simbawicz

simbawicz has 12 years experience and specializes in currently, hospice.

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1. WGU RN-BSN

   simbawicz replied to OneDayAtATime93's topic in Western Governors

   I've completed the BSN courses and am starting the MSN portion today. It is self paced, and that can be both good and bad. I've rocked through some courses very quickly, and have dragged my feet through others. Use your course mentors early and often...

2. WGU RN to BSN Grads/Current Students

   simbawicz replied to missy26's topic in Western Governors

   Use your course mentors. I started the course thinking I didn't need to engage them, but once I reached out to them, I got through much faster, with far less frustration, and find myself thinking that is one of my favorite courses. Engage in a cohort...

3. Ipad requirement?

   simbawicz replied to AldreaFalan's topic in Western Governors

   I'm in the RN-MSN program. No requirements for i-anything. You need a tablet or laptop or desktop or something to access your courses and write and submit papers (tasks). I have an old Sony Vaio desktop, a small Asus tablet, a BlackBerry phone, and a...

4. New hospice nurse: Burned out!!!

   simbawicz replied to MsPrettyHospiceRN's topic in Hospice

   I genuinely feel your pain. My personal solution is going back to school, in spare time I don't really have, to get a MSN in education. So maybe I can transition to working from home in my comfortable clothes, teaching online, or mentoring online. Yo...

5. New hospice nurse: Burned out!!!

   simbawicz replied to MsPrettyHospiceRN's topic in Hospice

   You are misinformed. We treat much more than anxiety, restlessness, dyspnea, nausea, and constipation. We still treat medically, just not toward a cure of their admitting diagnosis. We treat infections, wounds, and have to perform differential diagno...

6. Florida Nurses, I have questions

   simbawicz replied to dominiquejade's topic in General Nursing

   While I can't tell you the starting wages, what I can tell you is that when I moved from Ohio, I took a $2 per hour pay cut, I thought. Turned out it was an equivalent, as I had been paying state and city taxes, but no state of city taxes here. I sug...

7. Florida Nurses, I have questions

   simbawicz replied to dominiquejade's topic in General Nursing

   One more caveat: if you see standing water deeper than a rain puddle assume there is an alligator in it. Down here there is an alligator that can climb chain link fences. They are much faster than you might think.

8. Ice machine use in hospitals

   simbawicz replied to olcroner's topic in General Nursing

   I think it depends on the student. : )

9. 7/30 This week, I learned Deanna Troi sucks

   simbawicz replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   Oooohhhh, TARDIS. If I were on the TARDIS, I'm afraid I wouldn't be here. Or now. Sigh.

10. Thinking about hospice nursing

    simbawicz replied to honeygirl1223's topic in Hospice

    What she said, plus, how do you document? Salaried or hourly? How often are you expected to be in the office? How frequent is IDG/ITM (if you are case managing)? Are you given a mentor?

11. VITAS in DFW

    simbawicz replied to arvolina's topic in Hospice

    I work for a competitor of Vitas in another city. I did interview at Vitas, and partway through the interview, I thanked them for their time but told them based on what they had told me of their job expectations (never mind wages) I was not intereste...

12. New Charting Regs?

    simbawicz replied to FleaRN's topic in Hospice

    Exactly what she said. I use Home Care Home Base.

13. New Charting Regs?

    simbawicz replied to FleaRN's topic in Hospice

    We have comprehensive visit documentation with supervision questions that are expected with each weekly visit, and are done by an RN minimally every 14 days. We have nursing visits minus supervision that can be done by an RN or LPN. We have PRN visit...

14. $600 an hr to fill a shift?

    simbawicz replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I believe you may have missed that it is $600 per HOUR.

15. Moral character

    simbawicz replied to beckiand's topic in Professionalism

    I think I watched too many episodes of Dark Shadows and X Files and the like. All I could imagine is the offender is an incubus or succubus. I do not know the gender of the OP offender.