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  1. Have you literally prayed over your workplace?

    gibsongirl posted a topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Feeling called to pray over my workplace. I will go from one desk to the other, praying for each worker. I will pray over the charts for our patients as a whole. I am able to do it when the office is...

  2. how many points

    gibsongirl replied to BabaLouRN's topic in Home Health

    Our SOC is 2 points. 15 per week. 3 per day. One agency I worked for required 37 points. Non medicare patients may not have the lengthy OASIS assessment but insurance companies may require it. All of...

  3. Is home health that bad?

    gibsongirl replied to trinan71's topic in Home Health

    Try per diem before you accept the position. You will have the opportunity for a birds eye view during orientation. Ask to orient with more than one nurse to get more than one perspective and see if...

  4. What does TID PRN really mean?

    gibsongirl replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would have given it prn, according to the agencies definition of

  5. Is it tacky/disrespectful to do this?

    gibsongirl replied to Molly.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Just reading about your situation is exhausting! : ) I would finish out at the SNF and look for a med/surg job when I move. It might take months to get a job in the hospital. If you stay at the SNF,...

  6. Deleting or changing shifts requirements

    gibsongirl replied to yummy's topic in General Nursing

    Are you the nurse? I am sorry it turned out that way. Crap happens. I took a per diem job at a particular agency because there was no call. Less than 3 months after I started, they put per diems on...

  7. How does prn home health nursing work?

    gibsongirl replied to HumbleRN35's topic in Home Health

    Try an agency that does mother/baby for new mothers. I think you could work at your

  8. 1/30 This week I learned: you suck, EMTALA.

    gibsongirl replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that it is possible for someone to be grateful while being dissatisfied. Grateful + dissatisfied = miserable for them and the people they are around. I learned that I may benefit from...

  9. Planning a Home Health career

    gibsongirl replied to Libby1987's topic in Home Health

    I fell into it also. I am moving to Washington state soon and I wonder if I could handle full time. I know several seasoned homecare nurses who have worked between 20 and 30 years in home health and...

  10. How does prn home health nursing work?

    gibsongirl replied to HumbleRN35's topic in Home Health

    My post is not up yet but I want to add that I am an RN and I do not case manage a caseload of patients. I just do

  11. How does prn home health nursing work?

    gibsongirl replied to HumbleRN35's topic in Home Health

    Depends on the agency. I started with 3 visits and worked my way to a full load of 6. I have to take call, work weekends and holidays. I have a coworker who just moved to an agency where call,...

  12. Burnt out and just getting started

    gibsongirl replied to danarooo's topic in Home Health

    How frequently do you schedule

  13. What advice would you give your 19 year old self?

    gibsongirl replied to depalma.amada's topic in General Nursing

    Marriage is wonderful and motherhood is the best job in the world. I never understood how marriage could be "work," but it is. When I was 19, I had met my future husband. We have 2 fantastic girls, he...

  14. (8/29) This week, I have learned......

    gibsongirl replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I've learned: ... that I have learned how to say no. ...that my strength is encouraging people and making things happen so people can do great things. ...I really need time to do the things I want to...

  15. What advice would you give your 19 year old self?

    gibsongirl replied to depalma.amada's topic in General Nursing

    God knows we all wish we were 19 again so we could take the advice we want to give. What a great question! . Try one semester away at college. Get whatever help you need to do it, including...

  16. Price of Patient Satisfaction

    gibsongirl replied to knoxnurse236's topic in General Nursing

    I would have quit. Patient's come to hospitals for nursing

  17. Price of Patient Satisfaction

    gibsongirl replied to knoxnurse236's topic in General Nursing

    I don't take that type of behavior personally. Being a patient is stressful. Being sick brings challenges to people that we usually don't know about: financial, emotional, mental and physical. It can...

  18. Cat Heaven, Nurse H..l!

    gibsongirl posted a topic in Home Health

    Just finished taking and shower and changing my clothes. My first patient had a multitude of cats. It's a place where you have to hold your nose and your throat burns or you gag - constantly. I did...

  19. Cat Heaven, Nurse H..l!

    gibsongirl replied to gibsongirl's topic in Home Health

    AS was notified. Discharged her. Administration said we won't be taking her

  20. Cat Heaven, Nurse H..l!

    gibsongirl replied to gibsongirl's topic in Home Health

    I guess that would be another thread. I dc

  21. Temporal Thermometer Question

    gibsongirl replied to cynthia21689's topic in Home Health

    I would not buy one. I like them but mine usually registers 99. Something. Yesterday, it registered over 102. The patient was

  22. Cat Heaven, Nurse H..l!

    gibsongirl replied to gibsongirl's topic in Home Health

    We do 8 weeks. For CHF DX 3xwx2, 2xwx2, 1xwx4. If they are high risk for hospitalization, we do phone calls for the first two weeks on non visit

  23. Cat Heaven, Nurse H..l!

    gibsongirl replied to gibsongirl's topic in Home Health

    Having a stable patient for homecare is another thread. It's not uncommon for us. Until you asked it didn't occur to me that she wasn't appropriate. For teaching, vs monitoring, medication monitoring?...

  24. Nurses and their pens

    gibsongirl replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I started think about that. I used to love pencils. No reason I have to use a pen for

  25. Per diem requirements

    gibsongirl replied to gibsongirl's topic in Home Health

    On the weekend, we take 3 SOC if we are not on call and if there's more to take, they shovel it. If there is a case over the points they assign, which can be as many as 8 or 9, they assign it to the...