ProBeeRN

ProBeeRN BSN, RN

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  1. Home Care RN Trying To Get Into A Hospital Setting

    ProBeeRN replied to lobi722's topic in General Nursing

    I moved from home care to a wound /ostomy nurse position in acute care (after obtaining my wound care cert). I was asked about my lack of hospital experience and I sold myself by talking about the...

  2. Anything I can do with nursing and history degrees?

    ProBeeRN replied to Weirdo's topic in General Nursing

    I left the company last year, some years they would take a couple new grads, some years they did not. I was basically on my own after 4 months, on probation for 6, but linked with a designated mentor...

  3. Anything I can do with nursing and history degrees?

    ProBeeRN replied to Weirdo's topic in General Nursing

    I'll bite. I'm no historian but I did go straight into home health as a new grad. The large HH company near me was piloting a new grad program- it required a BSN, several interviews, a successful...

  4. PEG dressing options

    ProBeeRN replied to jessieh13's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I agree with karen4164 about pouching the peg. Is the tube stabilized? Sometimes if the tube is stabilized properly the tract will shrink and stop the leakage. Try a commercial stabilizer, Hollister...

  5. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    ProBeeRN replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I wear a lab coat as a wound care RN (as per my boss's request) . It helps staff and patients distinguish me from a floor nurse - at my facility we are considered part of the education

  6. Wound and vac assistance?

    ProBeeRN replied to Zelda21's topic in General Nursing

    The wound should have been debrided first. A VAC won't do much on a 100% slough wound bed. If regular granufoam is used then Santyl can be used underneath if there is some (less than 25%) necrotic...

  7. Outside of Nursing..

    ProBeeRN replied to waiting4ivpush's topic in General Nursing

    I have a husband, I have small kids, I have a dog. I'm busy right now with a bunch of home improvement projects. I'd like to make more time for fitness and running. I like to cook and I like to...

  8. Childcare for 7-3 shift

    ProBeeRN replied to sippee's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked 7-3 I had my son enrolled at a daycare that opened at 6. Some of them offer before/after school care as

  9. The Blue Hair Nurse

    ProBeeRN replied to rosomebody007's topic in General Nursing

    I like to color my hair a deep purple and I'm working on a half sleeve, but I recently started a new job and before I interviewed I colored my hair to a dark brown and currently I make sure my tattoos...

  10. Do people take advantage of me because I work nights?

    ProBeeRN replied to frankie,RN's topic in General Nursing

    It took me a while to learn to "just say no". I still have problems with it sometimes. Screen your calls from work, if it's important, they will leave a voicemail and you can call them back. Or get...

  11. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    ProBeeRN replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    After reading the first 20 posts or so- Guilt is not an effective motivator. However, I find that sometimes a good dose of fear (aka a reality check) is not necessarily a bad thing. For example- the...

  12. Recent grads, hang in there...

    ProBeeRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    FINALLY! After almost 2 years, my hubby (a 2009 BSN grad) has been offered a nursing position! It's been a loooong road... May 2009- graduated BSN August 2009- failed NCLEX with 265 questions...

  13. Recent grads, hang in there...

    ProBeeRN replied to ProBeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    He took Kaplan/ used the q-bank prior to the first time and then continued to use the q-bank through the second time. The key to him passing was slowing down and reading the question- he was rushing...

  14. Seriously discouraged at this point and need some friendly advice...

    ProBeeRN replied to BellaRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    The market is tight... my advice is to try and at least keep a toehold in the field- you have an active license and no sense letting it go to waste- and if benefits aren't an issue you might have an...

  15. Recent grads, hang in there...

    ProBeeRN replied to ProBeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    We're in Western New York- Buffalo

  16. Recent grads, hang in there...

    ProBeeRN replied to ProBeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    "People come on this board and ask "should I quit" when they've got a no-win situation going at some crappy job it took a year to get" It was such a hard decision for him. He felt like a failure, and...

  17. What do I do? Roaches, no heat...

    ProBeeRN replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    Call Adult Protective Services. They may remove the pt from the home. However, they may just tell the family "the heat needs to be on"-- if the home does have heat available--and if the family...

  18. VENT- vacation requests

    ProBeeRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been at my current job almost 3 years. And not once, NOT ONCE in those 3 years have I been able to take a week of PTO during a time when my kid is on a school vacation. Not a Christmas break,...

  19. Noncompliant Bhutanese patients

    ProBeeRN replied to harnof's topic in General Nursing

    I dont have much info on Bhutanese patients persay, but in homecare I run into this type of situation all the time- keep in mind that you can't set the same goals for each patient, and each patient...

  20. Lots o' insulin

    ProBeeRN posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I have a patient right now who is on 55 units of Levemir insulin (pen) nightly with orders to continue to increase by 1 unit daily until fasting bs is between 80-120. The pen dosage only goes up to 60...

  21. Is it possible to be able to see 8-10 patients a day?

    ProBeeRN replied to UFEDRN's topic in Home Health

    I usually see 6-7 as a case manager, and get paid hourly. Some nurses see 9-12 in a day- but not in 8 hours, depending on travel time, it's more like 10-12 hour shifts with that many. Get a complex...

  22. Is it possible to be able to see 8-10 patients a day?

    ProBeeRN replied to UFEDRN's topic in Home Health

    LOL took me about a year and a

  23. VENT- vacation requests

    ProBeeRN replied to ProBeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately I'm home health with 8 hour shifts. I'm calmed down a bit now though and I'm going to try and attach some days to a weekend to make a 4 or 5 day stretch. The only problem is I won't...

  24. VENT- vacation requests

    ProBeeRN replied to ProBeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ours is all union contract, its a certain number of people that can have a given week, and 100 percent seniority. Technically someone can take 2 or 3 weeks in one 4 month "block" before anyone else...

  25. single mothers: best area of nursing to go into re: hours and salary?

    ProBeeRN replied to rnintwo's topic in General Nursing

    From someone with a school aged child- what's your plan during the summers or extended school vacations? The advantage to finding childcare for 12 hour shifts is that it's less days to coordinate....