teach_hospiceRN

teach_hospiceRN specializes in ICU, Home health/hospice/infusion, CM.

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1. Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans

   teach_hospiceRN replied to Nurselife1's topic in Louisiana

   >>>wow, fond memories. I interviewed at Oschner when I was in nursing school in 1990. I waited forever for an offer from them and finally I got it! I started there in June of 1990 in their SICU, a 21 bed trauma surgical unit. I had a great n...

2. Palliative Care and Euthanasia

   teach_hospiceRN replied to bracken's topic in Hospice

   wow, i have to say it took me a while to get through all of the posts, and from what i see most veered off the question that was presented. perhaps a separate thread to discuss the use of prn and pain meds would have been more appropriate. i see many...

3. Hospice care nursing career options

   teach_hospiceRN replied to sameasalways's topic in Hospice

   wow, it sounds like you have many changes approaching in your life. change is the only constant in life however, and how you handl those changes is what counts. hospice is for those of us who have that calling to it, a desire to help patients and fam...

4. How Much Does a Hospice Nurse Make?

   teach_hospiceRN replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in Hospice

   What part of nc are you in? I am in the raleigh/durham/chapelhill area. The triangle has a higher pay scale than some areas. If it is a salaried position like many are, please expect that you will work a minimum of 40 hours and there is a lot of pape...

5. Can a new graduate be a hospice RN?

   teach_hospiceRN replied to fireball78's topic in Hospice

   you will get all sorts of advice from everyone. here is my 2 cents: i graduated from ns and went straight into trauma surgical icu. i had a 3month internship and had a mentor who drove me nutty and so scared i couldnt do one thing right with him. i c...

6. Family's request v. nursing judgment

   teach_hospiceRN replied to PoetOfMyHeart's topic in Hospice

   sara, as a home hospice nurse i find many nurses in the ltc's are not comfortable with the use of roxanol, even when the patient is exhibiting pain or other sxs. i try to explain to them and to the families that as a patient is dying they may need so...

7. Hospice or pain mgt curriculum in nursing school?

   teach_hospiceRN posted a topic in General Students

   i am interested in knowing if the schools today are including any instruction on hospice, home health or pain management? i have been out of nursing school for 20 years and am now returning for an rn to msn bridge. i am doing a research paper and wan...

8. Death work and talking to the dead

   teach_hospiceRN replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

   i have been a trauma/sicu nurse and i always spoke to my dead patients while performing post mortem care. i believe the soul can hear us after it departs the body and it should be recognized and assured the mortal body is being cared for. i encourage...

9. Nurses Eating Their Young

   teach_hospiceRN replied to Doc Lori, R.N.'s topic in Relations

   I have used this phrase many times before myself, but I see it in another realm as well. what happens when the nurse coming on the next shift discovers you have made an error, or even you tell her/him of your error? what happens to the nurses who mak...