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  1. How to get into CM?

    JustMeRN replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Case Management

    In my opinion clinical experience is important and outpatient experience helps. With the experience you listed you might get some bites depending how competitive the specialty is in your area. And...

  2. Medicare SN frequencies

    JustMeRN replied to JjemRN's topic in Home Health

    Write them for month frequencies. So instead of 1w8 write 4m2. So in your case, if you want to see them once a week but don't need another visit this week do 3m1 followed by 4m1 and adjust your...

  3. Texas Children's investigates RN for social media HIPAA violation

    JustMeRN replied to JustBeachyNurse's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    You are allowed opinions sure. However, vaccines and the question of vaccination is not an opinion based argument. It is a fact based argument, and the facts are clear, vaccines are oberwhelmingly...

  4. "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    JustMeRN replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    I read up a lot on cosleeping when my littles were little, we had a side car sleeper, best thing ever. I'm not saying cosleeping can't be done safely, just pointing out that bed sharing is...

  5. "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    JustMeRN replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    im a firm supporter of cosleeping, but bed sharing is considered one of the highest risk factors for SIDS, a blog I read said that the risk of bed sharing basically cancelled out any benefits from...

  6. "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    JustMeRN replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    im not saying that breastfeeding shouldn't be encouraged, my point is the evidence is not inconclusive enough to warrant the aggressiveness that has become the breast is best movement. Woman are...

  7. "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    JustMeRN replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    Have you seen this one? Breast-feeding Benefits Appear to be Overstated, According to Study of

  8. "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    JustMeRN replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    But what you are not doing is providing evidence beyond your opinion that formula carries enough health risks that infants should be given pasteurized donated breastmilk above formula. And I'm not...

  9. "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    JustMeRN replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    Can you specify where you are getting your information from? Everything that I have read recently published is coming to the conclusion that the benefits of breastfeeding have been overstated, the...

  10. "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    JustMeRN replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    Nearly 12 years ago I had my healthy, full term son with every intention to breastfeed exclusively. I was ready. When he was just a few hours old he had a low blood sugar, over the next 12 hours I...

  11. "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    JustMeRN replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    To the part I bolded, can you back this up with anything? What risk does formula carry? Do you also realize that you have gone ahead and continued to guilt trip moms who can't, or choose not to...

  12. OASIS quandry

    JustMeRN replied to bbritton_64's topic in Home Health

    I do admits exclusively, and when I'm training someone new I always tell them adl questions should not be about what the person can currently do, but what is the ideal situation that would result in...

  13. New Grad as a Assessment Nurse? Need advice

    JustMeRN replied to EvaMilly87's topic in Home Health

    nope, nope, and nope. In my opinion home health is not the place for new grads, and that scenario sounds terrifying. Keep looking, and good

  14. OASIS experts chime in please!

    JustMeRN replied to iSurvivor's topic in Home Health

    Yes, a new medication for pain, the pain would be the treated condition (or the identified cause of the pain ie arthritis, fall, fracture). You should always have a change in treatment, this is your...

  15. Returned documentation

    JustMeRN replied to BabaLouRN's topic in Home Health

    Initially yes, now no. I make my notes as thourough as possible so reviewers have very little questions at this point. Initially it felt like I just couldn't get it right! What really helped is when...

  16. Told to falsify date on OASIS. Is this legal?

    JustMeRN replied to mpathg747's topic in Home Health

    Goodness no way. Find new employment and report them. Agencies like that are what makes it so difficult for the ones doing it the right

  17. New to HH visits, organization help

    JustMeRN replied to Nurse_67's topic in Home Health

    As an LPN you should be getting pretty basic stuff, daily wound care, follow up visits for Chf, copd etc. the most difficult paperwork is oasis, which you will not be doing. 6 revisits a day is very...

  18. How can I enter the world of Holistic Medicine ?

    JustMeRN replied to Fromashes96's topic in Holistic

    Holistic nursing practice is not naturopathy. When adding the term holistic to nursing practice you are encompassing the whole patient, not the disease. Naturopathy is a whole lot of nonsense quite...

  19. Can you take time off between terms?

    JustMeRN replied to ukjenn231's topic in Western Governors University

    Yes, you can take term breaks,up to three months I believe. During term break you pr student portal sort of locks down so you don't have any access to course content. Once you have a student mentor...

  20. WGU will not accept me

    JustMeRN replied to jenam2you's topic in Western Governors University

    Now that I have read the whole thread I'm changing my advice a bit. You are being exceptionally childish and ridiculous. Working as a nurses aid in the hospital does not give you some super special...

  21. WGU will not accept me

    JustMeRN replied to jenam2you's topic in Western Governors University

    Several of the nursing classes require you to use your current position as an RN to complete tasks, so, no, you can't do the program if you aren't working as an RN. That said, lower your expectations...

  22. holidays... sick call...

    JustMeRN replied to imsickagain's topic in General Nursing

    I called in sick once on Christmas, because I had a temp of 103. It wouldn't even cross my mind to call in sick on a holiday just because I didn't want to work it. Your question honestly is...

  23. Do you feel like you make a difference?

    JustMeRN replied to RN416's topic in Home Health

    Some days/ patients you make a difference, some you don't. The differences are not always as dramatic as you probably saw in oncology. Sometimes the wins are very small (your Chf patient threw away...

  24. Why did you decide to become a nurse?

    JustMeRN replied to sd610's topic in General Nursing

    For me I stumbled in. I was an excellent student in highschool, top of my class. Came from a poor area, my parents barely finished highschool. I was accepted into a 4 year school to study education,...

  25. What is your opinion on getting the flu shot?

    JustMeRN replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in Holistic

    I saw this on Facebook today, thought this was a good place for