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  1. RN w/Renal background contemplating switch to hospice

    Hello , I started out on a renal floor and I love Hospice. I think it is a great honor to help our patients to have as good a death as possible. And to be able to help the families cope with coming to terms with the fact that life will always end w...
  2. Why can't I work for 2 hospices?

    Hello, i wanted to ask a question and I do not know how to post it as new so I hope it is not impolite to jump on this post??? (I am pretty ignorant when it comes to posting and such) I wanted to find out if any of you knew of travel agencies that...
  3. Welcome nurses from Massachusetts!

    Hello everyone, I am from Brockton, Ma but have lived in TN for 25 years. I am interested in finding a travel position in the Cape cod area near sandwich. I am an RN currently working in a hospice position. Do you guys know if this would be possib...
  4. DNR means Do Not Treat

    When I turn 90 years old or even 80 years old I do not want anyone treating anything if I am dnr! Which I most certainly will be. Why would you even think that a patient who went to the trouble to have a dnr put in place would want to have infectio...
  5. You Know You're a Nurse When...

    Oh ya, you know you are a nurse when you spend 3 or more hours reading these incredibly funny threads instead of cleaning house wrapping Christmas gifts buying groceries...because you feel you have found kindred spirits , a bunch of nuts who know yo...
  6. You Know You're a Nurse When...

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  8. Suggestions for Coping with Pt. Death

    I don't agree that having problems with how to deal with death disqualifies one as a hospice nurse. We are all going to die some day and we must come to terms with how to deal with it. If caregivers, nurses, ect, find rituals helpful as a coping sk...
  9. Do your dying patient's have company?

    My husband and I were on the way back from Fla. I was asleep. All of a sudden he shook me awake and said get out and help this man. He had pulled to the side of the interstate and as I jumped out of the car , I saw a man lying face down near a mote...
  10. prothrombin time...help

    We also only draw troughs. I remember in the "old" days when the md's ordered Vanc like it was candy and I would go from one town to the other trying to give q 12 or q 8 vanc in 2 or three locations and do all the peaks and troughs and get them rushe...
  11. Traveling and your phone(s)

    What do you do for internet access without a land line? thanks:balloons:
  12. Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew if there is a need for rn's in Iraq? Or if you might know where I could look for any information. So far surfing the net hasn't yielded any results. Thanks
  13. Saudi Arabia

    am wanting to go to Saudi or Iraq!! I know you asked for info from someone who has gone, but I hope you will share with me how you have obtained a contract, ect. I look forward to hearing from you.
  14. Life is futile, dead is dead, the other side

    [Dear Pam, How sad for you and your dear family. There are no words to say how my heart goes out to you. My mother died of cancer a few years ago. I had quit my full time job to help care for her because she lived in a different state. I went pr...
  15. prothrombin time...help

    Thank you for your concern. I did call the lab and they said 24 hours. So I got dressed and went and brought it right in. It was a huge relief!!!