BandEmom

BandEmom

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About BandEmom

Made it thru nursing school with a newborn and a two year old!

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  1. I think it's sad that our ability of practicing sound judgement in the name of caring is stifled by "customer service" in healthcare. It makes it feel no different than selling cars or any other...
  2. I agree. It sounds like the decision maker in this family is aggressively pushing what they believe to be right. It's hard for us to argue with that, and convince someone that doing something they...
  3. Question about CHPN Exam test prep

    With four years of experience you should be able to absorb the tricky stuff from the book, like doing dosage conversions, etc. I just passed it in June and I found that the questions really do boil...
  4. Odyssey Healthcare on call and triage nurses

    I am an on-call nurse for Odyssey. Feel free to PM me if you'd like. I can tell you that under their definition of on-call you do not qualify for overtime unless you have spent more that 40 hours...
  5. Rant About On Call

    I work 5 friday till 8 monday. There is a second nurse on during these hours as well. We have a census of 130+, and we are now going to hire a third nurse for the weekend as well. We typically have...
  6. I am currently studying for it. My employer pays a 2000 dollar bonus per year for it which averages out to about a dollar an hour. I have gained alot of knowledge and perspective since I started...
  7. Advice for a new nurse about hospice

    I struggled with this too as a new grad. I was not happy about working med-surg. But honestly, you need to listen to lots of sick lungs with someone else around to agree with you, before you can...
  8. Dialysis 9 yrs, but terminal illness is COPD???

    gt4everpn, I think that people who are on hospice with DNR are really just not still there emotionally. Comfort care is acceptable to them but accepting the full implications of DNR is just out of...
  9. is being a Hospice Nurse dangerous?

    I agree. People have asked me the same question, and I have always found that even in the parts of town that I don't like to go to the families I visit are so appreciative to have a nurse help them....
  10. first weekend on call

    I am new to hospice and I have accepted a weekend on call position. I will be second call backing up an LPN during the daytime and then overnight its just me. What kind of calls typically come in...
  11. A name for Computer on Wheels

    we just adopted an electronic recordkeeping system. We call them "WOW", workstation on wheels. /shrug, it
  12. about a week ago I had a pt who presented pretty lucid, although a poor historian on admit assessment. Several hours later he went into DT's or something because he ripped out his IV, ran down the...
  13. drowning in despair

    wow I am so sorry you going through this. Unfortunately when someone is in that 90 day orientation phase, they can fire you if they dont like your shirt. I very much doubt that they will report you...
  14. Please MAJOR TROUBLE!!

    I became pregnant my second term of nursing school. I already had a 2 year old and ended up having to take a term off. I still graduated with honors. I could tell there was some disapproval from...
  15. 75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

    I knew you passed nursesrock! Congrats