MomRN0913

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  1. Guess what I am doing on this lovely day?

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    Yes, that is quite what I deal with. I do hospice and palliative care ( and they give me the most complicated cases no one wants bc Its me and someone who has been there 20 years, so guess who gets...

  2. Help!

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Case Management

    Thanks lovinlife! I don't know quite how it went.... This interview was behavioral question after behavioral question, which I am not good at. " can you tell me a time when you.....". No I cannot...

  3. What if we had to tell the real truth when asked about our weaknesses?

    MomRN0913 replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    I just had an interview that was ALL behavioral questions. They even had the paper printed off of the Internet titled " behavioral questions". And my weakness is I sti I at them. I CANNOT recall a...

  4. Post-operative gas pains

    MomRN0913 replied to Double-Helix's topic in Pediatric

    I had a lap chole a few months ago and I had the classic gas pains radiating to shoulder. They told me to walk and I did, but it didn't work much. I also laid on the opposite side of where the pain...

  5. Help!

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Case Management

    Hey! Thanks for all the advice! The interview is tomorrow morning. Feeling a little nervous! Probably because I want it so bad. But I did go on glass door like you suggested.I'm going in...

  6. if a hematoma is beginning to form in the groin after a cath.....

    MomRN0913 replied to raindrop's topic in Cardiac

    2 finger breadths above the insertion

  7. I pick the days that I'm dumped on....

    MomRN0913 replied to NotMyProblem MSN's topic in General Nursing

    It's not fair. I started my career as a float nurse and would often go home crying. One floor was good to me. Some weren't. The night I went to 2 floors, started out on tele with 5 patients and 1...

  8. Can a home health nurse choose which neighborhood he/she sees patients in?

    MomRN0913 replied to amsicle's topic in Home Health

    No, you don't get to pick and choose. I certainly don't get to. I have been in the pretty bad neighborhoods and recently they decided to try out a neighborhood they banned 2 years ago when there was...

  9. Got into a car accident after working a night shift

    MomRN0913 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Power naps. I would doze off on my 45 min trip home. I would usually stop once at Starbucks, take a 15-20 min power nap and grab a coffee. If I was really tired, I'd stop again and nap. It's a...

  10. Fired because of Facebook???

    MomRN0913 replied to hairtocare's topic in General Nursing

    No, you get get unemployment if you are fired for mostly everything, except misconduct, illegal stuff.I would like to keep this as a reference, yes. I have people within the company who would provide...

  11. Tired HH nurse

    MomRN0913 replied to IRNB's topic in Home Health

    I'm 9 months in and I hate it horribly. I'm never not working. If I'm not getting called by patient on the weekend when I'm halfway out of the shower, I have mounds and mounds of paperwork that is...

  12. Fired because of Facebook???

    MomRN0913 replied to hairtocare's topic in General Nursing

    I need the income. I would need unemployment, I can't resign. Anyways, it's not why openly air my grievances with the job from hell. I was just kidding. But I'm not trying to hide it for the sake...

  13. Fired because of Facebook???

    MomRN0913 replied to hairtocare's topic in General Nursing

    I bad mouth my job daily on FB in hopes of getting fired. I kid you not. But the only person I friended from work I am close with. I refuse to friend my boss, my preceptor or the other MSW, because...

  14. So my job stress finally put me in the ER

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Well, mostly job stress. Work has been so busy with so much pressure, I've been working 24/7, have lots of crap going on at home.Well, yesterday I woke up extra early as usual to chart before work,...

  15. So my job stress finally put me in the ER

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Health, Stress Management

    ....... Ooops, hit send too soon.I have a follow up doctors appt next week. A month too late. Luckily, I've had no more episodes like the one that sent me to the hospital.All that keeps me going...

  16. So my job stress finally put me in the ER

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Thanks for checking in. I'm surviving right now although still with panic attacks, waking up in the middle of the nit worrying about something I might have missed or the insanity I have planned for...

  17. Can employer change job description and demands?

    MomRN0913 replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    In the middle of my employment, our CEO decided to send out a non- compete agreement all management must sign that was very restrictive and would have basically screwed me as an rn. (especially since...

  18. Question of about indweling foley catheter procedure

    MomRN0913 replied to Christylky's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I had a long time foley patient in home are who had an allergy to iodine listed. Well, I just did his foley one day and later in the day realized I used the providone/ iodine swabs in the kit. I...

  19. Symptoms of end-stage Parkinson's? When should hospice step in?

    MomRN0913 replied to zelda2012's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have a patient now who has had Parkinson's for 21 years. After many falls, becoming bed bound, unable to eat ( he takes pleasure feeds). The wife decided to make her husband hospice now that he is...

  20. What are you good at?

    MomRN0913 replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Calming upset patients and families. It was probably the only good thing I was able to do as a nurse manager. And I did it without attributing fault to my staff where it wasn't due. I also know...

  21. what did you get for Christmas from your employer?

    MomRN0913 replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    Crapped on and left alone Friday. Oh, and I got to work an hour late because my admission was no where to be found, so they just had to give me another and make me miss a Christmas party I really...

  22. If you were a manager what things would you change?

    MomRN0913 replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    I had a short stint as a manager. I had all of these aspirations of making it easier and safer for nurses and patients with appropriate staffing.Impossible. Just when you think it's your managers...

  23. how much salary/hr should I expect since I'm a new grad RN?

    MomRN0913 replied to BabyRN23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ....... And we don't make near that much and staffing ratios really stink.My dad had an MI in monterey CA and thought the hospital was beautiful and couldn't believe he was the buses only patient( my...

  24. how much salary/hr should I expect since I'm a new grad RN?

    MomRN0913 replied to BabyRN23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I really need to move to CA. I live in northern NJ where the c ost of living is

  25. Medication Error

    MomRN0913 replied to BSNRNINRI's topic in Patient Medications

    This is not your fault. This is a horrible identification system. It's one thing if they are alert and oriented patients who could speak. If this patient did not want his face on the wall, he...