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  1. Should I buy my own OASIS training?

    allthesmallthings posted a topic in Home Health

    Hi. I'm wondering if I should buy my own OASIS training (online, probably) as a travel nurse relatively new to home health. My background: 11 years as a nurse, a few of those as travel nurse. For...

  2. Should I buy my own OASIS training?

    allthesmallthings replied to allthesmallthings's topic in Home Health

    OK - you sold me! Just bought it. You're a good persuader! Ha, I think that the lady who taught my online OASIS training (Cindy Krafft) is one of the contributors or quoted people or something in...

  3. So I start my first home health job (travel nurse) next week...

    allthesmallthings replied to allthesmallthings's topic in Home Health

    Oh, hi! Sorry for late reply! Anyway - my assignment went well enough! (I actually am in my last couple weeks of the same assignment - I re-upped twice, so I'll wind up working about 8 months total,...

  4. Should I buy my own OASIS training?

    allthesmallthings replied to allthesmallthings's topic in Home Health

    Thanks very much, NrsKaren! I like your signature quote...I'm sending it to my sister right now! I've decided on rctclearn.net 10-part oasis course - about $500 at this time...

  5. How to do one-person turn for quadriplegic / trach/vent Pt?

    allthesmallthings posted a topic in General Specialties

    Hi, there. I need help learning best (or just good!) technique for turning my patients in their beds, especially the trach/vent patients. Of course, it's just me (one-person turn) turning them....

  6. So I start my first home health job (travel nurse) next week...

    allthesmallthings replied to allthesmallthings's topic in Home Health

    Hey, Poko, thank you! I hadn't thought about the car trunk organizer or the divided notebook. Sounds like things I'll be glad for!

  7. Interview for a faith based hospital; advice please!!!

    allthesmallthings replied to shakabrah's topic in General Specialties

    That's

  8. How NOT to suck at turning a Pt, esp. w/ trach/vent??

    allthesmallthings posted a topic in Private Duty

    Hi, there. I need help learning best (or just good!) technique for turning my patients in their beds, especially the trach/vent patients. Of course, it's just me (one-person turn) turning them....

  9. How NOT to suck at turning a Pt, esp. w/ trach/vent??

    allthesmallthings replied to allthesmallthings's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks, orion81...you took some time w that reply! That's helpful.

  10. How to do one-person turn for quadriplegic / trach/vent Pt?

    allthesmallthings replied to allthesmallthings's topic in General Specialties

    Thank you

  11. bariatric nursing a good job?

    allthesmallthings posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I have an interview to work on a bariatric surgical floor (not the OR itself) on Thursday. I'd never considered bariatric - I'm trying to get back home to my home city, so I've been applying...

  12. Can I do this to help me insert a Foley?

    allthesmallthings posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have some trouble inserting Foley's in women by accidentally inserting it into the lady parts. I expect I'll get better with experience, but to help me, is it okay to put an empty 10-mL syringe in...

  13. New Atlanta Contract

    allthesmallthings replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    Jaw drop. 20K???? Did you just typo in a 0 in the 20K? Sign on for how long a

  14. New Atlanta Contract

    allthesmallthings replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    I live in Midtown Atlanta in a 100-year-old building, and I'm doing a travel nursing job 3 miles up the road at Piedmont Hospital. I'm sorry, I can't give you any advice on high-rises, or downtown....

  15. Probably getting fired from ICU...how can I move into full-time LTAC from prn status?

    allthesmallthings replied to allthesmallthings's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I hope so. The LTACH job would be easier on me, yes. I worked there last night, and was thinking about how much my peace-of-mind is

  16. Probably getting fired from ICU...how can I move into full-time LTAC from prn status?

    allthesmallthings posted a topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Hi, there. I found out today that I may get "let go" from my ICU job, and I'm wondering how to best position myself to ask to go full-time at my prn LTAC job. Background: After 4 years of med-surg...

  17. Probably getting fired from ICU...how can I move into full-time LTAC from prn status?

    allthesmallthings replied to allthesmallthings's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Funny you should mention a lawyer, HarryTheCat! My roommate is a liberal New Jersey journalist, and he got pretty darn fired up (as he does about many workplace issues), and offered to have his...

  18. How To Properly Clean Your Stethoscope

    allthesmallthings replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hee hee. A wow is a cow, w/ a politically correct name. Anyway: workstation on wheels = wow; computer on wheels = cow. (Often spelled in all caps.) One of those computers w/ a little work/desk...

  19. How To Properly Clean Your Stethoscope

    allthesmallthings replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Rather embarrassing to say, Hygiene QUeen, particularly to someone w/ your screen name and your cheery signature, but I don't think I've seen anyone at my hospital wash their stethoscope...and washing...

  20. How To Properly Clean Your Stethoscope

    allthesmallthings replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Do you pay for those wipes personally, or does your hospital supply them? My hospital has "purple wipes" (I'm sure there's a name for them, but we just call them that because of the color of the lid...

  21. How To Properly Clean Your Stethoscope

    allthesmallthings replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I just use the alcohol swabs. Sometimes I dump on a glug of alcohol gel from the dispensers that we use for hand hygiene. Plus, I just use disposable stethescopes (after multiple stethescopes that...

  22. Empty the foley they said...

    allthesmallthings replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I had one guy who did that 2 nights in a row. During the day, he was oriented, but around 11pm was the witching hour. In the morning, he'd be all owl-eyed - "Wait, miss, you say I did

  23. Nursing: Art vs Science

    allthesmallthings replied to jadelpn's topic in General Nursing

    lol...

  24. Losing respect for nursing students

    allthesmallthings replied to kjnsweets's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad to have students w/ us. At my hospital, we're having last-semester ADN students. They're very polite, respectful, eager, earnest students; most of them are probably 20's or 30's in age,...

  25. Nursing: Art vs Science

    allthesmallthings replied to jadelpn's topic in General Nursing

    My managers have had a similar discussion with me. I guess they'd say that I'm good at the science...need to work on the art. Thanks for the article. That's good deductive thinking, by the way -...