MomRN0913

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  1. Tools of the Trade

    MomRN0913 replied to Ddestiny's topic in Home Health

    My agency provided me with a fully loaded bag. BP Cuff, stethescope, bag with some basic dressings, alcohol wipes, blood draw and culture tubes, rulers, hand sanitizer, soap..... ask what they...

  2. Bringing kids/hubby to work with you?

    MomRN0913 replied to threebrats46's topic in Home Health

    I was talking to my someone tonight whose other is a retired nurse who did home care towards the end. He said his mom brought him (then, a man in his 20's ) when she went to rough neighborhoods. I...

  3. Oasis question

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in Home Health

    While I am stredding about work....... I did an admission on wednesday. We have 5 days to hand our admission in. I had ot see the patient again on friday, then my supervisor said she wanted to see...

  4. Oasis question

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    Thank you for the peace of mind. And if SOC date is zero, then I will only be one day short with the holiday. My OASIS is signed and completed for the day 0 actually, as is my SOC narriative. So...

  5. Starting to feel like an idiot

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    That was excellent, excellent advice, thank you! My 2 bosses have been suportive, although my direct supervisor seemed to be stressed this week and a little short and is usually kind of blunt, so I...

  6. anxiety after being an RN for 14 years

    MomRN0913 replied to lawandaluxnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I can relate. At about the 4 and a half year mark I deveopled bad anxiety about nursing. SO much, actually, I took an adminstration job offered to me hoping my anxiety about making a med...

  7. Possibly relocating from NJ to Texas!

    MomRN0913 replied to JetBlitz's topic in Texas Nursing

    I live in NJ, and lived here nearly my whole life, except I was born and lived in Brooklyn for 6 years. (I think we are pretty nice folk) Anyways, back in 2008 a bunch of my coworkers relocated to...

  8. Perforated bowel

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new homecare nurse for palliative and hospice. (I have been a nurse for 6 years, just new ot homecare)I had a palliative patient I was seeing with my preceptor. Mainly for pain management (CA...

  9. Perforated bowel

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    Come to think of it, they were a bit hyperactive. I figured because he was eating much and he was saying at that time he was hungry and his wife was making him bacon and eggs! His wife was who told...

  10. Perforated bowel

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    They were actually normal BS. And he looked better than ever the last day we saw him. He got better pain control with a better appetite. Poor guy's intubated with a colostomy now. It was lung CA....

  11. Salary for home healthcare nursing

    MomRN0913 replied to NJRN33's topic in Home Health

    Oh, btw, I did take the job at $32 hour and I have 6 years as an rn. However, I love it and once independent, there will be lots of extra money to be

  12. Is attending a patient's funeral overstepping "the" boundary?

    MomRN0913 replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    I work in hospice and when our patient dies its a part of our work day to go to a funeral if we

  13. How to eat on he road?

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in Home Health

    I'm starting in home hospice on monday. It's a weird question, but how do you eat lunch? I'm taking a pay cut with this job and financially can't see myself eating on the road every day. I am...

  14. Is this really what it's all about?

    MomRN0913 replied to Leesha's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Actually, that is what Hospice nursing is. It's not really performing technical skills. We don't give the meds, we teach how to give the meds so the patients can be managed at home. We evaluate for...

  15. Same patient's over and over again

    MomRN0913 replied to MattNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, there were frequent fliers in my ICU. They come back a few times but eventually don't leave. One very obese young guy would come back with acute exacerbation of CHF and get intubated. The...

  16. What is your typical response?

    MomRN0913 replied to Vtachy1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Sometimes it hurts too much to breath and patients tend to hold their breath. The pain medicine could help them

  17. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    MomRN0913 replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    Anything really. It is under the guidance of their instructor. I never had a student nurse, but I had a new grad when I had my baby. They thought I was sleeping, and her preceptor was telling her...

  18. What is your typical response?

    MomRN0913 replied to Vtachy1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Just from my first 2 weeks in hospice, I am noting the nurses AND the doctors have an issue understanding hospice medications. I won't tell you the horrifying story of what they did to a very young...

  19. Sorry Nurse Recruiters/Nurse Managers!

    MomRN0913 replied to Isitpossible's topic in Nurse Management

    That totally threw me in the original post. No one ever asked me how many questions it took to pass and how long. I passed the NCLEX with 75 questions in a half hour. I don't think that made me more...

  20. Finished my first week as a hospice nurse

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    and wow. I can't believe ho much I like it so far. In my frist week I was on the road doing visits with my awesome preceptor. We got 2 admissions, a pronouncement and a few revisits. We also take...

  21. Finished my first week as a hospice nurse

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you everyone! I definitely know I need to maintain boundaries. I was told by my preceptor not to give out my cell. After being in the micu, and keeping patients alive who shouldn't be, I am...

  22. Favourite Doctor Moments

    MomRN0913 replied to NO50FRANNY's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have only heard the story, but I surely believe it as this doctor is that kind of guy. This certain dr, an older man, starts his rounds at 5am. One nurse was on the phone with another dr for...

  23. How to eat on he road?

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    So, in my first week on the road with my preceptor I noticed she stops for subs and wendy's! AHHHHH! But we didn't get to eat until 2 most of the days and I was starving and didn't eat breakfast! II...

  24. Does the school I go to realy matter?

    MomRN0913 replied to jumpingfish21's topic in General Nursing

    Nope.

  25. Hospital Won't Hire Obese Workers

    MomRN0913 replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

    To me, it's just as disgusting as not hiring smokers. We will all have to be a certain heaight, weight, BMI, may only have the legal habits the hospitals feel are acceptable in our off