mattsmom81

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  1. Travel Buddy

    mattsmom81 posted a topic in Travel

    Any traveling nurses who like to book assignments with another nurse and/or family? I would love to travel but am a bit afraid of going totally alone...sound sillY? I would like to team up and share...

  2. Private Duty Traveling

    mattsmom81 posted a topic in Travel

    Anybody here taake assignments through a travel agency to go with ill clients on extended trips? My agency gets a lot of requests for this and I was curious how others do this. A client needed a nurse...

  3. NURSYS...anybody here used it?

    mattsmom81 posted a topic in General Nursing

    For a fee they will maintain a record of your licensures, education and state board data and share between other states, supposedly making it quicker and easier for nurses who move or take travel...

  4. LTAC'S without ER's that do acute care as well?

    mattsmom81 posted a topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I'm a fish out of water in my new 'home' AND TRYING TO ADJUST...lol! Rural LTAC who will be doing some surgeries(even pedi) and acute obs patients. No ER. No doc on premesis. BUT a 5 bed ICU where...

  5. PICC Independent Contracting

    mattsmom81 posted a topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I'm interested in learning to insert PICCS so I can contract my services in the area...anyone have any suggestions or referrals? Anybody here do this or know someone who does? I had a referral at one...

  6. Fingerprinting Texas Nurses

    mattsmom81 posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    How's everybody feel about this plan? I just got the notice today and am not feeling good about it. TPTB already do background checks on us and have organizations like Group One to keep track of...

  7. Nit picky, demanding, control freak families

    mattsmom81 posted a topic in Home Health

    I remember getting them in the hospital: Mom runs the show at home and immediately gets into a turf war in the hospital because 'the nurses don't know what they're doing." Well I'm doing a private...

  8. Ethical and professional boundaries in HH

    mattsmom81 posted a topic in Home Health

    I recently worked as a private duty nurse providing homecare. I was troubled by the behavior of the so-called primary nurse, who seemed to be extremely enmeshed in the family and the fact she was 'the...

  9. RN's w/chronic pain, using narcotics

    mattsmom81 replied to SRbear's topic in Pain Management

    If I take a Vicodin, my pain is well controlled, I can smile and think straight. I don't get dizzy or fuzzy but that's just me. Right now my pain is controlled on Tramadol and Mobic, but this will...

  10. RN's w/chronic pain, using narcotics

    mattsmom81 replied to SRbear's topic in Pain Management

    I'm so sorry. I would love to see this challenged in the courts through ADA. I don t think the BNE can make laws against federal laws, and it seems to me this has been done here. If a nurse is not...

  11. Should nurses' license to practice depend on modeling responsible health conduct...

    mattsmom81 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    So have I. But I don't see any reason WHY politics must show up when the topic isn't politics. Leave politics in current events I

  12. Stress and Burnout

    mattsmom81 replied to Nursebaby23's topic in General Nursing

    I understand what you are trying to say, but IMO the situation nurses are in, in many cases, is not 'masterable'...that is what causes the burnout for the experienced nurse. Perhaps your point holds...

  13. Non-viable baby, born alive -parent won't hold him, what do you do?

    mattsmom81 replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was involved in this type situation as a student nurse. The baby had multiple deformities incompatible with life, including all its GI system outside the body in a sac (as well as a huge...

  14. Should nurses' license to practice depend on modeling responsible health conduct...

    mattsmom81 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a novel idea...why not simply discuss an issue or two on this BB without drawing in partisan politics and bashing? Do ya think we are capable of that? Of course if we did, we might actually...

  15. Should nurse practioners be allowed to write prescriptions?

    mattsmom81 replied to stephcollier's topic in General Nursing

    If this question is asked of many docs, the answer would likely be 'no', but like Canoehead said...that's what NP's do and why they went to school so long to do it.

  16. Stupid Things that get you kicked out of nursing school

    mattsmom81 replied to IvoryLena's topic in General Students

    Yup me

  17. Is it possible to transition from ER to ICU?

    mattsmom81 replied to culebra's topic in MICU, SICU

    Offer to float if needed to ICU..that's how I did it. In a pinch ICU is glad to have an ER nurse to help them out. If it works out ask to crosstrain. :) Oh and welcome to

  18. Does anyone have opinions on Maxim(agency) good or bad????

    mattsmom81 replied to Hairstylingnurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    The rate of pay changes per facility and by locality. I worked ICU and only did 12 hr shifts. The ICU shifts I accepted paid 38 hr..but this was in Dallas Fort Worth Texas. Some agencies paid better,...

  19. Does anyone have opinions on Maxim(agency) good or bad????

    mattsmom81 replied to Hairstylingnurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    I worked for Maxim and found them a decent agency in general. They charged less than bigger agencies, so I usually got work. As with all agencies, the recruitor makes or breaks the experience. Some...

  20. ICU pts on the floor

    mattsmom81 replied to maythen's topic in General Nursing

    I know supervision is hard, Daytonite. as I did that a short time myself. BUt as supervisors, we need to put ourselves in the position of the staff nurse, and be very aware of what we expect and...

  21. Annoyed that public doesn't know what nurses do?

    mattsmom81 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yup...sad isn't it....all they care about is that we do what makes them happy and gets them 'their

  22. Stupid Things that get you kicked out of nursing school

    mattsmom81 replied to IvoryLena's topic in General Students

    I don't recall any stupid reasons my classmates got booted out...but we had strict pretests and background checks. The students who left the program did so voluntarily in my class. Since I've worked...

  23. Should nurses' license to practice depend on modeling responsible health conduct...

    mattsmom81 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good grief you guys are like a broken record...and a bad one at that. Give it a rest will

  24. Nit picky, demanding, control freak families

    mattsmom81 replied to mattsmom81's topic in Home Health

    Yes I told her neither the patient nor the family needs to see this tension between us, so please can the petty critiques every shift change...LOL!! Not that it really matters, but this is a LPN...

  25. Ethical and professional boundaries in HH

    mattsmom81 replied to mattsmom81's topic in Home Health

    I'm already upsetting the applecart at this place...when I informed the agency of my discomfort and my concerns, they asked if they could call me back, they wanted to hear more and and they were...