hoolahan

hoolahan ASN, RN

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  1. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    I am going to add a can of raid to my backpack, I have just the right pocket for it....just kidding. Knowing my luck, my pt would get dysneic frm the raid fumes, and I would be blamed. We are not...

  2. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    NO, and if it involves roaches, I don't plan on renting it either!! :) Sunny, OMG, a horse? I think I would rather see a horse, as long as I don't have to step thru horse dung!! Can you imagine the...

  3. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Nancy, I have a feeling you are right about that! :rotfl: :rotfl: Snakes? Not in cages, around the necks of owners, that is what I have seen. I have never seen chickens, but did see a LOL yesterday...

  4. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    phn...OMG!!!! If one flew in my hair, the only reason I would be able to cling to life and not drop dead on the spot is b/c I would want them crawling on my dead body. But I would be having serious...

  5. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Not in those neighborhoods, trust me, I should carry an uzi! Plus, in the high rise, there is like no where to park. Today I parked in a church lot and walked a block b/c the parking garage has been...

  6. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Bwhahahahahahaha! Thanks for makling me laugh, I really needed that. I saw one like that get on an elevator once. BUT, I heard if you kill a pregnant one, you can bring home the eggs on your shoes, so...

  7. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Exactly!! Yes, I do address it usually, esp if the pt has asthma or copd, and who doesn't living in that situation, but honestly, in the highrises, if one or two people are pigs, it will infest the...

  8. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    hoolahan replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    Thanks Arby, Happy Trails!! When Hedis is over that

  9. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    hoolahan replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    God Heavens!! 1274 charts! A few questions... How long do you have to do this? Do you get paid by the hour or per review? & ~ How long per review? Is this a all year yound job? I didn't think so,...

  10. average milage per day

    hoolahan replied to karbyr's topic in Home Health

    I can only speak for myself. I do on average 20-40 miles a day, but usually I work in my own zip code or close to it. My agency tries hard to keep visits geographically close in proximity. A few...

  11. Has anyone had experience with webWOC as prep for exam?

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I wanted to do wicks!! But the link was gone from the WOCN site, so I thought it was no longer available ro accredited. Thank you so much for this link!!!! I had forgotten the name until I saw it in...

  12. Home Health Admission Time

    hoolahan replied to Maerzie's topic in Home Health

    In my agency 1 admit = 2 visits. I agree w Karen's timeframes exactly to the number. But, if I need to do a lot of referrals, like to MSW or PT/OT/ST/RD, each of those is a form to the respective...

  13. Right to refuse vs Neglect

    hoolahan replied to sunnygirl272's topic in General Nursing

    This is one of those really sticky situations. First of all, the first mistake as I see it is that she did not really have an informed consent, b/c if it was not her wish to have a feeding tube, she...

  14. Removing Staples....

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    NursieMe, First of all welcome to the forum, haven't seen you post here before. But you have a point there! These staple removers were different than the usual ones I am used to, very cheesy, not a...

  15. Removing Staples....

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Thanks for the feedback sunny!! By next week, we'll reallly have to eval the site before taking out any sutures. It might not even be me. Her nurse is one of the crankiest people I know. I am sure...

  16. Songs that you can relate to nursing.

    hoolahan replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    Another One Bites the Dust She works hard for the money

  17. Cardiac Preload and Afterload

    hoolahan replied to orca1's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Think of it like a garden hose. Preload is about volume. If the watre pressure is low, the water output will be a trickle, not enough to water and sustain your pretty garden. If the volume is too...

  18. Faking It

    hoolahan replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

    Thespian Seizures! LOVE IT!!! :rotfl: 3rd shift, we aren't in the hallway snickering here, but I see your point about that. I don't think this thread was intended to poke fun at people who seriously...

  19. Faking It

    hoolahan replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

    3rd shift guy, not to be a snot, but maybe you haven't seen this so much b/c our dear ER colleagues have already triaged or treated and streeted the fakers w all their assundry miraculous cures that I...

  20. NERVOUS ABOUT STARTING HOME HEALTH

    hoolahan replied to Jhope's topic in Home Health

    libmi, I hope she answers you, note the dates on these posts, this thread has been going since 2000! Maybe you can start a new topic re Do ER nurses make good HH nurses?? Frankly I don't see why they...

  21. setting up medications

    hoolahan replied to kcrnsue's topic in Home Health

    Exactly like renerian. When I do a new, I take all the med bottles, and one by one give them to the pt and ask them to tell me what they take this pill for and how they take it. Sometimes they give me...

  22. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Thanks for the diff perspective sphinx! Here was yesterday & today, along w some venting. Yesterday, get kids to school, arrive in office 8:30, get handed a chart and told pt needs a foley change,...

  23. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    hoolahan replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    The part I highlighted in italics, that does not seem nervy or insulting to you. OK, whatever. Really nurses don't learn everything they need to in nursing school? I wish someone had shared that w...

  24. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    hoolahan replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    I would LOVE to be a nursing instructor in nursing school, BUT I will not spend 30,000 in blood sweat and tears only to take a job which pays 25K per year. If there is such a nursing shortage, why...

  25. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    hoolahan replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    In total agree ment w mattsmom and fab4fan, re the "eat their young" phrase. And flo, it is rather nervy of you to make such assumptions about mattsmom, when have you workd beside her?? I am very...