akvarmit

akvarmit

ED, PCU, Addiction, Home Health

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  1. is this nursing to you?

    akvarmit replied to RNFROMTHEHILL's topic in General Nursing

    I think Showbizrn nailed it. Is it what you want to do? I recently struggled with the same thing. I am leaving a Director of Nursing position to go back to the ER. Management is great when a...

  2. HH Assessment quick guide?

    akvarmit replied to KymRN's topic in Home Health

    Hi Kym - welcome to Home Health :welcome: I have found there is nothing "quick" about Home Health. Even though the nursing is not "critical care", there still is a huge learning curve. The focus of...

  3. QA Nurse changing my Oasis answers!!

    akvarmit replied to PCUSheryl's topic in Home Health

    Wow - I feel relieved to see that my agency seems to have thier "stuff" together. I have been trained to help review SOC's before we lock them and we NEVER change any items - that charting is the...

  4. Remicade / Immunoglobulin IV in home health setting?

    akvarmit replied to becca-roo's topic in Home Health

    It is an acceptable practice to infuse certain medications in the home setting. Medicare and private insurances both may pay for this service, and there are many IV companies who's only work is to...

  5. Mandatory Overtime Bill Passed by House; need to contact state Senators for passage

    akvarmit replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Thanks Karen - already emailed my local state senator tonight. I did some online surfing about the bill beforehand. I couldn't find exactly when it will come to vote in the Senate - but they...

  6. Average # of visits

    akvarmit replied to fourwacres's topic in Home Health

    fourwacers - your required "points" sounds similar to the system our office uses, except we call them "units." We have to do avg 5.5 a day (56 a pay) so that would be comparable to yours. I've been...

  7. The College Network vs direct enrollment with Excelsior

    akvarmit replied to Jan.Gammage's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi There - I am a ADN grad of Excelsior after 11 years as an LPN. I made the mistake of "signing on" with a private publishing company for study materials. Thankfully, I also reviewed textbooks and...

  8. Snack ideas?

    akvarmit posted a topic in Home Health

    Hi all! I'm 3 months into my Home Health job and loving it. (After 2 years of being in a level I trauma center ER - there's nothing Home Health can do to hurt me!) Anyway, I'm trying to come up with...

  9. 2nd day and I already want to cry!

    akvarmit replied to newflgrad's topic in Home Health

    {{{{hugs}}}} to you for seeing that side of HomeCare! I did some longer shift type work with Interim here in PA and had both good and bad experiences. My first case was wonderful! Mom knew as much...

  10. Snack ideas?

    akvarmit replied to akvarmit's topic in Home Health

    Thank you for all the repies! I have been doing a lot of what you all have suggested. I started packing a cooler now that it's getting warmer here. I took a big swig of water from my bottle when I...

  11. New to Home Health....any tips or advice?

    akvarmit replied to jkaee's topic in Home Health

    I've been doing HH for about 3 months (hardly an expert, more like just driving with a permit) but I absolutely love it! I do well if I can focus on one thing at a time, get very engrossed in it and...

  12. What do you wear in this weather?

    akvarmit posted a topic in Home Health

    I am new to Home Health (and loving it!) but I never know what to wear! I live in snowy, blustry, Pennsylvania. If I wear tennis shoes, my feet are soaking from tromping in the snow. If I wear big...

  13. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    akvarmit replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    I like that - what a great "blessing". Well I had posted earlier that I interviewed to transfer from ER nursing to a Home Health office at my same hospital - and today they offerred me the job. I am...

  14. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    akvarmit replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    I am really enjoying this thread and all the resources you guys have posted here. I am currently an ER nurse x2 years - and I have bid on transferring into a home health job with the same hospital....

  15. Roll Call for Excelsior Grads - stand up and be counted

    akvarmit replied to Nascar nurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I graduated Sept. 2003 - Can't believe it's been 2 years already - Wow! All of the advice here has been wonderful. I also paid and scheduled each exam about a month in advance and then made myself...

  16. Five week ER orientation

    akvarmit replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    I also work in a level I trauma center - and our orientation is about 6 weeks. We also hire new grads. I thought our most recent new grads did very well, as they had no "bad habits" to unlearn. I...

  17. Nervousness has set in

    akvarmit replied to Aneroo's topic in Emergency

    First of all - congrats to you! Knowledge is a journey, not a destination, so envision this as the beginning of a long and interesting trip! I started in our Level 1 ER last year after 12 years as an...

  18. Trauma Season

    akvarmit replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Yep - already had the first hand blown to bits from a 1/4 stick of dynamite. I said "What? It's not July yet!?" then I got it......he was drinking......duh. Silly me. Dawn in

  19. Can anyone help me with EC Pathophysiology

    akvarmit replied to tawillia's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi there! I'm about to start studying for Patho as soon as I can find a textbook used online. I graduated from EC with my Assoc. over a year ago, and I'm going to re-enroll in December and start...

  20. Need advice on distance learning!!

    akvarmit replied to HuffmanLPN's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi there! I am an Excelsior grad from last year, now working in an ER. Remember that the ONLY accredited school that you can go from LPN to RN with is Excelsior. ALL of the other names you hear,...

  21. Cynical? Realistic? or both?

    akvarmit replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    I am just a new ED RN (but had many years as an LPN elsewhere). I just wanted to add that I can see myself changing since starting in the ED. I don't think I'm becoming cynical - I think I'm...

  22. Drug Seeker Antics and Dramas- the Vents

    akvarmit replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    Hey - early am we got a patient in - moaning and writhing on the gurney. 'Bout near tossed herself on the floor she was in such throes of agony from abdominal pain and nausea with sudden onset about...

  23. CT scans and how long to wait?

    akvarmit replied to TexNurse's topic in Emergency

    Hmmmmm ...... we use gastrograffin, but the patients can drink all 3 glasses right down, then we scan in 1 hr. We also use the Aussies to read our scans on night shift..........sounds like they got...

  24. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

    akvarmit replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    I can totally see one of our ER docs coming out of the cubical and going straight to the unit secretary and saying......"Get me the veterinary attending on call

  25. GN orientiations to ER's

    akvarmit replied to MEME_BSN's topic in Emergency

    EEEGHADs! I am just finishing my orientation at a LVL I trauma center ED. I love it so far - but what I've gotten is 6 weeks of orientation. We don't have any classes, unless we get scheduled for...