goldberryRN

goldberryRN has 7 years experience and specializes in medicine, hospice.

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1. Frustrated with Case management

   goldberryRN replied to GundeRN's topic in Hospice

   I've taken a sabbatical of sorts from hospice, but when I was working we had a CM or two who really knew how to " work it" and dawdle with certain tasks to get themselves up in hours. No one was allowed to go overtime so they would have to be given...

2. Revoking and Hospitalization

   goldberryRN replied to Kabin's topic in Hospice

   Our hospice would tell pt's/families that they could revoke in order to seek aggressive treatment for the hospice diagnosis, and as far as I know they always complied.

3. Let's talk $$ for hospice. (Idea lifted from Agency nursing)

   goldberryRN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Hospice

   Recently left but it was: RN Missouri 20/hr 2.50/hr on call Regular pay if I had to go out Mileage at IRS rate

4. I'm out

   goldberryRN posted a topic in Hospice

   After 2.5 years in hospice, I'm out, at least for now. I love hospice work, the patients, the families. But the management was so bad I couldn't do it anymore. There was a mass exodus of the core of the team a while back, due to the new manag...

5. Other Hospice RN's in-put regarding on-call

   goldberryRN replied to hospiceCM's topic in Hospice

   That's it right there in a nutshell. Nice and concise, I love this.

6. Hospice On Call Compensation Structure 2012

   goldberryRN replied to Soontobehope's topic in Hospice

   Where I work the pay is 2.50 per hour to be on call. Regular pay and mileage if you have to go out. Small rural-ish hospice, the CMs take turns taking call. No admissions nurse, no triage nurse, no back-up. It's not working particularly well. ...

7. this is do-able, right?

   goldberryRN replied to goldberryRN's topic in Hospice

   See, here's the thing, I thought they'd be nice because they (the administration) really wanted this to work.....we didn't have anyone doing "just call" before I tried this. All the CMs had to share it, and that was causing much overtime, so this...

8. this is do-able, right?

   goldberryRN replied to goldberryRN's topic in Hospice

   Update: I plan on throwing in the towel on my life of being the weeknight on-call nurse. Started out doing five nights a week. Too much. Cut it to four. Still too much. 62 hours of call a week. Many times having an admission or a late routine...

9. New hospice nurse first night on call

   goldberryRN replied to jlynn2303's topic in Hospice

   Hi! I'm pretty new to hospice also. I've been doing weeknight call four nights a week for several weeks now. We have a voice mail system and all the CMs report off at the end of each day so I, or whoever is on call, has some idea of what 's goin...

10. this is do-able, right?

    goldberryRN replied to goldberryRN's topic in Hospice

    We don't have a triage nurse, and I agree, so often families just want to hear some reassurance. The calls aren't that many, usually, what's making me tired is that I'm doing the late admissions too, which is ok, it's just been a busier-than-n...

11. this is do-able, right?

    goldberryRN replied to goldberryRN's topic in Hospice

    They'll back me up, but there is no set plan that I know of. Halfway through the first week of it and it's been ok, but I'm tired. Thanks for your advice! :)

12. this is do-able, right?

    goldberryRN posted a topic in Hospice

    HI! I am new to hospice, have almost five months under my belt (and love it) I've been an RN for 24 years, had worked mostly in acute care medicine before taking many years off raising children. I took a refresher before re-entering the workfor...

13. Uniform color by discipline

    goldberryRN replied to annetter's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind color coding, it beats having to wear all white all the time like when I first got out of nursing school. When I did refresher course clinicals earlier this year, the floor I worked on had no uniform policy, it was a free for all and...

14. What do RN refresher/re-entry courses cover?

    goldberryRN replied to MightyMilly's topic in General Nursing

    I took a 10 week refresher earlier this year. I'm in the Midwest and they are hard programs to find around here. I gather though, that the content and the structure vary widely from one program to the next. Ours was weighted heavier on clinical e...

15. What is my PROBLEM???

    goldberryRN replied to SAHMnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was a SAHM for 17 years, recently took a 10 week refresher and now work hospice. I'm at a point now where I don't know if it was the right thing to stay out so long. There are days I've (mentally) really kicked myself for not keeping a hand in ...