HospiceCareRN

HospiceCareRN has 4 years experience.

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1. Living "weeks to months" with no food and sips of fluid? Really?

   HospiceCareRN replied to Marshall1's topic in Hospice

   The medical director of the hospice where I work says that pt's can live about 14 days on NOTHING my mouth (that means when he gets to the point of no sips and no ice chips). But then again that is not considering the fact that your father has some s...

2. Can a hospice nurse be a nurse instructor?

   HospiceCareRN replied to HospiceCareRN's topic in Educators

   @ abiklags....thanks so much...very encouraging! @ llg - I am providing physical care in an in-patient environment; we work with what seems like standard med/surg issues: PEGs, PCA pups, IV fluids, narcotics, wound care etc etc. I think I would proba...

3. Can a hospice nurse be a nurse instructor?

   HospiceCareRN posted a topic in Educators

   I am currently a hospice nurse at a busy inpatient hospice facility. I was recently accepted into a masters program for nursing education. My question is, if I want to be a nurse educator (probably start in the clincal setting and then possibly in mo...