Crazy Mama

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  1. Travel Nursing in your RV full time

    Crazy Mama replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    My husband and I are both RN's and we plan on traveling in the near future. We are finially debt free. We plan on selling our home and buying a fifth wheel. I have been concerned about what to do...

  2. New to Forum

    Crazy Mama replied to LiLcBaBy154's topic in Texas Nursing

    If you plan on starting Nursing school, I would recommend that you get all of your prerec's out of the way. Once you start the nursing program you need to be focused on nursing and nothing else....

  3. Any "geri-psych" nurses on board?

    Crazy Mama replied to MisPlacedTexan's topic in Psychiatric

    I have worked Geropsych for 5 years. i love what i do. the patients have more medical problems and a whole lot of medications. Don't let the elderly fool you, they are strong and can go off before...

  4. Texas Nurse abandonment laws

    Crazy Mama replied to mattsmom81's topic in Texas Nursing

    I spoke w/ a nurse that taught ethics for the BNE. She said there is no mention of abandoment of patients anywhere in the regulations. She said it may fall under JCAHO but not the BNE. We do have...

  5. Moving to San Antonio.........

    Crazy Mama replied to dazzle256's topic in Texas Nursing

    Depends on which hospital you go to, but you can almost quote what you would like and see where it goes. I know at the hospital I work for we need an ICU nurse really bad. We have been remodeling...

  6. Pay rate poll

    Crazy Mama replied to NursesRmofun's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I feel as if I'm at the wrong hospital. I currently make 28.50 an hour. I get no OT since I am salary. I figured that I make less in this current position (Nurse Mgr. ) than I did on the...

  7. New Nurse Manager on Psych unit

    Crazy Mama posted a topic in Nurse Management

    I sure hope someone out there can give me some insight on what to expect. I will be in charge of a 15 bed unit on a Gero psych unit. I have been w/ this hospital for 5 yrs. on this unit and the 2...

  8. New Nurse Manager on Psych unit

    Crazy Mama replied to Crazy Mama's topic in Nurse Management

    Thanks for the feedback. The hospital I work for is just now "coming of age". We still handle labs/x-rays by written message. We are unable to get lab results etc by computer. Recently we were...

  9. Can you hire a private psych nurse to give meds?

    Crazy Mama replied to exhausted mom's topic in Psychiatric

    You asked about injectables, Geodon, Zyprexa and Respiradal Consta can be given IM. Have you thought about having your son put into a psych unit to get his meds regulated? Of course you have! I'm...

  10. Pay rate poll

    Crazy Mama replied to NursesRmofun's topic in General Nursing

    Appears that the pay scale for nurses is to low. I have been a nurse for 10 yrs. I work in a psych unit in TX. I started out in Tele, > Home health> ortho/med surg. then to the present. My...

  11. holiday pay

    Crazy Mama replied to harley_fan's topic in General Nursing

    Where are you located? sounds wonderful to get paid what you deserve. I'm of course in TX and about 2 hours from the border. No union here! and the pay scale is low

  12. holiday pay

    Crazy Mama replied to harley_fan's topic in General Nursing

    Holiday pay? I forgot there are people that do pay their employees extra if they work the holiday. The hospital I work at does not pay extra, they will give it to you off and you can use that day as...

  13. I need help...i have to do an inservice

    Crazy Mama replied to Tiggur's topic in Psychiatric

    good idea about the leaves. CP are done for falls on each pt, once the goals are met the fall prec. checks are lowered. we also doc. that while making round we observed the pt on the floor

  14. I need help...i have to do an inservice

    Crazy Mama replied to Tiggur's topic in Psychiatric

    Tiggur, State says you document every fall, but there are times when the pt has a habit of sliding out of a chair, or is able to tell you that he/she slid to the floor when trying to stand. These are...

  15. I need help...i have to do an inservice

    Crazy Mama replied to Tiggur's topic in Psychiatric

    This is always a concern of ours. On the gero psych unit were I work, We range about 1 fall QOD. At other times its up. Of cours we do 15 min rounds on all pt's unless they are Q5min. We use...