices?

    NurseRoRo replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    Our agency is going to gps tracking in the next year. We just found out it was approved in the budget. It is supposed to be easier for the nurses to track your own time electronically...but how...

  3. What do you eat while on the road?

    NurseRoRo posted a topic in Home Health

    I admit that since I've given up smoking around the same time I took this HH job, I've packed on some um, padding. I try to eat well while traveling but sometimes fast food gets the best of me. I...

  4. Thinking about leaving field work

    NurseRoRo posted a topic in Home Health

    I've been in HH for a little over one year and have loved the freedom of my job (I've spent the last 7 years in facilities). I have loved everything that everyone else on here raves about. However...

  5. What do you eat while on the road?

    NurseRoRo replied to NurseRoRo's topic in Home Health

    Thanks for the tips peeps! I'm gonna try some of these tips...especially the sun tea while in the car!! I'm in the habit of freezing part of my tea in my Rubbermaid 100ml bottle the night before and...

  6. Rolling Backpacks/Luggage bags?

    NurseRoRo posted a topic in Home Health

    I started HH almost one year ago and so far, I'm finding lots of variables in what other nurses carry into the home. The agency gives each nurse a tote bag that is essentially a giant gym bag. For a...

  7. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    NurseRoRo replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    My end-stage CHF patient swore that the only thing that would soothe her throat when she got coughing episodes was warm salt water. She'd drink a glass of it to calm her throat down and then call the...

  8. Funny Things Naieve Medical Personnel Have Said

    NurseRoRo replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I guess I overlooked the Asian/Oriental thing because I get called Oriental all the time. I was more shocked at the fact that this girl thought I couldn't be Catholic because I'm Asian. Most people...

  9. Is there ANY department in nursing that I can avoid cleaning up poo?

    NurseRoRo replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I had a teenage patient that was constipated for what seemed like forever and after miralax and lactulose we had a flood. The poor guy was so embarrassed as 3 nurses and his attending doc were trying...

  10. Funny things that pts say

    NurseRoRo replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    Um, well, I apparently was a hoot when I had a colonoscopy last year. It was in early December and I woke up towards the end of the scope and said, "Is that my colon???" and pointed to the screen. I...

  11. Is there ANY department in nursing that I can avoid cleaning up poo?

    NurseRoRo replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    In homecare, you won't be cleaning the poo off someone...you'll be digging it out of someone. And good luck asking a CNA or LPN to clean the pt's poo for you...they're too busy running around doing...

  12. Is there ANY department in nursing that I can avoid cleaning up poo?

    NurseRoRo replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Someone mentioned the Operating Room...just think about it: all your patient's muscles are relaxed. All of them. And the two day bowel prep?? Yea...think twice! I was a circulator in the OR....

  13. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    NurseRoRo replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    No matter how much technology, scientific fact, and research anyone can do, NURSES ARE SUPERSTITIOUS! Never utter the words Quiet or Slow or Steady. Never think that you'll actually get to eat...

  14. funny charting errors

    NurseRoRo replied to hello_nurse_mel's topic in Nursing Humor

    A new grad was working with us on nightshift and wasn't aware that one of our docs is, uh, high maintenance. He gave the nurse some telephone orders and asked that she page him at 4:30am for his wake...

  15. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

    NurseRoRo replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

    While I was in nursing school I was a unit secretary on a Peds floor. I was always eager to help, and had a 19 year old who pushed the call light because he had to use the urinal. This guy was in to...

  16. 10 Tips for Home Health Nursing

    NurseRoRo replied to homehealth20's topic in Home Health

    Great Post! I've spent almost 10 years in the medical field and have survived my first year in HH. I think it's one of the industry's best kept secrets! I feel that all my jobs in the hospital...

  17. Difference in HH title/roles?

    NurseRoRo replied to gypsyatheart's topic in Home Health

    Whoa...I guess I'm lucky that our agency separates HH and Hospice. And we're not allowed to offload recerts/discharges as primary nurse. Get some

  18. Funny things that pts say

    NurseRoRo replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was working in post-op in Endo when a patient who had just had a colonoscopy was waking up. I brought him some soda, then checked on him every 15 minutes. As soon as I'd leave he kept whispering...

  19. Funny Things Naieve Medical Personnel Have Said

    NurseRoRo replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    My sister is a non-traditional nursing student at the age of 42. She has a lot of aches and pains but I can't stand it when she constantly talks about her

  20. How much is your pay?

    NurseRoRo replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    $23.60 hourly for Home Health case manager. I took a $3 per hour pay cut to leave the hospital. But I do get a company car for my travels (average 60-115 miles daily). The company pays for...

  21. Ways I have heard Metoprolol pronounced...by medical personnel.

    NurseRoRo replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    Rozerem: ROSER-um (and this was even when they were running commercials about it on TV!) Viagra: That Man pill Verapamil: Vrap-imill Lortab: Low-trab Ondansetron: Ahn-dawns-eh-tron (no, they were not...

  22. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    NurseRoRo replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Some days.... R.E.M. classic: "It's the end of the world as we know it..." Most days... Dan Wilson (SemiSonic) and Bic Runga: "Good morning baby I hope I'm gonna make through another

  23. What's in your bag? What's wrong with mine?

    NurseRoRo replied to IntoTheUnit's topic in Home Health

    One of the physical therapists taped the spare key on the inside of her clipboard. I'd be afraid I'd forget the clipboard. Since mine is in the bag, I always take a mental inventory of whether I have...

  24. Funny Things Naieve Medical Personnel Have Said

    NurseRoRo replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    It could have been worse...she could've asked if you make chocolate

  25. Funny Things Naieve Medical Personnel Have Said

    NurseRoRo replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Though this isn't about medically naive stuff, it certainly belongs in the naive category!! When I was in my last semester of nursing school (in a big city) I had a clinical rotation in a Catholic...