Blackheartednurse

I cant speak for RNs working in other specialties, but as home health nurse I can tell you this, I work hard for that money and some more!!! And I'm not even speaking of really good money but that 40,0000. On most day I came home 8-9 pm and I still g...

I noticed that I cant hear BP on obese patients, does anyone have any tips to share? Thansk

Oh my God, this week I have to draw INR level on very obese patient, I'm so anxious I wont be able to find a good vein.

that is what I have been using-a wrist pressure as my last resort:)))

I recently had to do a dressing change that was made of honey, I thought that was so cool, I realize that nature gives us so much.:redpinkhe:redpinkhe:redpinkhe

Wow did your immune system improved? Where can you buy one?

I started off in a home health agency, I have been there for a year. Yes it is hard sometimes but it is doable,next week I will be working for two agencies.

Congratulation! What would you like to specialize in?

What do you think about hospice? Do you think that MDs and nurse practioners abuse the concept of hospice, do you think that in some instance they push for hospice too soon? I always thought that it is extremely difficult to qualify for hospice and i...

I work for one home health agency and another agency is interested in hiring me.I'm not planning to quit my originial agency but I do part-time there so this other job will come in handy. Both agencies are so different, the one I currently work for d...

really is not being unhappy automatically means happy? (please elaborate...)

I love this show, I think doctor Cooper is so hot!

how is that unethical-I go to people houses all the time, I dont know them and what about if one of them is like an ex sex offender, am I not allowed to chose whether I want to continue seeing this patient.BTW, I used to see this lady who lived wit...

trust me it aint that fun when you go into a bad neighboorhood and guys tell you hey baby what is up, try to lure you into their yard just to probably rape you or take your purse. I have been warned by my preceptor that can happen especially when you...

I recently did.Seriously. I have been asked by bunch of guys from the "neighborhood" to come over and sit with them by the porch. Are they really that stupid thinking I will go if I dont know them...?

honestly it is really bad out there, I can sugar coat you but in reality there are plenty of new grads, old new grads, and everything else between that cant locate a job, I'm lucky that I got my job through family connections (home health care) but t...

Yeah but they might think thin means sick,like the other day my grandma told me that my face became so thin that she thinks I dont eat nothing. I told I'm tired, I drive many miles and at the end of the day I'm basically exhausted, she still think I ...

Heh, I get commented on my looks a lot-you are too thin, you are this and that-I dont let it bother me. I also get hit on on the streets (I do home health care) and at times it can be quiet uncomfortable...

I had my first needle stick injury back in November 2009, I was working for Mollen Immunization clinic, and after giving an IM shot to a young girl (about 16-17) I accidently punctured my finger with the dirty needle. I dont know what happend, I gues...

exactly, you described it perfectly, I often go to filthy homes and some of them dont have running water. I do a lot of driving and a lot of paperwork at home, Home health is not for everyone.

Ok so I have this patient that is diabetic and has numbness in her fingertips she always gets burns on her fingertip cause she cant feel the hot iron when she does her hair and I guess she accidently comes in contact with the iron! How do I explain t...

haldol wont do too much for very agitated people. I heard Depakote has much better results

Do you sometimes feel like awful, horrible, dangerous nurse? I sometimes have feelings like that.. to make story short, had a new patient today (I work home health). Lady, eighty something, , lives upstairs by herself, on several BP meds as well diab...

29 with my ADN and will be about 33 when i get my bSN

Did you guys noticed the stigma and discrimination that goes with someone suffering from seizures, I heard people actually not able to land a job for their whole lifetime because they have this condition or get fired (bosses can work around the discr...