skd1019

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1. Is Hospice a higher calling?

   skd1019 replied to rosemadder's topic in Hospice

   I know that this is an old thread, but I am very curious to know if you are working for hospice now, Rosemadder. We are very much alike. I ABSOLUTELY, WHOLEHEARTEDLY believe that hospice was my "higher calling." I too, was a non-traditional studen...

2. Changing Uniforms

   skd1019 replied to ALWAYSNURSE's topic in International

   I'm not in the UK, but this thread touched a nerve. Not all change is for the better....... I work in a free-standing inpatient hospice unit. The facility and grounds are truly beautiful, and it is obvious that thousands of dollars have been poured...

3. pre-nursing student with questions

   skd1019 replied to reipie's topic in Hospice

   I also think that it is wonderful that you are considering hospice work. I graduated from nursing school in Dec. 2002, and have been working in a free-standing inpatient hospice unit for almost 2 years now. I guess I was an "experiment" of sorts, b...

4. Permanent Paracentisis Sites

   skd1019 replied to Valorie D's topic in Hospice

   Just last month I sent a patient out to a local hospital to have a catheter implanted for paracentesis. It is a type of dialysis catheter, although the record I received from the O.R. (outpatient surgery) when my patient returned didn't give a speci...

5. The "Bath Wars"

   skd1019 posted a topic in Hospice

   I work in a 40-bed inpatient hospice setting, and our ongoing "bath wars" have me frazzled. Our nursing assistants complain constantly that the NA's on other shifts don't do their fair share of patient baths. (The current policy is that day shift N...