KountryPrincess

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  1. Help!! How to document clinical info narrative

    KountryPrincess replied to RNBSN95's topic in Home Health

    Everyon at our agency charts narrative differently. Most nurses use Word templates, especially for revisits. We are required to use templates to document wounds and ostomies. Remember that your OASIS...

  2. New Oncology Intern RN

    KountryPrincess replied to lollylolly88's topic in Oncology

    If I can add one thing to that wonderful post....you *will* get close to your patients, it is hard not to, and it is one of the benefits of being in Onc. Never forget that you are not thier friend,...

  3. How valuable is your OCN?

    KountryPrincess replied to mappers's topic in Oncology

    I got my OCN years ago when I worked in onc and the test was hard, but I did do really well on it, and I was proud to add it to my educational background. BTW, I have never belonged to ONS and still...

  4. Question about GBM treatments?

    KountryPrincess replied to RNsRWe's topic in Oncology

    Great post Kel.....very

  5. New Nurse 1 year in...should I change floors?

    KountryPrincess replied to freespyryt's topic in Oncology

    I would move to med onc. That is the type of floor I started on as a student for a year and then as an RN for the next five years. I loved it, and you will probably find a great group of nurses up...

  6. Home health SN Safety

    KountryPrincess replied to rancin98's topic in Home Health

    Lol.....this topic reminds me of when I used to take call and sometimes got called out in the middle of the night and never knew exactly what I was heading into. I always took my 110lb Rottweiler with...

  7. Week one of orientation done

    KountryPrincess replied to Detroitrn59's topic in Home Health

    With all your experience I am sure you would be an asset to any agency. My agency did not exactly throw me too the wolves, but when I started I was seeing some pts on my own within a week or so....

  8. Thinking of doing HH per diem but...

    KountryPrincess replied to ILveNursing's topic in Home Health

    I would never work at a place that pays by the visit. When you have used your time, energy, wear and tear on your car, effort and expertise dealing with the pt, doc and family, amd the pt does not...

  9. Now you all are making me scared!

    KountryPrincess replied to RipeTomato's topic in Home Health

    I agree with getting more hospital experience, I would aim for at least 2-3 years acute care experience. People who do homecare without that experience will tell you they do fine, but they do not know...

  10. Home Health IVs w/new grad nurse

    KountryPrincess replied to djh123's topic in Home Health

    Depends on the pt. If it is a pediatric pt with a pediport and an emaciated sunken contracted upper torso and the thing rolls, yeah.....you can miss. Really though, I would say in gerenal, on 99% of...

  11. Thinking about making the switch to home health...

    KountryPrincess replied to RN_Mommy_2_3's topic in Home Health

    I agree with the above poster....pay by the hour is waaay better. When you have spent 30 minutes round trip driving to a pts house, another 45 sorting them out and then do not get paid for any of it...

  12. Less than 2 years as nurse and back probs force change

    KountryPrincess replied to hopeinchrist03's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    How about home care? Think about it a little and see if it might be for you. A little more acute care experience would be preferable, but I am seeing that new grads are getting jobs in some agencies,...

  13. Documentation altering/tampering...Is this the norm???

    KountryPrincess replied to RollerRN's topic in Home Health

    This does not sound like an ethical agency. I have been in HH for 10+ years with the same agency, and my responses would *never* be changed by anyone, not even my director, without my consent. I am...

  14. The love of home health

    KountryPrincess replied to Kcorder4's topic in Home Health

    Hi guys.....I am glad to see the interest in home care, but as someone mentioned, I feel that you need 2-3 years of acute experience, preferably more, before coming to home care. I noticed that the...

  15. I flunked out of clinical today..

    KountryPrincess replied to Student2001's topic in General Students

    This sounds crazy. I am making the assumption this was in a hospital room....no clock in there, what the heck?I forget my darn watch half the time, I think you had a clever solution to use the cell. I...

  16. Will I get in trouble ? ? ?

    KountryPrincess replied to Congababe13's topic in General Students

    I work in home care and we often photograph wounds at our agency. Per HIPPA, and agency policy, the pt must sign consent any time a pic is taken. Additionally, there can be no way to identify the pt...

  17. Refusing to dissect in A&P or Microbiology?

    KountryPrincess replied to joel.mercado's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

  18. hi im a senior in highschool going for an associates degree as an RN

    KountryPrincess replied to alondrap2003's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am terrible at math. It does not help that I have had a couple of *horrible* teachers/professors in my lifetime. If the teacher was good, I understood a lot more (wow, strange concept). Anyway,...

  19. Shy, awkward, introverted nurse-to-be! Can it happen?

    KountryPrincess replied to cccormier's topic in General Students

    Just because you are introverted socially, does not mean you will be so with patients and families. You know how they say actors are often very shy in person, yet they are completely comfortable on...

  20. Palative Care Still Raw

    KountryPrincess replied to LCinTraining's topic in General Students

    I worked in palliative care for 5 years as an RN OCN. When people used to ask me how I could stand doing it, I would explain it like this: downstairs is labor and delivery. The nurses down there have...

  21. Sac state (CSUS) nursing spring 2013

    KountryPrincess replied to sacnurse's topic in California Nursing

    Thanks DreamBig. I was reading some of your posts. I was close to your age when I was in the program, I was 23 when I graduated.....am 38 now. I also volunteered at Mercy General.....I was a...

  22. Sac state (CSUS) nursing spring 2013

    KountryPrincess replied to sacnurse's topic in California Nursing

    Well, it has been 15 years since I graduated. Your question is interesting to answer, I don't remember having any expectations for the job. I know that may sound strange, but I have always been a...

  23. Refusing to dissect in A&P or Microbiology?

    KountryPrincess replied to joel.mercado's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I attended an accredited 4 year university program for my BSN and never dissected anything. We used complex models, human skeletons, that kind of thing. The med students and pre physical therapy...

  24. Sac state (CSUS) nursing spring 2013

    KountryPrincess replied to sacnurse's topic in California Nursing

    Hi guys! You all are bringing back so many memories. I got into Sac State years ago in 1995. I remember how incredibly nerve racking it was. In my era, they accepted folks tramsferring in from...