KJB_65

KJB_65

Dialysis, Home Care, Hospice

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  1. Hospice or Hospital When Your Time Comes?

    KJB_65 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    That depends on what you want. I'm a Hospice nurse and it's true that some patients and their families could not and would not handle dying at home. For the rest though when given a choice want to die...

  2. Burnout?

    KJB_65 replied to registerednut1221's topic in General Nursing

    My family and friends have a running joke about how long I stay at a job. My record in the same spot is 2 1/2 years. My answer to them is always the same. "you try doing this

  3. I'm scared!

    KJB_65 replied to lj118004a's topic in General Nursing

    I was an LPN for 4 years. Have been an RN for 8. I remember feeling what you are feeling. It was not as bad as I thought. Honestly I was in the same job, doing almost exactly the same thing just...

  4. Need your input before we all quit.......

    KJB_65 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I work for a non profit Hospice who is killing their case managers. I manage 20 patients with no other nurse to help me. I also do my own admissions. I have been told I must have 23 patients then I...

  5. not knowing what you have until it is gone....

    KJB_65 replied to pedinurse05's topic in General Nursing

    I have also done it. You just never know if you are truly going to like something. You have to be in the best place for

  6. Need your input before we all quit.......

    KJB_65 replied to KJB_65's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks for all of your replies. I have compiled the average number of patients that you all said you manage and have given it to my administrator & supervisor who by the way just put in her...

  7. Least stressful areas of nursing that don't require experience?

    KJB_65 replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for 12 years. No job is less stressful. There are just different stressors depending on the position. Even Home care........which I naively thought would be lower stress.......was...

  8. Dialysis Nursing??

    KJB_65 replied to pieinsky's topic in General Nursing

    I was a dialysis nurse for 5 years. The pace can be absolutely frantic. It is physically demanding. You are on your feet all day sometimes 13-14 hours with short to no breaks some days. I've worked...

  9. Want To Go For Lpn

    KJB_65 replied to 3babies's topic in General Nursing

    Not in Florida. Just a High School Diploma or

  10. Don't ever forget that you were once a new nurse!!

    KJB_65 replied to missdeevah's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It always makes me sad to hear a new nurse being treated that way. I realize not all nurses like to be preceptors but we WERE all new at some point and too many of us forget it. I will never forget...

  11. I LOVE my job

    KJB_65 replied to snortzmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm very happy to hear new nurses loving what they do. It is such a challenge to go from student to nurse. I did not think nursing school prepared me for the "real thing". I hear so many new nurses...

  12. wanting to quit

    KJB_65 replied to Lucky21's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I want to tell both of you that you are going to be stressed no matter where you work. Nursing itself is just a stressful profession. The good news is that we nurses do have options and we dont have...

  13. I feel useless

    KJB_65 replied to Skwidward's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are not useless. It's only your 7th day. You truly can't expect yourself to be able to manage 6 patients yet. I had been a nurse for 5 years before I ever worked in a hospital. I had a month long...

  14. Dr's office nurses

    KJB_65 replied to huami4264's topic in General Nursing

    Northeast FL. I was offered a job as a Nursing Supervisor in a very large practice for $16/hr. Dr's are so cheap. You aren't going to make decent money in an office. I turned that job

  15. worrried about drawing blood

    KJB_65 replied to christina714's topic in General Nursing

    I was petrified the first time I did it. Now I am also the person others go to when they can't get it. Practice is the only thing that makes it easier. We didn't really learn it too much in school....

  16. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

    KJB_65 replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Geez. That's a little harsh. How does she feel about "yall" Yall is as much a part of my language as the word "the" so if I was her waitress and I walked up and said "Do yall need anything" and she...

  17. How much lifting do you do?

    KJB_65 replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a hospice nurse and unless I'm turning someone on their side to assess them, I can't say I do much lifting. Even then, I'm using the draw

  18. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

    KJB_65 replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a problem with it. I too am from the south and most of us don't mean it to be demeaning when we use the term. I try to refrain but it slips every now and then. I don't take it personally...

  19. What nurse role/skill did you once fear, but now enjoy?

    KJB_65 replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Teaching was never a role I enjoyed, but it is so important as a nurse. Now, I truly love it and feel like I have accomplished something when a patient or family member "gets

  20. How long do you stay over shift to finish work?

    KJB_65 replied to mrscurtwkids4's topic in General Nursing

    When I was working in the hospital(also telemetry 7a-7p) there were many, many nights that I did not get out until 9. I could count on one hand the times that I actually got out on

  21. Any Florida Nurses???

    KJB_65 replied to Lee2584's topic in Florida Nursing

    It is true that we have no state income

  22. Did you once feel uncomfortable with blood, needles,vomit etc?

    KJB_65 replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    sputum is my thing. I'd rather chop off my right hand than deal with a trach and God help me if Pseudomonas is involved. I literally suctioned a pt, went to the bathroom and vomited then went back in...

  23. Decadron uses?

    KJB_65 replied to henrysmom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have not seen It used just for appetite stimulation at either of the 2 Hospice agencies I have worked for. I know that I have a ot now dx is lung ca mets to the brain. She is now up to Decadron 4mg...

  24. Im doubgting myself..can I really become a Nurse?

    KJB_65 replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I've been a nurse for 12 years and still say a prayer when I start an IV. There are things that I do not like to do. Trach care makes me gag but it didn't stop me from being a nurse. If this...

  25. What in the world?

    KJB_65 replied to Nurseang74's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely follow up. Even if you don't want to work there again which I can't see why you would, maybe it will keep it from happening to someone else. Good luck and I'm sorry you were treated so...