Suninmyheart

Suninmyheart

Cardiac/Telemetry, Hospice, Home Health

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  1. Favorite sayings

    Suninmyheart replied to NursesRmofun's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Don't Believe Everything You

  2. Needlestick

    Suninmyheart replied to Ontariosn's topic in General Nursing

    I am nervous that you have to ask this

  3. Salary for home healthcare nursing

    Suninmyheart replied to NJRN33's topic in Home Health

    I make $65 per routine visit, $110 for an admission and $50 an hour for misc. I live in San

  4. Priority questions on nclex

    Suninmyheart replied to Maja3699's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Despite the experience your wife has, moving to another country and adapting can be difficult. Certain working environments can be very toxic, especially in healthcare. Support her by letting her know...

  5. What do you love/hate about home health nursing?

    Suninmyheart replied to JJsMama79's topic in Home Health

    Pros: Being able to get to know my patients and their families. Not just a 12 hr shift with hospital patients being admitted and discharged daily. Providing more holistic care. Feeling like...

  6. Lets talk about $$$

    Suninmyheart replied to russki1313's topic in Home Health

    San Diego $65 for routine RN visits, $100 for SOC, ROC, $50 an hour for office, meetings etc. I am per diem. No benefits or perks. .40 a mile. I negotiated strong when I first got

  7. Time saving tips for HH nurse

    Suninmyheart replied to KaeliF's topic in Home Health

    My biggest time saver is I use voice dictation for the narrative parts of my documentation on my ipad or iphone in between

  8. Pt's home infested with bed bugs, fleas, etc..

    Suninmyheart replied to RN-DC's topic in Home Health

    I could not refuse providing care to my patient whose home is infested. In hospice, because I have been willing to just deal with it, was able to get a patient out of truly deplorable conditions and...

  9. Home Health RN Pay Per Visit HELP

    Suninmyheart replied to nolanurse504's topic in Home Health

    Live in San Diego. SOC $100 RV $65 .40 cents a mile Lots of drive time. It often takes me 30-45 minutes of driving between patients. This drains my average pay. I average about 30 an hour. Not good...

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

    Suninmyheart replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    I enter my clinical data during the visit - things like vitals, appetite, heart, lungs etc. Our software is online so I often use my iphone to enter the data right into the chart. Then I dictate the...

  11. How Does an RN make more in Sacramento than San Diego????

    Suninmyheart replied to Scarpydooooo's topic in California Nursing

    Makes me want to move to Sacramento. I live in SD and have been making 72K a year in non-profit Hospice which equals about 38 an

  12. computer charting is killing my career

    Suninmyheart replied to Sterlink's topic in Home Health

    In hospice I tried to create a flow to the actual visit and assessment to match how the assessment charting was set up. But of course that would not always work because visits with patients are unique...

  13. Recommended Reading for Hospice Nurses

    Suninmyheart replied to introspectiveRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you everyone. I have made a list of the many resources here and am excited to get started reading. I went into nursing with Hospice as a main interest and now after 2.5 years of acute care...

  14. Does it matter where you get your ADN to get a job?

    Suninmyheart replied to fianne's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't really matter on paper but personally I wonder if some community colleges get poorer clinical opportunites? Academically my school was rigorous but the clinicals were lame and I did not feel...

  15. Day in the life of a hospice nurse

    Suninmyheart replied to FirstYear2005's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am so excited. I have an interview with a wonderful Hospice Agency in two days. I now have 2 1/2 years experience on a cardiac progressive care unit in a major hospital and I am ready to make a move...

  16. New Grad Starting in Telemetry

    Suninmyheart replied to Rianna1's topic in Cardiac

    Tele/Cardiac is a great specialty. I love it and began my nursing career in tele also. Really diggin in and learning about all the cardiac meds is a good start. Plus all the electrolytes and lab level...

  17. Really Bad Code...

    Suninmyheart replied to al7139's topic in Cardiac

    Last week we had a code where the patient collapsed while transferring to the bedside commode. He was on the floor all tangled up in his legs with massive amounts of poop and pee all around him. I...

  18. Funny Old Men

    Suninmyheart replied to KY RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What great stories! I LOVE it when I get funny, kind old men at the hospital. There are such joys in nursing. Thanks for posting. Lisa -

  19. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Suninmyheart replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    tee hee I actually said to a pt once "now tonight is NOT going to be a repeat of last night. If you want a snack let me know now because I am only going to the kitchen for you ONCE. And your pain...

  20. Am I supernurse or superdud? Or somewhere in between?

    Suninmyheart posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had 5 patients last night though not all at the same time. We have a limited ratio in California of 1:4. So here's my night. I was floated to another cardiac PCU. It was my very first time floating...

  21. Am I supernurse or superdud? Or somewhere in between?

    Suninmyheart replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    Actually it was 3 unstable patients. 2 were RVR afib with one acute resp distr and the other was neuro with unstable sinus tach>150. Thank you so much for your support. I really don't get all the...

  22. Am I supernurse or superdud? Or somewhere in between?

    Suninmyheart replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    I had the doc on the phone while she went down to 40. It all happened within several

  23. Am I supernurse or superdud? Or somewhere in between?

    Suninmyheart replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    Hi breeze, RT took 10 minutes to get there. They actually passed the phone around deciding who HAD to come to our unit. When the room was filled up with 3 RT and some ICU nurses it turned out both...

  24. Nursing hat with ruffles required?

    Suninmyheart posted a topic in General Nursing

    Literally - a round hat with ruffles all the way around and surrounded by a ribbon with a bow. Like I would imagine Florence N. to wear. Has anyone ever seen this or work where it is required? I was...

  25. I think peri/rectal swabs are a humiliating 'welcome' to the hospital

    Suninmyheart replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital we have a decision tree for swabbing. Only pt's from SNF's get peri-swabbed and hospital re-admits within 30 days or those with a hx of it get nare