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  1. Delagation of Flu shots to a CMA?

    grannyrn65 replied to nurseraphael's topic in General Nursing

    I think some employers will take advantage of a nurse if you allow them to. I work at a state facility where senior aides had to attend an eight week course, pass a written exam and then were allowed...

  2. Fine line of abuse

    grannyrn65 replied to RNMariposa's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that anyone will do what they believe they can get away with. Patients, sales clerks, the cable guy, bank teller, they will all resort to some type of abuse if it is allowed. I believe in...

  3. Delagation of Flu shots to a CMA?

    grannyrn65 replied to nurseraphael's topic in General Nursing

    In Florida,CMA's work under the direction of a physician. It is at his direction and under his license they perform their job. Since he has been assigned to you, if he gives I.M.'s he gives them...

  4. Applying for disability...and have a few ??

    grannyrn65 replied to Rascal1's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Yes, you do need an attorney. He should be one who specialize in SSDI. You did say your age. If you are fifty or older you stand a good chance. If you got your denial in July, depending on the...

  5. Any one know anything about assisted living RN?

    grannyrn65 replied to nd deb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I live in one for several months but in an apartment on the independent side.The AL had five floors with four LPN's and one RN on days; 2 and one on call, evening and nights. The LPN's did all meds...

  6. "if you weren't so obese, you probably wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do"

    grannyrn65 replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    You also mentioned that you are on a steroid. Our peers also seem to forget some of the side effects of such drugs. I also have to take them periodically but it wasn't until 2000 that it was...

  7. "if you weren't so obese, you probably wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do"

    grannyrn65 replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    I do have a problem with some nurses who think that every problem can be address by educating patients. Your example to instill good habits into people who have poor teeth is a rather simplistic one....

  8. "Better Patient Outcomes" As A Marketing Tool

    grannyrn65 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    I guess that doing a patient assessment and ensuring that the ward aid did what was important, isn't important to you or your facility. It was this type of attitude that drove me out of bedside...

  9. "if you weren't so obese, you probably wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do"

    grannyrn65 replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    I have ben reading everyone's posts, with interest. It is funny that no one has mentioned the roll that genetics plays in Type 2. And it does play a very major role. One of the nice thing's about...

  10. "if you weren't so obese, you probably wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do"

    grannyrn65 replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    And I wonder why some choose to blame the patient. And feel it is just a simple matter of changing some habits. Good heavens, if it were, my nursing life would have been a lot easier and simplar, as...

  11. ADA Launches Fight for Rights of Diabetic Children

    grannyrn65 replied to country mom's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    First, I am not a school nurse. I agree with you, it is unlikly teaching lay people who displace RN's. My grandchildren attend school in a district that has about 20,000 students. They have two...

  12. "if you weren't so obese, you probably wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do"

    grannyrn65 replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    Rapid Response I hit the wrong key. Meant to give you Kudos

  13. "if you weren't so obese, you probably wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do"

    grannyrn65 replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see,I suffer from hypertension, Type 2, asthma and am fifty pounds overweight. When I lived with my daughter,I had visits to the ER about once a month for an acute asthma attacks(her cat's...

  14. Need advice about what to put on job application

    grannyrn65 replied to kaybrn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a little confused. Have you left your job and are applying to another employer? Or with the same employer, different area? If it is a new employer, explain your absence, as due to health...

  15. "Better Patient Outcomes" As A Marketing Tool

    grannyrn65 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Do you want to know what I and my peers, at the CulturalCenter,look to? When I press my call light, besides getting a voice coming out of the wall, does it take to get someone to my bedside? When I...

  16. "Better Patient Outcomes" As A Marketing Tool

    grannyrn65 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    While the ad people and administration may think that ads influence choice, they don't for me. I have to take th following into consideration: What hospital is on my PPO list? What hospital does my...

  17. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    grannyrn65 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Actually I was referring to all types of NP's. And you are correct, there have been numerous programs that admitted anyone hold a BS or BA to a BSN TO MS/NP program. But the one I attended and the...

  18. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    grannyrn65 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would like to start a discussion regarding the need for experience prior to enrolling in a Nurse Practitioner program. For those who believe that previous experience in a non-nursing field is...

  19. "under the table"

    grannyrn65 replied to natalia13's topic in General Nursing

    you are right. i worked as a contract employee for a number of years, received 1099's and paid all my own taxes. in 1991,my employer was audited by the irs. it took them three years to complete...

  20. Trying to teach a pt about Diabetes

    grannyrn65 replied to chingy1206's topic in General Nursing

    Go to your search engine and type in: Staying on Target Your Insulin Adjustment Workbook BD Several sites will come upon and you can print out a copy. I don't know about copy write. I have a copy,...

  21. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    grannyrn65 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Sorry but this is like comparing apples and oranges. The NP programs I was referring to, you had to hold a license as a RN. I am aware of the type of program you are talking about and I have my...

  22. extended stay patients

    grannyrn65 replied to Holisticlifern's topic in General Nursing

    You are right, sort stay has been in existence for about twenty years. I was admitted to such a unit, 1997, following a three level cervical lami,with plates and grafts. I was shocked at the charge...

  23. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    grannyrn65 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't think anyone is being critical of you, they are just responding to your questions. NP's have been in existence for more then forty years. Until 2000, programs actually required applicants to...

  24. Trying to teach a pt about Diabetes

    grannyrn65 replied to chingy1206's topic in General Nursing

    And on my Birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, I am on a sliding scale of NPH and regular insulin. My doctor realises I tend to cheat on those days. Allowing the sliding scale and making...

  25. Trying to teach a pt about Diabetes

    grannyrn65 replied to chingy1206's topic in General Nursing

    How about some imput from a R.N. who is a Type 2 and on insulin. Here is what I was taught, by my endocrinologist, when first started on NPH, I check my blood sugar upon rising in the morning....