4boysmama

4boysmama has 4 years experience and specializes in Hospice + Palliative.

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1. Fall with injury in ltc

   4boysmama replied to Nrsvn11's topic in General Nursing

   I very much doubt that you will lose our license over this, but you might lose that job. While it is appropriate to delegate personal care to the aides when available, it is also well within our scope...

2. Multiple prn pain meds requested all at the same time

   4boysmama replied to lots2care4's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   I would need more info on this before offering an opinion. There are folks tat I would have no problems doing the meds you listed all together, and there are ones I wouldn't - it all depends on their...

3. RNs: How much vacation time do you get?

   4boysmama replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

   Im a community-based palliative/hospice full time RN. we get 5 weeks PTO, which includes vacation and sick days. Holidays do not come out of this bank - if we work the holiday we get 8 hours holiday...

4. How important is pay vs work environment for y'all?

   4boysmama replied to AtlasRN's topic in General Nursing

   in my current situation, work enironment wins hand down over more money. If my financial circumstances were to change, then I would consider rappy environment for (much) more money, but it would still...

5. OCN 2017, insight

   4boysmama replied to LovelyRN90s's topic in Oncology

   congratulations!! where did you take the chemo/bio 2 day

6. Full Code required for surgery?

   4boysmama replied to KDPatty's topic in General Nursing

   how is that even legal? DOes your state have a DNR

7. New Grad Qualification Question

   4boysmama replied to Dirzicus's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   it means that you can start applying when you're 90 days out from graduation, and then must take and pass nclex within 90 days from graduation. eligible for licensure means that you have satisfied...

8. Should I quit my patient?

   4boysmama replied to Jandomz91's topic in Home Health

   have you exhausted all options to get assistive devices for repositioning/transferring? I would start there before

9. Is this a normal patient load for one nurse?

   4boysmama replied to Rivalicious's topic in General Nursing

   as someone who worked sub-acute/rehab, my very first question is WHY in the world are you doing dressings and treatments on nights? That stuff should all be done 7-3 or 3-11. It's absurd to be...

10. Insurancedo

    4boysmama replied to Jdawg55's topic in General Nursing

    yes, programs will require proof of health insurance (as well as current

11. Using hospice protocol

    4boysmama replied to sparkyswife's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    our hospice medical directors are my go-to for the c2 scripts. they are always available by cell phone and willing to fax scripts to our hospice pharmacy (enclara) with a very quick (usually less than...

12. Why is Neudexta not covered?

    4boysmama replied to doggal's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    yep, it's not covered by most hospices because it's ridiculously expensive. I had one patient who we just did dextromthorphan 10mg/5ml (give 20mg/10ml) with the quinidine 10mg/1ml liquid (give...

13. Care plan help

    4boysmama replied to kylieandrew's topic in General Students

    agree with the others that cardio is not our most imminent assessment with persistent headache and BP that high. what could be the culprit

14. Call 24/7/365, no back up - is this reasonable?

    4boysmama replied to Lucky724's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    nope nope, nope, NOPE. they're paying her 70k a year to OWN HER. 24/7/365 is not a sustainable employment

15. on call requirement

    4boysmama replied to leisamartinez's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    i responded to your other post and now seeing this. honey, as gently as I can say this...you need to cut and run from that agency. they do not care about their nurses, nor the patients. it is not...