CJsGirlRN

CJsGirlRN has 5 years experience and specializes in Med/surg, oncology, home hospice.

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1. Do you as a Hospice Nurse use a pulse oximeter?

   CJsGirlRN replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Hospice

   I check the pulse ox once in a while just to see if there has been any decline in the respiratory status, especially when a patient's recertification is coming soon. I have found too that in some patients who are not end stage resp disease have neede...

2. Hospice Oncall Staffing

   CJsGirlRN replied to Rhawnda's topic in Hospice

   Our agency has a full time on-call nurse. Her job is basically to be on-call 5 days a week. Then the rest of the nurses just fill in the other days. Most of us only have to be on-call about once a month. We are very lucky!!

3. new hospice job

   CJsGirlRN replied to CJsGirlRN's topic in Hospice

   Well as for the weekends and holidays, they have nurses who do just on call and weekends, and they have enough people to rotate holidays so that i may have to work a major holiday once every few years. Of course I won't have all holidays off, but ri...

4. new hospice job

   CJsGirlRN posted a topic in Hospice

   After working in Med surg for 4 years on two very difficult units, I have been offered a job as a home hospice nurse. No more working every other weekend, no more working holidays. On call requires only 2 days a month. And i'm hoping for once i will...

5. New Grad desperate for a JOB!!

   CJsGirlRN replied to POLmissy00's topic in New Jersey

   When I changed my nursing license from PA to NJ, I noticed it was so much harder to get a job in NJ than it was in PA. Even as a new grad, PA was so much more willing to offer me a job. Every job I applied for in NJ, most never even called me to ack...

6. Union or no union?

   CJsGirlRN replied to CJsGirlRN's topic in Activism

   I really appreciate all of your feedback. I actually did work for a union hospital before coming to the hospital I work at now. The union we had was JNESO. It was helpful in some ways but not so much in others. The reason I'm not sure about unions v....

7. Union or no union?

   CJsGirlRN posted a topic in Activism

   My hospital is currently in the process of possibly bringing in a union to represent the nurses. The union that we would have is HPAE. We vote soon! I'm interesting in hearing people's experiences with unions and to find out the pros and cons of havi...

8. nurses with anxiety and depression

   CJsGirlRN replied to Akercat's topic in General Nursing

   I also have depression and anxiety. It comes and goes, not particularly for any reason. I just have gotten to know the signs and symptoms of when I start to not feel right. I recently have started to take Cymbalta. It has helped and is a pretty clean...

9. Anxiety the day before work

   CJsGirlRN replied to CJsGirlRN's topic in Stress 101

   thanks for all the responses! i really thought about it and i think i was just being too hard on myself and trying to be "super nurse" all the time. now i just keep in mind when i'm at work that i can only do my best and not to kill myself trying to ...

10. Obtaining Masters in Nursing

    CJsGirlRN posted a topic in Post Graduate

    i am interested in possibly going for my masters in nursing, maybe even becoming a nurse practitioner. if anyone has been through getting their masters, i'm just looking for feedback on how it was going through school, and also what kind of things a...

11. Anxiety the day before work

    CJsGirlRN posted a topic in Stress 101

    I have noticed that on my day off before work, or even sometimes 2 days before work, that I become very anxious about having to go back. I have only been a nurse for 2 1/2 years and am I burning out already? I can't even enjoy my days off because I'm...