nursecheryl

nursecheryl specializes in inpatient hospice house.

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1. CHPN Exam

   nursecheryl replied to ajitamamasita's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Thanks Lykeen

2. CHPN Exam

   nursecheryl replied to ajitamamasita's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   I'm not opening a book for the rest of the weekend :) Yes, I will check on you every once in a while. Thanks for your

3. CHPN Exam

   nursecheryl replied to ajitamamasita's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Looksup2sky, I just wanted to let you know that I passed the certification

4. CHPN Exam

   nursecheryl replied to ajitamamasita's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Thanks Lookup2sky, I appreciate your prayer and good wishes. I need all the prayers and good wishes i can get :) I'll let you know how i

5. CHPN Exam

   nursecheryl replied to ajitamamasita's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Wow, I'm so glad you took the test and passed. I did not sign up for the test. The company I work for signed me up and payed. I have to pass the test to work for the company I currently work. I...

6. CHPN Exam

   nursecheryl replied to ajitamamasita's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Thanks for your prayers. Let me know when you are taking your test and i will do the same for you. That is a good idea to drive to the site ahead of time to make sure i know where it is. I'm taking...

7. CHPN Exam

   nursecheryl replied to ajitamamasita's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Hi Lookupsky- Thanks for your response. I have the study guide for the generalist hospice and palliative nurse which is 255 practice questions with some case studies and a friend at work gave me...

8. Is there a proper way to chart what a patient/resident says?

   nursecheryl replied to black_widow192's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with other posters that there may have been a better way to chart what the patient said without using another staff members name. I have come across the same situation as well and wouldn't...

9. Is Nursing as Stressful as Nursing School?

   nursecheryl replied to imjustme123's topic in General Nursing

   I'd say the amount of stress is about the same. The reason for the stress is a little different. In nursing school the stress was related to the grades and making it through clinical, now the stress...

10. CHPN Exam

    nursecheryl replied to ajitamamasita's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Just wanted to say that I'm scheduled to take the exam the last Friday in September. I've been studying but should have been studying longer I think. I'm a little scared. I was going to ask the...

11. Jay Leno slams nurses!

    nursecheryl replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." Thanks for sharing

12. Wound classification

    nursecheryl replied to snowfreeze's topic in General Nursing

    In the facility we work in we classify them as decubitus, arterial, venous or surgical. We also give the stage of the wound. location, dimensions by cm, drainage amount and color. smell. If we don't...

13. Modern Healthcare: Laboring for union nurses

    nursecheryl replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm a union nurse, when we (the nurses) are voting to strike or not to strike at the union meetings,getting a pay raise is the least of our worries. We are usually concerned about safety, work load...

14. about to strike, question

    nursecheryl replied to nursecheryl's topic in Agency Nurses

    Thanks for all the information and advice. I will also check out their need for home health care

15. about to strike, question

    nursecheryl posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    The home care agency I work for is about to go on strike. I have put in an application for agency nursing. I was hoping to get a job in the hospital to keep my skills in hopital nursing up to date....