helpnhands

helpnhands has 10 years experience.

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1. VENT!! Called off and labeled "No Call No Show" LOOONG...

   helpnhands replied to so alive LPN's topic in General Nursing

   I worked at a hospital that might call you off, but you had to hang around the phone for a couple of hours (never stated how many) just in case they needed you to come in after all. Sometimes I did get called back in. But if your hospital didn't tell...

2. Is it just me? (Nurse/patient ratio related)

   helpnhands replied to devi's topic in General Nursing

   In med-surg around here, it's common to have 7 patients on day shift with a tech, and 8 on evenings, and up to 10 on nights. You might have a tech for some or all, you might not. Changing jobs won't help because all the hospitals are the same. You d...

3. Palpable Dorsalis Pedis , but unable to doppler

   helpnhands replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Only time I recall having that problem was when the pulse was so weak that the pressure of holding the Doppler actually occluded it. Try a loud setting and a really light touch.

4. An Atheist Outnumbered by Christians at Work (an ethical dilemma)

   helpnhands replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

   with all due respect, jo, i have to wonder who's really "all about appearances" here. i mean, either you care what they think or you don't, kwim? and if you don't really care what they think, why would you even wonder if they knew (or cared) what rel...

5. Does "your" instead of "you're" drive anyone else nuts?

   helpnhands replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

   Speaking of work, it's Press-Ganey. Not Press-Gainey. And HIPAA , not HIPPA. Thank goodness JCAHO changed to TJC.

6. Your Family in the Hospital

   helpnhands replied to Cagey's topic in General Nursing

   No real nurse would do that. (No kidding!)

7. Where can we find jobs, warm weather, and a beach?

   helpnhands replied to Dtower's topic in General Nursing

   My pick would be Dunedin, Florida. It's a nice little town. You're within 20 minutes of 4 community hospitals, and within 30 minutes of Tampa General and Bayfront hospitals. You're within 10 minutes of the beach. The Pinellas Trail runs through it, i...

8. feeling so scared, paranoid and worried !!

   helpnhands replied to socalchinesenurse's topic in General Nursing

   Situations like these are exactly why I carry malpractice insurance. I don't think you did anything wrong, but there's no way I'm going to court alone, if it should come to that!

9. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

   helpnhands replied to jalvino1's topic in Relations

   Psssst.....It's Press Ganey. http://www.pressganey.com/

10. remote telemetry and cardiac drips

    helpnhands replied to Bucky22's topic in General Nursing

    In our hospital, remote tele means that the monitors are on one floor and the patients are on another. It is only used for patients who do not have a primary cardiac diagnosis, but who have a cardiac history.

11. quick vallium question

    helpnhands replied to jennifers's topic in General Nursing

    The real lesson here is don't work when you're tired.

12. Concurrent review nurses

    helpnhands posted a topic in Career Support

    Could someone please tell me what this job entails in plain English please? What kind of skills are good for this job? Someone told me I'd be good at this because I'm pretty good with computer skills and figuring out things from the patient charts. I...

13. CNA's in the Tampa Bay area

    helpnhands replied to furturenurse's topic in Florida

    Our hospital is always hiring CNA's because they are always moving on to nursing. You have to be persistent. Some folks have told me that it takes a few weeks to get in to Morton Plant or Helen Ellis. One unit I worked on was crying for a secretary, ...

14. Ratios in Florida

    helpnhands replied to ERRNJunkie's topic in Florida

    As far as I know, Morton Plant ICU usually has 2 patients to one nurse. Pay scale depends on your experience. Salary's around $24/hr. and ICU folks usually work 12 hour shifts. Since you're also interested in the TGH area, you also might want to cons...

15. Any Advice on School/Work balance

    helpnhands replied to Duttygal86's topic in Florida

    did you try ptech? they're having a job fair next month. good, inexpensive lpn program. as far as an online bridge program, you might want to get your lpn before deciding, because in a year or two there might be more options for online studies. http:...