skrainbow

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1. Quick Question about comfort measures

   skrainbow replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   i'm a hospice nurse, is the pt able to make a decision? What we tell our families is that, as the body is dying, things start to shut down, to help with this process. It causes an antesthetic effect in the brain stem, a numbing effect. Adding flui...

2. hospice volunteers

   skrainbow replied to saribeth's topic in Hospice

   We have a wonderful volunteer staff. We're a small hospice (ave. 35-40pts) but we have at least that many volunteers. We have 1 staff member that is in charge of it and has recruited from churches, past patient's families, women's groups, etc. She...

3. Where do you nurse?

   skrainbow replied to beckymcrn's topic in General Nursing

   Casemanager for wonderful, small, not-for-profit, hospice.

4. Advice for a new nurse please!!!

   skrainbow replied to cat_psychnurse's topic in Hospice

   I started on a med/surg floor for about a year (not my favorite thing) but it gave me a lot of invaluable experience. Next moved to oncology for 18 years (12 in hospitals, 6 in a chemo clinic) Our hospice asks for oncology, er or icu experience. Y...

5. student doing a report please help me answer these questions!!

   skrainbow replied to Kateidra's topic in Career Support

   Like the previous post says, RN's can be Associate Degree-2yr or BSN-4yr. The pay is the same for new grads though. Salary can be anywhere between $18/hr-$40 depending on what part of the country you're in and how much experience you've had and in...

6. HELP,HELP,HELP,HELP,HELP--student nurse in distress

   skrainbow replied to prairiegirl's topic in Career Support

   Remember why you wanted to be a nurse in the first place. I've been one for more years than I care to remember and while there are things that make me gag still they are few and far between and overshadowed by the joy I get in helping people. As fo...

7. Where do you nurse?

   skrainbow replied to beckymcrn's topic in General Nursing

   I work for a small non-profit hospice after 18 years of working oncology in hospitals and chemo clinic