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  1. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    dragonfly954 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    What were they thinking(from one that has a parrott that just bit me really hard

  2. Being a nurse for all the wrong reasons.

    dragonfly954 replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with tweety.Sometimes you just have to go on about your business or evrything will drive you crazy.I loved the comment about putitng on rose colored glasses.I had a charge nurse throw a set of...

  3. Discharge Question

    dragonfly954 posted a topic in Home Health

    I've been in home health for a little over a month now,not having much experience prior to this.I was given a crash orientation and admitted 6 the first weekend.Everyone was really great at first and...

  4. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    dragonfly954 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Never let 5 eleven year old boys have your extra Viagra and take it at school on their lunch break.........and then hide in the restroom for an hour because they can't go back to class(while they are...

  5. Nurse patient ratio

    dragonfly954 replied to gaulkari's topic in General Nursing

    I was talked into (by my agency)going to work in a small hospital 50 miles away without travel reimburement.I was offered an insulting contract pay wise,but I needed to work.I went there with an open...

  6. Need info on missed visits please

    dragonfly954 replied to masen's topic in Home Health

    i am new to HH Medicare visits by a couple of weeks.I've heard everyone talk about missed visits.We have a form for this,yet i have not had a missed visit yet.My question is does your agancy factor in...

  7. The tortoise or the hare? How do your docs rate?

    dragonfly954 replied to SouthernERNurse's topic in Emergency

    I'm sure you will end up with a lot of comments about er wait times in general.Our local er (only 1 hospital) has to have the slowest doctors in town,some are slower than others. one doctor in...

  8. V codes/field staff

    dragonfly954 replied to renerian's topic in Home Health

    they don't want us to do it:the QA nurse does this.I interviewed and did a brief orientation with another hh company (that I ended up leaving right away)that had a seperate form the field nurse filled...

  9. Nurses, Would you go into nursing if you had to do it all over again?

    dragonfly954 replied to 4everpeace's topic in General Nursing

    Yes,but would have held off having kids and being married until my 30's.I wish i was in the position to travel

  10. Question about admission.

    dragonfly954 posted a topic in Home Health

    I had my first admission on my own today. Post surgical wound care for back surgery on the referral.ok this will be simple i thought.:) She had multiple serious health problems not listed on the...

  11. Question about admission.

    dragonfly954 replied to dragonfly954's topic in Home Health

    I like it better than my agency job,that's for sure!It has been an experience for the last 2 weeks.I have never done medicare h.h,so i have a lot to learn.Trying to track the md down is the best part...

  12. ortho nurses!!!please advise

    dragonfly954 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    now the mother in law is on 150 mg methadone a day and still in pain,muptiple pain mgt trips,etc.nothing helps.I'm not saying the surgery did her any harm but she could have been managed better...

  13. ortho nurses!!!please advise

    dragonfly954 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    My mother-in-law had cages(2) and a pinched nerve repaired at 9 am and they sent her home at 2 pm with a brace and oxycotin.I stopped by to see her not believing they sent her home.supposed to be a...

  14. Husband shoots wife and self in Icu in CA

    dragonfly954 replied to Geeg's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Years ago we had an elderly man shoot himself in the head in his car after waiting several hours in the er waiting area to be seen.Well he didnt pass right away and we had a bigger problem than him...

  15. Husband shoots wife and self in Icu in CA

    dragonfly954 replied to Geeg's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I live in a small area,but we have one area that is really bad epecialy on the weekends(drugs,gangs).they keep a full-time police officer just for the er at all times and a couple of security guards...

  16. unhappy nurse

    dragonfly954 replied to nurse unhappy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was almost phsically assaulted by a nurse last fri.She threw a set of narc keys at me and missed my face by an inch.No one did anything because she is the charge nurse.The day shift (her...

  17. Time Heals???????????(long)

    dragonfly954 replied to ladytraviler's topic in General Nursing

    My dad's sister lost her 3 1/2 yr old 30 or so years ago to an over dose of some type of pills.She has never gotten over her grief or her guilt.It has eaten her alive for years.I was a baby when he...

  18. Laser Therapy

    dragonfly954 replied to nurse unhappy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry'but I don't know how to pm back.I did get your pm.I'll see her this later week or next.She said this was a series of classes to get certificates.the classes were not all that long.the entire...

  19. Help! Can't decide between nursing or teaching

    dragonfly954 replied to 4everpeace's topic in General Nursing

    hug 4 mom I'm not picking at you,I promise.I can identify with you though in a way.I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.Just think,if you decide to be a nurse you will have to decide...

  20. ACLS online

    dragonfly954 replied to Mikeygrn's topic in General Nursing

    have never done this renewal online but a lot of people I work with use acls.com to do

  21. Laser Therapy

    dragonfly954 replied to nurse unhappy's topic in General Nursing

    My friend who is an RN was mentioning that the other day.I had never heard of it.We are in fla.she was talking about a class in Ft.Lauderdale,Fla pertaining to your question in this thread.She is...

  22. Help! Can't decide between nursing or teaching

    dragonfly954 replied to 4everpeace's topic in General Nursing

    well it's either spend your day with 25 nine -year olds if you choose to be a teacher or 25 ninety -year olds if you select

  23. EMT-B in Doctors offices

    dragonfly954 replied to pillsrus's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    scary

  24. oh nooooooo...

    dragonfly954 replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

  25. By This time Tommorrow

    dragonfly954 replied to WntrMute2's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    good luck.you will do