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I haven't had any problems emptying them, but my very first foley on a woman was not so easy........I was a GN, had only put in a foley on a man, but I knew how in theory....thank goodness I asked...

Industry standard for case load for full time case management is 12-13, not 18pt, so they are already overloading the regular full time case managers. It all depends on where these pt's are located....

I don't go to mandatory meetings. I work the weekend and they don't pay me to show up during the week, so I don't go. No pay, no play. If it is that important, they will give me a print out on...

I think they are wanting you to work 2 jobs and paying you for one. A normal on call position, at least where I come from, is either Monday thru Thursday 5p-8a. OR Fri-5p-Mon 8a. not both. ...

Yes I do see hospice care be "all about the money". In recent years, I have seen services cut, supplies decreased, medications covered decreased. We used to do the right thing for the patients and...

Does your hospice take non funded patients? I have worked for 3 in my 11 years in hospice, 1 non profit and 2 for profit. All 3 took non funded patients, but I am ashamed to say, that one...

as a new grad, I started out at 14.75 an hour, but that was in 2000, so I'm sure the amount is much higher now. What I do not understand is why home health is going to give morphine?? If he is on...

Sorry, my last post is in reference to this question.

I have no idea, He was the charge nurse, I was the only other RN or actually I may have been GN at the time on the floor at night. I knew nothing about it until morning shift came in and everything...

RN Texas= 67,600 visit=60.00 admit=100.00 mileage=44 cents $2.00an hour to be on call.

If they actually say "i want a nurse visit" I have to go, which I don't always agree with, because like everything else, people learn the system and some abuse it. I got a call this weekend "I dont...

during my first and only hospital job, my charge nurse hung blood on the wrong patient. He didn't follow protocol, or it wouldn't have happened, but when he did realize what he did, he took it down...

We don't have a regular position for an NP. Maybe the larger hospice companies do, but we contract out and all they do are face to face visits for recertification.

I am not one, but ours is pretty stressed out, it is a very fast paced job, but so is nursing home work most of the time. I would still take it and once your inside the door, you can always ask to...

I would take hourly. It seems with salary, they take advantage and the nurses always work more than 40 hours. At least you will be getting paid for the work you do. However with hourly, they can...

it sounds like this company is not standing up for their employees. I do Home Hospice and when I am doing an admission, I flat out tell the family if the patient cannot bear weight, or help in any...

We let the patients body tell us what to to. If there are no bowel sounds or pt is congested, that is telling us she cannot process the feeding and it has to stop, not taper. Usually by checking the...

We do not do these I don't know if it is the region I am in, but in 12 years and 3 companies I have seen it done 1-2 times and only in an impatient setting.

you are writing exactly how I feel. We used to have crisis care, but when we were bought out by a corporation, the team we had died. We then started using agency for cc, then we got a new director...

Sometimes when we know there is a pain issue, the nurse that does the eval will call the physician and get an order so it is at the house when they get there. If we call in a stat order, they have 2...

Just make sure it is not always office staff recieving the rewards. Maybe it is because the field staff do not get a chance to vote, but it seems everywhere I have worked, the office gets rewarded...

we have a pharmacy on call 24/7 and they will deliver all meds anytime. We are not allowed to carry medications with us in our cars, for safety.

Jean Marie.....really? this is when I wish there was a "do not like" button.

I would not wear it, I would not go. Luckily, we did not have a pinning ceremony. I wore a cap and gown to my graduation, walked across the stage, received my BSN and that was enough. I don't...

We see it all the time in Hospice, sometimes they will just put their hands in the air, pretend they are eating something, or other things with the hands. Also talking to and about people who have...