cherston1

cherston1

O.R. and Home Health

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About cherston1

cherston1 specializes in O.R. and Home Health.


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  1. Day 4: 2016 Nurses Week Top 5 Things Contest

    1. You can make mistakes regardless of your years of experience. 2. +Surgical conscious applies to nursing too. 3. It's better to admit mistakes and correct them than not to. 4. Live the golden rule...
  2. Why do you like home care? What are the advantages?

    I am fairly new to home health. I am a former scrub tech turned RN. I got tired of all the bullying, harassment, etc which can be found in hospital settings. So I found a smaller home health agency...
  3. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    Since I AM a conceal carry, I thought I'd leave my thoughts. I live in Washington state and in my state to have a CC permit you must go thru criminal background checks (state and FBI) AND Mental...
  4. Becoming an LNC

    Another good program you might consider is available at www.legalnurse.com they have a 6 day seminar available, but I am currently doing the DVD program at my own pace. I did a lot of research of...
  5. OR newbie needs advice

    These are all excellent comments, however, I've been in this situation and yes the O.R. tends to eat their young. Maybe that is why I'm thinking of leaving. The best thing you can do is request from...
  6. Surgeon closing before re-count complete

    Basically what you need to do is follow Hospital policy regardless of what you think. Another thing to do is also check the policy of AORN which for most is considered the gold standard of nursing...
  7. Hi Blue: Ok, First let me say that I've been in the O.R. for about 15 years (give or take) Most of that has been as a scrub tech. I went back to school about 3 yrs ago and got my RN license. When I...