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I'm applying now for a position (either travel, or regular - have to see how things work out) in home health, as RN. I've got 9 months experience in home health (but no OASIS training) in my most recent travel nurse contract. Question: how long...

Hi, there. The meat of my question is: after skin has been disinfected and air-dried, is it considered sterile? I admit, I struggle with Foley catheter insertion in women - particularly obese / CVA / poorly able to open their legs and position t...

Hi, there. I've been a nurse for a minute now, but I've only done one portacath access, and I live in dread of having to do one again. So I've got maybe a stupid question for sterile technique, accessing implanted ports: Once I've disinfected sk...

Lovely! ty. Yeah, looking back at this question 7 months after writing it, it seems logical to me that I can touch with sterile glove.

I was about to laugh...but then I thought, Its So TRUE. Not funny....but TRUEEEEE. I want a headlamp!

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Oh, gosh. Hmm. Makes me think of one RN case manager that I knew, who very earnestly told me that she "has to" rate her patients as dependent in ALL fields (not just the fields they actually are dependent in). The reason? "We [the HHA] have to show i...

Wonderful. Succinct, Ms. Banana. Sounds good. Wow, someone who uses the word log!

Thank you all. Yeah, I guess I lucked out with the job I just got (Accent Care).. They've got a great training program, with an actual Oasis class, and preceptorship for RN case managers doing Oasis cases.

Thank you! :P

Hi, there. Me: nurse for almost 12 years (medical-surgical, telemetry, and travel); most recently, did 9 months in home health travel nursing. That was my first home health experience - I was lucky to get a travel nurse job in it! However, I di...

Wow. That sucks, for everyone. I'm glad that you're concerned for the little one. All I got is: 1) Ask your boss 2) Suprapubic??? 3) Maybe a stupid suggestion, but can you involve her in it? Like, let her play with a cathet...

In answer to your question ("Do you recommended online OASIS training"): yessss, kind of.... (Short horror story here: yes, I paid $500 for rctc OASIS training, which was definitely good because I wasn't going in with "stupid face" to OASIS. How...

Hi, y'all. I'd like advice, please. I start Monday (October 5) in my first home health nursing job, and it will be as a travel nurse, so they'll expect me to learn quickly. What's your advice on how to succeed as home health nurse? (My backgroun...

Thank you, that's good to know! ?

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 the last 8 months, I've been doing home health nu...

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 the Big Red BOok, as I'm calling Ms Marrelli's bo...

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, with just that one job!) Anyway, the first few...

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 (https://www.rctclearn.net/oasis). It best fits my needs, for the best...

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. (Yes, yes, I suck - I've been a nurse for ten years, b...

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! ?

That's funny!

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. (Yes, yes, I suck - I've been a nurse for a while, but...

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

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