threebrats46 replied to 50kn's topic in Home Health
I am just starting home care and dont have a 4 wheel drive so we will see..lol I do have friends who live in mountain roads and you have to drive uphill thru dirt or rocky roads to get to their homes...
threebrats46 replied to JenniferA428's topic in General Nursing
I am going thru this as well and am not a new grad. However when I got my 1st job after graduation..they basically told me I was hired on the spot and they told me orientation dates. I didnt hear...
threebrats46 replied to EJBNeuroRN's topic in General Nursing
We never transfer patients without giving them their meds..the other nurses would raise hell. We have a 3 hr window..if meds are due at 10pm we have between 9pm and 11pm to give them. If they were due...
Congratulations! You are not just an LPN!! I work with wonderful LPNs who have my upmost respect,more then many RNs! My life after nursings school..lol I planned to go back to school..to travel..buy a...
Totally doable! It's hard but worth it! I used to read my daughter my textbooks as bedtime stories :) We had a student who was preg. and gave birth during spring break (perfect timing isnt that) and...
Don't lose confidence, you should try and find a hospital that has a great mentoring program as a new nurse. I hated it a lot but the lessons I have learned have been invaluable to me and turned me...
I didnt learn how to put in IV or draw blood until my first job. Most nursing programs don't teach it. You aren't incompetent at all...all the skills will one day be so natural to you and you will...
threebrats46 replied to threebrats46's topic in Nursing Career
Yea after I read what I wrote there really is no question. I guess I just posted it to validate myself in some sense. Thanks for the reply. I know managers have to be strict but there is a line...
I usually read the topics but this is my first one I started. I work night shift in a large teaching hospital which I do love. I didnt at first but I have grown to love it. I am going on 5 years now....
This happened to a coworker of mine at a LTCF...Id try and find something else..too many ppl fired in such a short time is not a good sign of a place to work at. Wishing u the best of luck finding a...
Is she a CHF pt? Mine do go into high 80s sat and the doctors say it is ok between 88-93% maybe thats why the lasix order as well. .I go thru this all the time and we dont send them to ICU unless its...