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1. Tips for new grads

   sherpa replied to cassandraspangle's topic in New Nurse

   I fully agree with the first poster. I was told I would have a thorough orientation, and that consisted of someone spending an hour with me for three days then throwing me on the floor with 20 patients and a book full of treatments and medications t...

2. New to Hospice Nursing... a bit overwhelmed! Need advice

   sherpa replied to makua girl's topic in Hospice

   A vaseline ball is when you roll vaseline in a ball and freeze it, and it serves as a good cure for constipation, (given rectally).

3. Looking for a hospice caseload acuity tool

   sherpa replied to joyfulljen's topic in Hospice

   Hi, I don't know about a specific acuity tool, however I can describe my day and why I am working at least 50-60 hours every week? First, I love my hospice job, I am an rn case manager, in a growing office. We have had difficulty finding and keep...

4. pt. load for case managers

   sherpa replied to holiday2525's topic in Hospice

   Oh, no doubt, and of course documenting at the bedside is not always happening, we are leaving paper contact notes for that type of day, which happens about 2x a week, then documenting at home on the computer until 8 or 9 at night-then printing and f...

5. pt. load for case managers

   sherpa replied to holiday2525's topic in Hospice

   Hi all, I currently manage 16, one home care the rest ltc. That being said, we are down a couple of nurses and so I have been covering their patients (2-6 a week) when needed. We all work together to try and cover the shortages, and I too have a requ...

6. Going into LTC Nursing

   sherpa replied to CountryLogCabin's topic in Geriatric

   Hi, first let me say congrats! and it's funny as I just came on this forum to ask about rn case manager positions, as I have been working in a LTC facility and am now starting an RN case manager position next week, and wondering what that is going t...

7. Quincy College or Laboure..I can't decide!

   sherpa replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts

   Hi there, I thought I read in your original post that Quincy College was accepting applications for Jan. 08? But you said 09, that being the case that would be almost two years, so perhaps you would be in by then. I know it is so confusing, it is ...

8. Did anyone here not hate nursing school?

   sherpa replied to summersent's topic in General Students

   Nursing school is the most challenging thing you may undertake, and believe me when I say friends and family have NOOOO idea how hard it really is, you can't even really explain it to them. I have had to actually tell members of my family to stop...

9. Quincy College or Laboure..I can't decide!

   sherpa replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts

   Hi, I understand that you're having a difficult time with this decision, it is basically giving your life up for 2-2.5 years. I am a student finishing up Quincy College right now, and I applied in 1/03 and started doing pre-requisites, and I will gra...