SunDazed

SunDazed BSN, RN

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About SunDazed

SunDazed has 19 years experience as a BSN, RN.


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  1. Medical Aid in dying

    Slippery slope is used because it is a core concept taught in most ethics classes that people take on their way to becoming a nurse or doctor in the US. There are 8 logical fallacies that are generally taught/learned. https://owl.excelsior.edu/...
  2. Medical Aid in dying

    I have not encountered anyone who thought they owed it to someone to die. I think the statistics for people who get MAID meds in California ends up being something between 40-60% die naturally without using them? Most get to the point where they cann...
  3. Medical Aid in dying

    Thank you for the link. When I first started reading I hoped that no one would confuse the philosophical term of liberal with liberal democrats in American politics. It is definitely more the libertarian ideology in American politics today, than demo...
  4. California LVN Scope of Practice

    I was an LVN in California before I was an RN. I definitely did things like document findings in wound care assessments, though I could not change the plan of care for the wound treatments. I did do some acute care full assessments, but they had to b...
  5. Been an RN for 20 years, can't take anymore

    I am about the same age, but have only been in nursing for 18 years. I left acute care for a vaccine research job for 2 years. The nurse role there was just to do chart reviews and give shots, since all the participants had been recruited before I ar...
  6. I think that sounds really extreme. May I ask if this was a standard pre-employment type urine test, or are you required to test repeatedly for a previous positive urine drug test? Have you heard about people bringing in clean urine where you are? So...
  7. Have you looked into the CSU Palliative Care online courses? I took the one for RN Certification, though it is not the same as HPNA CHPN. I liked the course. They have more courses now. https://csupalliativecare.org The book that is availa...
  8. Hospice agency shutting down - help!

    Vynca out of Palo Alto, CA bought the remote palliative care company started by Dr Fratkin here in Northern California. It involves a lot of remote care. I have heard that the caseloads are quite high for nurse case managers, so it is likely more pal...
  9. Normal Hospice Care/Rural Hospice "Service"

    The family you are working for is very fortunate to be able to afford private caregivers. Many families don't have that option and are surprised to find out hospice does not provide daily in home care. Where I live there is a shortage of home health ...
  10. LPN and imminent pts

    @Princess7777 Sorry you will be missing out on a thing you enjoyed. I get it.
  11. LPN and imminent pts

    It is a medicare thing. The hospice company receives more money for RN and SW visits in the last 7(?) days of life? At some hospices if daily visit by SW and RN are coordinated to continue to qualify for the extra $$ and support the family. So no mor...
  12. Medical Aid in dying

    We have MAID in California. Information dissemination is the biggest issue. People might want it, but don't realize there is a process that takes about 4 weeks. Two doctors, psych eval, then med processing. Most here use an online pharmacy once scrip...
  13. On-call hospice nurse

    I am not sure what it means to have a caseload if you are an on call nurse? A caseload is held by Case Managers in the hospices I have worked at. Sometimes when the census was high, they would have me "hold" a small caseload of 3-5 patients that were...
  14. 7 on - 7 off shift schedule

    Good point. Since @vampiregirl posted the options I have been thinking about how important it is to have the days in a row? For instance, in the hospital when doing 12s I usually worked 2-4 shifts in a row, but would never want just one night off... ...
  15. 7 on - 7 off shift schedule

    Thanks for this example. Do you work something like this now? I was drawn toward working more consecutive night shifts because of my experience in acute care. Maybe in this on call roll, breaking up the days is less of a thing. What does the 4 d...