lisadavis

not all nursng homes are bad. and not all nursing home nurses are idiots. let's here some good things that are going on in LTC. we that are in LTC are the ones that will make the difference, one little step at a time if necessary

hello to all my home health collegues out there. i have been a nurse for 16 years and have been doing homehealth for the last 6. i worked at a university teaching hospital and thought i had seen it all but...... the homes i've been in, the way som...

IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN. I have read this whole thread and most of it is nothing but whining! "how awful she is to me" that mean ole nurse made me cry" etc. etc. etc. GROW A BACKBONE! STAND UP FOR YOURSELF! This pr...

my office is in the middle of our 7 county coverage area. my home is at one end of the coverage area. if i see a patient between my home and the office i claim the miles from home to office and bill it to client funding source. if i do not see a cl...

ADN and BSN basically same function as RN's some places prefer BSN for management but this is not necessisarily a state law. LPN is one year prep and has specific limitations according to the nurses particular state. RN at least 2 year prep. in m...

a nurse can fill the role of almost any other healthcare provider, and many have been asked to do so, but who can be the nurse but the nurse?

Brighteyes, welcome to homecare. i do not know what state you are in so it would be best to check with local Dept. of Human Services. if the elderly people have less that $2000.00 monthly income/savings they may qualify for Medicaid services. Medi...

i believe we need one entry level for all RN's. many advanced programs, certifications etc require BSN to obtain. i would like to BSN required and hopefully this would force companies to help their nurses pay for school, so many do not. but i als...

i became a nurse because i thought it would be a quick and easy solution to my financial difficulties at the time. i thought i could , get through school, work as a nurse making decent money, while i figured out what else i could do with my life. w...

sounds like the DON is way out of line. i don't know what state this is but i bet it is not and "offcial" policy of the facility because such a policy would open up that facility to a multitude of law suits. i bet the DON was told to get absentee r...

try CABG said as a cabbage i thought i was in nursing not farming lol (coronary artery bypass and graft)

i think nursing is like sounding the fire alarm in a crowed building, everyone scrambling for the exits all at once running down whoever gets in our way. nursing as not yet become a "CAREER" in the eyes of the world, we are looked upon as sex kitten...

way too much time spent on something stupid. how do we all get bogged down this way? why do we let ourselves?

daughter working with you. that is too cool!!! "way to go!" to both of you!!! :D :D

we are supposed to be getting an intake "person" that i s going to handle the referrals for all offices (5) in the whole state. sounds like it is going to be a blast. rural home health has a very interesting set of challenges that city home health ...

magicman, i wonder if your patient appreciates info about nursing shortages and nursing problems while waiting in ER for treatment of his/her own problems? would this not worry the patient about the hospital he/she is being admitted too? i know as ...

I was an LPN for a few years before i became an RN. i was treated like crap a lot. only a few RN appreciated the fact that the "N" in LPN/LVN means nurse too. it was probably the worst time of my nursing career but it was also the best. i learned...

Suzy K just keep talking. talk here. talk to minister, counselor, friend. whoever you feel comfortable confiding in. you have to walk through these bad times and no one can change that for you but you DO NOT HAVE TO WALK ALONE!!!!!!

Hi Jenny. i work for a hha in Iowa. we cover 7 counties. our current censes is 74 clients. we have facility adm who is an RN, a clinical supervisor who is an RN and myself RN case manager. we have 2 part time visits nurses and 2 part time hourly...

we are using a computor but we enter all schedules individually on a calendar. nurses prepare own schedules. admit nurse determines frequency of visits for aides, homemakers etc than gives to staffing coordinator who puts it on computorized calenda...

welcome to all new ones. good luck with school. remember not all of us old nurses are horrible. we really do want and need all the good new grads we can get!!!!! thanks for joining us! :D

DougD1 very good, a funny response without stooping to meanness. thank you.:chuckle

i worked in a hospital once that was run by nuns. when the sisters started to phase out their control the new ceo was an RN. you can tell a difference in a place that is run by nuns and nurses...IT WAS WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of course the sa...

i agree with judyann. we treat each other and other departments terrible. i don't care how frustrated, overworked, etc you are there is never any excuse for treating another co-worker like trash. you never know when you might need that person's he...

i find it very interesting how many of us "got into" nursing later (not right out of high school). many of us also have had a very hard time i our struggles to be and stay nurses. why are we so hard on each other and new nurses?