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  1. New to HomeHealth. Please help me, please

    tdern replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health

    Check out the "red pin" postings that are at the beginning of this page, there are excellent links for resources there. Good

  2. 4/09 UPDATE: OASIS hints and websites; Version C start 1/2010

    tdern replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Home Health

    I am getting ready to start HH and found this "early learning" very helpful!! Thank you soooooo much, this helps the OASIS seem a little less intimidating. I am so thankful for this thread and web...

  3. Just Got Fired, Need Interview Advice

    tdern replied to MelissaPhoographerRN's topic in Nursing Career

    OMG, sooo sorry for all the crappolla!!! If I were you, I'd make a copy of your post to give with your resume. I could literally feel the stress and impossibilness( not a word I'm sure, but describes...

  4. Do you give chemo in your HH agency??

    tdern replied to newtelenurse's topic in Home Health

    I am also considering HH and now do ICU stepdown/tele. I asked in my interview about chemo, and was told I wouldn't be doing any. How do you like HH? I thought that you could give me a great viewpoint...

  5. Is this too much or am I crazy...what are your units like?

    tdern replied to emersushea's topic in Cardiac

    I work on an ICU sister unit/ step down unit. We only do heparin drips d/t a heparin protocol that's in place. We do cardizem drips, but only if it is a set drip that doesn't have to be titrated. Any...

  6. soon to Be RN and no job YET? Commute?

    tdern replied to gelousstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations on your upcoming graduation! I drive an hour, or 54 miles, one way to work. I work 12 hour shifts. I sold my big SUV and bought a little gas sipper, so I can get to work on a tank of...

  7. Care Plans - What does the Experienced Nurse Think of Them?

    tdern replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Veteran nurse here, telemetry unit. I actually used Concept Maps in NS, and they are sooo much better than care plans for learning in the school settings. In school, as much as I hated them, they did...

  8. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    tdern replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    NO, mama is NOT getting better, she's going to go to the light. Do you hear that coughing and sputtering every time you shove something in her mouth? It's going in her lungs, that's why she can't...

  9. The Patient I Failed

    tdern replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This was so beautifully written, thank you. It should be copied and given to family members who go against those express wishes of their loved ones, and there are alot of

  10. What does your login nickname mean to you?

    tdern replied to NNNikki's topic in First Year After Licensure

    great question, nnnikki!! i'm new to this site even though i became a user in 06. who had time to "use" while they were in school?lol. my name is tammy and my sweet, love of my life little dog is...