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1. LPN's and Hospice

   tlmhospice replied to AndiMac's topic in Hospice

   I worked with several LPNs in hospice and am one myself. We did everything the RNs did and simply had an RN sign off on everything. Is this legal? I don't know. That is just one of the reasons I am no longer working there! Tonia

2. What should I do????

   tlmhospice replied to nursy_ann's topic in Hospice

   That depends on what stage the patient is in at the time. Is he/she actively dying? Is this tx aggressive, or is it pallative? Number one priority in hospice is comfort and pain management. Tonia

3. Death Rattle

   tlmhospice replied to ChicagolandRN's topic in Hospice

   We use the Scope patches some, but mostly we use the Scope gel that one of our compounding Rx makes for us. It seems to work better, but it needs to be applied at least every 4 hours. Sometimes if it is really bad, we will use them together. But a...

4. Should I stay with Hospice?

   tlmhospice replied to jmg6481's topic in Hospice

   You are very smart to think this through and wanting to gain more of the clinical nursing skills that are very sparce in hospice nursing. When I quit my job to stay at home with the kids, they had me train a newly graduated nurse that had been worki...

5. bladder flush???

   tlmhospice posted a topic in Oncology

   My husband's grandmother, which is 90 y/o, has been relatively healthy living a very independant life on her own in Pittsburg. Suddenly, yesterday we get a call that she is having a bx of a mass in her bladder. From what we got from the family, whic...

6. home at 4 cm??

   tlmhospice replied to tlmhospice's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Wow, after reading some of the posts on here, I find myself sounding impatient and almost disrespectful to you OBers by us wanting induction. Sorry for that!! Unfortunately, the situation on this end is a bit more complicated than just wanting induc...

7. home at 4 cm??

   tlmhospice posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am a former OB nurse (like 10 years ago) and have questions. I have a friend who is 39 weeks, dilated to 4 the last time her dr checked her (last week), and is continuing to have steady contractions today q 5 min. She has been sent home time afte...