nursesearl

nursesearl BSN, RN

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  1. Toradol IM Injection.

    nursesearl posted a topic in Emergency

    I have always given Toradol in a large muscle because I was told many years ago that it needed to go there. I have recently tried to look this up and can not find any info. We had a patient in our...

  2. How does one go about starting a comfort house?

    nursesearl posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My husband is a hospice chaplain, and I am a home care RN. We have often thought about opening a comfort house, but have no idea how to go about doing it. There was a previous thread on this topic,...

  3. First in the nation....to survive JCAHO's unannounced Homecare Survey

    nursesearl replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Home Health

    Wow, sounds like you guys did a great job! Can I come work for you?

  4. Starting new job on Monday - need advice.

    nursesearl replied to weetziebat's topic in Home Health

    Best thing to do is ride with a HH nurse BEFORE you accept a position. HH is not easy. That's the only advice I could give you

  5. Can someone explain OASIS to me? Simply what does it mean?

    nursesearl replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

    O-outcome, AS-assessment, I-information,

  6. need help with BSN practicum

    nursesearl replied to marinka's topic in Home Health

    Marina, Do you guys in Brooklyn realize there is an "upstate" to NY? HaHa! We are about 7 hours from

  7. need help with BSN practicum

    nursesearl replied to marinka's topic in Home Health

    Marina, Sorry, I don't know of anything in that area. Let me know if you need any help if you need to come to Allegany County.

  8. need help with BSN practicum

    nursesearl replied to marinka's topic in Home Health

    I used to work for the Allegany County Department of Health. Poorest county in the state, very rural. They do mostly home health. Quite a bit different than Brooklyn! Their number is 585 268 9250. PM...

  9. Help with new clinician orientation program

    nursesearl replied to jessica1972's topic in Home Health

    OASIS education is on the CMS web site. It's long and boring, but good OASIS

  10. need help with BSN practicum

    nursesearl replied to marinka's topic in Home Health

    Where in NY do you live? I know of several agencies in the southern tier who you could precept

  11. Neuro-vascular status

    nursesearl posted a topic in Emergency

    I work in an Urgent Care in a small rural hospital and the nurse manager insists that we chart the above term when anyone has an injury to an extremity and after casting. The exact phrase is...

  12. could someone explain pay per visit and why agencies are doing this?

    nursesearl posted a topic in Home Health

    Our agency recently changed to "pay per visit." I want to understand why this seems to be the trend in home health agencies. Our agency said that it is a motivator, trying to increase our...

  13. Paraplegic wants to do own in and out cath

    nursesearl posted a topic in Home Health

    I did a SOC on a 20 year old female paraplegic who wants to do her own in and out cath. Her mom has been doing it. The patient says she has tried it before but is unable to do it. She's tried lying...

  14. Paraplegic wants to do own in and out cath

    nursesearl replied to nursesearl's topic in Home Health

    Thanks so much for the info! Very helpful. I've printed the "gizmo" to give to the

  15. Know of any Home Health Nsg Magazine's?

    nursesearl replied to cherricka's topic in Home Health

    In our agency, we do OASIS training on the Web @ oasistraining.org. Alot of it is boring and propoganda-like, but I've been through it twice, after I had been doing OASIS since it began, and I learned...

  16. considering home health extremely scared

    nursesearl replied to soomach's topic in Home Health

    Tell me WHERE in upstate NY you are. I am presently in the South and miss NY very much. I have extensive home health

  17. Groshong PICCS

    nursesearl posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    We had a state surveyor tell us last week (home health agency) that there are new types of Groshong PICCS that can clot off if one uses heparin to flush it. I've never heard of this. I know that...

  18. visual acuity testing

    nursesearl replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    If I remember correctly, the chart I used had the 20/30, etc by each line of letters. Do you know what I

  19. Info on being a home health case manager

    nursesearl replied to nursesearl's topic in Home Health

    Hoolahan, Thanks so much. I am a new home health educator, and have much experience with doing case management, but not teaching it. I just needed ideas. I have no qualms about giving an inservice....

  20. Info on being a home health case manager

    nursesearl posted a topic in Home Health

    Does anyone have suggestions about good books or articles on how to "case manage" in home health? We have several new empployees, and my job is to give them an inservice on how to do this (manage...

  21. new to travelling

    nursesearl replied to tutulu's topic in Travel

    How about the US

  22. PICC placement by RN- paid per hour or per stick??

    nursesearl replied to mw4cc's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    As a contract nurse for a home infusion company, I received $100/insertion, $50/reomoval, $50/declotting. Hope this

  23. School nurses in upstate NY

    nursesearl replied to rnmaven's topic in School

    Cost of living is low compared to NYC in upstate NY. What do you consider upstate? I live in the Southern Tier, south of Buffalo. My salary is very low compared to everyone in the country....

  24. School nurses in upstate NY

    nursesearl replied to rnmaven's topic in School

    Cost of living is low compared to NYC in upstate NY. What do you consider upstate? I live in the Southern Tier, south of Buffalo. My salary is very low compared to everyone in the country....

  25. Feels good to be back among allnurses!

    nursesearl replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Cheerfuldoer, I thought you were relocating to Indy? I know it's not that warm there! I wanted to ask you about some hospitals because 2 of my kids go to Indiana Wesleyan in Marion. God bless...