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1. new grad having trouble w/ icu personalities

   greenbean replied to extraordinary067's topic in MICU

   Sigh. I don't use this site as much as I should, but when I looked today and caught site of your thread, I had to reply. Where I work, second to understaffing/being overtaxed with work, the hardest part are some of the nurses. Fortunately most of ...

2. advance directives for hospice pts.

   greenbean posted a topic in Hospice

   My family is currently in the process of getting my stepdad in hospice care. We had a nurse from VNA Hospice come out to the house a couple days ago and one thing she said I can't believe, and it raised red flags as to being able to believe the rest...

3. heplock needle size

   greenbean replied to greenbean's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for the quick replies. I wasn't suprised the advice was somewhat varied, and I had already planned on asking my supervisors this week what they would do (& what policy is). To clarify, we still call them heplocks, but flush with NSS. ...

4. heplock needle size

   greenbean posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been an LPN for a little over a year and just recently finished IV cert. class. This morning in report I asked the LPN I was giving report to why a certain pt. had a #18 heplock--he was only receiving Vanco Q72 hrs. and not known as a potenti...

5. lpn's in hospice?

   greenbean replied to greenbean's topic in Hospice

   Thanks to those who replied. I found it very helpful. I do intend on contacting a hospice in my area (NE Ohio), though I hope to be moving back to Tucson AZ next year, and I'm curious about Florida too. A friend taught me this prayer and I've fou...

6. lpn's in hospice?

   greenbean posted a topic in Hospice

   I am a fairly new LPN (July 2005), though an older one (I'm 45). I have wanted to work in hospice for at least a few years, and was a volunteer for a while a few years ago. I've had a lifetime of experience working with the elderly, and currently li...