Isabelle49

Isabelle49

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  1. I Must Be Missing Something

    Isabelle49 replied to DallasRN's topic in Home Health

    It is that agency and those particular management personnel. Leave that agency. Find another one that respects you. Keep doing that until you find a happy medium. Remember, respect is number 1...

  2. Post-test reviews

    Isabelle49 posted a topic in General Students

    Do any students here attend a nursing program that does not provide a Post-Test review, where you are provided with a rationale as to why one answer to a question is correct and the others are not?...

  3. Kicked out before even starting

    Isabelle49 replied to Confused_nurse2b's topic in General Students

    Geeze!!! Why not call the dean of your school or a counselor. I can't imagine why you got kicked out. You could have had the word done at a slow lab and that wouldn't have been your fault. Take...

  4. NG Tube Salem Sump

    Isabelle49 replied to BSN_Studnt's topic in General Students

    If the pigtail is left open to air, you would have this connected to continuous suction. If the pigtail is closed, should only be connected to intermittent suction to prevent damage to the gastric...

  5. Does your nursing school offer test review

    Isabelle49 posted a topic in General Students

    I'm a long ago graduate of Charity Hospital School of Nursing. We had a wonderful education at the time, and included test review with rationales for answers to questions. I understand students are...

  6. I Must Be Missing Something

    Isabelle49 replied to DallasRN's topic in Home Health

    Start looking for another HH company to work for. You are working for a bullying tyrant. Don't put up with

  7. LSUHSC or Delgado Charity

    Isabelle49 replied to NOLAMOM's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Wondering if you made the cut for Charity-Delgado. I have recently learned that the school no longer offers post test review to the 4th level students who are very close to graduating and taking the...

  8. syringe pumps and mechanical slack

    Isabelle49 replied to afc40's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    32 years ago in NICU, we manually primed tubing before connecting to stringe pump, but things may have changed as awareness of potential problems become evident. All I can say is, remember every...

  9. Its 5 months and still no update on NCLEX Results

    Isabelle49 replied to gorgeous_me's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That's crazy!!! I hope you post an update. In Louisiana results are in during the same week the NCLEX was taken. I think I would contact NCLEX

  10. new grad RN Ochsner NICU

    Isabelle49 replied to abbielu13's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I see you posted your message on my birthday in 2017!!! 32 years ago I interviewed for a position in Ochsner's NICU as a new grad too. I got the job and the main campus on Jefferson Hwy (that was the...

  11. January 2018 Nclex

    Isabelle49 replied to RNkarlaaaa's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Imagine this: 32 years ago we sat for 2 days to take the board exam. It was a pencil and paper test where you colored in the dots to the correct answers!!! Just think what the outcome would be if one...

  12. how does potassium affect blood pressure and heart rate?

    Isabelle49 replied to bailyoneohnine's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Considering the effect hypokalemia has on the heart muscle, causing a decreased output, initially a person may have hypotension. Remember, there is a feedback mechanism for just about every...

  13. Slow flow nipple?

    Isabelle49 replied to RNLAC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think it is a big problem that this baby spills so much feeding from the mouth. You know it doesn't spill out until the mouth gets too full. This baby is at high risk for aspiration!!! Sounds to me...

  14. Horrific news item

    Isabelle49 replied to Coffee Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I read about that. The nurse involved is on leave. Have discovered through FB that the nurse is a he, hoping his license will be

  15. Requiring paperwork after I left

    Isabelle49 replied to ErnBlz's topic in Home Health

    Is the paperwork for patients you were seeing or were you working in the office? If it is for patients you were seeing, the company can report the undone work to the board of

  16. Adding Another Nurse to a Home Health Team

    Isabelle49 replied to nathalia004's topic in Home Health

    5 years experience in Home Care is a bit much. Our State Regs require 1 year nursing experience to start home health, but that would be without home health experience. I would think 1 - 2 years hh...

  17. Dosage Calculation help

    Isabelle49 replied to Grnbay's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Always remember to have someone else check your calculations in the real

  18. what is my priority as a nurse in this situation?

    Isabelle49 replied to angie91's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Tachycardic: are they scared, dehydrated, anemic? Any

  19. Nursing Care Plan

    Isabelle49 replied to Misstika's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Care planning wasn't really taught when I was in school over 30 years ago, but we had to do them. They were a great learning

  20. Pathophysiology assistance

    Isabelle49 replied to Phampa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    As for the fractured femur, largest bone in the body: Potential for hemorrhage internally and formation of clots. Pain of

  21. How to write oasis summary

    Isabelle49 replied to butter10's topic in Home Health

    Think of the Oasis Summary as a written report to other nurses who will be assuming care of the patient. Think of what you would want to know about that patient if it were you assuming

  22. How often do you do med reconciliation?

    Isabelle49 replied to KSU-SN's topic in Home Health

    I suspect the agency you work for has been dinged by the State when a survey was

  23. Doing follow up visits with no clear orders?

    Isabelle49 replied to peaceriver's topic in Home Health

    Agree you should find another company to work for. You NEVER make it up as you go along. You teach according to what has been set by the Plan of Care or

  24. our lady of the lake hospital pay

    Isabelle49 replied to Jayjormom's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Years ago when I worked in Baton Rouge, the pay was pretty low. We moved there from New Orleans and I think i took a 3 - 4 /hr cut.

  25. documenting with kinnser software?

    Isabelle49 replied to Timetochange08's topic in Home Health

    Years ago nurses in our area were doing 15 - 20 visits a day. The state put a stop to it. Now the max is 10. I can hardly walk or talk after 7. I call the 20 visits a day, hit and run visits. Kind...