yfloridanurse replied to laurasc's topic in Relations
I am a former ER nurse, done triage many times and almost everyday at the end of the shift and overwhelmed like any ER nurse would get when they have 75 patinets on triage waiting to be seen but the attitude no toward another nurse but to a patient l...
yfloridanurse replied to PALOMAHOMEHEALTH's topic in Home Health
I have Igea, and its an easy software but very limited on reporting as well as efficiency and the issues with antivirus are a big problem. I have been using it for two years and I am ready to shoot myself because I have to depend on google docs to ca...
Where I am presently working I seen some practices that I do not think is beneficial. Have you ever have the experience where an LPN train an RN being their preceptor? I beleive LPN are an asset to anunit, and they can be very prepared but their Sco...
yfloridanurse replied to yfloridanurse's topic in General Nursing
Thanks all for your inputs. I have a great respect for LPN, and for the matter for any person jobs. My questions was not about LPN being good nurses or not, was about being appropiate and provide appropiate training, from the skill standpoint I under...
yfloridanurse replied to yfloridanurse's topic in General Nursing
No, unless you are precepting them to do nursing duties, that normally a doctor does not do. Otherwise we are short handing the peson being precepted. Like I said, I belive LPN are good and they have a wealth a knowledge but there is an educational g...
:banghead:ICU, I worked there for five months and hate it. The patient lying there for four months, not getting better, or worse, every day a different hole, a different machine, a rotorest bed and so many machines to deal, so many lines and every s...
I agree with some of the post, I always worked day shift, 12 and 8hours and just recently started as ANM in night shift. I can say there both busy its just a different kind of busy and the support is much more less in the night as well as the telepho...
yfloridanurse replied to odobodoko's topic in General Nursing
Very nice article and very inspirational. I do agree wit you in treating everybody like you like to be treated. I have been a nurse for seven years and one thing that bothers me a lot is when I have somebody from patient care or any department come a...