YogaloverRN

Hello my fellow Georgia RN's, Did anyone else miss seeing the note to submit a SVD with your RN license renewal this year or am I the only nurse who missed seeing the "yellow block" with instructions? I filled out the online renewal form on Jan. 5, ...

Hi Nurse J, I have been practicing as a HH Field Nurse for 7 years, started out Baylor which is really rough, cause you get everyone that could not or would not be seen during week, (gotta go to ends of county), and then part-time, and now PRN. I l...

Hi, I have not posted for a long time because I am a home health nurse and if you know anything about it, the paperwork is "H___", lol. I have been sick and had to take some time off, so....I'll put my 2 cents in. I started nursing at 25 as an LPN....

Hello Brown Eyed girl, I went to Macon in person yesterday to turn in my "reinstatement", yes you heard me, they forced me to do the whole reinstatement process and pay $90.00 to do it. On the way home from Macon, which is a 2 hour drive in friday A...

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Hey everyone, I really need your advice. I currently have been working every week-end for 1 yr, 9 months at this agency, well, 2 weeks ago the DOO told me I got the part-time job during the week that I applied for but it would depend on when she fill...

Wow, Tewdles, I need to shut up, lol! Wow, thanks for putting my meager patient load in prospective, as they say, somebody has always got it worse than you. My gosh I think I would have a nervous breakdown if I had to do what you did, it sounds horri...

Well, I would still be a nurse! I had probably 10 different jobs before I went to nursing school, I started out as an LPN and then got a hospital sponsored scholarship for AD RN. Personally, I love people and I love nursing. I suppose if my situation...

Well, I am still hanging in there, keep looking and no home health agencies to work at unless going to Atlanta metro area and frankly, that's not a commute I can make and then continue driving. I have to say that the paperwork is becoming easier as I...

RNrutRo, You are right, well yesterday, I went in and we had a "team meeting" which lasted until almost 1000 am and then I look at my schedule and guess what? I have an adm, one visit to set up telehealth, a wound vac patient, and a recert, and 6 reg...

Wow do you sound like me. I cried so hard last week, my husband told me to call my super the next day and put in my 2 week notice. So, I stayed home all day, did some yoga, and tried to relax. This week-end was much better. I also feel soooo tired o...

Wow this sounds like a job I had several years ago in a small hospital, I worked 3-11 shift, by the time I got finished trying to care for my patients, who by the way had not had very good care during the day, I was working until 1-2 am on the charti...

Hey everyone, sorry to write so early, but I suddenly realized that with you all I have a great resource for these two difficult wounds I have to dress today. This patient has bilateral groin wounds which have severe tunneling. We had a wound vac on...

Thanks Johnst, Well, I saw the patient and the area is right in the crease of the groin on both sides, tried secure by wrapping kerlix rolls around the top of the legs, and taping reinforcements up legs, by 7 pm I had to go back because she got up to...

I agree, shift work is much better, but they didn't even offer me the choice. And down south, the home health care agencies are few, and with small towns, the DOO all seem to know each other here too. I am really beginning to dislike working as a nur...

Hello all, thanks for letting me rave. In answer to the question, how do we get paid, I get paid by the visit and this is another reason for my frustration, I may be in the home for 45 min and not have done any charting, and I have a laptop but this ...

Well, I also feel overwhelmed, I work for an agency that was mentioned. And I DO see 10 or more in a day. And I travel 100 miles. I work the week-ends and 1 day during the week. When I get home, i am so tired, I usually do my charting at 5:00 in the ...

Hello cutegalrx, Welcome to nursing, yes, a very stressful but rewarding career. Mental illness is treatable just like any other illness. However, you have to take care of yourself and follow your doctor's treatment plan exactly. I would suggest als...

Wow thanks for sharing such a wonderful and inspiring story, how great that you had the PDA!! I bet the next time you fly, you won't feel so nervous! Isn't it amazing how we are "always a nurse"?

Hey sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well, I don't work in the hospital anymore but when I did, they weren't very supportive of illness. If you don't feel better, then go to md and get note, they can't give you a hard time if you have md excuse....

Hey everyone, I am still a newbie to HH nursing and this is my first winter seeing patients. Tomorrow with the wind chill they expect temp in the teens, geesh, what can I wear, to stay within dress code and yet stay warm, I have a warm baselayer, but...

Hello NurseeB, I am new to HH just 11 months in, I did the hospital for several years, and surgery and clinic nursing. I was looking for a job where I could work less days and perhaps return to school. Well I work week-ends only and 1 day during the ...

Thanks for the great ideas! I did get some Patagonia underwear, it's synthetic and thin it worked pretty good, I wore some black denim pants like casual pants not jeans, but they were stiff to move in. I think I will try the vest and a wide scarf. Th...

Hello everyone, well I have been on my own since the end of April, I work the week-ends, which is Sat,Sun, Mon. I have to cover all of the north side of the county which can mean traveling at least 100 miles a day. I usually have 10 patients a day, a...

Hello Loveababy, well, lol if you read my posts from last few weeks, you know I just finished my "trial by fire", and I have been in HH since Feb. Gosh, did I almost freak out! And I had lots of hospital experience, but that only helped me with pat...