JoanKayRNBSN

JoanKayRNBSN

Med-surg, ortho, tele, float

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  1. Fall assessment in home health

    JoanKayRNBSN posted a topic in Home Health

    If this has already been addressed - please forgive me! Is a fall risk assessment a standard part of your initial assessment in home health? I want to add one, and I’ve been told it’s not needed....

  2. Do you ever have to float to another floor to charge on that floor?

    JoanKayRNBSN replied to mooremds's topic in General Nursing

    You are right - it is not safe, but I have seen it

  3. confused about insulin

    JoanKayRNBSN replied to supervisorhatchet's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Is the insulin given based on the amount of carbs eaten per meal? The hospitals where our students go has started to switch to this type of dosing. Add to this room service and host/hostesses who do...

  4. Lift recommendations for patients following flap repair

    JoanKayRNBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a general question - On the floor I work we have several patients that have had flap repairs to coccyx/buttocks (patients with paraplegia) that are on a specific schedule of assiting to chair...

  5. Lift recommendations for patients following flap repair

    JoanKayRNBSN replied to JoanKayRNBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I generally work on the weekends - PT/OT are as precious as rubies and will only come for trauma cases. I was hoping to have a great new idea for transferring patients that would not involve me...

  6. Lift recommendations for patients following flap repair

    JoanKayRNBSN replied to JoanKayRNBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I like the idea of asking the patient - because that puts them at the front of the care decisions. Most of the patients that I work with need 100% assistance to transfer from bed to wheelchair. My...

  7. Overweight Students

    JoanKayRNBSN replied to jmqphd's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    All students come to nursing with challenges to providing patient care. It may be that they have learning disabilities, mobility issues, or other things that might make nursing care difficult. I had...

  8. Nurse to Patient Ratio

    JoanKayRNBSN replied to flg2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was in tears over this this weekend. Calls to mgmt to report understaffing of 2-3 nurses are not returned. They must think we are like the check engine light on the dashboard - if you ignore it the...

  9. What does your username mean?

    JoanKayRNBSN replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    My user name is to honor my mother who passed away a few years ago. She was very surprised when I told her i wanted to be a nurse, but she was also the first one to buy me a stethoscope and I still...

  10. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    JoanKayRNBSN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I saw an earlier post regarding the presence of mgmt on the floor as a ghost story. Made my day to see that I am not the only one who sees these things as

  11. What do you have to wear???

    JoanKayRNBSN replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    RNs can wear navy blue, white, or prints that are mostly navy or white in background. I am one of the cheapest people that I know, so I ususally just get my scrubs at a discount store and only solid...