nurseby07

nurseby07

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  1. Getting sucked in

    nurseby07 posted a topic in Home Health

    I know that one of the hardest parts of nursing is not getting sucked in to the sad stories and drama of our patients, but in home health it is so much more difficult because you are right there,...

  2. Getting sucked in

    nurseby07 replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    That would be a good idea to bring up. Today I almost forked out $29 so my pt with an O2 sat of 54, without oxygen, who refused to go the hospital, would have a way to call 911. I didn't. I just...

  3. Getting sucked in

    nurseby07 replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    I agree, and as I mature into nursing I am trying to do that. What is another MS patient doing getting a 90 pound slobbering puppy (i love dogs) when she is short on money and bedbound? She can't even...

  4. Im am being harrassed at work possibly because of my race

    nurseby07 replied to Angela.RN2B's topic in General Nursing

    Racism is very real, but her last postings seem embelished. I don't buy

  5. So overwhelmed..any advice?

    nurseby07 replied to Rachelks's topic in Home Health

    I've had similar things happen to me with the same responses from both employers. There really have to be limits drawn. I think in general nurses want to support one another, even when they become...

  6. So overwhelmed..any advice?

    nurseby07 replied to Rachelks's topic in Home Health

    YUCK! Does anyone else have any "good" stories? This is just ridiculous and sounds just like Amedisys to me. I had a case load of 30-40 and an LPN. I had no idea who needed what or what was going on....

  7. So overwhelmed..any advice?

    nurseby07 replied to Rachelks's topic in Home Health

    I think that if you work for a bad company and couple that with really bad management, you get a job like the ones listed in some of the above posts. Their jobs and mine are like night and day. It's...

  8. Anyone had this situation? Geez Louise

    nurseby07 posted a topic in Home Health

    Seriously, I need some advice. I went to my admit today, a male, pelvic fx post car accident. 80 yr old pt. Daughter was present, she is an RN, there to stay until tomorrow. Patient has dementia....

  9. "You'll be a nurse two years after you get your RN"

    nurseby07 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So my husband is an LPN, working for his RN. He works at a big hospital here in our area. He has been a little upset because they have "nurses meetings" and don't include him. Ok, we've talked about...

  10. "You'll be a nurse two years after you get your RN"

    nurseby07 replied to nurseby07's topic in General Nursing

    I was a CNA before I was an RN too, and I too HATED those questions in school. As if the average CNA was an

  11. Lower Columbia

    nurseby07 posted a topic in Oregon Nursing

    I posted under Washington nurses but thought I would try here as well. Does anyone know how many are accepted for the lpn-rn online program? Anyone here been waitlisted there? Any input at all? Thanks...

  12. "You'll be a nurse two years after you get your RN"

    nurseby07 replied to nurseby07's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all of the comments! He hears most of that from me, but it was good for him to read them from other

  13. So overwhelmed..any advice?

    nurseby07 replied to Rachelks's topic in Home Health

    Are you working for Amedisys? Sounds like it. You poor thing. Time for a new agency. I see 4-6 pt's a day. I am hourly. I feel more relaxed than at any other job I've had. I am usually done by 3

  14. Confrontation with a Visitor

    nurseby07 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Jo- I would be honored if you were ever my nurse. Job well

  15. What are typical HHN hours?

    nurseby07 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Home Health

    I'm still in my jammies or workout clothes at 9, unless it's team meeting day. I shower and get to my first patient by

  16. Male Foley...Wife Watching!!

    nurseby07 replied to mrscoozy's topic in General Nursing

    It is difficult when it is someone your own age. I would want her there. My very first night on the floor alone one of my patients had a wife at the bedside who was a nurse in my hospital and I had to...

  17. New Grad Vs. Nurse With Expereince

    nurseby07 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Yes and yes. Depends on who you

  18. Tracking devices?

    nurseby07 posted a topic in Home Health

    I just heard from a Kaiser nurse who said that they now were being actively tracked with the gps devices in their phones and laptops and these are compared to their time cards. Does anyone else have...

  19. Tracking devices?

    nurseby07 replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    Oh YYUUUCCCKKKK. No thanks, I too would look for another

  20. On call Problems

    nurseby07 replied to MIC36FLA's topic in Home Health

    That sounds awful. I think that they need to hire an on-call nurse for weekends too. This is what I can't stand, that mandatory on call crap, after you have worked all week. You ALWAYS get called, and...

  21. I still haven't found what I'm looking for

    nurseby07 replied to shabbychic23's topic in General Nursing

    Home health nursing. I was in your shoes a year ago. I hated it. I left, went to home health, with 10 months experience and an ADN. I LOVE my job. Not all nursing is med-surg. I also think that Travis...

  22. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    nurseby07 replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    I know this is an old post but when I saw the interview with the octo-mom they said that she "worked here at this mental hospital as a technician. She performed basic nursing duties, giving...

  23. Weekends

    nurseby07 replied to Ruth1201's topic in Home Health

    That is ridiculous! We get the Thursday before and the Tuesday after off. If things were slow for me and I didn't get my hours I would have the option to work on Tuesday. Man! That's rough. I would...

  24. Finally saw nurse on House

    nurseby07 replied to Unique87's topic in General Nursing

    Now if we can just see one on Grey's...(who isn't in love with a

  25. What's the worst weather you've gone out in?

    nurseby07 posted a topic in Home Health

    OK, I know that most of you live in always-snowy areas, and we sound like wimps here in the NW. But on the heels of a snowstorm and today the promise of an ice-storm, what's the worst weather you've...