jmsnkids

jmsnkids

Pediatric ICU,Education,Hospice,NICU

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About jmsnkids

jmsnkids has 30 years experience and specializes in Pediatric ICU,Education,Hospice,NICU.


I love kids and animals, especially dogs. I work at the nation's only freestanding pediatric hospice facility. I love to travel with my family on medical missions trip with our church.

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  1. Our CCLS Anna is awesome--she is also a certified Recreational Therapist! She also has a special needs child of her own, so she really "gets it" when we care for the very precious kids at our palliative care facility. Child life professionals make ...
  2. Hi there--I have been a Peds RN for my whole 30 year RN career and most of the last 15 years in northern California. Due to the great climate, the economy and the world class healthcare, the Bay area is socked in right now and not a good choice unfor...
  3. Hurrying death?

    I appreciate the link to the HPNA site...validates what my experience has been with children and teens. Thank you from another JeanMarie
  4. Which would be better? ADN or BSN?

    Stanford Hospitals and Lucille Packard Children's Hospital are now requiring BSN trained RNs. Also, you will have a hard time getting into a RN to BSN program any time soon--they are packed,especially in California! Definitely the BSN route for a ne...
  5. SIDS Pediatric Code

    Good morning--I just wanted to tell you that you are such a blessing.... I have been a peds RN for thirty plus years and was the coordinator of a state SIDS support group and research program. Your tender words about this tragedy bring back lots of ...
  6. DNR versus AND

    Clarifying DNR vs AND I am a peds palliative care RN at a unique house in northern California. Our standard of care uses AND exclusively because it is the preferred terminology now in the practice. The cool thing is that in California and maybe elsew...
  7. Palliative care

    Hi again! @Smurfynursey...So happy to hear that you are as passionate about palliative care and kids as I am! I have worked in pediatrics my whole very long 30 year nursing care :redpinkhe I have worked in PICU,ER and Ambulatory Clinics plus NICU Pa...
  8. Palliative care

    Hello there fellow kid nurses--I am an RN BSN CPN and am studying for the CHPPN test this summer. I work at a "state of the art" pediatric palliative care facility in the SF Bay area. I can attest that both of these certifications are important for ...
  9. Coping with death

    Hi there--I can feel your grief through the computer. I have been a pediatric RN for nearly 30 years and it never gets easy to lose a patient--it shouldn't. However, I did learn in the last 8 years as a peds hospice nurse that you can strengthen you...
  10. Please Tell Me About Hospice Nursing...Quick!

    Hi there--I am an experienced RN with 25+ years of PICU and Ambulatory Peds behind me. I made the switch (if it really has to be labeled) to hospice and palliative care 6 years ago with the opening of our facility here in northern California. Your ti...
  11. A new venture!

    Hi SaraBeth, So happy that you are eager to join us long timers peds nurses! I joined the ranks as a CNA in 1980 and then as an RN in 1983. I've worked in ambulatory peds, PICU, NICU, discharge planning, parent and staff education, PALS instructor,...
  12. does anyone do pediatric hospice?

    Hi Talia, You can email me by clicking on the envelope icon above for any further questions or information on our program. I also suggest that you check out the online sites for Canuck Place in Vancouver Canada and Helen House in London. They are the...
  13. does anyone do pediatric hospice?

    Hello again, Thanks for the new posts regarding Pediatric Palliative/Respite/Hospice Care. George Mark Children's House is the nations' only freestanding independant facility for this kind of care. It is still the job of a lifetime for me! Please fee...
  14. Hi there! I would strongly recommend the list of texts that are on the Pediatric Certification Board of Nursing website (www.pcnb.org). I just finished the prep for the national peds cert exam and all of the stuff they recommended was perfect. Lots o...
  15. Retirement When?

    I am blessed to work at a pediatric hospice facility with a 74 year old retired PICU RN. She left after 35 years (!) in the PICU--I lasted five! She is an inspiration and joy to be around. I would gladly defer to her wisdom after "just" 25 years as...