MommyRn39

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1. FLU season and how much did you pay?

   MommyRn39 replied to darla80's topic in Ambulatory

   We don't pay anything. I guess we're fortunate. I live in Ontario, Canada and we have a government funded universal flu shot program that supplies flu shots to everyone. One thing I have found is that the flu shots are late this year. Normally t...

2. Office Nurses

   MommyRn39 replied to andrewsgranny's topic in General Nursing

   What is the going pay rate for office nurses in the US? I'm Canadian and earn $15/hr which is about $10/hr less than what I would earn if I was in the hospital.

3. Refills

   MommyRn39 replied to Vailgang's topic in Ambulatory

   Really depends on the med and the patient. Most times, the parent will go to the pharmacy for a refill and the pharmacy will fax in a renew req. The doc will either sign the req and it will be faxed back or ask that the child be seen first. When...

4. Pharmaceutical Reps

   MommyRn39 replied to sbaldr's topic in Ambulatory

   My office books an appointment for the rep to come in if they want to see the doc. When it comes to samples, I'm responsible for them and unless the doctor asks for something specifically or takes some from a rep and I generally (at least try to) c...

5. Office Nurses

   MommyRn39 replied to andrewsgranny's topic in General Nursing

   I'm an office nurse and love it. I work with a consulting pediatrician who specializes in the high risk, really sick children that are usually referred to us from family physicians. We see everything from premies, asthma, seizures, CF and CP to name...

6. When I was a STUDENT, the clinical experience I remember most was...

   MommyRn39 replied to MollyJ's topic in General Nursing

   I had two experiences that I will never forget. One was really great and the other was really awful. The great one was when I was doing my obs rotation. I was able to stay with a first time mom from the moment she came into the hospital until her b...

7. Inhaler to tx pneumonia that causes cankers???

   MommyRn39 replied to MommyRn39's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for your responses. You pretty well confirmed what I already suspected. RNPD, the woman is my mom's friend. We live in different cities, so I don't have much contact with her. I feel bad for my mom because she's such a tenderheart an...

8. Inhaler to tx pneumonia that causes cankers???

   MommyRn39 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello nurses! I'm a pediatric nurse and this situation is beyond my scope of experience. I'm hoping someone here can shed some light on this for me. My mom knows a woman who according to her suffers from frequent pneumonias. She gets them 3 or 4 t...