amshockley

amshockley has 15 years experience and specializes in Home Health, Hospice.

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1. hospice diagnosis help

   amshockley replied to karbyr's topic in Hospice

   A physician order of course is necessary. Here are a few bits of Hospice Criteria for Failure to Thrive. *BMI *Declining enteral/paraenteral nutritional support or notn responding to such support. *Karnofsky score of 12 or less. *ADL score of 12 or...

2. What I Love About Nursing Is....

   amshockley replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have been nursing since '94. I was a CNA, Nurse Tech, CHHA, LPN and now an RN. I love to be needed and do tend to overextend myself. That is something I need to work on for myself. My love for nursing is the want to help someone in their time of tr...

3. A few observations about the nurses I work with from a new CNA...

   amshockley replied to GaMBA's topic in General Nursing

   I have to agree with fixthebody. You CANNOT assess a patient from your chair at the nurses station. C'mon nurses! Get up and go to the rooms. Sit and take time to really know your patients and actively chart what is really going on with them. Open co...

4. A few observations about the nurses I work with from a new CNA...

   amshockley replied to GaMBA's topic in General Nursing

   Well I can see both sides since I have worked every aspect of most of the nursing roles. I understand how the CNA can feel rejected, slighted or even ignored and how the nurses push off problems of the patients because they are overwhelmed. I have wa...