AnneP726 replied to welch07's topic in Home Health
I believe Steward is hiring per diem, we go from an office in Westwood to the most southern in Fall River, cover everywhere from New Hampshire to Wareham. A lot of work (as I'm pretty sure you have read on posts already) but the benefits are good an...
AnneP726 replied to paradiseboundRN's topic in Home Health
To me, its home care so I start mine with a bit of where they live, high rise elderly housing, 2nd floor apt, ALF, single family home... then their support system, lives with son, daughter visits 2-3x/wk, lives alone w/ elder services... Then som...
My mother's family is from Oxford MA and several relatives are buried in the same cemetery as Clara Barton. I have had the opportunity on several occasions to pray at her grave, she was a remarkable woman.
AnneP726 replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing
I think when you start you concentrate on the straight skills at hand. Once you get comfortable with that the stuff what you learned in school comes back you... it makes sense You learn to balance through prioritizing and organizing. It really can b...
1. I normally have 5 patients, 1 of them an admit, ED or post-op 2. I work on a surgical/medical unit in a small community hospital (280 beds, 32 on our unit) 3. Most of the time I feel care is safe an effective, the exception being if something crit...
I use a palm treo. It is my phone and I purchaced and downloaded a nursing program w/ a davis drug guide, lab values and a medical dictionary. I love it. A friend of mine uses Epocrates on her treo and she loves that.
I work as a staff nurse on a surgical unit, 3-11, and do home care per diem mornings. More than once patients have commented how the home care nurses seem more "laid back". It is nice having an hour or so w/ only 1 patient, no call lights, no worryin...
Hi, I'm not familiar with that program, but I am w/ the program @ BCC in Fall River MA. It is also a 2 year program ending w/ an associates. You can do the pre-recs w/ the nursing, but not recommended unless you can devote all your waking hours to st...
AnneP726 replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn
We have a pt. who has 10 children. She is a bit of an ornary woman. A day after giving birth to her 8th child the nurses told her they needed a name and she had not yet chosen one for her daughter. Finally she yelled, okay, and this became her name.