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  1. Chasing doen pt's

    ilovenursing2009 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in Home Health

    Do you fax or call the Dr. to report the situation....? I just wish I could d/c the pt for non-compliance. I feel bad though because it is not the pt's fault. It is the families for not...

  2. Chasing doen pt's

    ilovenursing2009 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in Home Health

    Yeah, they are homebound. The chasing is not literal!! I am getting so tired of making phone call after phone call. I left a message telling them I will be there between a certain time. I never get a...

  3. is it possible- L&D to med/surg?

    ilovenursing2009 replied to lalalalexi's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated last year and was in the same position you are. Take ANYTHING you can get. Worry about what you want later down the road. I know nurses who graduated a year ago and still have nothing. It...

  4. Legal issues with private duty nsg

    ilovenursing2009 posted a topic in Private Duty

    I just started working with an agency doing private duty (pd). I have never done pd ever, so I know very little about it. I found out the agency I work for is not licensed as a private duty agency....

  5. Legal issues with private duty nsg

    ilovenursing2009 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in Private Duty

    Does or should an agency be licensed to provide pd nurses? I am confused why there is such a license if it is not mandated to have one before an agency sends nurses

  6. Told to work 7 days/week or lose job

    ilovenursing2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work home health and being new to home health I still don't understand a couple things... #1- I was told for patients needing 7 day a week visits I MUST see them 7 days a week or lose the case. Is...

  7. California Board of Nursing? CA nurses HELP

    ilovenursing2009 replied to AllAngelsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I moved here from another state and had to deal with the same thing. I had to submit my transcripts. I did have oral and written communications. They never told me what they were looking for other...

  8. RN ethical dilemma

    ilovenursing2009 replied to cwishes's topic in General Nursing

    As long as it stays patient education rather then patient persuasion I think it is

  9. Low BP pt Need Tips for when I am by myself!!

    ilovenursing2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Before I start....I work home health so there are no other machines to use or people to ask to check it for me. I wish!! That is my one dislike about home health! Anywho....! Anyone have any tips for...

  10. Low BP pt Need Tips for when I am by myself!!

    ilovenursing2009 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    In my school (I graduated a year ago) we were taught to do the two step method first using palpation and auscultation. I guess to some it seems like such an old school way of measuring BP, but your...

  11. Low BP pt Need Tips for when I am by myself!!

    ilovenursing2009 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! The pt always runs low. She is not on any meds that would make her that low. She has CIDP, but i have not been able to find any research about CIDP and low BP. So since she her normal is on...

  12. Gloves and infection

    ilovenursing2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

    today a nurse was hooking up an iv line to a pt with no gloves. some of the medication and a tiny amount of blood spilled onto the nurses hand. she had a small fresh cut on one of her fingers. she...

  13. Port a Cath ?'s

    ilovenursing2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am doing a home infusion tomorrow where the client has a port a cath. I have done port a caths in the past....I always check for blood return. Apparently the case I am going on tomorrow uses 50ml...

  14. Port a Cath ?'s

    ilovenursing2009 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly! That is what I said!!! I think my boss hooked it up to the 50ml

  15. What do Home Health Nurses Keep in their Trunk!!!

    ilovenursing2009 posted a topic in Home Health

    HI!!! I just started with a home health agency as a case manager and some shift work (IV therapies). They gave me tons of stuff like papers and supplies to keep in my trunk. My trunk looks like an...

  16. I work with a DUMB nurse!

    ilovenursing2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i hate to say anything bad about a fellow nurse, but i work with an incompetent nurse. i watch her and listen to her "stories" about why she is doing something and i just cannot believe she was passed...

  17. I work with a DUMB nurse!

    ilovenursing2009 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    :crying2:I have to say that I am a little saddened by the direction this thread has gone. Maybe it is my fault for not wording my problem better. I was really hoping for help and not bickering between...

  18. I work with a DUMB nurse!

    ilovenursing2009 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    we don't know each other. sorry to hear about the mean nurse. there is a big difference between someone learning and making mistakes (we all do) and pure incompetence. guess there was a little...

  19. I work with a DUMB nurse!

    ilovenursing2009 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    "I never said I know you and thank God for that." That is very rude and uncalled

  20. I work with a DUMB nurse!

    ilovenursing2009 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    Not yet! That is the point of preventing her from doing so!!! Isn't every nurse trying to save the world in little ways each day! I think

  21. I work with a DUMB nurse!

    ilovenursing2009 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone does have "those" moments. It is when the moments string together to make a nurse unsafe. You can't tell me you have never met a nurse that should not be one! I will never be that nurse who...

  22. I work with a DUMB nurse!

    ilovenursing2009 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    me too! i did approach my don and she came and did a shadow and found some unsettling things. at this point i feel good that i made it known to the don because she even said she didn't know how bad it...

  23. I work with a DUMB nurse!

    ilovenursing2009 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    glad that you are holier than thou! you do not know me and only have a snippet of what has been going on. and yes when i see a dumb nurse i will make sure i watch them like a hawk so they don't kill...

  24. I work with a DUMB nurse!

    ilovenursing2009 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Everyone!!! It helped to vent! Just for chuckles... today she told me when I have a pt with a PICC line I have to measure from the hub to the end of the PICC every day. I asked her how to do...

  25. How do you safely pass meds on 33 patients?

    ilovenursing2009 replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    YOU DON'T!!!! Run the other way! There is no way to be safe in those circumstances. My opinion is that working at a SNF as a RN is a great way to get sued or lose your license. It is always hectic,...