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  1. HESI Exit exam, are scores really predictable of passing NCLEX?

    MyUserName,RN posted a topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    I'm on a roll today! loL! Anyways, My school had us do HESI exams during every semester and then one big exit exam at the end. They say if you score higher than 850 on HESI you have a good chance of...

  2. Trying to transition from medical to mother/baby, need advice!

    MyUserName,RN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hope somebody can give me some advice. I have 2 years of experience on a med/surg/tele floor and now have 2 years of experience in home healthcare. I have always had an interest in...

  3. Trying to transition from medical to mother/baby, need advice!

    MyUserName,RN replied to MyUserName,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks everyone for your helpful advice! I do appreciate

  4. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    MyUserName,RN replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    YES! I have sent so many patients to the ER only of them to be admitted to the ICU. Very sick. I could not have done home health without my med/surg experience. You just have to have that nursing...

  5. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    MyUserName,RN replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    So I thought I'd revive this thread again. I'm thinking of leaving my home health job. I've been doing it for almost 2 years now. Have really loved home health, but the charting, the never being "off"...

  6. Documentation, Time Management, Help!!!

    MyUserName,RN posted a topic in Home Health

    I have been working as an RN case manager in home health for almost two years now. I'll preface this by saying I love almost everything about this job. Except for......the hours I spend on charting!!...

  7. Are there any nurses happy to be a nurse?

    MyUserName,RN replied to frequentFLyER's topic in General Nursing

    I'm very happy to be a nurse. Have I had times that I felt like I might have made the wrong decision? Yes. Have I experienced burn out? Yes. Have I been so frustrated with healthcare admin in the...

  8. To the ones who said I'd lose skills or be bored in home health:

    MyUserName,RN posted a topic in Home Health

    Boy were you wrong! I went from a very hectic telemetry floor to home health care last September. Upon leaving my hospital job, I received comments that I would be bored or would lose my skills in...

  9. Skyrocketing health insurance costs-This is crazy!

    MyUserName,RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm leaving my hospital job where my insurance is very good and very cheap. I only pay $120 biweekly for the best plan and for myself and my kids. I'm going to a home health company and just got a...

  10. What is the difference between HH Case Manager and hospital/insurance CM?

    MyUserName,RN posted a topic in Case Management

    Hi All, I am about to be starting a position as a Case Manager RN with a home health agency. I have two years of acute care experience in a hospital. I'm very interested in case management and home...

  11. What is the difference between HH Case Manager and hospital/insurance CM?

    MyUserName,RN replied to MyUserName,RN's topic in Case Management

    Maybe you should take your own advise hun. :) I asked what the difference was between CM in HH and in the hospital. I didn't ask how easy or hard HH is or to be told to lighten up when I wasn't even...

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

    MyUserName,RN replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    MomRN, would you mind sharing your cheat sheet? I'm just starting HH and the charting is all electronic, but I'm thinking it will still be difficult to go through all the documentation in the pts home...

  13. IV push

    MyUserName,RN replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    Certain things burn if not

  14. IV push

    MyUserName,RN replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    I dilute almost everything. It's just easier all around IMO and better for the pt

  15. What do you think the future of CM will be?

    MyUserName,RN posted a topic in Case Management

    Do you think that due to the approaching insurance changes that case management and utilization review will be in more

  16. What do you think the future of CM will be?

    MyUserName,RN replied to MyUserName,RN's topic in Case Management

    Thanks everyone for the helpful information and the positive outlook on case management. No this is not a home work assignment. I'm not in school presently. Just interested in what my future career...

  17. What is the difference between HH Case Manager and hospital/insurance CM?

    MyUserName,RN replied to MyUserName,RN's topic in Case Management

    I knew exactly what you meant. I don't expect HH to be easy at all. Floor nursing wasn't easy either and if somebody made a comment like you did about it being an easy way to get started as a new...

  18. Should i read any books to get a head-start for nursing school?!

    MyUserName,RN replied to Marsha238612's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I read a book, it was titled something like, test taking techniques for beginning nursing students. I felt that it helped to prepare me for the nclex style tests that I was taking once nursing school...

  19. Is nursing as bad as some say???

    MyUserName,RN replied to #scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is hard work. I do not regret becoming a nurse though. I have been a nurse for 2 years now on a medsurg/tele floor and it is hard and there are days that I wonder why I chose to do this. Those...

  20. Should I Carry Nursing Malpractice (Liability) Insurance?

    MyUserName,RN replied to sirI's topic in Nursing Career

    Glad to have read this article. I've been a nurse for two years and haven't carried insurance. But I'm about to purchase it. I asked around at work to other nurses if they had and none of them seemed...

  21. Sorry state of Nursing ...

    MyUserName,RN replied to Howardhughes's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I've seen it first hand. The 2 male nurses on my floor get more respect from pts, dr's, and their peers than female nurses. Most doctors talk to them as a peer, shake their hand, and talk to them...

  22. Sorry state of Nursing ...

    MyUserName,RN replied to Howardhughes's topic in General Nursing

    New grad nurses in my area make about 18-19/hr, bsn's only make 50 cent

  23. ekg certification worth the time and money?

    MyUserName,RN replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    As for not being aloud to interpret EKG's....maybe legally we can't "interpret and diagnose", but we are the ones who have to read the EKG and decide how to respond and also to notify the dr of the...

  24. ekg certification worth the time and money?

    MyUserName,RN replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a telemetry floor and the class was a requirement to do before working for 6 months and also before we were able to take the ACLS class that was also required to obtain within a year. But...

  25. What is the difference between HH Case Manager and hospital/insurance CM?

    MyUserName,RN replied to MyUserName,RN's topic in Case Management

    Anyone?