Chedmonds

Chedmonds has 1 years experience and specializes in Hospice, LTC.

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1. Arrival Time for Death Pronouncement

   Chedmonds replied to cshelly12's topic in Hospice

   If it's not after-hours and something like that happens, I generally step out and call the office and see if there's anyone available to do the pronouncement. Luckily, my manager will generally take care of that type of PRN visit if we are tied up an...

2. Does it matter where I start?

   Chedmonds replied to ap05's topic in Hospice

   I came from a LTC facility and jumped into Hospice with no problems. It's definitely never bad to have patient care experience, as we encounter many different things like trachs, drains, tubes, etc. but overall you definitely don't need CCU experienc...

3. Death Visit Protocols

   Chedmonds replied to Zee_RN's topic in Hospice

   We always attend the death regardless. In the facilities we work with most often, the facility nurses don't call the funeral home, they wait until we get there and let us handle that as well.

4. What keeps you going as a nurse?

   Chedmonds replied to NurseEnvision's topic in General Nursing

   I work as a Hospice nurse,and while certain aspects of the job are terrible, the feeling that I get when I know I'm helping a family or a patient through a hard time is what keeps me going. I was on call on Thanksgiving and had to leave my family gat...