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    Hospice volunteer interested in nursing (longish post)

    aimeee replied to Procrastinatrix's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Rather than changing fields, what about putting your background more directly to use and pursuing a paid position doing music therapy for a hospice? Seems like it would be a natural for
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    Music with the dying patient?

    aimeee replied to zacsmimi's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I love
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    Anyone have any suggestions?

    aimeee replied to RNandlovingit's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Good advice above. Another alternative to offer is a low dose duragesic patch to take the edge off. For some reason, there are people who will accept the patch when they won't take the
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    Any folks here work hospice in Florida?

    aimeee replied to introspectiveRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    If any of you have negative information concerning a particular hospice for the OP, please reply in a PM rather than posting it publicly. Thank
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    They finally did it. I got laid off.

    aimeee replied to AnabelRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm sorry to hear that. I hope a new opportunity comes your way
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    Profit vs Not for Profit

    aimeee replied to webblarsk's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It can take a long time for a reputation to catch up with a company. Meanwhile, many patients/families suffer at a time when they are most
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    To be a Hospice Nurse?

    aimeee replied to RntobeKelly's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Good Luck, Kelly. It sounds like you are on the right
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    bladder cancer and spasms

    aimeee replied to curiousauntie's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Curiousauntie, thank you for the update. I can only imagine how difficult it was for you to be her advocate and to apply all your lessons from the other side. What a blessing it was for her to have...
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    Got the Job!

    aimeee replied to Ms Kylee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Congratulations!
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    Medicare Probe

    aimeee replied to PeacePisceRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Unfortunately we have made some mistakes in the past. It takes a long time to build a great field team and management team. We went through a bad spell where we were doing a lot of reacting instead...
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    Medicare Probe

    aimeee replied to PeacePisceRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Actually, Micheal, we are hiring. I think our only openings right now though are for oncall
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    Medicare Probe

    aimeee replied to PeacePisceRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Here I am....one of those administrative types. :) I've been out of town attending the NHPCO conference in New Orleans. Its amazing to me to hear all the press about the cap. The only way I can...
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    Is this part of Palliative Care????

    aimeee replied to JellyBean1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    There is a lot of difference of opinion about how aggressive to be with bowel movements for people who are in the last days/weeks of life. It is true that there isn't a lot of waste for people who...
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    standing orders

    aimeee replied to hospiceheart's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    When we add the medication from the standing order to the med list it automatically generates an order which is then sent for
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    Decadron uses?

    aimeee replied to henrysmom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    That's great to hear. Thanks for letting us
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    Need your input before we all quit.......

    aimeee replied to KJB_65's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We staff for caseloads of 10-12. We have gotten as high as 18 at times when census boomed and we couldn't get people hired and trained fast enough. If we have an RN/LPN team it might go as high as...
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    CHPN test results??

    aimeee replied to nrcnurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Congratulations!! It can be over for 8 years if you do enough CE credits
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    Advice please!

    aimeee replied to Scarlette's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Your new employer should be thoroughly orienting you to the unique aspects of hospice. This is a good question for you to ask in the
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    Home health to hospice?

    aimeee replied to peace_solace's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I would guess that the charting requirements would be less.....as far as whether its fair compensation, its hard to tell. It all depends on how busy you are during that time period. I would ask what...
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    Attending Physician Wouldn't Sign Death Certificate

    aimeee replied to Sue Damonas's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Sounds like the attending needs a doctor to doctor call from your medical director to clarify what their respective roles
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    Respite care question

    aimeee replied to Rnmomajmj's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    They are correct. The Medicare Conditions of Participation stipulate that there must be an RN available to provide care 24/7 for BOTH respite and GIP. Seems silly when obviously patients don't have...
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    Discipline Frequencies

    aimeee replied to shrinky's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We use ranges too but we try to keep them meaningful....such as "1-3 and prn" or "3-5 and prn" for HHA. The "and prn" covers your oncall/emergency visits. The only team member you are allowed to...
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    Criteria for Hospice and palliative care provided

    aimeee replied to kstec's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    There is a lot of variation in what hospices provide. Chemo can be palliative but it is cost prohibitive for many hospices. It also frequently REDUCES quality of life rather than adding to comfort....
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    Suter Group

    aimeee replied to mc3's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Oh yes, the Studer Group is HUGE in Healthcare consulting and the founder, Quint Studer is the author of Hardwiring for Excellence, a bestseller. They have had some amazing successes. But like...
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    Best environment to die in....hospice opinion needed.

    aimeee replied to coolpeach's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The "best" environment to die in is the one of your choosing. I think a "good" death is easier to achieve at home, but it can happen anything because "good" has a lot more to do with state of mind...