Isabelle49

Isabelle49

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  1. Does home health experience hurt chances of going back to hospital nursing?

    Isabelle49 replied to tinderbox's topic in Home Health

    Your knowledge of home health would be a big benefit to patients, since you can foresee needs before others might. Unfortunately there is no benefit to this hospital in this area. My daughter has...

  2. This seems unsafe to me..

    Isabelle49 replied to RN_Mom_of_2's topic in General Nursing

    You might discuss this with you BON and with Department of Health and Hospitals in your are to see what your liabilities

  3. Pediatrics Med calculation

    Isabelle49 replied to xxiangel's topic in Patient Medications

    I have never heard of a pedi patient on a morphine

  4. nursing career without touching people

    Isabelle49 replied to confusedstudent2011's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What school of nursing allowed you to complete clinicals without touching

  5. Wanting to get back in the game

    Isabelle49 replied to Bruin's Mom's topic in General Nursing

    When they ask why you haven't worked, say you were home with children or some other non job related

  6. Attention Neonatal and L/D nurses

    Isabelle49 replied to ashleytrillo's topic in General Nursing

    Hopefully you will receive an adequate, comprehensive orientation to either of the departments, but especially NICU. NICU is very specialized and required a knowledge of problems specific to neonates...

  7. Money or Life

    Isabelle49 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Nursing

    PACU? I wouldn't recommend that. I worked PACU and was on call one New Years Day, Surgery started at 6 am and continued with one ortho case after another. I was the only nurse there, it was hell....

  8. administering meds during emergencies without a standing PRN order

    Isabelle49 replied to patrickrlim's topic in General Nursing

    I think the BON would do exactly as you stated. Their business is to protect the public, not support

  9. You must have an Attorney when going before the BON

    Isabelle49 replied to ParkerBC,MSN,RN's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Two weeks before my daughter spoke to an attorney, the BON was very very ugly to her. The last time she spoke to them she mentioned that she spoke to xyz attorney and she told me there was a whole...

  10. med error

    Isabelle49 replied to malka's topic in General Nursing

    This is not a human error, it's not an accident. The problem here is 90 patients! Are you kidding me? The bigger problem is if harm comes to one of the patients because of your staffing, you will be...

  11. Wife, mother, nurse

    Isabelle49 replied to mRpeNa's topic in General Nursing

    I would recommend you quit working and stay home. As long as you don't need the $$, why

  12. How to start an IV

    Isabelle49 replied to LisaRN1105's topic in General Nursing

    Remember that starting IV's is 95% luck and 5%

  13. I HATE MY JOB

    Isabelle49 replied to nolamomx2's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I worked at Ochsner New Orleans right out of nursing school years ago. Started in NICU, total time there about 6 years. They are big, can you transfer to another floor. Until then, you must...

  14. Amedisys

    Isabelle49 replied to KateRN1's topic in Home Health

    5 Patients?? For the whole

  15. Changing to a non-nursing career?

    Isabelle49 replied to Eleven011's topic in Retired Nurses

    Am taking early retirement this year. Thinking about what other non-nursing jobs I could do. I really would like to try my hand at a Waffle House! Sounds silly, I know, but the people who work...

  16. Just need to vent...

    Isabelle49 replied to chasingmydreams's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago, my mother was not doing well and was expected to die any day. I worked in recovery room and told my manager about my mother, well before she was imminently terminal. On the day that I got...

  17. Bullying

    Isabelle49 replied to Nittybelle's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One of these days there will be laws against bullying in the workforce. It seems to be the way of life for many in the nursing industry. I never encountered it in the 13 years I worked in the...

  18. Should this be reported??

    Isabelle49 replied to nicenurselpn's topic in General Nursing

    Whoever she goes to work for will probably do a look up. Don't you

  19. IF I Don't get into Nursing School Should I go for LPN first?

    Isabelle49 replied to mamaxmaria's topic in LPN to RN

    Yes, you should definitely go ahead with the LPN program if you don't get into RN program. You will definitely have some experience behind you and that can't be bad. And, as said before you can work...

  20. Best vehicle to use for visits????

    Isabelle49 replied to JenRN22's topic in Home Health

    Really! How bad was the mileage? I don't drive a hybrid now, I drive a Chrysler PT

  21. Feeling Burned Out & Unappreciated!- What else is new?

    Isabelle49 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thing to remember is that if your patient load is so great and harm comes to one of your patients, you cannot use the patient load as an excuse. Your license will be on the line and I guarantee you...

  22. Best vehicle to use for visits????

    Isabelle49 replied to JenRN22's topic in Home Health

    I'd go for a

  23. Ranting!...

    Isabelle49 replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    If I'm asked to work extra and I don't answer, it means,

  24. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Isabelle49 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Martians?

  25. Nurse pressing charges

    Isabelle49 replied to Girlygirl69's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    don't think I'd press charges. Not sure how I would act if I were in his