I have a student who has a G-tube. It is not used at school, they can eat and drink with no difficulties. Parents will not submit a Care Plan. I am curious as to why a G-tube is needed at all if the child is eating and drinking normally. They do ...
momcats3 replied to ninaricci's topic in Home Health
I worked in hospice for 7 years, at two different agencies in two different states. Both non-profit. I ended up doing visits/office stuff from about 8:30 to 4:00 - 5:00 and yes, I ended up doing my charting at home, on my time. There was just no othe...
Hi :) I quit my first job, too, after about 10 weeks. I was in very similar circumstances, and they had me doing all sorts of things I really had minimal training on. I was told to "ask another nurse" if I needed help. Ha! Ha! that was a real joke...
Hi, one of our textbooks was "Math for Meds". It broke things down very simply for me. However, I ended up doing my formulas like this: If 20 mgs is to 1 ml, what is 15 mgs to x ml? Written as: 20 mg:1ml =15 mg :x ml Remove the mg and mls Now you hav...
AT what point are you talking about using Megace? From my humble POV, I wouldn't really use Megace at all. If the patient doesn't want to eat, they don't have to. At EOL, their body is shutting down, right? Why would you do that to them? As for the f...
Good question:) We are also curious about how other hospices operate. We are all considered salaried, which is a joke. Pay rate is from about $18-27/hr LPN/RN. We are only paid for 8 hours, whether or not we work 8, 10 or 12 which is the rule and not...
Hi, we use Hospice Pharmacia. They also do things like MSIR in 1 mg gel paks, just open and apply. Also have Ativan gel, Haldol gel, etc. I think they may be out of Philadelphia. Also, I get a box of scopalamine patches, just to have. Don't keep them...
We have MSIR and lorazepam liquid, Lorazepam tablets, Levsin tabs, ABHR suppositories, acetaminophen suppositories, and some separate Scop patches. PM me if you want the amts of ea.
A big hug for you (((((((((((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) I couldn't agree with you more....Let me add I have also had difficulty with the majority of geriatric NP's I've encountered. Aren't they capable of seeing what we see, or at ...
I would like to thank each and every one of you who sent words of kindness. I truly appreciate it... I'm still heartbroken, but life goes on, and you adjust. You never "get over" it.... I still wonder, though. How do you provide comfort, sympathy...