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  1. hospice nurse job duties

    jlynn2303 replied to cawkazn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My day varies depending on what happens! We have to give our schedule for the week to the office. At 8am everyone is on the phone or in the office for morning call, where we hear what happened the...

  2. Nurses regularly assigned tech station

    jlynn2303 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Is it typical for nurses to regularly be assigned to run an entire tech station plus do the nursing duties on a chronic unit? If so, how do you ever get everything done. They are both full time jobs....

  3. Nurses regularly assigned tech station

    jlynn2303 replied to jlynn2303's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    mcuatlacuatl Where do you work - and are they hiring?

  4. Is this what being an RN in dialysis is like?

    jlynn2303 replied to barbwire's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Sounds like dialysis to me. Just think - there's some guy at the top of the food chain who wants to take his mistress to the south of France, or buy himself another yacht. So, we work short so he...

  5. e-cube

    jlynn2303 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Hi, Does anyone here use ecube? I am just learning the system. I was wondering if it is possible, when you print out home med reviews to have them print by shift. Even better - alphabetically by...

  6. Dialysis Staff Schedules

    jlynn2303 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Hello all, Just out of curiosity - I am wondering what work schedules look like in different places - In center Hemo, PD and inpatient/acute dialysis. Does anyone get 40 hours? Do you get sent home...

  7. Nurses regularly assigned tech station

    jlynn2303 replied to jlynn2303's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    We have 12 patients to a side. On Saturdays the nurse is automatically assigneda four person station plus being responsible for all 12 pt. There are a total of 24 chairs and. If a tech calls in that...

  8. Travel nursing - managing licenses in different states

    jlynn2303 posted a topic in Travel

    Hello, I am thinking about travel nursing in the future and am curious - do you apply for a new license every time you go to a new state? I live on the OH/IN border and when I added an Indiana...

  9. Pulled from floor by "Men in Black"

    jlynn2303 replied to mikala3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Knock Knock Who's there? HIPPA HIPPA Who? Sorry, I can't tell you

  10. Dialysis Staff Schedules

    jlynn2303 replied to jlynn2303's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Coleebee, I am working in a chronic center. We run 3 shifts on mwf, 2 shifts on tths plus a nocturnal on stt. The first nurse comes in at 5.30 AM every day. On MWF mornings the nocturnal nurses stays...

  11. Dialysis Staff Schedules

    jlynn2303 replied to jlynn2303's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    do you Work acutes or outpatient?UOTE=jlynn2303;6975842]Hello all, Just out of curiosity - I am wondering what work schedules look like in different places - In center Hemo, PD and inpatient/acute...

  12. Recomend a basic dialysis text book?

    jlynn2303 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Hi, I am a relatively new nurse (1-1/2 years) who has recently started at an outpatient unit. I am looking for a clear, basic text book so that I can do some more in depth reading on some of the...

  13. Computer charting in dialysis.

    jlynn2303 replied to RN_6609's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    My Fresenius unit has had ecube for the last couple of years and the staff hates it. I have been there only a couple of months, so didn't use the old system. I am still learning the system. The...

  14. Dialysis Center as Case Management for all ailments

    jlynn2303 replied to jlynn2303's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Do all dialysis centers do this? I get that patients aren't just kidneys, I am just trying to figure out why it is the dialysis center and not, say, the primary care provider that manages it.The...

  15. Dialysis Center as Case Management for all ailments

    jlynn2303 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Hi, I've been working in at 24 chair Fresenius dialysis center for a couple of months now. One of the things that puzzles me is all of the stuff that we do that seems to have nothing to do with...

  16. False documentation... more common than you think.

    jlynn2303 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The first ltc facility I worked in, right out of nursing school, it was universal practice for all the nurses to get report, count, and then sign the treatment book, before they ever went out on the...

  17. New-ish RN, 30 residents please help!

    jlynn2303 replied to newrnltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I graduated in Nov 10, passed my boards in Jan 11 and started working in ltc a year ago this month. What I wanted to do was hospice, however, and after the magic six months, I began applying for...

  18. New hospice nurse first night on call

    jlynn2303 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi, I am a new hospice nurse, having taken this job after 6months of ltc out of nursing school. I wanted to do hospice, which is why I went to nursing school, so this is very exciting, but, of...

  19. Lasix use in CHF?

    jlynn2303 replied to gorgenurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi, I am a new hospice nurse as well. I have seen lasix used, pretty regularly, actually. It is treated as a comfort measure. It seems that as long as it doesn't treat the primary dx that brought...

  20. Am I ever going to get this?

    jlynn2303 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello, I am about three months into my first job post grad, and it seems I can't do anything right. Am I ever going to get this? I just feel like throwing in the towel, but I've worked so hard to get...

  21. Where did you worked as a newly Licensed Nurse?

    jlynn2303 replied to joycie20's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I got my license in January, could not land a hospital job, started working in LTC in April. I can still look - and eat at the same time! It's crazy trying to find a job around here - everyone wants...

  22. College nursing

    jlynn2303 posted a topic in School

    Hi, Does being a nurse at a college count as school nursing? What does the life of a college nurse (small college, one nurse as entire staff, students sent off campus to local doctors if need be) look...

  23. Am I ever going to get this?

    jlynn2303 replied to jlynn2303's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks everyone! the encouragement helps. Today was just as stressful- admission 15 minutes before I was supposed to be off. Took forever. Thanks

  24. Low Census...and LOVING IT!

    jlynn2303 replied to qestout's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am a new nurse, working in ltc for my first job. Why do people think this is easier than medsurg? Wound vacs, picc lines, tube feeds and 20+ patients. How is it even safe? I read somewhere an...

  25. Getting started as MDS nurse

    jlynn2303 replied to farmgirl2's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    So what does a 'typical' day look like for an mds nurse? Is it all desk work, or a mix of desk and patient interaction? Thanks - I am curious. Someone began talking to me about the other day, and it...