wonderbee

wonderbee BSN, RN

critical care; community health; psych

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  1. Got Beat Up Badly In Face By Patient

    wonderbee replied to Aviationurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Seek justice whatever ways are available to you. This doesn't sound like it was handled properly at all. I hear your outrage and your

  2. New nurse very depressed--night shift?

    wonderbee replied to cousx2's topic in General Nursing

    We are, by our natural tendencies, not nocturnal. Weakness has nothing to do with it. The depressive episode OP is describing requires immediate attention. I would suggest looking into that transfer...

  3. Anyone else sick of the snow?

    wonderbee replied to DLS_PMHNP's topic in Michigan Nursing

    One of the reasons I'm giving up home health nursing is that snow that turns to rain that freezes on the ground and gets covered with more snow. It doesn't take a lot of it either to mess everything...

  4. Hired As A Nurse Extern Now Being Used As A Cna ???

    wonderbee replied to N51308's topic in General Nursing

    You will probably not be reassigned to another nurse and this one has plans for keeping you busy as her aide. I found that no matter what we called ourselves, we were nursing assistants first,...

  5. When do you know it's time to move on?

    wonderbee replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    You'll know when it's time to go. A sense of dread will rise up inside you every time you start your shift that will get harder and harder to push down. You might begin calling off because you just...

  6. borderline-help: 2 different nurses/2 different approaches

    wonderbee replied to gcja's topic in Psychiatric

    This thread is great. As someone new to psych, one thing stands out to me. Doesn't the borderline need consistency? So if Nurse "A" is giving choices and Nurse "B" is drawing lines in the sand, what...

  7. Q for nurses who get paid per visit/admission

    wonderbee posted a topic in Home Health

    As a casual nurse, I get paid $65 per admission. Now they want to grow their business and send me trekking 60 miles each way to admit one patient. Between the hour plus drive each way, the time for...

  8. Going to accept position, wish me luck!

    wonderbee replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Psychiatric

    ND Mom, I'm not a psych nurse. At least not yet. I am awaiting an offer that should come in the next couple of days so I'll be a newbie too. We had CPI training in nursing school. A couple of things I...

  9. Why do one year Med surg nursing before going into Psychiatry Nursing

    wonderbee replied to PurifiedH2O's topic in Psychiatric

    Put yourself in the shoes of a patient. You're coughing so hard you're unable to sleep and you've got stress incontinence. You can't get enough breath to satisfy the air hunger and you're wheezing....

  10. Seriously considering leaving HH

    wonderbee posted a topic in Home Health

    I love the patients, the autonomy and even the driving when the weather is nice, especially in the Fall driving through the hills of Western PA. I do not enjoy the disorganization of my company. I'm...

  11. Hello from NW PA

    wonderbee replied to seanpdent's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hello from Pittsburgh! Glad to hear you're happy right where you're at. Keep

  12. Seriously considering leaving HH

    wonderbee replied to wonderbee's topic in Home Health

    Must be something in the air . There's positive and negative to everything, no perfect job. Here in the Northeast, I think every winter it must occur to all HH staff that there has to be a better way...

  13. Seriously considering leaving HH

    wonderbee replied to wonderbee's topic in Home Health

    Had a great interview with psych. I'm actually excited about the possibility and fairly confident there will be an offer on the table early next week. I'm finding that most psych nurses went straight...

  14. I have run into a wall

    wonderbee replied to warmhearted755's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I'm sorry you had to be subjected to that statement by your instructor. Reading strips is not an easy skill to master. Unless you're going into critical care or tele, if you can just recognize the...

  15. Western Psych?

    wonderbee replied to wonderbee's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Yes, I see where the nurses went out on strike in 2004. It doesn't sound like there was much of a gain by the

  16. Seriously considering leaving HH

    wonderbee replied to wonderbee's topic in Home Health

    Thanks for the tea and sympathy. My interview for psych is tomorrow. It will mean a cut in pay from my last full time position. The question is how much. It would mean going back to a previous...

  17. new car... again

    wonderbee replied to cherilee's topic in Home Health

    Ask about the agency. Maybe you'll get some private

  18. Q for nurses who get paid per visit/admission

    wonderbee replied to wonderbee's topic in Home Health

    Thanks everyone for your input. The weather was pretty awful for the long drive I had today. Wind gusts of 50 mph with temps in the 20's with steady winds above 20mph. It was 1.5 hrs each way of both...

  19. Q for nurses who get paid per visit/admission

    wonderbee replied to wonderbee's topic in Home Health

    Oh sure, we do get a mileage reimbursement 41 cents a mile. Yes, the mileage is part of the

  20. Mercy now UPMC Mercy, ob/gyn group goes to AGH, WP

    wonderbee replied to oramar's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    They will not go quietly into that dark night. Good for

  21. Hanging Chemo at Home

    wonderbee posted a topic in Home Health

    Today I had an interesting interview with a large HH provider. They get chemo patients and the nurses all get chemo certified. Is this common? In my current job, I haven't had any IV therapy patients...

  22. Trashy blonde again...Question...Is it ok to ask...

    wonderbee replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it would be out of line to speak with the interviewer to ask whether an unfavorable refererence was given. Some may be candid about it off the record. It's not unprofessional. You may...

  23. Trashy blonde again...Question...Is it ok to ask...

    wonderbee replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if that's true... the part about asking whether a former employee is eligible for rehire. I interviewed yesterday and had to sign a pre-printed request for emploment information. On the...

  24. recerting too many times

    wonderbee replied to cny4rn's topic in Home Health

    I remember during my time in hospice, we were warned "no live discharges". This was the law handed down from census obsessed management. Wow. So when did corporate get involved in case management? It...

  25. Comparing Pittsburgh hospitals

    wonderbee replied to MissBrn's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I understand that Western PA wages are lower than Eastern PA because the medicare reimbursement rate is regional. Western PA, for reasons I don't understand, is the poor stepchild. Is this