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  1. for profit company

    Dixiedi replied to renerian's topic in Home Health

    Unfortunately agencies all too often push the buttons as hard as they can for as long as they can then disappear. Many, many agencies are owned by mom and pop teams (or similar) They want a long term...

  2. Care Plans an Exercise in FUTILITY??????

    Dixiedi replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ya know, you sound as if you think the lpns out there on the floor aren't able to inpput anything useful. in my experience, the lpn inputs the info and the rn goes ahead and makes it so on the care...

  3. Care Plans an Exercise in FUTILITY??????

    Dixiedi replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The really irritating thing about care plans in home care is they only get review/updated for each certification period. So much can change in that time that they very often become nearly useless. We...

  4. Is this legal? What can we do?

    Dixiedi replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Seems like the law says 20 employees and insurance must be offered. The employer doesn't have to pay any part of the premium (which makes it unaffordable for most) but they do have to have it...

  5. Care Plans an Exercise in FUTILITY??????

    Dixiedi replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    in home care we only see 1 or 2 pts at a time, that is not all we are responsible for! my agency has hundreds of pts and each has to have the care plans up to date.i agree with the same thing over and...

  6. medical terminology help!!

    Dixiedi replied to hampa's topic in School

    That sound too cool! Corny does stick in your mind. But hey anything that makes it stick is worth having. I still remember the corny VD films we had to watch. They were from WWII and Korea! LOL It was...

  7. Neglect...LPN was fired, RN was not

    Dixiedi replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think a lot of people get confused with the RN being responsible for the LPN thing. Just becasue an LPN works under the direction of the Doc or RN does not mean they are responsible for the LPNs...

  8. Home Care Treatment Sheets

    Dixiedi replied to Dixiedi's topic in Home Health

    Neat and orderly is my issue I think. The list just goes on and on about household duties, horrible penmanship and in no particular order, then without warning there's a Tx that is vital to getting...

  9. medical terminology help!!

    Dixiedi replied to hampa's topic in School

    I have found that all I really need to do to remember something is to write it down. Once I have looked at it, read it and written it I can then begin using it. Once I begin using it, I've got

  10. for profit company

    Dixiedi replied to renerian's topic in Home Health

    I've never heard of an agency that is not for profit and if there was one they would surely have the same attitude as the for profit ones. Nurses are expendable. They can wear us to the bone and...

  11. Shared Eye Drops between patients

    Dixiedi replied to switcher's topic in Operating Room

    Never! To much chance of cross contamination. Never share anything between

  12. Care Plans an Exercise in FUTILITY??????

    Dixiedi replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As I read the many entries I also thought of home care, my current field. Ours look like they were stamped from some big book. There is so much on them that it is difficult to find the particulars for...

  13. Med Not Available = med error?

    Dixiedi replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I got to thinking about it for awhile after I said I had never had a Doc refuse an order for me and ya know what, I can't ever remember, in over 30 years, asking a Doc for an order that I didn't...

  14. 12-Step Coercion

    Dixiedi replied to tommyperkins's topic in General Nursing

  15. 12-Step Coercion

    Dixiedi replied to tommyperkins's topic in General Nursing

    If you examine the constitution a little more closely, you will find the criminals have no rights under the constitution. Anyone abusing their nursing license is guilty of criminal activity just the...

  16. 12-Step Coercion

    Dixiedi replied to tommyperkins's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it is important wether AA works or not. The original discussion was wether or not a state BON has the right to require AA so that nurses with a problem can keep their license. Yes, they...

  17. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

    Dixiedi replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nurse, truck driver, webmaster, MOUS expert and spent 3 years in an office doing not much more than data entry! What a rotten way to spend a lifetime but I was determined to fullfil my...

  18. 13 pound infant...thank goodness it was c-section!

    Dixiedi replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My late husband was a 12 pounder born at home. This thread reminded of Sunday. We had all gathered at my dad's home for fathers' day. Of course our kids and our kids kids were there. My grandbaby had...

  19. Pre-lpn Student-need Legal ? Answered

    Dixiedi replied to ALONNA's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I'm not a lawyer but it was my understanding it depends on what the offense is/was. We had to keep doing my fingerprints over (3 times before we got keeper! LOL) when I took my current position and we...

  20. Need help with nurses notes

    Dixiedi replied to whinnymay's topic in General Nursing

    I have always charted gross observations followed by head to toe as my first assessment each shift. Then, for subsequesnt entries throughout the shift I stick to gross observation, followed by...

  21. What jobs can I get with my BSN if I don't pass Hesi/Nclex?

    Dixiedi replied to doodlebug914's topic in General Nursing

    You are dwelling on the negative instead of on what is positive! "I felt SO out of the loop, and still do, because I had not been in clinicals or had nursing in that time period. I am now working at...

  22. Which stethoscope is better?

    Dixiedi replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

    I've been using my Littman for a lot of years. I didn't get it when I was a student, maybe it was a graduation present. Long time ago. I've had to replace parts but it's still an excellent piece of...

  23. What's the catch and why is the CRNA position so popular?

    Dixiedi replied to shel_wny's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I was just reading this thread out of curiosity since the opening question seemed to have been written by someone not in the medical field at all. Just the way it struck me, don't mean to insult...

  24. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

    Dixiedi replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend out there who was thrilled to death to buy a 700 sq ft apt for nearly something like 100,000 and that wsa 7 or 8 years ago! 30 bucks an hour less than the 20 I get

  25. 12-Step Coercion

    Dixiedi replied to tommyperkins's topic in General Nursing