thevicarofblue

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1. Will you work during a Pandemic?

   thevicarofblue replied to Goju's topic in COVID

   but i will NOT cross a picket line!! EVER!! i'd work as a chaplain if possible, but I'd work during a pandemic. i cared for hundreds of folks in the early years of HIV, before it was HIV/AIDS, even before GRIC and ARC.

2. what do nurses hate about doctors?

   thevicarofblue replied to futureMD's topic in General Nursing

   We just returned from three years in the Republic of Panama as missioners. Two days before my husband's ordination to the priesthood, he smashed into pieces of broken his little finger while trying to capture one of our escaping cats--the automatic d...

3. Aboriginal communities

   thevicarofblue replied to thevicarofblue's topic in Hospice

   [color=rgb(46, 139, 87)]"...the idea of talking about death is, if not taboo, not integral into the culture? how does it not come across as cultural imperialism?..." exactly!! i absolutely agree! and that's been my big struggle and huge question sinc...

4. Aboriginal communities

   thevicarofblue posted a topic in Hospice

   :dancgrp:In this moment of homelessness and unemployment, my husband and I are living with our children in Mississippi, home of the Choctaw Nation. (Just before my mother's death in 05, I learned from a cousin who'd been doing years of research, that...

5. Hiv-aids

   thevicarofblue replied to thevicarofblue's topic in Hospice

   thank you very much for qualifying your policy. i'm trying to convince our administrator to do this as part of REAL hospice work again, thank you bleu

6. Hiv-aids

   thevicarofblue replied to thevicarofblue's topic in Hospice

   I assume that you are working for a not-for-profit hospice? And, without breaking the confidentiality of your hospice, can you speak to your regulations and policies that address caring for people "on the streets," "under the bridges, etc?" Thank you...

7. How far can a hospice nurse go, spiritually-speaking?

   thevicarofblue replied to GardenerGirl's topic in Hospice

   BTW, I am glad to see some apologies on this thread. Seems Christianity is one of the few things left that is unacceptable to claim... As a Christian whose faith is the undergirding of years of social justice work and activism--and as one who lived ...

8. Hiv-aids

   thevicarofblue replied to thevicarofblue's topic in Hospice

   in what state are you located? i just want to give you a big THANK YOU!! bleu

9. Hiv-aids

   thevicarofblue replied to thevicarofblue's topic in Hospice

   I am so grateful for the courage of you and your hospice. Thank you. I'm going to try to convince this local hospice to even BEGIN to comprehend such a ministry--too much fear. I'll volunteer for this work as I worked with homeless people for a long ...

10. Hiv-aids

    thevicarofblue replied to thevicarofblue's topic in Hospice

    Are you using a compounding pharmacist? When I did hospice, a genius, famous, gifted, creative compounder was "creating" stuff that does not exist for ALL of our hospice clients. We nebulised MS; we used shark cartilage suppositories; we used marinol...

11. Hiv-aids

    thevicarofblue replied to thevicarofblue's topic in Hospice

    Are you following your HIV/AIDS folks literally "on the streets" or are they hospitalised in a hospital with "hospice beds" or placed into a hospice house or a nursing home with hospice beds or what? Thanks so much blue

12. REAL Pain or ADDICTION?

    thevicarofblue replied to captain morgan's topic in Hospice

    ooh, i really do NOT like Fentanyl. and i get a little nuts when doctors start prescribing three kinds of pain meds. i'm used to good ole MS in some long-acting form with a fast-acting (and flavored by our compounders) for break-through pain. why met...

13. Hiv-aids

    thevicarofblue posted a topic in Hospice

    As I said in one post, we've been living out of the US for over 3 years. I sort of became the "unofficial" hospice nurse and chaplain for a great many people of many ages, genders, and cultures. I saw soo many women and children dying with HIV-relate...

14. Traveling Hospice Nurses??

    thevicarofblue posted a topic in Hospice

    I'm in a state with a bazillion hospices, all fighting over the same patients, doctors, discharge planners, etc. It's a mess. Someone told me there is a "Traveling Hospice Nurse Program" and it's based out of Vermont or maybe New Hampshire. I have LO...

15. How far can a hospice nurse go, spiritually-speaking?

    thevicarofblue replied to GardenerGirl's topic in Hospice

    yes, about the cross thing. as a chaplain for The Neptune Society (the greatest job i ever had!) i wore no collar and certainly no cross UNLESS it was a cross whose "arms" were equal and had a circle around it, a symbol in many cultures. since i am a...