Re: Why IVF for stomach cancer patient on 2 diuretics Originally Posted by tewdles
I wish them well...I certainly would not have wanted to be their hospice nurse.
same here.
i've had a few pts that i refused to continue caring for.
one was a legal concern, the rest were ethical concerns.
as a hospice nurse,
i absolutely REFUSE to care for a pt when there is extraordinary suffering, inflicted by the treaters.
one time it almost cost me my job until they thought about perceived repercussions.
another time i walked off the job (had gotten another nurse to care for pt)...
i just couldn't be a part of the suffering.
atlanta, paracentesis can be done at bedside, w/proper equip present.
if the pt can survive the sob during procedure, it does resolve.
sometimes working (inpatient) hospice, is too much...
too, too much.
leslie
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