HospicePalliativeRN RN

The past few days, I took care of a 60 y/o man with tongue CA and a long history of spinal cord injury from a military service-related accident. He came to our inpatient unit on an IV (picc line) continuous Dilaudid infusion, which was running at 8 ...

david, i am still in grad school - will be done in 1 1/2 years. so, unfortunately, i don't have any lived-experience advice for you. which certification exam are you planning to take - ancc adult health exam? achpn exam? both? to my disappointment, ...

It looks like Fitzgerald and Hollier are only geared toward NPs. I suspect they would not be particularly helpful for CNS certification preparation.

trauma: I looked on ANCC's website and found no trace of review tapes for any exam. I will be taking the Adult health CNS exam in about 2 years, and I only found a review course (either live or online) that pertains to that test. Do you have any i...

I will also be attending the ELNEC training in Chicago. Like you, I am excited about going to this event! To my awareness, there are no preparations that need to be made prior to the conference. Just arrive with an open mind and a good writing ins...

Good question. I work on an acute inpatient hospice unit (non-hospital) that I helped open last year. Because it is an acute unit, our team decided that patients would be seen daily by an MD or NP and that all new patients would be seen within 24 h...

I'm not sure why she would object to this treatment when someone is actively dying. We use atropine gtts quite a bit on our unit for acute episodes of secretions without any problems. For long-acting effect, we will apply a scopolamine patch at the...

We use Baxter SubQ infusion sets. They are essentially a 27 ga needle that enters the skin at a 90 degree angle. The needle is imbedded within a clear plastic disc that adheres to the skin. Baxter has two different SubQ infusion sets - the only di...

I agree with you. I work full-time, have family responsibilities at home, and am chipping away at my master's degree one course at a time. You're right about the spare time - "What spare time?" I usually say. I am currently in my fourth semester ...

Last year about this time I was enrolled in a nurse educator track at my school (Saint John Fisher College in Rochester, NY), as I thought that I really wanted to be involved in teaching full-time. Since then, I have helped to open an inpatient pall...

From my awareness, shift requirements vary from unit to unit. It is possible that OB would require N/D/E rotations if they are 8 hr shifts, but you may be able to find straight shift work on a unit. Some of the OB wards may only do 12-hr shifts, bu...

Good luck to you!!!

I would say the commute time from downtown Canandaigua to SMH is about 40 minutes. Regarding the "1 year of experience required" written in job postings, I think it is still worth taking the time to call HR and explain your situation. From my exper...

Hi Jennifer. Sorry - I didn't see your initial post. I've been in Rochester for the past 6 years. Strong and Rochester General are the two Magnet hospitals in the area. Highland Hospital is a smaller community hospital that is owned by Strong Hea...

Metronidazole (Flagyl) can also be used to control wound odor. This is done by finely crushing the pill form (or by obtaining a canister of Flagyl that is already in powder form) and applying it directly to the wound bed. Metronidazole is also avai...

I would say the hospital RN base salaries in Rochester range from $22-23/hr for that many years of experience. However, you can quickly add to your salary with shift differentials and climbing the clinical ladder. Some hospitals also pay an additio...

ADN: Fayetteville Tech. C.C. (North Carolina) - 1999 RN-BSN: Keuka College - 2005 MSN: St. John Fisher College - Estimated 2009

Hello there. I did not attend the program at MCC, but I did do a 140-hour preceptorship with one of the MCC instructors as partial fulfillment of my RN-BSN from Keuka College. From what I could tell, it looks like a good program. I have also worke...

I have had a Littmann master cardiology for the past 8 years and it is awesome! In the world of stethoscopes, you really do get what you pay for...therefore, you need to be willing to part with some $$ to get high quality acoustics and longevity. I...

Hello everyone. I am enrolled in an advanced pharmacology class this summer and the professor has instructed that we choose one of three textbooks to used throughout the course. These three books are: Lazo, J.S., Parker, K., & Brunton, L.L. (20...

Hello everyone. I am enrolled in an advanced pharmacology class this summer and the professor has instructed that we choose one of three textbooks to used throughout the course. These three books are: Lazo, J.S., Parker, K., & Brunton, L.L. (2...

When you say handouts, do you mean PowerPoint lecture handouts or did the handouts come from another type of study material or specific texts? I'm always open to other resources that will help me get a better pharm knowledge base. Also, when you say...

Just a few questions for you... Is this survey an actual instrument that you are using in your research study? If so, has your IRB approved its use as an Internet survey for your study? You do not mention anything about informed consent either - Does...

The professor did state in an earlier course that the G&G textbook was the one she likes the most. As you stated, I am somewhat skeptical about having the freedom to choose a textbook. However, she said that we should pick one of the three that...

In my area, there is currently one inpatient hospice unit with 12 beds. Because the census fluctuates often, it only employs a small core of FT & PT staff members and relies on a larger pool of per diem nurses to help fill the holes. The unit i...