jnette ASN, EMT-I

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    Brian Short News

    jnette replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely numbed and heartbroken. A tremendous and unfathomable loss. My most sincere condolences to all their family… and to all who knew and loved
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    Your BEST AN memory- in honor of Brian

    jnette replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely horrified and heartbroken to wake up to this news this morning. I am still reeling with shock. I have been a member of AN for many, many years. (2002) Allnurses was a godsend when I first...
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    Helpful links for nurses and dialysis patients

    jnette posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Having been a dialysis nurse several years ago, and now a HH nurse with patients who also are on dialysis, I have spent hours online finding helpful educational materials to send out to the home.....
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    Miss Tander Teaches

    jnette replied to dianah's topic in General Nursing

    Lovely. In the end, more powerful than medicine, more meaningful than "proper" technique. And universal.. isn't that what we ALL want? Just be good to me. CARE.. and you'll do everything
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    My DON is sexually harassing me

    jnette replied to bstewart40's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ouch !!! Agree with all the above advice. And do be careful. Document EVERYTHING and make copies. Get this resolved ASAP. NO ONE should have to put up with this nonsense. EVER. What a
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    Help i need patient education handouts

    jnette replied to ajohnson8407's topic in Patient Education

    I work in Home Health. No longer a road warrior, have been in charge of providing patient education materials for our road nurses for the past year. I spend a LOT of time online searching for the best...
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    Helpful links for nurses and dialysis patients

    jnette replied to jnette's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanx, Trauma ! I'll add more in time as I come across them. For patients with computer savvy, I also give them links to helpful websites. These patients unfortunately don't get much initial...
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    Fluid Restriction on Dialysis Pt

    jnette replied to FutureRN_NP's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    here's another article that might be helpful: Understanding How Fluid Gains Affect Dialysis
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    Fluid Restriction on Dialysis Pt

    jnette replied to FutureRN_NP's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    here's a great link I like to use to print off renal diet/fluids for our HH patients who are on dialysis: Eat Right to Feel Right on Hemodialysis - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information...
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    Change is in the Air - Avatars; Polls

    jnette replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    As always
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    Autism and the Nurse Practitioner

    jnette replied to BJ_RichardsBSN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well, actually, I'm so thrilled to have power back on, I'm not sleepy now.. haha ! So I'll touch on this a bit, and we can continue more over the next couple days... My first and only grandson was...
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    Autism and the Nurse Practitioner

    jnette replied to BJ_RichardsBSN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    OK.. promised to get with you today, but got home from work yesterday and we had a small tornado tear through our area and lost power at 5 pm yesterday and only now just came back on. Crazy weather...
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    Autism and the Nurse Practitioner

    jnette replied to BJ_RichardsBSN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi here from VA as well ! At t work right now but will be happy to discuss things with you this evening after work and/or over the weekend
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    Home Health Teaching Guides-HELP!!

    jnette replied to RNRutRO's topic in Home Health

    Here's a really good link for some WONDERFUL print friendly patient tutorials ! https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html The ones that have the X-Plain tutorials are really, really good....
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    Home Health Teaching Guides-HELP!!

    jnette replied to RNRutRO's topic in Home Health

    I have found some truly AWSOME websites which provide great teaching materials to download, PDF or regular web version, and most of these also include spanish translations. National Institutes of...
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    Home Health Teaching Guides-HELP!!

    jnette replied to RNRutRO's topic in Home Health

    Kudos to all with these helpful links and beaucoup kudos to NrsKaren for the link to NIH Senior Health ! Thanx to her I have now found the Holy Grail of senior HH teaching materials !!! :up: In...
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    Question about enemas...

    jnette posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK, all you seasoned nurses, I need advice. :) I should know this from my days in school, but we all know how that goes, and how QUICKLY that goes "bye-bye" ! :chuckle If you give an enema and it is...
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    J Tubes... checking placement/residual???

    jnette posted a topic in General Nursing

    Quick question... am I correct in thinking that since the J peg/tube is in the small intestine, there is really no way of accurately checking any residual ? Do we check residual at all in a J tube...
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    Supervisory visits

    jnette replied to metalRN's topic in Home Health

    Ditto !
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    Minor Changes On allnurses.com...

    jnette replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Everything looks neat, clean, organized. Just the way I like things.. LOL
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    Anodyne (Infrared) Light Therapy for pain... info?

    jnette posted a topic in General Nursing

    Quick question... does anybody have any info on this therapy? Called Anodyne Light or Infrared Light Therapy for pain, neuropthy, sports injuries, etc. Are your hospitals/clinics offering this...
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    Transferring total assist clients, how to?

    jnette replied to Poi Dog's topic in Home Health

    Wow...... I've never heard of THIS before... Really. No PCGs to help? What about the ROM... should she not be getting PT? I do find this odd. Never heard of a nursing visit like
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    Nervous about Home Health

    jnette replied to pcbnurse's topic in Home Health

    Excellent response, KateRN1 !!!
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    Daytonite has passed away...

    jnette replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my.. oh my. Just reading this today for the first time. I am so very, VERY sorry to read of this. Thank you for letting us know. What a great loss. So very sad. Rest in peace, Daytonite. You so...
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    To return to home health or to stay put in hospital??

    jnette replied to JenRN22's topic in Home Health

    Agree with you on the above, KateRN1 :) As a matter of fact, our agency recently made this a new requirement... except for SOCs and ROCs, all notes must be completed in the home. The thinking behind...