CFitzRN

CFitzRN ADN

L&D; GI; Fam Med; Home H; Case mgmt

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  1. Pay Rates 2010

    CFitzRN replied to Fahrenheight's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am a field nurse supervisor (RN) for a home health agency in NC - our CNAs start at $8/hr. I want to say I think that is OBSCENE for what our CNAs do. In fact, double that isn't enough. I am so...

  2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    CFitzRN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    No harm, no foul. Have a great day!

  3. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    CFitzRN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Katie - I definitely did not mean to be sarcastic or rude, I was talking about the book! It was hilarious! Fran, sorry if you took my comment the wrong way - no offense

  4. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    CFitzRN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, and I'm pretty sure Curious George got really high on it

  5. How do the homehealth agencies get their patients??

    CFitzRN replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in Home Health

    We once had the mother of one of our pediatric PDN pt's tell us that we were heartless jerks who sat on our butts and benefited from her daughter's misfortune. It was horrifying. They just have no...

  6. Help with Presentation on PRECIPITOUS DELIVERY

    CFitzRN replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know I couldn't do it. It's way too tough for me. I thought about going to EMT school and was actually accepted into the program, then realized I just don't have what it takes. It really does...

  7. passing gas (yes I mean farting)

    CFitzRN replied to brownbook's topic in Gastroenterology

    Our endo unit doesn't have a "fart or you stay" policy, but we strongly encourage our pts to let it go if they feel the urge, only because the air can travel backward up the colon and really start...

  8. Endoscopy RN...would you recommend it?

    CFitzRN replied to stefanitenzi's topic in Gastroenterology

    Hi Dreaming, With six months of medical-surgical, you are more than qualified to do Endo work. It will help a lot if you've done your fair share of IV starts and enemas (but any RN should be able...

  9. Getting Paid for Admissions that are Refused

    CFitzRN replied to LuLu2008's topic in Home Health

    I get my regular hourly pay no matter what happens. Why shouldn't you? You are working your job, and your job has a regular rate of pay, right? I can't imagine being told I wouldn't get paid for...

  10. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    CFitzRN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    "Then we all went back to our respective offices to finish up for the day and my air-freshener (the kind that you can set for 9, 18 or 36 minutes) sprayed as I walked by it. It was off. I double...

  11. Is Med Surg hard?? New grad. starting soon- not looking forward to 12 hours!

    CFitzRN replied to Epona's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yeah, I wonder what it is in coffee that does it? I've never known caffeine to cause it. It sure happens though. Sorry to OP for the shift in topic! Back to the subject at hand.

  12. Is Med Surg hard?? New grad. starting soon- not looking forward to 12 hours!

    CFitzRN replied to Epona's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Coffee and breakfast cereal is a sure-fire recipe for major low blood sugar at about 10 am for me. Shaking, anxious, weakness, etc. Ugh. I will have to remember to hydrate better next

  13. Help with Presentation on PRECIPITOUS DELIVERY

    CFitzRN replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I delivered my 2nd son precipitously - all 10.4 lbs of him in the hospital hallway - and they had to separate us. He had apgars of 1 and 2 and had to be bagged. It was not good. Blew out my bottom....

  14. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    CFitzRN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Thomas, sorry to hear about that - very tragic. I am updating with a story that happened with my new job (Clinical Sup at a local home health agency). I had been working in the office for about 3-4...

  15. Nursing supervisor of Home Health Agency

    CFitzRN replied to Kyasi's topic in Nurse Management

    Okay, yeah, that sounds pretty nice, actually.

  16. Nursing supervisor of Home Health Agency

    CFitzRN replied to Kyasi's topic in Nurse Management

    True

  17. Nursing supervisor of Home Health Agency

    CFitzRN replied to Kyasi's topic in Nurse Management

    Oh, it definitely isn't just you experiencing these things! And trust me, I've barely begun to tell you -anything- but I know you know what I mean. Last week we had a client call and tell us that an...

  18. Nursing supervisor of Home Health Agency

    CFitzRN replied to Kyasi's topic in Nurse Management

    Hi Kyasi, Just wanted to check in and say hello. We had a particularly trying, horrific week and I just need to vent a bit. I'm going on 3 months now and I still love the job, but we are in the...

  19. How to start my own home health agency..

    CFitzRN replied to troublefree000's topic in Home Health

    I actually approached my Executive Director/Administrator (small local hhc agency) about this, and even with 9 years' experience doing this, she said "I wouldn't start my own agency for all the money...

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

    CFitzRN replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Indeed it is! It's making my skin crawl, but it's interesting! A quick note - I did a sup visit on a home today that smelled so horrifically of feline urine that my eyes were watering and my nasal...

  21. Can someone please help me with "The BIG picture"

    CFitzRN replied to gentle_ben_RN's topic in Home Health

    You are my

  22. Can someone please help me with "The BIG picture"

    CFitzRN replied to gentle_ben_RN's topic in Home Health

    You had me until that last part (LOL). You gave excellent advice, but I don't necessarily agree with that last paragraph. I had zero background in home health and have now been the Clinical...

  23. lvn reporting to a case manager?

    CFitzRN replied to pear8's topic in Home Health

    For our PDN cases, the nurse writes nurse's notes every shift, which are then brought into our DOPS (Director of Professional Services) with their time sheets weekly. She then transcribes them into...

  24. EMR question (McKesson)

    CFitzRN replied to shiccy's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I hate it. (j/k sorry, couldn't resist!) I too use McKesson in home health and I do NOT find it user-friendly at all. I find it incredibly lame in many ways. It seems archaic compared with other...

  25. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    CFitzRN replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    First, I truly appreciate your candor. Really - it's a breath of fresh air to just lay it all out and not worry with offending sensibilities. We're nurses after all, haha. Second - well heck, I...