PastoralCareRN

PastoralCareRN ASN, BSN, MSN

Home Health/ Hospice

Home Health & Hospice Nurse | I’ll Pray With You, Fix Your Med Box, and Pet Your Dog Before I Leave

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  1. In home assessments

    PastoralCareRN replied to Missy89's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This sounds like what I want to do once I finish my program. I want to continue to work for Hospice and do face to face meetings with patients. Thanks for the

  2. Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    PastoralCareRN replied to Clubsingr28's topic in General Nursing

    Oh wow... I agree with all of the above... Talk to the DON, the Medical Director... a health care POA is only viable if the person is not capable of making her own decisions... sounds to me as if she...

  3. afraid of failing nursing!

    PastoralCareRN replied to AspiringRN27's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Go talk to a counselor, first and foremost. I handled a home, children and worked weekends while in school... It's doable. Hard, but doable. I went from CNA, to LPN, to ASN to BSN... I had 4 children...

  4. If you fail a nursing course twice...

    PastoralCareRN replied to AspiringRN27's topic in General Nursing

    Ours was if you fail two classes, out for three

  5. Standard med orders for dyspnea

    PastoralCareRN replied to hooterhorseRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    If he was alert and oriented, he could have been started with Roxanol 20mg/ml at 5mg q4PRN and titrated up. I think the dose mentioned was a bit overboard, but then again, I don't know the...

  6. Employer resonsibility?

    PastoralCareRN replied to Maremma's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Oh my goodness! I would call his Dr, explain the situation and have him sent off

  7. Got written up

    PastoralCareRN replied to julimom's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Could be a vindictive co worker, could be an honest mistake. Since you don't remember, state just that along with the patient not knowing what you were talking

  8. no luck so far

    PastoralCareRN replied to eaus's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Yea, you sound burned out. I understand how you are feeling, but honestly, how do you know where they got their tattoos and piercings? I have a beautiful tat that I received free by a friend, and I...

  9. Orientation over... Now what?

    PastoralCareRN replied to crossfitnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm... that's interesting... Is there any one else you can call first thing in the

  10. Silly nursing license question

    PastoralCareRN replied to unbalanced's topic in General Nursing

    Indiana hasn't sent licenses for a few years

  11. What goes inside a patients or residents medical chart

    PastoralCareRN replied to mcclot1993's topic in General Nursing

    TheCommuter is right. There is so much information about the patient in the chart. When I worked and had a few minutes down time, I liked to read up on the folks I was taking care of... to give me a...

  12. Georgetown University application process

    PastoralCareRN replied to AshleyDiane6's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I applied to Indiana Wesleyan... scared to death... hope I hear something soon... my BSN GPA was pretty good, but overall brought me down some (not serious enough, I guess)... Im sorry you weren't...

  13. When do you get Narc orders?

    PastoralCareRN replied to casi's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Anytime one of my patients takes a turn, I get end of life meds ordered. I would rather have them ther and not used than to not have them when they are

  14. Hospice...hostile and toxic work environment!

    PastoralCareRN replied to RENnurse4/17's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Oh wow... I worked for two years in a small hospice where I was the "target" by the clinical director. Other nurses saw it, I was written up because she said, "I wasn't where I said I was." (She said...

  15. Am I too old to go back?

    PastoralCareRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I currently have my BSN, and have feeling antsy to go back to school and do something different... I would love to become a NP and work with the elderly. (I'm not much with working with little ones)....

  16. Laws Regarding Training

    PastoralCareRN posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have been told by two other RN's that the dialysis tech (in Indiana) is not supposed to be training me (I am a RN), unless there is another dialysis nurse on the same floor. Not in the hospital, but...

  17. Laws Regarding Training

    PastoralCareRN replied to PastoralCareRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have been training with this tech pretty much since I started. I meet this person in the morning at whichever hospital our supervisor sends us to (we work acutes) and the tech tells me what I am...

  18. Phone Interview with DaVita today

    PastoralCareRN replied to brittyma's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Be yourself! Explain the situation... Good

  19. Be a renal nurse and not work a day in your life

    PastoralCareRN replied to abbyrenalRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I am still fairly new to the whole process, but I do love my patients... so I voted as being "quite

  20. Travel dialysis nursing

    PastoralCareRN replied to Erikadawn RN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I do too.... So that's what I was thinking... Keep working for Fresenius, just in a different

  21. Travel dialysis nursing

    PastoralCareRN replied to Erikadawn RN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I am also looking into traveling... I want to have a bit more experience under my belt first though. I would feel safer (for myself AND my patients). I think I've always been a traveler at heart......

  22. Not Sure What to Do...Fresenius Nurses?

    PastoralCareRN replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Im fairly new to dialysis at Fresenius, but I really like it so far! It changes daily, as to what patients you have or where you are going that day.... its a new adventure every time you walk in the...

  23. Starting Training for Acute In Patient RN this Monday

    PastoralCareRN posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    What should I know? I understand there will be classroom work for 4 weeks, and then I will be with a preceptor for 6 months...I am coming from a LTC/hospice (case management) background, so this is...

  24. Should I look for a new job in this situation?

    PastoralCareRN replied to treeye's topic in Nursing Career

    I am in agreement here. My manager took me in her office frequently with plans to improve my performance, even though I did (and had been doing) things the way I was taught, and the way the other...

  25. Renew LPN if RN?

    PastoralCareRN replied to qestout's topic in General Nursing

    If I had to keep them both as an option for job hunting purposes, I probably would. But now that I am a RN, I let my LPN go. But I can definitely see the need in certain areas.... Good luck with what...