livinglighthouse ADN, RN

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    Is home health that bad?

    livinglighthouse replied to trinan71's topic in Home Health

    I feel like I am a lucky one.........I worked in the hospital setting for 8 years, Med/Surg, Oncology, Cardiac/Neuro, Case Management. I started in home health last year and I agree that the first...
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    How do you use your flexible schedule?

    livinglighthouse posted a topic in Home Health

    In a typical 8 hour day most home health nurses I know use that time very differently and not always in a strict 8-5 linear fashion, nor seeing patients starting first thing in the morning...........I...
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    Inadvertent HIPPA violation

    livinglighthouse replied to livinglighthouse's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Just want to let everyone know how things ended up..........Had to meet with Compliance Dept today, signed a disclosure that I will not share or distribute hipaa information and that I verify that the...
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    Inadvertent HIPPA violation

    livinglighthouse posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I just started a new job at Kaiser and am 2 months into my 90 day probation. I inadvertently created a hippa violation. Here is what happened. I had made some word/excel documents with checklists to...
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    Inadvertent HIPPA violation

    livinglighthouse replied to livinglighthouse's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Thank you for your reply. I did not report it as my thought was that the information was sent to myself, and that the info was something part of my job, not unauthorized access to info. Deleting it...
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    HH in CA....new job offer, thoughts?

    livinglighthouse posted a topic in Home Health

    I have been in the hospital for 8 years now.....I have begun to specialize in chemotherapy, palliative care. I got an offer from a big hospital in Sacramento for HH Advanced Illness...
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    HH in CA....new job offer, thoughts?

    livinglighthouse replied to livinglighthouse's topic in Home Health

    the benefits are very good....and the case load is 15 for the first year and then 20
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    CA RN...will I take a paycut?

    livinglighthouse posted a topic in Travel

    I currently work FT in Nor Cal making $42 base pay...we do not own a home so would not qualify for a tax home.........would I end up taking a paycut to travel???? We are mostly interested in the...
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    Crazy?? Anatomy AND Physiology 8-week Summer courses

    livinglighthouse posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you have all your pre-reqs done you get preference in the nursing program......so I would really like to have these last classes done this summer. But am I crazy to try to do both??? I have 3 kids...
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    Experiences with being an Alternate for Admission?

    livinglighthouse replied to LuckyinKY's topic in General Students

    I was alternate #3 this semester and got in. Ultimately 6 alternates got in. We have a class of 48........I think each school is different and a lot has to do with how many students are accepted. I...
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    Nursing school starts Tuesday!!

    livinglighthouse replied to capemay5143's topic in General Students

    I had family orientation last Thursday, then this Thursday I have a 4 hour orientation (lots of paperwork I hear) then start classes on Monday. the first 8 weeks we have no clinicals, dosage...
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    Just got back from Family Orientation

    livinglighthouse replied to livinglighthouse's topic in General Students

    My school is Butte Community College in Oroville,
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    Just got back from Family Orientation

    livinglighthouse posted a topic in General Students

    And it was great, I think all nursing school should do this. They did a powerpoint to show the number of hours the student is in class and the number of hours they should be studying at home so the...
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    Why did you Failed Clinicals?

    livinglighthouse replied to bambam1288's topic in General Students

    At the school I'm starting at I've heard pushing ANY IV meds without your instructor present will get you immediately expelled. No ifs and or
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    Help...my nursing program starts in 3 weeks

    livinglighthouse replied to heatherRNgrad2011's topic in General Students

    I start in two weeks and here is what I've been doing/will do. 1. Read the intro/first chapter in each of my textbooks 2. Getting a message 3. Stocking up on school supplies and snacks to keep in...
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    I had orientation today!

    livinglighthouse replied to jcolli01's topic in General Students

    We have a family orientation next week on the 14th (this is where your spouse, kids, parents come) this is pretty cool that our school does to help prepare the families for what the student is going...
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    Strong personality not good for Nursing?

    livinglighthouse replied to Leesha's topic in General Students

    As my husband so graciously likes to remind me it's not.what you say but how you say it. I have an extremely strong personality and have had to work hard to find the ways to say things to get my point...
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    If you have electronic book, do you always buy the hard copy?

    livinglighthouse posted a topic in General Students

    I'm thinking of Tabers and Davis Drug Guide and possibly RN Notes. The textbooks I know I'll want a hard copy of for studying......but the others I'm wondering if I really need both. What are your...
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    2 year wait comes to a close, this alternate just called for Jan 2010!!!

    livinglighthouse posted a topic in General Students

    So, now I have so much to do in only 2 short months. I would love to hear some suggestions on specifics of what to buy beforehand. What resources were most helpful to you? Backpacks to books,...
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    So who is joining us upstairs soon???

    livinglighthouse replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I just found out last week that I'll be starting in January, I was an
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    How bad is it that I took Anatomy almost 20 years ago...but just took Physio??

    livinglighthouse posted a topic in General Students

    I'm concerned that I will be at a disadvantage in nursing school starting next semester with it not being fresh in my mind. I have netter's anatomy cards at home..........do you feel like you used a...
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    How bad is it that I took Anatomy almost 20 years ago...but just took Physio??

    livinglighthouse replied to livinglighthouse's topic in General Students

    they started that and I retook Micro and Physio, but they changed it back before I had to retake
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    Please Share Your 5 Most Effective Study Strategies

    livinglighthouse replied to jd2nurse's topic in General Students

    1. Flashcards, flashcards, flashcards - indispensable tool for learning anything 2. Highlighters- I use them on everything. Don't be afraid to mark up your book. Get different colors for various...
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    2 year wait comes to a close, this alternate just called for Jan 2010!!!

    livinglighthouse replied to livinglighthouse's topic in General Students

    thank you, all very helpful
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    How long did it take you to get into your nursing program?

    livinglighthouse replied to RetroReactive's topic in General Students

    After I finished my pre-reqs I had to apply 3 times (the first semester after they weren't taking new apps as they were switching to a lottery system rather than a waiting list). Our program is a pure...