IntoTheUnit

IntoTheUnit has 2 years experience and specializes in ICU, now in Palliative Care Home Health.

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1. How many hours do you work per week for 21 visits?

   IntoTheUnit replied to heartlover07's topic in Home Health

   40-50. I do 20 visits a week. Paperwork and charting has sucked up my life!

2. Anyone here from critical care?

   IntoTheUnit replied to heygurlhey's topic in Home Health

   I left the ICU after two years, got totally burnt out(coding my coworker will do that to you). I've been in HH for about 5 months now, and while I don't love it and don't plan to be here forever, it's nice. No adreniline like the ICU, but also no c...

3. chronic pain and pain control

   IntoTheUnit replied to mel1977's topic in Disabilities

   I have had chronic daily migraines for the past 4 years. In the last year, I've been trying to get pregnant, so I'm off all my preventative meds--and I was on 5 of them! I tried my hardest to hold out with just taking meds when I had a headache, ra...

4. Things that gross me out....

   IntoTheUnit replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

   Skin flakes! Oh god, the grossness. I can handle anything else--trachs, cdiff, anything. But peel of a pair of TED hose that have been on for a week and I'm gagging.

5. Psych/Phobia Medications

   IntoTheUnit replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

   Beta blockers(atenolol, specifically) are showing some promise in "performance anxiety." I guess what they do is decrease the symptoms felt--the heart racing, shaking, sweating, etc.

6. Rolling Backpacks/Luggage bags?

   IntoTheUnit replied to NurseRoRo's topic in Home Health

   I use a Wegner(they make swiss army knives!) bag that I got at Staples. I've only been using it for about a week, but so far it seems to be working well. Much better than the backpack for my neck and shoulders. It was a little expensive ($120, I t...

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

   IntoTheUnit replied to IntoTheUnit's topic in Home Health

   Oh, boy, have I learned this trick, too!

8. Extra-long scrubs - know of any online vendors?

   IntoTheUnit replied to homesteadlite's topic in Uniform/Gear

   The Grey's Anatomy Scrubs have a long size that fit me, at 5'9.

9. GPS units - What's yours?

   IntoTheUnit replied to Silverblitzen's topic in Home Health

   I just got a Garmin Nuvi 260 tonight, so far it seems to be working well!

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

    IntoTheUnit posted a topic in Home Health

    I need the advice of any home care nurses out there regarding my bag. I feel like I'm missing some important things and that I have too many unimportant things. So, here's my list of what I'm currently carrying. Keep in mind, I'm in palliative car...

11. Home health Palm software, GPS

    IntoTheUnit posted a topic in Home Health

    Hello all, I've just accepted a position with Visiting Nurse Service after leaving the ICU, and I had a few questions: First, does anyone know of good, relevant software for the Palm? I have Epocrates, but I'm wondering if there's any home-health-sp...

12. Most stressful moment as a nurse?

    IntoTheUnit replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

    Coding my coworker. She drove herself to work feeling cruddy, sat down in a chair, and then went down. We worked on her for over two hours. Got her back at first; she was talking and joking with us. We did everything--everything!--we could, but sh...

13. Do you have a living will? What does it say?

    IntoTheUnit replied to HealthShepherd's topic in MICU

    4 Weeks? Can I ask why--we generally withdraw care ASAP after a determination of brain death. And FYI, legal brain death must be declared by 2 independant docs anyways, no need to include that. However, I'm not sure if they need to be neurologists ...

14. Government classifies nurses as 'unskilled workers'

    IntoTheUnit replied to karensflowers's topic in General Nursing

    Wait, wait. Just doing some research here... There are multiple types of H visas. H1B visas "...applies to persons in a specialty occupation which requires the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge requiring ...

15. wedding band-hand sanitizer q

    IntoTheUnit replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    My unit has a policy that only wedding bands can be worn, citing a study that shows ICU pts get 50% more infections if their nurses where more than 1 ring. I wear mine pinned to my shirt and through my bra strap so I can't forget them(when I rememb...