katie'sangel BSN, RN

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About katie'sangel

nurse since 1976, u do the math

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  1. I'm beginning to think organizations like NHPCO could help. But the hospice agency has to belong to NHPCO first, then the employees, nurses, can join. I'm looking for some protection from the...
  2. I just started working at a for-profit hospice agency in Houston Texas. I am per-diem and shocked at how many patients the full time case managers carry. 15 to 20 or more patients. The standard of...
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    Other Hospice RN's in-put regarding on-call

    The agency I work for has a dedicated team of after hours and weekend nurses. So I rarely am required to help on weekends and never after hours. Pay is 50cents a mile and I'm at $30/hour because I'm...
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    Good Houston hospice?

    OK I know I've already posted this subject somewhere else, but I'm SERIOUSLY not happy with my current employer. But I DO love hospice nursing. Just need to find a good one in Houston. PSS I'm a...
  5. To angel's assit, Near Death Awareness, I like that term. I AM fairly spritutal:) but not in the traditional christian sense:stone . Both of these stories ,about talking to some unseen person,...
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    A hospice poem/writing-

    I copied it and sent it to all the administrators at our corp office. These nurses sit in their nice clean offices and have forgoten what we bedside nurses do. And the incredible significance of...
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    HI! I'm new! Couple questions/Nurses

    Jennie Glad to hear your enthusiasum for nursing. It's a job that has been flexable enough to allow me to follow my husbands career across the nation. The pay is good in the hospitals and I...
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    Personal question/need information

    So sorry to hear about your father. From what you've said, it's probably good idea to not put him through the chemo. Advantages of Hospice: First, The nurses are wonderfull. It's our buisness...
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    Hospice and litigation question

    I have a solution for the MD uncomfortable with hospice level narcotics. He/She should admit the pt to hospice program and let the hospice MD cover the patients care. Our hospice MDs understand how...
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    thin ice nursing

    OK it's me again, Katie'sangel, and Here's a perfect example of the common problem I have on this unit: I'm having difficulty getting my patient's air way clear because I don't have the right...
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    Are 12 hr shifts long and drawn out?

    I've always done 8 hr shifts until the last few weeks. I Like having three days off on my weekends. I spend less time commuting, and that means less gas spent also. And my commute is one hour long,...
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    thin ice nursing

    :uhoh21: Some of the policies on our hospice unit may put the nurses here, me included, on thin ice legally. I have some legal questions and I know I can't get professional legal advice on a...