HH_RN13 ASN, RN

The world is just a scary place. Not sure if anyone has heard of Kristen Gilbert, RN who is now serving multiple life sentences convicted of 3 murders while working at a VA hospital, but believed to have killed around 90 patients and caused around 30...

As a home health RN I see these situations way too often and it's so sad! Home health is a great option for those elderly patients who live alone and have no one, but unfortunately it's not enough to keep them home. Medicare coverage even for home he...

I am sorry your mom has to go through this. I hope you find a doctor who can properly diagnose and treat her condition and make her more comfortable. This new wave of "everyone is a drug seeker" is making a lot of real patients with real pain miserab...

I have also read many horror stories on here. Nursing school is not easy, especially if you've never been in medical field. It all depends on the school you're attending as previously mentioned and most importantly on your instructors. I had some won...

I've ordered them and they are very cute! I am pretty tall and thin, so they didn't quite fit right. I suggest using their size guide to make sure you get the right size. Medium would probably work for you and they are form fitting. As far as the com...

I agree that opioids pose a big risk to people and we as nurses must educate our patients about every medication they are taking and the risks and benefits of each one. And it shouldn't stop at opioids. Too many cases I've seen of patients with liver...

I work for a small company in Los Angeles. I think they are sending an RN with you because you are new and they want to make sure you are doing everything right. I've had to do that with new hires (LVNs and RNs) when there was a more complicated proc...

Just wondering what the big deal is that RN will be there on first visit instead of in a month? Some companies prefer to have RN make sure you are following the treatment plan beginning first visit. I've done supervisory visits usually after a month ...

It actually happened to me, I was pulled over for using my phone and the police officer saw me in scrubs and my badge on and let me go with a warning. He actually asked me what I do and said he was glad he didn't give me a ticket. However, next time...

That is just not true....

You are very welcome! I'm always happy to help :-)

Mine is 7th edition not sure if there's a new one that came out. Isbn is 978-0-323-06537-5. My instructor recommended this book when I was in my first semester. Not only does this book have care plans for separate nursing diagnosis but also has nursi...

My whole entire class in micro thought the teacher was horrible, but the problem wasn't her. It was that students expected it to be an easy class and were proven otherwise. Most people failed and the rest got Cs. I got my A. Moral of the story: make...

Yes!!!

The smell of sweat... Not the normal one day kinda thing. Once had a pt who came from ltc and I was giving her a bed bath. She raised her arm and oh god! My eyes got all watery. Or another pt we had to catheterize. Opened her legs up and my eyes were...

Whoa! Look at that attitude. If I were you I'd try to be a bit nicer to the people offering you advice. It is impossible for you to know how hard an rns job is if you are not an RN. As others have mentioned it is illegal for you to say you are a nurs...

Whenever a patient tells me the pain is 15/10, all it means is they are extremely uncomfortable and they want my help to alleviate this pain. I'm not going to sit and discuss that there's nothing beyond 10 on this scale. It is wasting my time and del...

I'm never required to come in to the office. I can have supplies dropped off at my house and paperwork picked up. I choose to go though because since I'm new I sometimes still have questions about paperwork :-)

I'm a new grad and I've been doing HH for the past 5 months! I love the job, I like the hours and the pay. I mostly have a flexible schedule( unless the patient really needs to be seen at a specific time that's not exactly convenient for me, which ha...

Ahh so far I've only had it once when the patient wasn't home for my visit and god, was that annoying! So I absolutely understand. I drove out of my way to see the patient and the next day I find out that they decided to go to movies after dialysis i...

I'm a new grad... Lets not stereotype :-)