I recently started as don at a small rural private owned facility. Our numbers are: 37 patients, 5 of those are skilled. One catheter One colostomy No trachs No suctioning No feeding tubes 3 pressure...
I have been a nurse for close to 10 years, first as an LVN and then an RN. I started out in LTC but was in hospice for 7 years after that. I was recently hired to be don at a small rural facility....
NurseAlwaysNForever replied to DarkHairedStudentCCC's topic in Hospice, Palliative
I have been a hospice nurse since I was 25. I had only been a nurse a little over a year. I have been in hospice now for over two years and don't want to ever do anything else. I don't think the...
NurseAlwaysNForever replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing
The tropical instead of topical always get me. I almost laugh. I can't help but want to ask, "So, do they put coconut oil in that gel for you?" RisperIdal, PhenergRan, when people say Duragesic...
3.96. Got a 93.4 on my gerontology final and that was considered a B. 94 was an A. I really beat myself up over that one B and was very upset with myself, but guess what, the girl I went to school...
NurseAlwaysNForever replied to silentRN's topic in Arizona Nursing
I am exactly where I want to end up, however I do hope to get my RN in the future. Hospice is where I am supposed to be and I hope to never have to do anything else. I never thought I'd be doing this...
NurseAlwaysNForever replied to NurseAlwaysNForever's topic in Hospice, Palliative
We actually are doing web based charting and it HAS to be filled out to proceed to the next page. I have been checking a 1 for my patients who do not have dementia/alzheimers, but have been...