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You can find that information on Epic's website. I think it's also in their training companions.

"If I only had a brain..." :banghead:

I'm hoping you don't have children. Oh, and you have to wipe not only the butts with poop, but the poop you have to wipe off of YOURSELF when the patient throws it at you or explodes on your leg!...

This has been a huge deal for our facility lately. It has come down the pike numerous times something to the effect of "Thou shalt not weareth thy scrubs outsideth the worketh facility-eth." I'd...

Yay! I got a position with my hospital as an Application Coordinator! I will be learning EPIC (which means going to Wisconsin in the dead of winter) and will begin an 18 month journey to get our...

I just got off the phone and made up a new one! SAD: Stupid A$$ Doctors! Grrr... Tell me again why THEY get paid the big bucks?

Thanks everyone for your responses. I guess I was having a bad day... :uhoh21:

Grrr... so frustrated! I work with a social worker, and part of our job is to do initial consultations with potential hospice patients. I was checking some charting yesterday on a patient when...

I am a very strong advocate for telling the entire family the truth. My own mother died when I was 22, and I had no idea it was serious enough to take her life. Nobody else seemed surprised,...

We have had similar situations in our hospital. These patients sometimes seem "forgotten" by nursing staff. "Oh, they're hospice," has been overheard more than a few times, like they somehow don't...

I can relate. Deep breath... :uhoh3: Hope you don't have to work tonight. Sounds like you could use a night or two off. Hang in there. Just think of it as ignorance. But, you definitely need...

Our policy simply states, "Hair must be worn in a way that prevents contamination and does not present a safety hazard." Seems rather non-specific to me. But I've noticed that this organization is...

I understand that they must be given a choice. My concerns are when the case managers recommend another hospice or when another hospice solicits within the hospital. Sorry if I didn't make that...

Hi! I have been an RN for almost 10 years, having received my ADN (three years) at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in 2001. I worked med/surg, then oncology for nine years, and have been...

In your hospital, do they allow another hospice to come to visit patients to solicit hospice? We have hospice services at our facility, and we we do in-patient, home, and nursing home hospice. ...

I am a hospice clinical nurse specialist in the hospital M-F 8-5. I admit patients to hospice in the hospital, and do education visits for patients who want to go home or to a nursing home with...

I work in hospice in a major hospital. The only use of heat we can order is the facility heating pads (also called K-mods). We are not allowed to use wet towels heated in the microwave, as I've...

I have been an interviewer in one of these peer interviews, sometimes individually and sometimes in a group. They are very helpful in getting a better sense of how the person interacts with those...

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? :eek:

I also have a patient like this. She has been anuric for three weeks, unresponsive with respirations about 5-6/minute with morphine 15 mg/hr. I told her family to tell her it was okay for her to...

I live in Central Texas (between Dallas and Austin). We get .51/mile plus $60 phone reimbursement. Oh, and gas is ~ $3.60 right now.

I don't know what a revisit nurse it. We are paid $0.51 per mile.

I am a hospice nurse and I admit patients to the hospital for end of life care. The reason I did not want to be a case manager was due to all of the driving (because it's incredibly hot in Texas and...

Don't feel bad. I suck sometimes, too. And I've been at this a while. But when I don't get a lot of practice, I get sucky again. I don't start them often on night shift, especially when I work in...

A seasoned nurse taught me this trick: pull the blankets up from the feet so the patient doesn't get cold by being completely uncovered. Take a warm, soapy wash cloth and clean the area thoroughly,...