smartnurse1982

smartnurse1982 has 7 years experience.

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1. Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

   smartnurse1982 replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

   So increased education does not mean anything,even though the other nurse has more nursing experience overall? What is the point of telling nurses they need to be more educated,but yet they still...

2. Drowning in Skills

   smartnurse1982 replied to River&MountainRN's topic in Private Duty

   Some nurses from other specialties think home care extended care shift nurses just sit around and stare at the walls. Many come into this setting thinking it will be easy,when it is not. But yes,most...

3. Downtime during school

   smartnurse1982 replied to LilyRN99's topic in Private Duty

   When I worked school cases the teachers would get angry if I was not side by side with the child. It seems most wanted us nurses to actually teach the

4. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

   smartnurse1982 replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I always tell nurses if they must work in a nursing home to find ones that are faith based,especially Catholic and Jewish based

5. List the most frivolous complaints you've received

   smartnurse1982 replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

   I just don't understand asking the parents during an emergency situation,as is the case with diastat. For example,the child is having a five minute seizure,yet the parents say no,do not give the med....

6. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

   smartnurse1982 replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Two words: Nursing homes. Always a shortage of nurses willing to work in nursing

7. List the most frivolous complaints you've received

   smartnurse1982 replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

   On my agency MARS,for emergency meds like diastat,it says "Ask parents/caregivers first". It also says that for some prn meds. How can that be legal? Also,lots of parents want us to talk to them first...

8. Going to Patient's home without patient consent

   smartnurse1982 replied to RNBecky84's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   I appreciate this thread. I am new to homecare and i work in Camden,Nj. 95% of the patients we get referals for do not pick up the phone. For that reason,I just stopped by the home most times. I have...

9. Parent/camera nearby...can u read?

   smartnurse1982 replied to tami2017's topic in Private Duty

   The easiest solution in my opinion? Two words: Night

10. How did she/he get through nursing school?

    smartnurse1982 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is because many nurses still emphasize nursing as performing a bunch of skills. How many times do you hear nurses with less education say they do more than the nurses that have more...

11. Paid by the case and not hourly

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Home Health

    Do most companies pay by the case/visit or do they pay hourly? Funny thing is,I cant even say i get paid per visit,because I cold agree on a time,go to the patient's home,and they do not open the...

12. Paid by the case and not hourly

    smartnurse1982 posted a topic in Home Health

    I started this job 2 months ago. It is only supervising HHA and doing some reassessments,new admits,etc. I still work Private duty nights,which is skilled nursing. My supervisor for the HH agency said...

13. So you're an RN - you must be earning big!

    smartnurse1982 replied to _littlemissBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I only ever hear this when I tell my dates what I do for a living. I don't talk to them if they ever comment that i must a bunch of money now,because i consider that a rude comment. It is like they...

14. How did she/he get through nursing school?

    smartnurse1982 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    To be honest,I think nurses that want to succeed have to be personable. You could be the smartest,most knowledgeable nurse out there,but if you are not friendly and into gossip,well,you lose....

15. How do you deal with personal attacks at work?

    smartnurse1982 replied to NewRN'16's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you serious? Reeks of resentment on your part. I hope you realize plenty of Rn;s were Lpn's first. And btw,Rn's can be Adn's or Bsn. Bsn nurses have an extra 3 years of schooling,not one. But for...