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  1. BART CLASS? basic arrhythmia recognition and treatment

    nursynurseRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi guys.. Anyone know of any great BART classes to take in southern California or ONLINE? I float to telemetry all the time and I feel I need more a in depth course of arrythmias.. PLEASE HELP!!...

  2. Self Scheduling VS. Rotation, & County VS. Private Hospital Job

    nursynurseRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK here is the dilemma, I have 2 jobs, 1 i have been for over 12 years and have moved up, the second is 6 months new. The NEW JOB: is a county, unionized job, better pay, better benfits, close to...

  3. What are you good at?

    nursynurseRN replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Leech therapy! I always get those suckers to latch

  4. NEED HELP STAT!! How to tell a 10 year old his parent will die? He is on his way!

    nursynurseRN replied to Trilldayz,RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    What is this nurse did it on her lunch break??? I don't see anything wrong with it, it's like reading a book on your lunch or

  5. how much salary/hr should I expect since I'm a new grad RN?

    nursynurseRN replied to BabyRN23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In the inland empire in Southern California the lowest I've seen is 25 per hour for new

  6. Job Advice in Riverside/San Bernardino Area

    nursynurseRN replied to enb611's topic in California Nursing

    I hear chino valley pays about 27 an jour for a 3 year RN and they go on a scale that is non negotiable, while arrowhead pays about 32 for the same experience.... Just my 2

  7. Who actually likes nursing??

    nursynurseRN replied to mmcnabb3's topic in General Nursing

    I think I still like nursing. One of my favorite things to do is feeding the patient, I like opening their food setting up their tray and if they need to be spoonfed I like to do that too. It's one of...

  8. Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    nursynurseRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    If nurses didn't cut corners then everything we did would never be on time and there would always be overtime...., I think cutting corners on small things is ok, it's the big things we need to worry...

  9. How would you deal with this situation re:narcotics?

    nursynurseRN replied to godiva's topic in Home Health

    Find another job, if something goes Down you will be held

  10. Charting in HH

    nursynurseRN replied to AlphaPig's topic in Home Health

    I can equate hh charting like doing a complete initial assessment each time, plus adding in all the teaching u have to chart. It is computerized by it still can be time consuming. I take about 30 min...

  11. Office/Clinic setting staff morale

    nursynurseRN replied to CoffeeLoveRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    We have a great morale were we work, mostly because our managers have a great sense of

  12. Giving iv meds through running line

    nursynurseRN replied to fiveoclocksomewhere's topic in Patient Medications

    I don't dilute if there is a running

  13. Just got accepted!

    nursynurseRN posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just got accepted into a FNP program. So excited! Any tips for me from anyone on what to except, how to handle school and work, stuff to look out for? Plain old suggestions? Starting in February 2013....

  14. Should I go salary or stay pay per visit??

    nursynurseRN replied to AZMOMO2's topic in Home Health

    I think that u can make more per patient or hourly, but if u want to be safe I would take

  15. What would you have done?

    nursynurseRN replied to eileeny21's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I think what you did was right, only thing I would do is tell the patients the doctors plan and see if he agreed with you about the pain and how the pain meds were much more then he needed for the...

  16. New to home health

    nursynurseRN replied to MakemehappyRN's topic in Home Health

    Well I think it was a very flexible job. Gave me a lot if room to run errands in between patients. Big problem I found for me is that now your on their turf. Not like in the hospital, it's not like...

  17. New to home health

    nursynurseRN replied to MakemehappyRN's topic in Home Health

    If its per diem hh you probably won't make enough money. Just because it seems like most agency's pay per visit and most of the time you will only see about half the patients you are assigned. That...

  18. Got Fired today

    nursynurseRN posted a topic in Home Health

    Hey guys, just wondering your opinions. I work Per Diem Home Health, today my boss informaed me I was fired because I made a short visit less than 20 minutes and the patient complained. So it was a...

  19. H&P

    nursynurseRN replied to jmn126's topic in Home Health

    You are right sometimes my agency gives me a h&p and sometimes they don't. I try and get all of their medical history using their meds and interviewing

  20. Now you all are making me scared!

    nursynurseRN replied to RipeTomato's topic in Home Health

    Don't leave ICU just yet. Get a perdiem hh job and see if you like it first. That way you can make an informed

  21. Got Fired today

    nursynurseRN replied to nursynurseRN's topic in Home Health

    I guess you are right. I was usually late with my documentation, but why didn't she just say that? I mean I would have understood that

  22. Do you have this problem too?

    nursynurseRN posted a topic in Home Health

    So 8 months into working HH per diem, and I have noticed that some days I can't get ahold of the patients. They either don't answer the phone, asked to be rescheduled, or something. So I end up...

  23. Was I wrong to talk back to my supervisor?

    nursynurseRN replied to umharhar's topic in Home Health

    I think that you were right to say what you said. In the other hand, bring new yo nursing and all, and wanting to keep your job. I would just apologize, keep your head down, and be a good worker...

  24. Do you have this problem too?

    nursynurseRN replied to nursynurseRN's topic in Home Health

    Wow that sounds Luke a great idea. The only problem for me would br that since I work st the hospital some says too, it would be difficult to call in advance. The prep. Work would probably help...

  25. Do you have this problem too?

    nursynurseRN replied to nursynurseRN's topic in Home Health

    So this is what you called the bad part of HH I