Hi everyone! I was wondering if I could get some advice regarding when to refer a patient to a social worker. I currently do the admissions, just started home care in June. I'm struggling when it is...
Hi guys! I have yet another question with recerts ..... so I called the doctors office to let them know that I was keeping their pt on services and explained why. The assistant/secretary or whatever...
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I recently left the hospital that I worked at for 5 years, and I have to say I never really felt that safe! The detoxing patients that spit at you or attack you, confused people determined to get out...
I am just starting in this field and I am kind of confused when it comes to reconciling meds. What exactly is med reconciliation? It is the meds that the next pt has, that don't match my list? Or vice...
I am looking to leave the hospital I have worked at for the past 5 years to become a home care admission RN. I am going to have to give my two weeks notice, however I would like to stay per diem if...
Any tips on how to make traveling to CT scan/IR/Nuclear Medicine within the hospital with an ICU patient who's vented and on all sorts of gtts? I have been a nurse for 1 yr, and have been on nights. I...
I have a question: With a swan, when obtaining a CVP reading, you turn the stop cocks up and down ( left up, right down).. Why do we move the stopcocks? I guess I'm just looking for the rationale...
I graduated in 2010, and I know EXACTLY how you feel! I was a CNA in an ICU/CCU while in nursing school and as soon as I graduated, they hired me in the ICU as a new grad.... I have never been so...
I have the same problem! I've been working night for four years now and I am currently looking to get off this shift. I've been getting pretty depressed and I sleep forever sometimes! And it sucks on...