ksreuter

ksreuter has 4 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg, Perioperative, Home Health.

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1. SMART goals

   ksreuter posted a topic in Nurse Management

   I am conducting a training for my nurses on writing SMART goals. I was wondering if anyone out there has some good examples of "bad" goals that could be made "SMART". OR...good case studies to use for...

2. Just wondering

   ksreuter replied to winnowill's topic in Private Duty

   I am the DON of a Home Health Care agency that does private duty nursing. I hire the PDNs and I would say that if I got an application that said "Personality Conflict" as a reason for leaving, I would...

3. Am I Qualified?

   ksreuter replied to ksreuter's topic in Home Health

   I do have my BSN. I'll look in to the courses. I live in a pretty rural community and I'm not sure where I'd be able to do

4. Am I Qualified?

   ksreuter posted a topic in Home Health

   As a home health nurse am I qualified to take a wound care ceritification? I read all the requirements and they seem to be unclear about whether or not I'd qualify for the experience. I am the...

5. Calling all DON/Administrators of Home Health Agency

   ksreuter replied to nurse955's topic in Nurse Management

   I'm a new DON at a home health care agency. I'm learning all the rules and regs myself. I've been in home health as long as I've been a nurse though. What state are you in? The survey process is very...

6. Why does my nurse manager never email me back?

   ksreuter replied to beeble's topic in Nurse Management

   Well a couple things could be going on here. 1) Your manager may prefer to hear your voice or see your face to communicate. Some people feel they get a better sense of what is being asked etc. If this...

7. To stay put or move on?

   ksreuter replied to GoECU's topic in Home Health

   Well that's something that you're going to have to ask yourself. Do you want to put getting pregnant on hold for a couple months? Assuming that you'd want STD if the new company offers that, generally...

8. Is it just our agency? How do you deal with this?

   ksreuter replied to Burlshoe114's topic in Home Health

   I'm sorry to hear you refer to patients who don't want to spend the rest of their life at a long term care facility in such a negative way. Playing a role in helping people choose where they live and...

9. Ideal New Hire

   ksreuter replied to KateRN1's topic in Home Health

   I think I'm I'm love! Haha. I'm in the process of hiring a new staff RN. These are good guidelines. Do you by chance have any suggestions for good interview questions to get these sometimes elusive...

10. Home Health!! Need Advice!!!!

    ksreuter replied to tinaj191's topic in Home Health

    I'd have to agree. I can't believe how much I learned in my first 6 months on med surg. It was amazing. The time I spent on med surge gave me a good foundation. I'm so glad bc now I'm alone in homes...

11. inservices

    ksreuter replied to tx2007's topic in Home Health

    I think it would be nice to do a pharmacology review for staff nurses. We do a lot of medication management and I think if you selected didn't medication classes etc. and focused on interactions and...

12. Interested in befriending a home health nurse

    ksreuter replied to imkatgirl's topic in Home Health

    HealthyNurse, I'd love to hear some recommendations for EMRs that are good for home health. I'm a new DON in home health and we've been researching some ways to go toward computerized

13. Tell me about CALL

    ksreuter replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Operating Room

    I work in a small rural hospital as well and just started to take call with a buddy since I'm new to the OR. we do call right now a week at a time. Once I'm on my own, we'll have every 3rd week. your...

14. How to become an OR nurse

    ksreuter replied to 1102RN's topic in Operating Room

    I agree. Get some experience on med/surg first. Then, talk to your employer, they may let you shadow an OR nurse so you can see what's going on and see if it's something you're really interested

15. new grad to OR

    ksreuter replied to JSTARZ's topic in Operating Room

    I'd stick with the RN degree too. You can always scrub as an RN, there's no need to return to school to become a Surg Tech. There are a lot of resources out there. I'm new to the OR too, and I've just...