erika.RN

Hi all, I am a clinical preceptor for the junior level. I am teaching med-surg clinicals and trying to figure out the best clinical paperwork/assignments for my students for post clinical. I am hoping to explore new care plan options. I would love to...

I have a love/hate relationship with my job. I have a young toddler & a baby on the way & I am scared about how I will balance it all. I think most of the nurses at my agency feel the way I do. It is hard with a family & some personalitie...

Hello! I am looking for advice from Moms who work 12's. I have a young child (18 mos) at home & one on the way. Right now I work home health & work 4-5 days a week, but stay up very late charting on weekends & several weeknights. It has r...

I have beem doing HH for a year now & already I feel burnt to a crisp. The corrections are horrendous/petty & all I can think when doing them is, "I am not getting paid for this." SOC/ROC's and anything OASIS makes me want to scream. I get si...

I am confused...are you in home health or nursing home setting?

Our agency supplies everything. I ended up using my own bag & stethescope.

So you got fired because the pt was still in the hosp so you could not do a SOC? Did the pt get discharged on Sunday? Maybe they felt you should have followed up? Otherwise, I don't think that's really grounds to fire...

Same thing...except I am on call this weekend and was also on Friday. I hace 6 OASIS Start of Cares to catch up on. I hate this part of the job. I NEVER have a day "off"but where I don't have to worry about anything.

This really just blows my mind. You don't take your own supplies to work with you at the hospital...so why is this any different. They don't have a supply room of stuff? Dressings, lab supplies, tapes, bandages, etc.?? Have you asked? Sorry you're ha...

Uhh lab supplies, staple remover kits, everything should be supplied by your agency /hospital you work for. You are never required to pay for these things out of pocket. Also...don't just take a pt's word on things. Make sure you have a doctors order...

I have good luck applying aquacel AG cut to size on stasis ulcers when they are very wet. Calmoseptine to peri-wound if they are really draining. If they get necrotic santyl helps debride. I wouldn't say stasis ulcers are impossible, just time consum...

I disagree about tje experience. I was a LTC LPN for 5 years and was a RN in a clinic for a year ajd went into HH. I am still learning, but what burse isn't every day? I love my job and flexibility it offers. :)

I really like it. My agency allows us to set our own hours, we are paid per visit. Ot works wonderfully for me as I am not a morning person & my daughter who is 10 months old doesn't have to be woken up at 6 in the morning to go to daycare. We ge...

I came here looking for positives on med/surg & mostly found new grads drowning...I am looking into a med/surg floor on days at my local hospital. I did all my clinicals there so I know the floor & the computer system well. I am not a an incr...

I interviewed with a home health job at our local hospital. It's work from home, set your own hours, & pay per visit. On call every 6-8th weekend and on call once a month for the night. The system is all on Ipads and when you are on call on the w...

At least go to the interview!! I found out I was pregnant shortly after starting a clinic job (which I usually loathe) and ended up staying there for the duration of my pregnancy for insurance reasons only...I am still there, they were good to me for...

Hi there! First time poster here, although I've lurked tons! :) I am a new grad RN-BSN, have been a LPN for 5 years-worked in long term care. I took an office job a few months ago as a float nurse at a large clinic. I took the job because the benefit...

I think I made a terrible decision and just want to get others real opinions on the matter. I graduated in May with my RN-BSN degree (previously a LPN for the last 5 years) at a school that co-ops with the hospital. I am from this area so I wasn't pl...

Thanks for your reply. I guess I should just re-iterate that I am actually not in orientation. See as a float nurse you are "trained" in an office for a week, and then you go back there and cover that nurse's vacation time. Then you are off to be tra...