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  1. I returned to agency nursing in Long Term Care this weekend. It took me 5 hours to pass morning meds to 25 patients. I had forgotten the lay out of the med cart and everything. Searching through...
  2. Vision/Hearing Screenings

    I thought anyone who performed the V/H screenings in Illinois schools HAD to be certified by Illinois Department of Public Health? That's what I was taught during
  3. Replacing School Nurses with Health Techs

    Lets all remember nursing judgment and nursing assessment can not be delegated to unlicensed staff. These people do practice nursing "tasks" under our license, but they are NOT critically thinking...
  4. Help! Which job should I take?

    My experience has been that the case management and needs of kids of high school age are much easier and less time consuming. At the high school level you would be spending more time teaching...
  5. Become Medicaid/Medicare provider

    I am very interested in how to get started as well. Your post was VERY helpful! I will continue to follow this thread in hopes that we can get more detailed information.
  6. Become Medicaid/Medicare provider

    Anyone have pointers for
  7. Become Medicaid/Medicare provider

    I would love to know how and where to start this process in illinois. Any Illinois individual medicare/medicaid providers out
  8. Flu without fever?

    Contact your local public health office. The epidemiologist could be
  9. How often do you listen to lung sounds?

    I would be interested in a good website for lung sounds. Any
  10. MRSA in sputum and open door?

    If a patient has a "History" of MRSA in the sputum should the contact precautions always be followed? Does it
  11. Patient cheat sheet

    I'm also "rejoining" Rehab nursing. I would also be very interested in a cheat sheet. Thanks so
  12. Who can write a health care plan?

    Is it acceptable for a Registered Nurse who does not hold a Type 73 certificate to write individual health care plans? Is it acceptable for the registered nurse to only provide nursing care plans?...
  13. Who can write a health care plan?

    I am in the state of Illinois. I have still not been able to come up with a clear answer. Martha Burgren, I would appreciate your input. Thank
  14. Unclear laws on medical care in school

    a recent newspaper article brought to light the unclear laws related to caring for children in school who require invasive procedure or skills that require nursing judgement. teachers assistances...
  15. i'm a school nurse for the past 5 years, and about this time each year i start thinking about where i will work in the summer. i have usually worked for an agency or long term care facility, but i'm...
  16. What kind of work do you do in the summer??

    I found there to be plenty of work in LTC last summer(it may be different this summer). I worked through a relief staffing agency. The pay was good, but the hours long. I chose to work 12-16 hr...
  17. Become Medicaid/Medicare provider

    I'm knterested in learning how to do this as well.
  18. Here's my question- In Illinois can an APN or PA give orders to an Illinois RN? Specifically what has occured is that orders came from the clinic written and signed by the RN in the office who works...
  19. can APN give written orders to RN?

    Thank You for your reply. Does this still hold true if the RN wrote the order, signed the APN name and her own name? Or legally should the order be signed by the APN
  20. Tips for organization, speed??

    I'm working long term care through an agency. I've been away from this type of work for many years. It took me 5 hours to pass morning meds to 25 patients! What can I do to get organized, be more...
  21. Tips for organization, speed??

    Thank You all so very much! All of these great tips will save me alot of time!:flowersfo Your help is greatly
  22. Would you do it?

    GO FOR IT!!! I have been a school nurse for the past 5 years. I took a huge cut in pay, at first, and started only working 6 hours a day. I am the nurse for our school district's profoundly...
  23. A Dear Abbey letter. What is your take?

    I think as a nurse doing an assessment and being conscious of her pt's privacy, she should have simply pulled the curtain. If the wife wanted to see the incision that should have been between the two...
  24. Step-down trach at school?

    I am a Public School Nurse in charge of the severe/profound handicapped children's program for my district. I have always requested that my trach kids be sent to school with a same size trach as well...
  25. Central line catheters in School?

    I am a school nurse in charge of a Severe profound handicap program for the district. Does anyone have any info/thoughts/experience to share on having a student in the classroom with a centrally...