NursEmmy

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1. Advice for new inpatient hospice RN

   NursEmmy replied to NursEmmy's topic in Hospice

   @nutella i can't thank you enough for your response. In the next few days before I start, I'm definitely going to look into the resources you posted. I now have a better idea of the world I'm about to get into. I'm usually critical of myself to go ab...

2. Advice for new inpatient hospice RN

   NursEmmy replied to NursEmmy's topic in Hospice

   I really appreciate your feedback. I will be starting on midnights and I'm hoping that will allow for more opportunities to ask questions. I have worked on oncology and hospice units as a nursing assistant so I have seen how families can be. I've als...

3. Advice for new inpatient hospice RN

   NursEmmy replied to NursEmmy's topic in Hospice

   Thank you so much for the advice! I am going to be on an inpatient hospice unit in a very large hospital. The unit is 24 beds with mixed hospice and palliative patients. They have given me a PowerPoint on symptom management and the medications ordere...

4. Advice for new inpatient hospice RN

   NursEmmy posted a topic in Hospice

   Hello everyone! I am a new grad and I have accepted a position as an inpatient palliative/hospice nurse. I have had hospice patients as a student nurse and as a nursing assistant. I always loved caring for them as I would for my own family members an...