Raviepoo

Raviepoo specializes in hospice.

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1. Flowers for Mother's day.

   Raviepoo replied to XNavyCorpsman's topic in Relations

   You were absolutely crossing the line. As a nurse you have a professional relationship with your patients, not a personal one. You can be compassionate and personable, but gift giving is not OK. What if one of those patients had tried for years t...

2. Hospice RN vs Case Manager

   Raviepoo replied to anashenwrath's topic in Hospice

   I suspect it depends a lot on the agency and your case load. At my agency there is very little real management of the CNAs. It's just a bit of coordination. We have awesome aides who do a great job, and if they don't, upper management takes care o...

3. Life, death, and dying.

   Raviepoo replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

   Parakeet, I'm not here to argue religion with you, just to point out that the opposite of your statement is also true. Just because someone believes something,does not mean it exists. Yes, this is related to the OP's post. As nurses we are require...

4. Reaching dementia patients with verse

   Raviepoo posted a topic in Geriatric

   I am learning something from a conversation with my sister Margaret. First of all, people with Alzheimer's retain songs, prayer and poetry longer than speech because those things are accessed via different neural pathways. (Margaret didn't teach me...

5. Life, death, and dying.

   Raviepoo replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

   The questions you're asking aren't easily answered and the answers are not the same for everyone. In my opinion, my father died 2 years before his organs failed. He suferred a TBI and never became conscious again. All of his life experiences; all ...

6. Symptoms of end-stage Parkinson's? When should hospice step in?

   Raviepoo replied to zelda2012's topic in Hospice

   To me it sounds as if she would qualify, if her MD ordered an eval and treat AND her husband agreed to hospice services. None of it makes any difference without the husband's buy in. He is in full control. An army of MDs, MSWs and RNs can try to e...

7. Help!!

   Raviepoo replied to leandrawoods84's topic in Hospice

   Yeah. That's the insane part I mentioned in my post. I have had weekends where I have had a line of people waiting for me, plus a death, plus an admission, all needing attention at the same time. Not fun. It wasn't every weekend. Some weekends n...

8. Help!!

   Raviepoo replied to leandrawoods84's topic in Hospice

   There is no such thing as better. There is only what works best for you. Weekend on call can sometimes be really insane, but then, so can Monday - Friday. At my agency there is no such thing as 9 - 5 (or 8 - 5.) There is just a patient load, and ...

9. Psy NP program in Wilkes university

   Raviepoo replied to Suna100456's topic in NP Students

   I don't know whether to trust this program. As soon as I asked for info I got a call from a "counselor" who wanted to sell me on it. That doesn't leave a good taste in my mouth at all.

10. Has anyone gone through nursing school with depression?

    Raviepoo replied to trapstudent's topic in Disabilities

    Um, based on my experiences and the experiences of my classmates i think everyone has gone through nursing school with depression. It's doable. P.S. Trying to wean yourself off of meds while in school is a REALLY bad idea. Don't ask me how I know ...

11. Best jobs for nurses with multiple sclerosis?

    Raviepoo replied to pauladunlap's topic in Disabilities

    The really fun thing about MS is that it's different for everyone. You might have the mother of all relapses after giving birth, or you might do just fine.

12. Best jobs for nurses with multiple sclerosis?

    Raviepoo replied to pauladunlap's topic in Disabilities

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13. I harmed my first patient today.

    Raviepoo replied to starwarrior's topic in Safety

    I'm not sure that you did anything wrong but that tech certainly did. She had no business messing with the catheter afterwards. Because of that, you will never know if there was any saline left in the bulb or how much was left. It is not a tech's ...

14. Nursing is a passion?

    Raviepoo replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Professionalism

    Honestly, I think if it's not a passion or a calling you should go find something else to do. There are less stressful ways to earn a living.

15. I don't thnk these patients are appropriate

    Raviepoo replied to Raviepoo's topic in Hospice

    That is my chief concern. I'm not looking to take services away from families who need them, but I do want to keep my license.