alyiana

alyiana has 2 years experience.

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1. What's a "difficult pt" to you?

   alyiana replied to KRVRN's topic in Relations

   Your schizophrenic patient reminds me of one I had in LTC. She would yell the name of whoever she saw pass by (and she knew everybody's name) over and over again. When you want it to see what she wanted she'd always say "It's nothing" or "I don't nee...

2. What's a "difficult pt" to you?

   alyiana replied to KRVRN's topic in Relations

   Non-compliant and then complaining because there is no change. If you did what was suggested it would be better.

3. Hospice nurse burnout: ER?

   alyiana posted a topic in Career Support

   I am an RN with 2 years of nursing experience. My first job was in a nursing home because it was the only available job, but I loved it. The only reason why I left was because I was recruited by a hospice nurse I had interacted with for my first job....

4. Hospice EMR

   alyiana replied to Nascar nurse's topic in Hospice

   We use Consolo. It can be difficult to learn/use at times, but once you learn the program, it's pretty useful. It's designed only for Hospice, not for Hospice/home health like other programs, which means that staff won't get confused by things that a...

5. Family member complains after death...

   alyiana replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice

   It's part of grief. We had a family member switch hospices a day before the death and then call a lawyer saying we caused the death. They didn't see her in the nursing home for several weeks. The CM called the family and told them she was doing bad, ...

6. Hospice on-call schedule

   alyiana replied to fireball78's topic in Hospice

   I work for a small (growing) hospice of only 10 patients. I am the primary nurse for all patients, and we have a director who is a nurse but does not see patients. We take turns doing call (1 week on 1 week off). It's never really busy, and I can gen...

7. Let's talk $$ for hospice. (Idea lifted from Agency nursing)

   alyiana replied to SuzieVN's topic in Hospice

   Austin, TX I'm a Patient Care Coordinator, but my CM staff gets the following: It's same as I get for on call and any after hours visits $50 per visit $100 death/admission $50 a day for on call M-T (5pm-8:30am) $100 a day for on call F-S (5pm F-8:30a...

8. Approximate number of calls during on-call

   alyiana replied to alyiana's topic in Hospice

   Thanks auntie. Currently our census is 3 patients and myself and another nurse will be the only ones taking call so it shouldn't be too bad now. After I get trained on basics she will progress into marketing and I will be the main nurse with her help...

9. Approximate number of calls during on-call

   alyiana posted a topic in Hospice

   I'm new to hospice nursing, and it's what I've always wanted to do thus I'm really excited, but I would like more details about how many calls you receive. I would love to have a comparison for all the nurses here: How many patients are on the census...

10. If I hate being a Cna, should I stop pursuing Nursing?

    alyiana replied to Pattycakes85's topic in Pre-Nursing

    A CNA is different job than an RN very much. I'm an RN, never worked as a CNA, and I don't have to help change people or wipe poop, I choose to "assist" the CNAs because they work hard and my resident's need it. As an RN I spend A LOT of time on pape...

11. Name Badges Worn Backwards

    alyiana replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    It's it a requirement by the BON to have your name and title visible at all times? I work in LTC and our facility has ones that has our name on both sides, and at our change of shift meeting the DON, administrator, or whoever else is in charge that d...

12. Pharm Exam HELP!!

    alyiana replied to missk88's topic in Student Assist

    Choice A gives the patient a choice. I can give this to you now as ordered or you can wait and I can see about getting a change. This leads way to the unspoken 3rd option. I can give it to you know and see about changing it for the next dose.

13. 10th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    alyiana replied to Brian's topic in Announcements

    I think I need more than handwashing!

14. 10th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    alyiana replied to Brian's topic in Announcements

    Towel!! PLEASE!!

15. Took a really basic math test and failed it

    alyiana replied to truckinusa's topic in Student Assist

    Conversions are memorization. You need to know the formulas, for me it got easier after that one because then you had to work stuff out.