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    Inpatient for Symptom Management

    aimeee replied to silverwillow's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    If its just caregiver breakdown and there are symptoms to manage/actively dying we usually utilize continuous care. If its strictly a caregiver being temporarily unavailable we would utilize the...
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    IVs and catheters

    aimeee replied to linfull's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hospitals are often in the habit of removing catheters before discharge. I often have to remember to specifically ask to have it left in if I feel it is appropriate. As far as lines, well, I've...
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    Rx for comfort measures?

    aimeee replied to Just wondering's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Sounds like you did a great job of making the patient, family, and other staff comfortable. Good work! For terminal secretions we generally rely on Levsin (hyoscyamine) 0.125 tabs SL. It takes...
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    Hospice Care Experience

    aimeee replied to danniela's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I would suggest you contact the hospice nearest to you and ask to interview a couple nurses there. If you go to google and type in hospice and the nearest city you will get "local results for hospice...
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    Angry patient

    aimeee replied to bay bay's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    What about your bereavement counselor or spiritual counselor? Have they visited with him yet? His refusal to take medications might indicate he is angry with himself and punishing himself. Or he...
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    Possible career change to hospice

    aimeee replied to cydney7's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Some of the others who have worked on both sides may be better able to answer this but I have heard that home health nurses tend to have more visits per day and more paperwork. Hospice has a...
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    Returning to Nursing after 6 years

    aimeee replied to tjb4dcp's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You have some good experience behind you so if you show evidence of having the heart and the organizational and critical thinking skills needed I don't think you will have too much trouble finding a...
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    Hospice in LTC

    aimeee replied to suebird3's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    While we have quite a few patients in the area's long term care facilities, this continues to be an underserved population. There are many barriers, ranging from misconceptions about duplication of...
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    6 weeks and going strong

    aimeee replied to kelluvanurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Bored! Hah! No, I think you can rule out that as a
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    6 weeks and going strong

    aimeee replied to kelluvanurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Glad to hear that you are loving it. Its normal to feel overwhelmed at times. Thanks for letting us know how you are doing.
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    another way in the door?

    aimeee replied to felixfelix's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    While BSN is preferred, there are few nurses with a BSN in our area, and many of those are in management positions. We have 2 community colleges in our area with excellent nursing programs so a good...
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    Day in the life of a hospice nurse

    aimeee replied to FirstYear2005's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The post above only address the STRUCTURE of a day. I will leave it to the others to tell you what it is really LIKE...the heart and soul of
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    Day in the life of a hospice nurse

    aimeee replied to FirstYear2005's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm cutting and pasting a post from long ago. Pretty much the same except we now have computerized charting and address care plans with each visit. (It did not result in any time savings really in...
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    iso hospice/pc audio tapes

    aimeee replied to lifeizgood7's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have seen tapes sets...there is one that makes it way around the office but I'm not having much luck finding a link for one online either. Can any of the rest of you provide a
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    heartache of a hospice nurse...

    aimeee replied to flamingochic's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You went to prn for both in order to control your hours more and to be able to devote yourself to your family when needed? It is tough to balance family responsibilities with case management, that's...
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    Hospice and Palliative Nurse Cert. Exam

    aimeee replied to LadyBugLass's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Yes, I have. It was challenging because there were some questions where I didn't like any of their answers! Yes, there was a slight raise for certification. I think I had 3 years experience. Yes,...
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    Patients in Nursing Facility

    aimeee replied to webblarsk's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We have a very limited staff for continuous care so we don't initiate it in a nursing facility if the patient's symptoms are under control and the family is coping well. We are most likely to...
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    Thinking of career change to hospice - HELP!

    aimeee replied to Genista's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    :chuckle In LTC I did have residents who would call out "waitress...oh
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    Marinol/marijuana use

    aimeee replied to Mazzi's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've only had a few patients who had Marinol. None of them had found it made an appreciable difference for
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    HI! I'm new! Couple questions/Nurses

    aimeee replied to JennieIrene's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Holidays are time and a half for everyone. Differential for others depends on your role. I think you will find just about every compensation plan under the sun amongst all the different places out...
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    Nursing shortage

    aimeee replied to doodlemom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Are you offering your nurses a recruitment bonus? Your own satisfied staff are your best resources. As a long term strategy, having nursing students from the nearby colleges do a rotation day helps...
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    A changing mind

    aimeee replied to jennyga's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Jenny, there might be opportunities in your area for a hospital based hospice unit, or a large hospice house that could provide the necessary support and training for a "fresh" nurse but for home...
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    in home emergency packs

    aimeee replied to Al Stephens's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Absolutely not! Families are instructed NOT to open the comfort pak without instruction. They are told to put it in the back of the fridge and just to remember it is there for the day the hospice...
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    Special training to be involved in hospice care?

    aimeee replied to rward12's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hospices have their own training programs for staff they hire. It helps to have solid experience in geriatric care and of cancer
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    I accepted hospice position.

    aimeee replied to kelluvanurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Wow, they got your feet wet right away didn't they? Glad to hear things are going well for