I am new to home care and the agency that I work for is a disorganized mess. I got very little orientation. I was just thrown out there after 4 days. My problems are I do not understand "home bound"...
starcandy replied to starcandy's topic in Home Health
I just started last week in home health. I did my first SOC with preceptor last friday. Monday, I was given 10 more start of cares , with the addition of 14 new patients that need recerts, discharges...
I was a LPN since 1986 and worked the first year in a nursing home. After that, I started to work agency private duty and nursing homes part time for a while. I had four small children at the time...
I will keep my regular job and use the agency for supplemental income only. I know nurses who contract with agencies and have full benefits. This is a good way to go because the nurses will contract...
There is an agency Critical Resource Inc. that pays 42.00 /hr. They are located in Brighton but you can fax all your info to them. I am thinking of going per diem with them to make extra money. I am...
starcandy replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing
I have never been able to get a handle on "Nursing Time Management" I have searched books that specifically address this subject and have not found one yet , or I have very generic information . To...
This is what I did I gave the morphine and pt was sedated resps decreased from 30's to low 20's. It was ordered q 1 hr prn. I know the goal is to maintain comfort but I did not want to be the one to...