hoolahan

hoolahan ASN, RN

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  1. Weeping leg ulcers

    hoolahan replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    That is really interesting! Did they use Silvadene then? Or bacitracin? I'm asking so I can think about suggesting this the next time I see it. Jay Jay, good job. I was just saying what I have seen...

  2. Weeping leg ulcers

    hoolahan replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with diuresis and elevating the legs. Is it possible there is a cellulitis as well? Is there any odor or cloudiness to the drng? Is the skin very red and indurated around the break? Then maybe...

  3. I'm a little irritated (long rant)

    hoolahan replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    Three things. One, pt ed is super important. As a home health nurse, I can tell when a pt has had any teaching or not and I always marvel when they have been well prepared, and wonder how on earth the...

  4. Ever do something before MD order?

    hoolahan replied to wenron's topic in Home Health

    On weekdays, I will call the doc, but weekends, I just write the verbals. The ONLY time I will not do something w/o having doc's OK, even if family insists, is a Hospice referral, I got seriously...

  5. What is with these martyrs?

    hoolahan replied to oramar's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Lindz, I didn't think the original poster was a CNA at all. What I read was that she was pulled, or I assumed pulled, to the ICU, not her normal unit, and did "mostly nursing assistant type stuff". I...

  6. Nurse Strike at MCP/Hahnemann???

    hoolahan replied to PlanetCaroline's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Any news?? Haven't heard a peep about the strike on the news. Was it

  7. What is with these martyrs?

    hoolahan replied to oramar's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Oramar, not sure I agree with your assessment of this nurse as a martyr. Granted, I was not in your shoes. But being that you are not an ICU nurse, which I assume from the fact that you just did...

  8. Nurse Strike at MCP/Hahnemann???

    hoolahan replied to PlanetCaroline's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Today I heard something very diturbing and it has sparked quite the dinner conversation between my husband and myself. I heard on the news that MCP has informed the nurses they must get bacl on the...

  9. V Codes

    hoolahan replied to JennyHHRN's topic in Home Health

    Ummm, sorry, I should have said Kathy, I don't know where I got Kitty from! Software bugs will still not allow me to edit my typos

  10. V Codes

    hoolahan replied to JennyHHRN's topic in Home Health

    Kitty, your site is AWESOME!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for putting it together for everyone to partake in!! Here is my site, not nearly as awesome as yours, aimed more toward recruiting, and woefully...

  11. Nurse Strike at MCP/Hahnemann???

    hoolahan replied to PlanetCaroline's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes the strike is at MCP, not Hahnemann. I don't know what EPPI is, but I watched the 11pm news last night and a nurse was being interviewed who said that was the ratio of psych nurses to 24 patients....

  12. Really upset

    hoolahan replied to renerian's topic in Home Health

    OMG ren, that is such a shame, I know you were so excited about this job. My advice is do what you can, leave what you can't undone, and then maybe they will get it.

  13. Nurse Strike at MCP/Hahnemann???

    hoolahan replied to PlanetCaroline's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Just watched it on the news, it's official for MCP strike. The nurses rejected the offer, and the hospital is flying in 50 nurses to replace the striking nurses. One nurse on the news said she was...

  14. Home Care Compare, have you seen it??

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Exactly Karen. I f you are serving a large city like Phiadelphia, Camden or Newark, narually there will be a higher return to ER stat, as the population tends to be less compliant due to all the...

  15. Home Care Compare, have you seen it??

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Well, I tried to edit all my typos, but it sais thread not specified, which is impossible in edit mode. Anyway, has anyone else noticed the HH forum has more bugs since the update than the other...

  16. violence in home visits

    hoolahan replied to STM's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if you don't have a fax, maybe your lawyer has one, or you could pm me your home address, or your lawyer's address, and I'll mail it. Surely there is some way to get this info to you? It's here...

  17. violence in home visits

    hoolahan replied to STM's topic in General Nursing

    If you pm me your fax number, I'll fax our policy to you right now. This is not a criticism, but at both of the agencies I work for, if I called my manager and described what you did, I would have...

  18. Sent home from Clinical

    hoolahan replied to JuicyJem's topic in General Nursing

    May I add another thought? I was once a target of a spiteful charge nurse in a former job. I decided to confront her about her behavior. I had specific examples of how she had humiliated...

  19. Not just the trolls....

    hoolahan replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    m Not a flame, but maybe you need to pm a "couple of

  20. Nurses in Other Professions

    hoolahan replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    Wyoming, if I applied for a job and saw the agency was being run from the basement of a home, that would be my first red flag!! Secondly, they would have only screwed me ONE time. After that, I would...

  21. I Don't Think So!

    hoolahan replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    Well done Shezam, kudos to you for sticking up for yourself and your

  22. Nurses in Other Professions

    hoolahan replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto!!! I am hanging in by a very thin thread. ONly because I am working only weekends now. I have actually been working a lot of OT, the equivalent of FT, w/o bennies of course. They are hapy to...

  23. question about male home health nurse

    hoolahan replied to kcw74's topic in Home Health

    I was supervisor today, and had 2 pt's call in the am, one male and one female, I offered the nurses, one male and one female, their choice, and they each were thrilled to have the option of taking...

  24. @#%*!! (long.....sorry)

    hoolahan replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Listen Fab, I am just being honest and I call em as I see em. Yes, I agree her shift was horrible, staffing sucked, etc... I am asking you to be 100% honest w yourself. If this pt was your family...

  25. At my wits end!

    hoolahan replied to nurseygrrl's topic in General Nursing

    As everyone else said, you must be number one, or you will not be able to take such good care of your patients. Lord knows I have left jobs due to stress, one of the huge problems I had was verbal...