Kitiger RN

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    Nurses Give EHR Usage a Usability Rating of F

    Kitiger replied to Natkat's topic in Nursing News

    Yeah. Every single time we suction. One of the agencies has this done very simply (state why, check off where, check off whether or not it was deep suctioning, and "Lg, Med, or Sm"). The other agency...
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    Nurses Give EHR Usage a Usability Rating of F

    Kitiger replied to Natkat's topic in Nursing News

    One of the agencies that I work through started us using an electronic charting system. It's a pain, but - after a LOT of tweaking - it now works fairly well, except for the suction log! Turns...
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    Why am I asked to fix things that are NOT my job?

    Kitiger replied to LPNwithBIGdreams's topic in General Nursing

    Snow
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    Kitiger replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Please don't group all Republicans together as "Trump supporters". I am not. I was caught by surprise when he was elected. I thought people would dismiss him, as I did. And, please notice, he...
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    Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    Kitiger replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

    We used to use glass bottles for IVs. To change a bottle - say, to switch from D5W to NS - we would pull the spike out of the old bottle and spike the new bottle. Then we'd take the old bottle off the...
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    Input needed

    Kitiger replied to Loly23's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I work homecare, so the staffing pattern is different in that most of us work the same set days each week. Since I sometimes need a certain day off, meaning that someone else is needed for that day, I...
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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    Kitiger replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa.
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    Kitiger replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I should think the hold that the Democrats have on the House and Senate - and the fact that our President is a Democrat - is more than enough counterbalance to the conservative Supreme
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    Gross Me Out ? Contest | Nurses Week

    Kitiger replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sitting here, eating a sandwich, and laughing at these stories. ? I'm a
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    Gross Me Out ? Contest | Nurses Week

    Kitiger replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I've used the suction canister to remove the entire liquid feeding that went into the bed instead of into the G tube. He was swimming . .
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    National Blah Blah Blah Day

    Kitiger replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Is your dream telling you that you need to be doing some type of nursing now, as opposed to being retired? Maybe a part-time volunteering
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    Home health nurse compensation

    Kitiger replied to truckinusa's topic in Home Health

    You could bring in a thermometer to check the temp. Is the child comfortable? Are you working days, when you could do more range of motion exercises? Depending on the size and strength of the...
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    Home health nurse compensation

    Kitiger replied to truckinusa's topic in Home Health

    I would not adjust the thermostat in a client's home unless I had their permission to do so. In my client's own home, he can have the temperature where he wants it. The nurse can wear warmer clothes....
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    Coworkers Respecting Each Others' Advance Directives and Code Statuses

    Kitiger replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You are really unhappy, right? And you seem to want to argue. A lot. Is it because any attention is better than being ignored? (I'm about to get sand-blasted,
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    Medications Mixing and Nasogastric Feeding Tubes

    Kitiger replied to kjeanw's topic in General Nursing

    I sometimes say that, but I am eager to learn new
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    Favorite Gear for a Gift?

    Kitiger replied to gagrl's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    A pulse oximeter finger probe is
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    Why am I asked to fix things that are NOT my job?

    Kitiger replied to LPNwithBIGdreams's topic in General Nursing

    It must be hard to have to always wait until someone comes to fix something, especially if it is something that you used to be able to fix yourself. I'm not saying that it's your job. But it must...
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    Why am I asked to fix things that are NOT my job?

    Kitiger replied to LPNwithBIGdreams's topic in General Nursing

    Are you known as a handyman? Maybe you should bargain with whomever is asking you to do these things (if they are fellow workers). "I'll look at the recliner chair if you will take my patients...
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    Being sued

    Kitiger replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    What is this ACC law? I think we need one.
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    Coworkers Opening Patient Windows During Inclement Weather

    Kitiger replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You sound like my Grandma.
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    What do you do when Work calls on your day off?

    Kitiger replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Today, I said yes. Sometimes I say no. They don't need any
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    Is it normal for HH nurses to not wash hands with soap and water?

    Kitiger replied to guest1143647's topic in Home Health

    My agencies do supply paper towels. My preference is to dry with a clean washcloth that I hang up and reuse. I know that it starts out clean. (I don't know that with the client's bathroom hand
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    Is it normal for HH nurses to not wash hands with soap and water?

    Kitiger replied to guest1143647's topic in Home Health

    Runsoncoffee means that after using hand sanitizer 3 different times, the next time should be soap and
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    Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    Kitiger replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Londonflo, it's probably just as well that Social Security doesn't count those first few years that you worked. You wouldn't want those early years - with their low totals - to count in calculating...
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    How many jobs have you had in your career?

    Kitiger replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Hospital floor nursing ~1 year Hospital based agency nursing ~ 6 years (one agency) Home care private duty ~ 35 years (three agencies) The first agency was for 23 years - including the...