KatrinkaRN

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1. Ketamine

   KatrinkaRN replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

   Help!! I'm a new ER nurse..used to be a hospice nurse...the last thing I want to do is to have to revert back to hospice nursing practice while in the ER. The ER I work in routinely uses Ketamine for sedation on pediatric patients for procedures. T...

2. End-Stage O2 Research

   KatrinkaRN replied to MarcusKspn's topic in Hospice

   I've been working in hospice for 3 years now...I've learned to not use pulse ox's...instead I go by how my patient presents...if oxygen makes him comfortable by all means use it...but if the patient is actively dying and appears dyspneic I more than ...

3. Question regarding nursing care...

   KatrinkaRN replied to KatrinkaRN's topic in Hospice

   Sometimes scopolamine doesn't work on tracheal congestion. For the most part, suctioning is only done when it's occluding the airway.

4. Question regarding nursing care...

   KatrinkaRN replied to KatrinkaRN's topic in Hospice

   The patients that I was referring to were in the active phase of dying, comatose. So they felt the justification was that death was iminient so they were so point in suctioning using sterile technique. I don't think there ever is a justification.

5. Question regarding nursing care...

   KatrinkaRN posted a topic in Hospice

   I have a question about standard nursing care on an inpatient hospice unit. I used to work on an inpatient hospice unit connected to the hospital. We often would get patients with tracheostomies...one of the nurses I worked with felt it was unnecc...

6. Too young for Hospice?

   KatrinkaRN replied to MelRN13's topic in Hospice

   I agree wholeheartedly with what everyone has said. I've been in hospice for three years...and I believe it is a calling. All the nurses that I've worked with truly want to be doing this kind of work. But I must admit, I've been told by a few nurse...

7. ICU nursing vs Floor nursing

   KatrinkaRN replied to nurs4kids's topic in General Nursing

   I tried both floor nursing and icu nursing...I now work in hospice and I think that's where I'll stay. In hospice, you're no longer experiencing the pressure of trying to keep someone alive. My hats to both icu and floor nurses..either way you look ...

8. Hospice Salaries

   KatrinkaRN replied to rosemadder's topic in Hospice

   I work for a hospice that is affiliated with a hospital so the nurses' salaries compare to those nurses that work in the hospital. But just like everyone else that has posted what I get from this job is so much more than a paycheck. I did work for a...

9. Palliative Care Room

   KatrinkaRN replied to Paprikat's topic in Hospice

   I work in a 21 bed hospice unit and we have handmade quilts for all of our rooms...the quilts help the rooms look less "institutionalized". All the other suggestions posted are great too!

10. preservative free morphine

    KatrinkaRN posted a topic in Hospice

    Hello everyone...I'm a new member to allnurses...and I have a question...does anyone out there know anything about preservative free morphine used in nebulizer treatments?? Is it okay to use morphine in nebulizers with a preservative?? Thanks!

11. preservative free morphine

    KatrinkaRN posted a topic in Pain

    Hello everyone...I'm a new member to allnurses...and I have a question...does anyone out there know anything about preservative free morphine used in nebulizer treatments?? Is it okay to use morphine in nebulizers with a preservative?? Thanks!