Becky RN

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1. Home bound status

   Becky RN posted a topic in Home Health

   Does anyone out there find that home bound statis is a bit rigid as written in the regs? Some patients even though they shouldn't leave home do go out. And there are the cases where the 80yo cancer patient lives 80 miles from the oncology clinic bu...

2. True ER stories

   Becky RN replied to Kel Cardaras's topic in Humor

   One night as I was working in an ER a cowboy came in. He had been stear wrestling at a rodeo and got "horned". Well it was serious enough but not life threatening. After the X-rays etc. and he was stablized he was asking for something for pain. "...

3. True ER stories

   Becky RN replied to Kel Cardaras's topic in Humor

   I was working in a rural hospital once and patients would push a button at the back ER door that would ring a bell at the nurses station. When the bell rang you would ask the person who it was and what they needed over an intercom. One particular n...

4. How long did you stay on your first nursing job?

   Becky RN replied to Linda J's topic in General Nursing

   I only have one little piece of advice from one who has been a nurse forever. Nursing is versatile but when you do find something that doesn't bore you or frustrate you too much try to stay with it. It's a great feeling to be good at what you are d...

5. Are you satisfied with your current employment situation as a nurse?

   Becky RN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I've been a nurse 22 years and at this point in my career I can sit back and say nursing has been good to me. It's been hard, there's been days or nights when I felt like going out the back door in the middle of the shift and never looking back, but...

6. Do you feel that the doctors you practice with respect you and your profession?

   Becky RN replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   I've been a nurse 22 years and I've worked with literally hundreds of doctors. And for every doctor there is there is a different attitude toward nurses. In my experiences it may be a doctor has a problem with a certain nurse, he/she just doesn,t c...