JulieBean2U

JulieBean2U

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  1. Questions about dying patients...

    As a hospice nurse, I can tell you that there usually is a "pulling back" days or hours before death. I believe in my heart that the immenently dying patient can hear and feel right up to the point...
  2. resperidol

    Lynn- I really feel for you. My son is now 13 and just came home in Novenber after spending 3 years living in a residential PMIC program for children. He was hearing voices, telling him to hurt...
  3. Nurses ROCK when it comes to gross stories!!!! I have two short but gross ones..... Had a thirtysomething man in for wound care and IV abo therapy. He was about 6 and 1/2 feet tall, approw 350 lbs,...
  4. Thinking of career change to hospice - HELP!

    Just a little addendum to my big speech above....I took a break from Hospice work in October, and have really missed it. Been doing Agency work and am currently doing a school-nurse kind of position...
  5. Thinking of career change to hospice - HELP!

    Part of the reason I went in to home hospice nursing was the realization that I yearned to spend more time with the dying patient when working in hospitals/nursing facilities. With a heavy patient...