nuangel1 BSN, RN

CT ,ICU,CCU,Tele,ED,Hospice

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    Work From Home

    I have been a nurse 35 years .I had to leave my Hospice IPU position.I have asthma and since I had Covid its worse .I can no longer wear a N95.So I updated my resume and went on job search.I now work 100 percent WFH doing clinical reviews and pre aut...
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    Want to work from home

    Thanks I am actively applying and interviewing currently .I have been a nurse for 35 years.
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    Wrist fracture

    I Fx my left wrist in 2 places I was casted 6 weeks I worked ED at time ,I was able to return to work week 7.
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    Want to work from home

    Thanks for your response.yes I am working with a professional now to update and rewrite my resume.I know it needs to be ATS compatible
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    Want to work from home

    I have been nurse for 35 yrs I cannot wear n95 and want to same remote/case manager .I am just starting my search
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    Weighing your nursing options: Employee versus Entrepreneur?

    Thank you so much for responding.I really appreciate it.I would like to do work from home.less traveling .And for health reason less physical position.I would like hospice trage,home case management,I do know and use ice 10 codes and know Medicare CM...
  7. Yes used to do it frequently when I worked CT surgery.Pts with sternal wound infections ,would go to surgery then come back with open chest we would do packed betadine for the wound.
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    Weighing your nursing options: Employee versus Entrepreneur?

    Very informative article.I have been a nurse in multiple specialties over last 35 years.I am at a point where I need to make some decisions about my future place in nursing .I want to retire at 63.Thats in 6 years .But I cant physically continue in m...
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    Care Manager vs Inpatient Hospice

    I just did the opposite went from fulltime casemanager mon thru fri with overnight oncall and weekend oncall position to IPU. After three years of CM caseload 12-25pts.all the endless charting I was exhausted .My IPU position is 3 12 1 sat shift ever...
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    Children's Heart institute putting kids in danger

    so sad and unneccessary
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    Help! New EMR System

    We use HCHB also on a Samsung Tablet .we use it to chart ,order supplies,do orders,etc .
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    A few questions for the group

    about the same we are currently down a admit nurse, case manager and a clinical manager and a fulltime oncall person.so we are really busy ,i am a casemanager,so we covering oncall and admit .we dont have stand down
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    RN hospice attire

    We have option of business casual with a lab coat or scrubs of set color green
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    Team Meetings & Hospice Nursing Diagnosis

    I am relatively new to Hospice since 2/18 but have over 30 years experience .I agree with the above this is what our IDT meetings are like. My hospice averages 220 - 230 PT's .
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    Hospice RN in northern VA/ Montgomery county MD.

    Well said Kadillac .After being a nurse 30 years in hospital last 15 years in ED.Hospice is stressful to me in a very different way .I worked busy Level 2"s with our shares of trauma.I have been Hospice Casemanager now for 3 months and this was a rea...
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    Hi looking for some home hospice nelp

    I saw Hospice first hand thru my husbands illness .I have friends who are recently relatively new to Hospice both were ED nurse as I was but after 15 years in Ed I needed a change so after my husband passed I became a Hospice Case Manager .I have onl...
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    Considering Hospice Nursing

    I agree with RNBear and Cardiac Freak for me its a combination of both.Also my recent personal experience with my husband's illness.My husband was a nurse for 35 years dx with stage 4 bone cancer in 2015 .He had radiation and chemo .Fought hard unfor...
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    Considering Hospice Nursing

    I have been An RN over 30 years.Most in hospitals last 15 years ED.I started as a Hospice Case Manager 2 months ago.I am in a very similar situation as you except .I don't work a scheduled set weekend .About every 6 weeks will have to do a one day Sa...
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    New Hospice nurse, all tips welcome!

    after being nurse 30 years last 15 in ED .I just started a Hospice Case Manager position recently.
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    Afraid to make a change

    After 30 years of working in a hospital setting :Step down,CT surgery ,ICU/CCU,ED,Telemetry,Dialysis,etc.I decided I needed a change.I start a full time Hospice position Monday.My husband passed away in 5/2017 of Stage 4 cancer after a 2 year battle....
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    Can't get a job

    work with an agency do contract or local travel assignments .usually 13 weeks.
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    Leaving ICU to go to Hospice - Case management

    I have been a nurse 30 yrs last 15 in Emergency Departments .I just accepted a full time position as Hospice Case Manager .My Husband was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in 2015 and passed away last may 2017.The oncology and hospice nurses were awesome...
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    Job Searches

    I updated my Linkedin profile including an updated resume,used Indeed and career builder as well.Both with my resume.I also contacted some local contract ,travel agencies .I also let my friends know I was job hunting.I just accepted a full time posit...
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    How do you handle rude comments?

    I am so sorry for what you and your family are going thru .It is very stressful .some people just don't think before speaking others are just clueless, My brother in law died of lung cancer leaving my sister and 6 kids at thanksgiving.My mom died fro...
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    Dying Patient Requires CPR- Nurses Laugh Instead.

    Absolutely horrible.So sad.