jsoed9582

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1. Sepsis as Hospice Diagnosis

   jsoed9582 replied to lpoore's topic in Hospice

   Sepsis should be an allowable diagnosis for hospice. According to Medicare, they have guidelines for the more commonly used diagnosis, but no guidelines for specific illnesses. The diagnosis would be what the physician is stating gives the patient si...

2. Agency Nursing count towards ICU requirements?

   jsoed9582 posted a topic in SRNA

   I was curious about the requirements for CRNA school. MOST schools require a minimum of 1 year ICU experience. I have 1 year of MICU experience and 1 year ER experience. I am currently finding a new job in the ICU to prepare for school. Would con...

3. MY OPINION......

   jsoed9582 replied to tiffjh2's topic in Illinois

   The issue here is not whether or not smoking is a right of an individual, rather how patients perceive a nurse who smokes. Let's take a patient who was just diagnosed with lung cancer and smokes 2 packs a day. Now, you have to give smoking cessatio...

4. Nurse Assignments in your ER

   jsoed9582 posted a topic in Emergency

   I am looking to see how different hospitals set up their nurse assignments in the ER. Most ERs are assigning rooms to nurses. The ER I work in does not assign rooms, but lets nurses pick up patients when they want. I feel this is not a very good me...

5. Nurse Practitioners who work in Acute Care, please respond..

   jsoed9582 posted a topic in NP

   ]Hello all! I am currently looking at CRNA programs and NP programs. If I were to do the NP route, I would most likely want to work in a critical care setting, whether it be ER or ICU. My question is for those NPs who are currently working in the ...