mom4josh

onc, M/S, hospice, nursing informatics

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About mom4josh

mom4josh has 11 years experience and specializes in onc, M/S, hospice, nursing informatics.


Mom of one son, 20

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    How to maintain my EPIC certification?

    You can find that information on Epic's website. I think it's also in their training companions.
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    HIPAA violation or just a bad decision?

    "If I only had a brain..."
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    Does a CNA have to wipe butts?

    I'm hoping you don't have children. Oh, and you have to wipe not only the butts with poop, but the poop you have to wipe off of YOURSELF when the patient throws it at you or explodes on your leg!
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    Socializing after work in your scrubs

    This has been a huge deal for our facility lately. It has come down the pike numerous times something to the effect of "Thou shalt not weareth thy scrubs outsideth the worketh facility-eth." I'd bet that most facilities have such rules, but just no...
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    EPIC Application Coordinator

    Yay! I got a position with my hospital as an Application Coordinator! I will be learning EPIC (which means going to Wisconsin in the dead of winter) and will begin an 18 month journey to get our hospital up and running. So excited! Any tips or ad...
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    What phrases do you use?

    I just got off the phone and made up a new one! SAD: Stupid A$$ Doctors! Grrr... Tell me again why THEY get paid the big bucks?
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    Copied documentation?

    Thanks everyone for your responses. I guess I was having a bad day... :uhoh21:
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    Copied documentation?

    Grrr... so frustrated! I work with a social worker, and part of our job is to do initial consultations with potential hospice patients. I was checking some charting yesterday on a patient when we did a visit together, and I found a note in the compu...
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    Don't you hate secrets?

    I am a very strong advocate for telling the entire family the truth. My own mother died when I was 22, and I had no idea it was serious enough to take her life. Nobody else seemed surprised, especially her physician. Sucked.
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    It shouldn't have happened this way....

    We have had similar situations in our hospital. These patients sometimes seem "forgotten" by nursing staff. "Oh, they're hospice," has been overheard more than a few times, like they somehow don't deserve the same caring attention if not more than ot...
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    A co-worker peeve- VENT!

    I can relate. Deep breath... Hope you don't have to work tonight. Sounds like you could use a night or two off. Hang in there. Just think of it as ignorance. But, you definitely need to let management know about meeting times. There should be at lea...
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    Pinning up long hair

    Our policy simply states, "Hair must be worn in a way that prevents contamination and does not present a safety hazard." Seems rather non-specific to me. But I've noticed that this organization is quite lenient on some of their policies, yet very s...
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    Hospital policy?

    I understand that they must be given a choice. My concerns are when the case managers recommend another hospice or when another hospice solicits within the hospital. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.
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    Clinical Nurse Specialist

    Hi! I have been an RN for almost 10 years, having received my ADN (three years) at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in 2001. I worked med/surg, then oncology for nine years, and have been in my current position since March of this year. ...
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    Hospital policy?

    In your hospital, do they allow another hospice to come to visit patients to solicit hospice? We have hospice services at our facility, and we we do in-patient, home, and nursing home hospice. Sometimes, however, when the docs order a hospice consu...