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kwagner_51

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  1. Delegating to UAP. How do you feel about it?

    kwagner_51 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am now learning about this. It scares the s*** out of me. :angryfire Why should I as an RN tell a UAP to do something that falls under my license? How do you deal with it. ISTM that we are...

  2. HELP!!! I can't COUNT the Apical Pulse!!

    kwagner_51 posted a topic in General Students

    We took our VS check-off today and we had to name the pulse points, do temp. resp. pulse, BP, and Apical pulse. I had NEVER heard of it before. Anyway, I can find it just fine and I can hear it. BUT...

  3. How many really use STERILE technique?

    kwagner_51 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am having problems passing my sterile technique in lab. I want to know how often you use sterile technique to change a surgical dressing? I have done dressing changes and NEVER used sterile...

  4. Director of Nursing Home Health Agency! HELP!

    kwagner_51 posted a topic in Home Health

    I took a p/t DON job in HH. Does anyone have any suggestions about what I will be doing? I will start on Oct 13,2008 Some of the things I was told at my interview were: OASIS Hiring P & P...

  5. Are there any Head Start Nurses out there?

    kwagner_51 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am trying to find other nurses who work for Head Start. I started with them on April 10th. I absolutely LOVE it!! :balloons: :biggringi I love working with the 3 to 5 y/o's. I had a discussion...

  6. Director of Nursing Home Health Agency! HELP!

    kwagner_51 replied to kwagner_51's topic in Home Health

    I came on here looking for advice. I didn't ask to be judged and left wanting in other nurses eyes. 1.) I have met the OWNER and he is very comfortable with me taking the position as DON 2.) He is...

  7. Director of Nursing Home Health Agency! HELP!

    kwagner_51 replied to kwagner_51's topic in Home Health

    Hi nurseby07, I have been in HH for over a yr. I also did home visits with children r/t Head Start for a year. so I have over 2 yrs collective experience. I don't have experience with OASIS but as...

  8. Question from test today, need your opinion PLEASE!!

    kwagner_51 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is the question [paraphrased]. I will post the correct answer and mine later. I want your opinion on which one you would choose! This is for Post Partum Women. Thanks!! To help prevent a UTI...

  9. Are 15 Minute Visits Possible?

    kwagner_51 replied to athomemom56's topic in Home Health

    I have one pt that is stable. I go in give his meds, give his eye gtts and take his BP. I am there about 15 min. I wouldn't be there that long but I have to wait 10 min between eye gtts. Hope this is...

  10. Tobramycin

    kwagner_51 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had to give this to my 19 y/o pt yesterday in his nebulizer. I checked the box and the orders. Orderes were 2ml per neb. The box is labeled for injection!! This guy can't talk and has no way to tell...

  11. Loved my first week as a private duty nurse!

    kwagner_51 replied to Lorie P.'s topic in Private Duty

    :redbeathe I told my dh and kids that HH et private duty are the BEST kept secrets in nursing!! I have been doing private duty for almost a year now. I LOVE it and am not looking for anythin

  12. How to get experience? Please Advise!

    kwagner_51 posted a topic in General Nursing

    See my Post "Fired Again!! Help!" in First year in Nursing Forum. I am trying to figure out how new nurses are supposed to get experience when we aren't given enough time to learn everything we need...

  13. Nursing Concerns/Advice

    kwagner_51 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am working HH and desperately need some advice. I care for a 19 y/o male pt. He has a G-Tube and a Trache. He is not on a vent and is mobile. I care for 2 other pts with g-tubes. Neither of them...

  14. Nursing Concerns/Advice

    kwagner_51 replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    He can't talk and may have the reasoning ability of a 3 y/o. I found this site and copied the picture and info for her, but I can't make her order it. I wish I had the $$$ to buy it....

  15. Private duty nursing??

    kwagner_51 replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in Private Duty

    I have been in private duty nursing for almost a year now. I ABSOLUTELY love it!! I am losing one pt due to family [ hers] issues. The POA is bi-polar and refuses to medicate self. She watches us...

  16. Is it ever okay to quit a nursing job without notice?

    kwagner_51 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Nursing Career

    My first nursing job was at our local hospital. I was hired in July. Learned alot but was in a managers meeting in Sept with a laundry list of 'crimes' against me. Stupid things like, Doesn't know...

  17. Clonidine prescribed for pt

    kwagner_51 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Y'all, I need some serious advice. My pt is 19 y/o and weights about 70#. He has Trisomy 9 very rare. Anyway he came home today from the hospital and has an order for clonidine 0.1 mg 3 x a day as...

  18. Clonidine prescribed for pt

    kwagner_51 replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    Trisomy 9 is an extemely rare chromosone disorder. He is not verbal but can "talk" For example, his bottom is raw from severe diarrhea. I put Riley's Butt Cream on it today and he squirmed all over...

  19. Clonidine prescribed for pt

    kwagner_51 replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    That's ok. I just remembered something. This is a new order but he is also taking predinsone [N. O.] and he started to scratch nurses and Mom and pull their hair. They were giving him 4 tsp QD Mom...

  20. Advice needed r/t job

    kwagner_51 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi y'all, I have a question and would like your help sorting it out. Here is the situation: I work in home health, doing shift work. Pt 1 is constantly getting sick with pneumonia and strep throat. He...

  21. Help!!!

    kwagner_51 replied to janey_RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    When I took NCLEX, I didn't take a review course. I used Saunders book et CD and Mosby's online tests for the NCLEX. I passed the first time. A friend of mine took the review class and failed NCLEX...

  22. Not enough experience!!

    kwagner_51 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I have been an RN now for 2 yrs. I have worked several jobs, none of which have provided any real training. I work agency and HH. I had an oportunity to work in a hospital with the agency. I told...

  23. Not enough experience!!

    kwagner_51 replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    HI evilnightwitch, I have LOTS of experience in LTC and that is where I work with the agency. I am NOT about to work in a hospital w/o experience/training!! That is why I told the scheduler that I...

  24. Your daily tasks

    kwagner_51 replied to wlb06's topic in General Nursing

    My day is a lot different because I do 1 on 1 nursing with just one pt at a time. Come in, receive report from family, make first tea, Ck pt for wetness do complete bed bath shampoo hair start...

  25. Fleet enema = NO results!!

    kwagner_51 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Here is the story: I work HH in the pt's sister's home for 12 hrs every week. Last noc at 8 PM the pt had a major BM. It was all liquid. Today, sister insisted that the pt have a BM. She said that the...