Grasshopper11

Grasshopper11

Member

  • Content

    48

  • Visitors

    4,257

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    2

All Content by Grasshopper11

  1. Thinking of leaving hospice

    Grasshopper11 replied to NurseStephy80's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The hospice I work for is Monday to Friday only for Case Managers with 4 weeks vacation. We have evening and weekend dedicated

  2. hourly pay?

    Grasshopper11 replied to blexxer's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Personally, I think we should just go salary with time and a half for overtime. Currently, we have to fill out logs for everything we do and turn them in to get

  3. Charting until midnight?

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am a nurse for over 9 years and will be starting hospice nursing. I am hearing about nurses in Home Health going home and charting until all hours of the night. Is this the same in Hospice...

  4. Down time

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Nurse Management

    I would like to know what Nurse Managers are thinking of doing to give Home Health RN's more downtime in the evening. Most of the RN's finish their 8 hour shift and then go home to document for 3 to...

  5. Documenting in car

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Home Health

    Hi all! I am about to start home health soon. I see people documenting in the car, leaning on steering wheel, etc. There must be a more comfortable way, isn't there? Any tips and tricks? I have a...

  6. Night shift alterative hours poll

    Grasshopper11 replied to Wolf at the Door's topic in General Nursing

    I work dayshift but I would love 11a-11p. Too bad you don't work where I work. We could "team

  7. VNA/Home health pros and cons

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Home Health

    I've done Med/surg, LTC, Rehab and now I am thinking of changing to Home Health. I just wanted to find out the pros and cons of this line of

  8. VNA/Home health pros and cons

    Grasshopper11 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Home Health

    Thank you. I could just imagine being in someone's home and looking like an idiot because I can't do something and I have no back

  9. VNA/Home health pros and cons

    Grasshopper11 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Home Health

    Did you ever have a situation or emergency in a home. You are by yourself so you can't call a "rapid response" or notify a charge nurse who is right

  10. Where are all the "older" nurses?

    Grasshopper11 replied to tjcnurse2b's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Where I work, we have a really nice supervisor/charge nurse that is older. She is ready to quit but unfortunately she has a mortgage to pay. The twenty-somethings bully her to death just because she...

  11. Back talk

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Long Term Acute Care

    We have two new twenty-somethings that just graduated a few months ago from nursing school who are our supervisors, yes-they are supervisors of nurses who have been nurses 8-10 years. All they do is...

  12. Back talk

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have two new twenty-somethings that just graduated a few months ago from nursing school who are our supervisors, yes-they are supervisors of nurses who have been nurses 8-10 years. All they do is...

  13. Back talk

    Grasshopper11 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work with a lot of twenty-somethings that are absolutely wonderful. I want to hug them everytime I work with them. I just gave you their ages to give you their background of being...

  14. When to ship pt out to hospital? WWYD?

    Grasshopper11 replied to tsm007's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would have shipped both out. Good decisions on your part. Better safe than

  15. If you don't have a uniform...

    Grasshopper11 replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I actually like working in a place where all RN's wear one color and CNA's wear another. This way the staff and the patients know who is who. When I worked in a facility where anybody can wear...

  16. Tubigrips

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Anyone out there apply tubigrips? How do you apply them? I have a group of fellow co-workers who state you have to look at the order as some are applied from above the knee to the ankle, some from...

  17. Why do Nurse Managers refuse to hire an Admissions/Discharge Nurse?

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    No matter where I work it is the same question....Why does management refuse to hire someone to help with admissions and discharges????? Management would rather see us pulled away from our current...

  18. Why do nurse managers refuse to hire admission/discharge nurses?

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Nurse Management

    No matter where I work it is the same question....Why does management refuse to hire someone to help with admissions and discharges????? Management would rather see us pulled away from our current...

  19. Why do Nurse Managers refuse to hire an Admissions/Discharge Nurse?

    Grasshopper11 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    If they hired an admissions/discharge nurse, we would not be doing

  20. Why do Nurse Managers refuse to hire an Admission/Discharge nurse!!!!

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Nurse Management

    No matter where I work it is the same question....Why does management refuse to hire someone to help with admissions and discharges????? Management would rather see us pulled away from our current...

  21. EPIC

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Our hospital just switched to the EPIC system. Anyone else using EPIC out there? What do you

  22. So what dooo you do as a nurse???

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work as a bedside nurse in a Rehab facility with very busy admissions and discharges with higher acuity each year. Just had a holiday dinner with family. My sister is working at an assisted...

  23. So what dooo you do as a nurse???

    Grasshopper11 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I would never say to an auto mechanic "all you do is tighten a few bolts" so what do you do with the rest of your day. P.S. I am not saying that busing tables is not exhausting work. I am just...

  24. So what dooo you do as a nurse???

    Grasshopper11 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I personally don't think it is an overreaction. This is just an example. Having people in general think and make comments to the effect that all we do is carry a little pill in a med cup and then...

  25. Extra Shifts.. are they worth it?

    Grasshopper11 replied to NGYSUN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You have to learn to say the word "NO". The more you help out, the more you are enabling the unit. We had a unit secretary that was knocking herself out by coming in extra shifts. Working nights...