RyanSofie

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  1. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    Home health certainly can use your expertise in the NICU.Many children requiring complicated skilled care are at home. The great thing about HH is you facilitate the care provided by families at home....
  2. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    I do both one to one and case management. I have a full time one to one in peds. The HH case management is per diem and supplements my income as a private duty nurse for a child . I posted to get some...
  3. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    I am a "novice" in HH and was doing quite well till yesterday ( or so I thought). The new Oasis C was introduced to me a few days ago..what I find daunting is the amount of paperwork involved and the...
  4. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

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  5. Alert but confused

    He was definitley(sp) confused but had to be alert to be walking around defecating in trash
  6. Alert but confused

    Alert..conscious..awake...responsive to stimuli. Confused: so am I...Confused: Does not know person,place or
  7. Did I cause my patient to die faster?

    Death is not something we can control. The patient was elderly and post MI . The turning probably had nothing to do with her death as her death was going to occur despite any repositioning you did....
  8. Drug overdose situation.....

    Great to see some professionals who use a question as an opportunity to "teach". Nurses we need to nuture our young not scold them for asking questions. ABC 1st step Notify EMS 2nd...that means in...
  9. Need your opinion on this issue

    Poor management on the part of the hospital you were sent to. Communication was certainly lacking which I have found is a common thread in nursing. I have worked with agency and Travel as an RN ....
  10. Struggling with anxiety over previous job

    Give yourself some time...I decided after I left my last LTC position that I would never step foot in any LTC as an RN again. Money is tight but I have registered with a few homecare agencies and work...
  11. Struggling with anxiety over previous job

    Dear Fellow Nurse...I have been in and out of LTC facilities for the last 10 years. I believe the longest I have stayed in any of them was 3 years , the majority I stayed 6 months or less. I believe...
  12. The True Character of a Real Nurse

    Crystal2Dish...As a RN with 19 years under my white shoes I agree with you that the "profession of Nursing" has evolved to a point of no return. I am amazed to see nurses with 15 letters following...
  13. The Patient I Failed

    Well remind me not to become unresponsive in your state. That is very barbaric if you ask me, espeacially if they do not honor advanced directives.You obviously did not fail the patient, the state...
  14. how much comfort is comfort?

    It seems he was experiencing terminal restlessness. Continuous care is for those who have symptoms that are out of control or difficult for family to manage. I hope you have another opportunity for a...
  15. The Patient I Failed

    Between the dollar and common
  16. Mature Nurses over 50

    If your in Michigan you may have seen the nurse honored in the nursing newletter sent out in Michigan...she is 86 and still working full time in longterm care.I had the pleasure of working with...
  17. Mature Nurses over 50

    50 and proud of it! Am currently on hiatus from nursing...needed a break from the
  18. The Patient I Failed

    The woman was dying but due to advances in medical intervention the process was reversed. A heart stops because the organ is no longer capable of function and the same goes with pulmonary function.We...
  19. The Patient I Failed

    The woman was dying but due to advances in medical intervention the process was reversed. A heart stops because the organ is no longer capable of function and the same goes with pulmonary function.We...
  20. Hospice Nurses The Good the Bad and the Ugly

    Hospice nursing is a calling and it is a challenge like none other I have experienced in 20 years of nursing. It requires a willingness to engage with another human being and their loved ones at a...
  21. Hospice Nurses The Good the Bad and the Ugly

    How sad that as a profession nursing has become just another "job". I was employed by a Hospice organization that I was unfortunately mistaken in thinking had wanted to change the direction of for...
  22. The Patient I Failed

    How tragic. I am going to keep copies of this...with my Five Wishes and hopefully in the event my loved ones decide to dissent my wishes this will illustrate the suffering caused when one is...
  23. Have you ever heard of this? UGH!!!!

    Hmmmm good eye deea have the FDA put their stamp of approval first...I cannot believe this thread! We nurses need a looooog cruise in the Caribbean and a lesson in spelling (smiles
  24. Have you ever heard of this? UGH!!!!

    Placenta Pizza: Grind placenta. Saute in 2 tbl. olive oil with 4 garlic cloves, then add 1/4 tsp. fennel, 1/4 tsp. pepper, 1/4 tsp. paprika, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. oregano, 1/4 tsp. thyme, and 1/4...
  25. Have you ever heard of this? UGH!!!!

    [color=#ffff00]placenta cocktail: [color=#4488ff] 1/4 cup raw placenta 8oz v-8 juice 2 ice cubes 1/2 cup carrot. blend at high speed for 10