beckyjo

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1. accepting death

   beckyjo posted a topic in Hospice

   I need advice from experienced hospice nurses. I have a patient that I care for at home. She is an elderly lady with IDDM, Chronic renal failure, Left above the knee amputation the other leg is turning black. the only dialysis access they can get i...

2. What Freaks You Out?

   beckyjo replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

   I had a quadraplegic patient that asked me to hold the kleenex while he blew his nose. He liteally filled the kleenex! I tried so hard not to have a disgusted look on my face as i felt the warmth of the mucous in the kleenex. I thought I was going...

3. home health charting

   beckyjo replied to beckyjo's topic in Home Health

   No I am not required to use OASIS, but I will take anything you got!

4. home health charting

   beckyjo replied to beckyjo's topic in Home Health

   Yes please send them & thank you so much.

5. Rural Nurse Organization

   beckyjo replied to PatRichardson's topic in General Nursing

   I am in the middle east trying to get my home health agency off the ground it is the first one in this country. I am feeling very isolated here and want desperately to talk with anyone who can help me.

6. home health charting

   beckyjo posted a topic in Home Health

   I am desperately looking for anyone who can send me some sample forms for charting nursing care for home health agencies. I am trying to improve my agencies documentation but don't have a lot of resources here in the middle east. I just need other f...

7. working abroad

   beckyjo replied to matt sluggett's topic in General Nursing

   Don't come to the middle east! I have yet to see a high tech hospital or a good salary.

8. Any Jehovah's Witnesses out there?

   beckyjo replied to Lulu_camel's topic in General Nursing

   I used to work with a nurse that was a Jehovah witness on a med surg floor. The way she dealt with the blood transfusion was if she had a pt who required a blood transfusion, she would set the whole thing up and then she would call one of us to come ...

9. nurse-patient relationship

   beckyjo replied to Roni254's topic in Relations

   hollykate, Thanks for the advise. I am currently working in home health in the middle east. One of the most frustrating things for me is I cant' seem to get close enough to my patients to develop a therapeutic relationship. I do know some of the lan...

10. Nursing outside the USA

    beckyjo replied to beckyjo's topic in General Nursing

    Did you find it difficult to adjust? Did your place of employment in the US train you to assess breath sounds? How were you accepted by the american nurses? I have a million questions. I feel like nursing has taken on a whole new meaning for me s...

11. nurse-patient relationship

    beckyjo replied to Roni254's topic in Relations

    I agree that open and honest communication is the best way to develop a relationship with a patient, but what happens when you can't communicate with a patient because they can't speak your language and they come from a totally different culture?

12. Nursing outside the USA

    beckyjo posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 16 years now. 12 of those years was in the US. Now I am in the middle east and am trying desperately to find a place where I can fit. Most of the nurses here are Indian. I don't know what they are learning in nursing school b...

13. wound teaching aids

    beckyjo replied to funsunsue's topic in Home Health

    I am very interested in the sites. The only things that I found for free were some documentation samples from a site Beacon. I am in the middle east and have very little access to stuff like that. However I now have an APO address which will help a...

14. Medication administration in the home

    beckyjo replied to beckyjo's topic in Home Health

    I have another question for you. What about weighing bedridden patients in the home who are on tube feedings or just weighing bedridden patients at the time they are admitted to the service.

15. Medication administration in the home

    beckyjo posted a topic in Home Health

    I would like to know more about documenting medications in home health. I have ordered many books related to this issue but none seem to ever actually make here. The net is my only reliable source of information, when i can get on it. I have littl...