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I was just hired as Rn case manager with a locally owned company. I'm so excited, I tried for 8 months to get it! I was an LPN for 8 years and now an RN for 1. I want to soak all the knowledge up I can and get up to par and productive as quickly as reasonably possible. My background is LTC and 3 years in home health. It's a great company, locally owned and very well respected! While I have read many recommended books listed here about nursing experiences, history and philosophy of hospice, etc. I am nervous about assessing for symptoms r/t specific terminal diseases. Not having hospital experience plays into that I'm sure. I wish I could find a book about nursing for end-stage disease processes with palliative care and assessment specifics. I know I will learn mostly from experience but am concerned for my first patients. I want to be able to anticipate complications for them. Any wisdom or advice would be greatly appreciated!
As a new oncall ARNP, this resource was recommended _ Symptom Management Algorithms: A Handbook for Palliative Care / Edition 3. It is out of print and priced out of most new grad's reach. Does anyone have one that they could sell at a reasonable cost? What other resources would you recommend?? There are over 750 patients and although I will have MD backup it will be busy with night and weekend calls when the MD's are not in.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. What I have been exposed to so far has been a great group of people with a heart for their patients not see before in over 10 years of nursing.
4hymn
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I am new to hospice as well and as a new ARNP will be taking call. Everyone recommended a resource :Symptom Management Algorithms: A Handbook for Palliative Care / Edition 3 but it is super expensive. Does anyone have a used one at a reasonable cost?