Monica RN,BSN

Monica RN,BSN

ER, ICU, Nursing Education, LTC, and HHC

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  1. Preparing for Hurricane Frances..Any other Floridians out there??

    Monica RN,BSN replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the black skies and rain has begun.... we are in for a very soggy few days.... Trees falling and wind blowing. mandatory evacuations and mandatory curfews.... Holy Cow!!! I hope i don't see any...

  2. Preparing for Hurricane Frances..Any other Floridians out there??

    Monica RN,BSN replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    WOW... the storm is moving in.... boats are sinking, and it is quite a view on the waether channel. God bless us

  3. CPR/First Aid Training

    Monica RN,BSN replied to TELEpathicRN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I own a business in florida for first aid and cpr training. We are in the yellow pages and have a website. We market to daycare centers and facilities. We charge by the student with a minimum of 8....

  4. made a fool of myself in school...advice please

    Monica RN,BSN replied to n8isgr8's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Might I suggest that you could ask for an appointment with your instructor, for a private 1:1? They are usually always willing to allow an appointment to discuss issues. It may be good to be able to...

  5. What do you have on count???

    Monica RN,BSN replied to burger914's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just had to throw in my 2 cents worth.. because this reminded me when the anthrax scare was happening, we had to actually lock up and count CIPRO! Geez... that was a strange one... we no longer...

  6. CNA's passing meds in ALF. What's your opinion?

    Monica RN,BSN replied to Marti Ann's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There are alot of great points here. In florida the med tech class is only a 4 hour medication administraton course for unlicensed staff in Assisited living facilities. It is actually refered to as...

  7. what other degrees do you have outside of RN

    Monica RN,BSN replied to Carotid's topic in General Nursing

    I have three degrees and working on a fourth.. I don't know what I wanna be when I grow up! I have an AS in Nursing, A BSN, Bachelor in Health care administration and working on my MSN with emphasis...

  8. Wannabe Home Health Entrepreneur Seeks Info

    Monica RN,BSN replied to mw4cc's topic in Home Health

    I wish you the best if you decide to venture into opening an agency. I am an owner of an agency and it is not so easy. Lucky for me, my agency is already established and is a simple take over of...

  9. Staffing ratio at 2.9

    Monica RN,BSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am curious to know if any of you in LTC are meeting the requirement for the new staffing ratios that changed on May 1st from 2.6 to 2.9? Finding staff is one thing, keeping them is another... Just...

  10. Migraines...what helps you?

    Monica RN,BSN replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    I have not found Imetrex to be very helpful. I find that my constant headaches are related to stress mostly. I have learned to live with the constant headache everyday.... My question is how much...

  11. What do you bring home with you?

    Monica RN,BSN replied to Stitchie's topic in General Nursing

    Yup.... Christmas Trees... If someone asked me for an oxygen nipple, I would probably say "What??" I tooo... the normal alcohol preps, tape ect ect ect. But the little prefilled NS "fish" as well...

  12. How to tell when a hamster is a male

    Monica RN,BSN replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh!!!!!!!!!!! That is Tooooo Funny.....

  13. Hippa

    Monica RN,BSN replied to francine79's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the poster as well, and I also agree that a doctors order will not give you the authority to release information. The order means nothing when it comes down to the patient's right as to...

  14. acls classes in la?

    Monica RN,BSN replied to balot99's topic in General Nursing

    Call your local hospitals. Most all offer ACLS

  15. 20 Ways to Maintain A Healthy Level of Insanity

    Monica RN,BSN replied to unknown99's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ahhhh! Loved it... Printed... Going to give out in our management meeting in the morning... We all need alittle lightening up...

  16. What do you think about dating your coworkers?

    Monica RN,BSN replied to BGSUstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I have dated within the work place in years past. For the most part it did not present any problems. It became difficult though when once as a manager, I was dating one of the staff under my...

  17. Bad ER experience...what went wrong?

    Monica RN,BSN replied to luv2yoga's topic in Emergency

    It is really hard for anyone to tell you what was going on that night in the hospital. But I can tell you in our ER, we wait hours before we get labs, tests ect. An average ER visit is not uncommon to...

  18. Malpractice Insurance

    Monica RN,BSN replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    I agree.. For the cost it cant be beat.. 80 -90 a year depending on your state, and it is 3million dollar policy, (I have.. 89.00 A yr) Some people think if you have insurance then you are more likely...

  19. Stethoscopes :)

    Monica RN,BSN replied to Cherish's topic in General Nursing

    That scope shoudl be very adaquate for school and many years beyond. Littmann is very good, and the price is reasonable. You can get tubing in any uniform shop, (might need to be ordered) or a nursing...

  20. Flu in our LTC facility

    Monica RN,BSN posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    Hello Friends: I am looking for advice re: several residents with flu symptoms. I have 37 of 155 with flu, and lots of staff who had it as well. Besides the standard infection control inservices on...

  21. Feels good to be back among allnurses!

    Monica RN,BSN replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome back!! Hope you have a great time in Cali... Keep up the Cheerfulness!!

  22. FLU is contagious for 5-7 days after symptoms subside

    Monica RN,BSN replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I found the information on the link as it is posted in a couple of the posts. http://www.cdc.gov and then there is a section I found on flu outbreak within acute and long term facilities. I have now...

  23. FLU is contagious for 5-7 days after symptoms subside

    Monica RN,BSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I learned something new last night. ... Maybe I heard it before,forgot, or whatever. But I find it very interesting that a person is contagious 1-2 days BEFORE they come down with the flu, and then...

  24. FLU is contagious for 5-7 days after symptoms subside

    Monica RN,BSN replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Has the flu been a problem in your healthcare

  25. CEU's

    Monica RN,BSN replied to dstout-rn's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Here is a good site for CEU's. They are only $4.95 a course