3skilled

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1. What clinical skills for hospice? What do hospice nurses do?

   3skilled replied to MargRN's topic in Hospice

   I have several hospice pts. on my unit they are truly a blessed sort, U deal with entire grieving process for the family which is different for the patients process in my opinion. I'm big on pain controll both objective and subjection,I find the diff...

2. Do LPN's get the pay they deserve?

   3skilled replied to Pedsnrs2003's topic in General Nursing

   I must agree with Jannecdote on a few matters #1 is the fact that IV pushes are RN job which does in fact make my job difficult D/T finding one,also, the papertrail errors ultimately fall on LPN'S Where i work the saying from RN to LPN is s**t rolls ...

3. Do LPN's get the pay they deserve?

   3skilled replied to Pedsnrs2003's topic in General Nursing

   I'm an LPN at a nursing home in eastern PA. My unit is mostly hospice and terminal folks. not all elderly, either. I started @13.45 after 6 months & passing probation got bumped up to 15.50. Our RN's are paperwork and consults. We try to work fo...