VegGal

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  1. Brand New to Home Health

    VegGal posted a topic in Home Health

    I just accepted a part-time Home Health position. They're starting me with Assessments / intakes, and the plan is to do recerts and discharges in the near future. I'm in Southern California, and was...

  2. Brand New to Home Health

    VegGal replied to VegGal's topic in Home Health

    Libby, thank you for all the info. I realize from your post that I need to look for another company, and a full time position with lots of training. It's just that these guys are the only ones who've...

  3. Brand New to Home Health

    VegGal replied to VegGal's topic in Home Health

    OceanBlue, thank you for all the info. I will look for the OASIS tutorials that you mentioned, as well as the book recommendations. I agree that they should provide adequate training. I'm beginning to...

  4. Not confident in some nursing skills

    VegGal posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm still a fairly new RN, and have been working in LTC. I feel that I'm beginning to lose some of my skills that I don't get to use often, and some that I haven't used at all since clinicals. I've...

  5. Not confident in some nursing skills

    VegGal replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, Ruby Vee. I appreciate your response. It makes a lot of sense, and really helps.

  6. It seems like everyone but nurses make more money

    VegGal replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if I'm really lucky to be making what I make, or if I'm just too stupid to realize that I don't make much. Really not sure which one it is, but for the sake of this conversation I will...

  7. Panic attacks following never event.

    VegGal replied to Iamgroot29's topic in General Nursing

    Have you thought about a different work setting? If you're in a hospital, how about a different unit, or even a different hospital, or maybe a doctor's office, LTC, etc? Could that

  8. What to do with a bf who just wants me for my degree

    VegGal replied to mstaurus2016's topic in General Students

    You provided many clues and answers in your post. Even the heading is an answer in itself - What to do with your boyfriend who just wants you for your degree. You know he just wants you for an easier...

  9. How to transition from LTC to Home Health?

    VegGal posted a topic in Home Health

    I'm a fairly new RN (about 1 1/2 years), LVN for about 7 years, and am thinking about working in Home Health. Would it be difficult to transition to HH from LTC? Is it possible to work in HH without...

  10. How to transition from LTC to Home Health?

    VegGal replied to VegGal's topic in Home Health

    Thank you Libby. Your response was very helpful, and I'm going to spend some time going through it thoroughly (again) and assessing myself. Maybe I need more time in LTC and possibly more as a Floor...

  11. How to transition from LTC to Home Health?

    VegGal replied to VegGal's topic in Home Health

    Libby1987, I work as a Charge Nurse on my unit and I'm also floor Supervisor for some

  12. Nursing a prejudiced Pt.

    VegGal replied to Avid reader's topic in General Nursing

    Avid reader, I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree but I'll answer your questions for now. I'm quite sure most Germans don't feel guilty about the Holocaust as they had nothing to do...

  13. Nursing a prejudiced Pt.

    VegGal replied to Avid reader's topic in General Nursing

    I completely agree with your statement,

  14. INR 5.2 read as 2.5

    VegGal replied to Ethio22's topic in General Nursing

    The patient either bled to death, or is in the ICU "now". If you use the term "bled to death" it means that they died. So which one is

  15. Nursing a prejudiced Pt.

    VegGal replied to Avid reader's topic in General Nursing

    Avid reader, my point in my previous comment is that just because someone makes ignorant comments as that patient undoubtedly did, it doesn't make them racist or prejudiced, but I do understand what...

  16. Nursing a prejudiced Pt.

    VegGal replied to Avid reader's topic in General Nursing

    I sympathize with you for what you went through, however why would you refer to him as 'prejudiced' when he was giving his opinion on a type of nurse he'd prefer? Does that really make him prejudiced?...

  17. Nurse tells summer volunteer to not refer to the unit as "We"!!

    VegGal replied to djasc112's topic in General Nursing

    We need volunteers! I hope the high school kid is resilient and continues to volunteer. Could this incident be taken to management? Does the nurse realize that volunteers actually contribute to the...

  18. What do you do at your workplace to still feel the spirit of Christmas?

    VegGal replied to NurseEnvision's topic in General Nursing

    In years past I used to bake cookies and tartlets (mini pies) and take those in for all my residents and co-workers in LTC. However I was in management then, and I lived in a much less litigious state...

  19. Comparing A Nurses' Salary

    VegGal replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    As a new RN (without a BSN when I first started), but with several years of LVN experience, I started at about 75K based on an hourly wage of 40 hrs/wk, in a suburb of Los Angeles. The cost of housing...

  20. Does working at a small hospital make me less of a nurse?

    VegGal replied to Jaellys's topic in General Nursing

    No, absolutely not! You're still a nurse, still serving a patient population, and still doing a job that a NURSE needs to do. Please don't feel that just because you work in a small hospital, that it...

  21. Overweight RN talked about

    VegGal replied to VegGal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's good. You must work with some pretty decent and compassionate

  22. Overweight RN talked about

    VegGal replied to VegGal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well divobari, I completely agree. If nurses have an issue with their overweight / obese nurse colleages (or people who are hoping to become employees there), I too wonder how these "perfect nurses"...

  23. Overweight RN talked about

    VegGal replied to VegGal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Amethya, thank you for sharing. Being overweight is no ones business but the person who is overweight. If overweight nurses were eating the food of others, and not doing their jobs and using their...

  24. Overweight RN talked about

    VegGal replied to VegGal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Fawnmarie, wow that's pretty horrible. I can't even begin to understand why the NP would think that it was OK for her to berate the obese RN, and in public, which is even worse. I wonder if she does...

  25. Overweight RN talked about

    VegGal replied to VegGal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I didn't intend to do so either, but was responding to your questions. It was pretty obvious to me, and to the ADON showing her around, that the bad behavior was directed towards the overweight nurse,...