Alex Egan LPN, EMT-B

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    Faking it? How to tell?

    Alex Egan replied to CloudySue's topic in Camp

    Fake unconscious? Pick up their hand and hold it in the air over their face. Let it go. If they are faking they won't hit themselves in the face, it's hilarious watching their arm suddenly and...
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    Does your agency require that you chart each suctioning?

    Alex Egan replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    I can't send a pm to you, I'm guessing it's because of your settings, but of you would like to discuss this further please pm me. After. I posted my first reply I realized that I have seen other...
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    Does your agency require that you chart each suctioning?

    Alex Egan replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    Narratives every two hours is standard. I would talk to clinical, and if you don't get a good answer talk to corporate. There is no clinical value to three pages of notes that say "suction trach x 1...
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    Does your agency require that you chart each suctioning?

    Alex Egan replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    Usually we chat the number of times suctioning occurred, and a code for the type of secretions ie sc=scant th=thick, and cl=clear, on a flow sheet that is part of my daily documentation. If i had to...
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    Camp nurse uniform

    Alex Egan replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in Camp

    Yea we sugested last year that they find a way to make the nurses more identifiable, either a different color shirt. They get genaric STAFF and SECURITY shirts, I sugested that their may be a MEDIC...
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    Once again.....I'm a "nurse".....

    Alex Egan replied to cherrybreeze's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    you sneak up on them. throw a blanket over their head, and hit them with something that won't leave bruises. there was only one person i knew who needed and got one, everyone else caught on quicker....
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    Once again.....I'm a "nurse".....

    Alex Egan replied to cherrybreeze's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I was in EMS before nursing. Any EMT who misrepresented themselves as a medic would get a stern talking to from the nearest provider. If this behavior continued they would be talked to by the...
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    Camp nurse uniform

    Alex Egan replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in Camp

    Shorts and a staff t shirt. Closed toe shoes. The only other requirement was a green bandana during olympics that designates us as non involved parties, and exempts us from the movement restrictions...
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    New to camp nursing...former psych nurse

    Alex Egan replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in Camp

    Actual medical emergencies injuries or serious illness were pretty rare at my camp. Learning how to triage the actual illness from a large variety of sore throats upset stomach's and diarrhea that...
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    EMT Starting RN program anyone else go down this road?

    Alex Egan replied to Deuceswild1's topic in Men in Nursing

    I was an EMT for two years before nursing school. It helped, I had the study skills I needed and the NREMT exam is similar in the way the questions are written the the NCLEX. My advice to you is this....
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    Emergency Preparedness in Nursing Homes

    Alex Egan replied to Karen0125RN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    One of the major issues besides the lack of realistic evacuation plans for most LTC facilities is the fact that even if one exists it's relying on transportation resources that simpily arnt there. As...
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    If you have a home patient like this?

    Alex Egan replied to micstn's topic in Home Health

    Hi,My first question is did the patent threaten you in any way. Just the presence of guns does not equal an increased threat. I have come across many patents with guns in my EMS carrier and generally...
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    Do you have to bring your own glove supply to work?

    Alex Egan replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    I agree it is ultimately the employers responsibility to make sure gloves and other PPE are available. All of my agencies supply gloves upon request, I simplify go to the office and ask for them, same...
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    Pressure to take unsafe shifts.

    Alex Egan replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Private Duty

    This happens to me from time to time. Usually when a new scheduler starts. I tell them that truck drivers and airline piots arn't permitted to work those kinds of hours, because it's not safe. My job...
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    What Makes A Good Nurse?

    Alex Egan replied to RhandaH's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I asked this when I was a new EMT. The man wo was precepting me, we called him pappy, gave me the best advice that has followed me through my carrer in healthcare. He said "to be a good EMT you just...
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    Any experience with these camps?

    Alex Egan replied to SpotAlbert's topic in Camp

    Camp Wayne nurse don't get out much. I only met one at the local watering hole last year. It seemed about average, but they didn't have the extra staff my camp
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    Camper to Nurse ratio?

    Alex Egan replied to Sudsy's topic in Camp

    At my camp the ratio is about 100/1 for live in nurses. With the head nurse and local part timers it's about
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    What else do you do at camp besides be a nurse?

    Alex Egan replied to CloudySue's topic in Camp

    I like to read, hike, or do arts and crafts. I also like to go along on the big trips off camp, they are usually happy to have another adult along and I have a good time going different
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    New to Home Health any pointers?

    Alex Egan replied to RachelRN2011's topic in Home Health

    Hi. My question to you is what kind of home health are you doing? Visits, shift work, well baby? They are all home health but the approch varies quite a
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    Into which "specialty" message board do I fit?

    Alex Egan replied to CloudySue's topic in Home Health

    Hi,I'm a shift Peds homecare nurse as well. I agree it seems like a huge area of nursing that doesn't really completely fit under a speciality. Your not alone I kInd of drift in and out of a bunch of...
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    Camp nurse good experience for school nursing?

    Alex Egan replied to adpiRN's topic in Camp

    One of the school nurses I worked with last season described camp as "school nursing on speed". She had been a school nurse for 15 years so I trust
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    Will I be facing discrimination?

    Alex Egan replied to OwlieO.O's topic in Men in Nursing

    HiIm an LPN, i do pediatric home care and camp nursing for the past five years, so I've been living this whole issue for a while now. The answer is yes, you will be discriminated against, repeatedly,...
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    advice for camp nurse interview?

    Alex Egan replied to adpiRN's topic in Camp

    I have only worked for one camp, but here are some things that made my expearence better. There was a doctor on site, and she was a pediatrician. A lot of camps have a doc on call or rounding, but I...
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    Digital Rectal Exam, procedure? Or nursing assessment

    Alex Egan posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I was dealing with a relative who was constipated and a thought struck me to which I had no clear answer. In assessing a patent for constipation/suspected impaction would it be permitted to proform a...
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    What is your year-round job?

    Alex Egan replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Camp

    I work in pediatric homecare, all the positions are PRN, even though I usually pull 60 hours a week, so they can't say anything when I tell them I'm going away for a few months. It's nice to leave my...