RNinSoCal

RNinSoCal has 13 years experience and specializes in Home health, Med/Surg.

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1. First Travel Assignment

   RNinSoCal replied to laughingthrutheday's topic in Travel

   I hope they are paying for your housing. I worked at Sequoia Hospital (which is 20 minutes from Stanford) in 2008 and made 57 an hour as a staff nurse on med/surg. My rent was 1625 per month for a...

2. Need resource for MD orders guidelines please

   RNinSoCal replied to RNinSoCal's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   You are misunderstanding. They are doing this on the regular order pages outside of the monthly printed orders forms-on the hand written daily order sheets. The regular MD order sheets look like a...

3. Need resource for MD orders guidelines please

   RNinSoCal posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   Hello educators, I have run into a problem with nurses crossing out MD orders that have been changed or discontinued at a LTC facility. For example an order written on the MD order sheet reads...

4. crossing out MD orders??

   RNinSoCal replied to RNinSoCal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I have not been able to find any professional nursing or medical texts/articles on orders charting. I wonder if there is a standard for orders that I would be able to bring to the nurses as evidence....

5. crossing out MD orders??

   RNinSoCal replied to RNinSoCal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I agree, it makes the original order appear to be invalid. It also could look like nurses are trying to falsify medical records when viewed from a legal standpoint. I have to say something to some...

6. crossing out MD orders??

   RNinSoCal replied to RNinSoCal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   OK, here is what they are doing: MD order on regular order sheet " 6/15/10 Tylenol 650 mg po q 4 hours prn mild pain Dr. Knowitall" The nurse receives new telephone order from MD on 6/24/10 for...

7. crossing out MD orders??

   RNinSoCal replied to RNinSoCal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Thanks for responding! I thought it was wrong too. I asked the DON if it was done on all order pages or just the monthly printout and she said on any order sheet! State should have fun with...

8. crossing out MD orders??

   RNinSoCal posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Hello all, I have not posted here before. Switched to MDS nurse (LTC) from med/surg for a change of pace. My feet still hurt from all the years of med/surg!! Not that LTC nursing is easier, just...

9. moving to the bay area i guess, advice

   RNinSoCal replied to FLOBRN's topic in California Nursing

   Sequoia has a great reputation all around and the pay is great for experienced nurses. It is worth a try to see if they are hiring, you can apply

10. Certifications?

    RNinSoCal replied to iijrzpnoyii's topic in General Nursing

    I recently turned down chemo certification classes at my facility because there are no benefits and many draw backs. There is no pay increase for chemo cert where I work. Nurses who are chemo...

11. Pyxis, Omnicell, Accudose Comparison

    RNinSoCal replied to jkarras81's topic in General Nursing

    I like omnicell for 2 reasons: You don't have to count your narcotics The omni machines are bigger so more meds can be stored in them. We just switched from pyxis to omni. We used to have 2 pyxis on...

12. Need advise and support

    RNinSoCal replied to ncnov88's topic in General Nursing

    Cg88, I know your pain. My mother was diagnosed with cancer 6 week after I graduated from nursing school and I moved home with my family until she died. This was 10 years ago. I needed time to...

13. Would this happen at your ER?

    RNinSoCal replied to AlisonBSN's topic in Emergency

    I agree with the other posters, that situation should not have happened to you or your patient. I would have refused to leave my other patients to take a pt anywhere for longer than 15 minutes....

14. patient nurse ratio 4:1 in California next year?

    RNinSoCal replied to ddsd's topic in California Nursing

    If California goes 4:1 on med/surg you can bet it will be primary care with no CNAs. I dread the day I have to work without help. The CNAs on my unit are worth their weight in gold. I would rather...

15. nurse to patient ratio

    RNinSoCal replied to Michellex1013's topic in California Nursing

    The ratios are true in California for hospitals, but not for nursing homes and subacute care centers. I f you want to work in California look for union hospitals. My hospital is contracted with CNA...