prettygirllpn replied to emptyboxcars's topic in Home Health
I went straight to HH as a new LPN and worked there for four years. It was scary but i had a good mentor who was willing to help, and she was a friend before i went to work there. As far as the...
prettygirllpn replied to efda3's topic in Home Health
I went into home health right out of school ( i'm an LPN) and i do not regret it at all. I have gotten a ton of experience. Wound vacs, lots of lab draws, in depth teaching on diease process, wound...
prettygirllpn replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Home Health
we have an rn for triage...but thats all they do unless they have to do an roc. Lpns on call do the weekend visits and do the oncall visits. Rarely does the rn go out. we (lpns) try to resolve the...
prettygirllpn replied to tinderbox's topic in Home Health
i call my pts in the morning, after i get my route planned out in my head. some i dont call because they know when to expect me and they will call me if there is a change in their schedule. after a...
prettygirllpn replied to nursemomof3boys's topic in Home Health
I drive all over the county and it sucks! My car is less than two years old and has 50k miles. we have company cars but they are not very dependable and where i go, i get no cell phone service. I go...
I never introduce myself as a nurse. My grandmother, on the other hand...well, lets just say, she is proud. I dont want to make the nurse feel uncomfortable or nervous. I just set back and
prettygirllpn replied to nickos's topic in Nursing Humor
there was one our instructor showed us in ns... the girl with emphysema goes...uuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh so funny! http://www.toolivenurse.com/girl_song.htm too live nurse. cracks me
prettygirllpn replied to prettygirllpn's topic in General Nursing
The iridologist told me that back in the old days, doctors looked into the pts eyes first thing. Said many of her older pts remember this. Told her i had never heard of it. she said that with all the...
I had never even heard of iridiology until a friend of the family was dx with pancreatic CA. She helped him with his last days but (of course) did not cure him. Then, my dad became ill, tried many...
prettygirllpn replied to alwaysBELIEVE's topic in Home Health
I guess our cost of living is decent. 3 bedroom houses rent for about 800 +/-. My check pays for my car payment and daycare and elec. My husband foots the rest of the expenses. Thank God he has a good...
prettygirllpn replied to Not_A_Hat_Person's topic in Home Health
You should be able to ride along with a nurse that has been doing hh for awhile and he or she can help you refresh your skills such as blood draws and foleys. The thing i like so much about hh is that...
prettygirllpn replied to alwaysBELIEVE's topic in Home Health
wow. I work in a small town and am an LPN and getting paid $16/visit with like 37.5 cents/mile. This sucks! i really had no idea what the "outside" world pays. But there is an upside, after three...
prettygirllpn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing
I have given quite a few rocephin shots and could not understand why my pts were claiming discomfort....until i had one...wow. now i really feel bad giving them but its got to be