hospicechpn

hospicechpn specializes in med surg, ICU, CD, hospice, telemetry.

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1. Co-worker threatened with arrest for so-called abandonment

   hospicechpn posted a topic in Relations

   I'll keep this basic. A co-worker became quite ill for over a week. Following the illness she went on a previously approved vacation (had it in writing). Upon returning from vacation she was told she shouldn't have taken the vacation because she had ...

2. How many admissions & visits in an 8 hour shift?

   hospicechpn posted a topic in Hospice

   Almost a year ago our small non-profit hospice moved to electronic medical records. For many reasons this is a good thing and I feel competent with the program. Charting by computer definitely takes longer but we still prefer it. Our patient census i...

3. Morphine and comfort care.

   hospicechpn replied to Alnitak7's topic in Hospice

   We had a COPD patient come on service at our hospice who had a bed-to-chair existence due to debilitating dyspnea. After she started morphine she gradually increased her activity level until she no longer met hospice criteria. She discharged from hos...

4. very confused about my hospice job- need advice

   hospicechpn replied to maybug's topic in Hospice

   Maybug, I wrote to you before I saw your update. I'm glad you got an offer to work med surg. I wouldn't trade my experiences on a medical floor for anything. To have colleagues at your side for support is great. When the shift is over you get to go h...

5. very confused about my hospice job- need advice

   hospicechpn replied to maybug's topic in Hospice

   Dear Maybug, feel free to private message me. I hope your company finds another way to cover call hours. They may have been doing it this way for so long it seems like the only way. If you approach them with your concerns come armed with a positive a...

6. Weekend On-Call Hospice RN Questions

   hospicechpn replied to TXNurseyRN's topic in Hospice

   What state do you live in? I'm in California and work after hours on-call, though it is configured to be a full-time positon. I'm salaried. If you have a patient who is having a symptom management crisis requiring your to stay in the home until th...