holiday2525 replied to PedsDrNurseTheo's topic in General Nursing
That kid was lucky to have a nurse like you. I hope I remember to also be as compassionate and as caring. You are a blessing to your pts.:heartbeat:yeah:
Case managers - tell me, how many patients are you managing on any given week? How many visits do you do in an average week? Does your hospice have a separate admissions nurse? :paw:
holiday2525 replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in Hospice
I am located in a midsized town in the southwest. I don't even know what a mcmillan nurse is. How long have you been doing palliative care. I've got to do something as these hours are just too much.
holiday2525 replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in Hospice
I am a case manager RN with less than 1 year experience. My hospice is also affiliated with a hospital. I moved from med-surg to hospice for family reasons. I love hospice, but either my world is really different than everyone elses or I am missing s...
I really appricruate tgis topic. I am graduating with my BSn in Dec. and was thinking about my MSN with either an APN or CSN. Now I understand things better. I am really interesting in an APN in pysch. But have never been able to speak to someone wh...
I am afraid you are misinformed that teachers get the whole summer off or that we don't do weekends. Sorry, but as I teacher I went back to school 2 weeks earlier than my students and I spent a great deal of my time during the summer preparing lesson...
I'm in an accelerated BSn program. We do 24 hours a week clincal and that started our 2nd week of our first semester. WE also do whole shifts. My coach works a hospital that does 12, so I'm there 2 twelves a week, plus school.
wow, the boys are so lucky to have you there. You are an amazing person for being able to see past their behavoirs. Becuase of you, these boys know someone cares.
holiday2525 replied to VickyRN's topic in Holistic
We don't really understand how accupuncture works. Yet in works. many studies support its use. It works on animals - who don't tend to have a placebo effect. By the way, there is a youtube video about a kung fu master who can light a light bulb with...
holiday2525 replied to wonderbee's topic in Psychiatric
guess what, sometimes even med/surg pts don't get to choice who there nurse is!! But psych pt. who are known to be manipulitive and and boundaries have other issues. And it was not about taking her meds, it was who the heck was bring them to her. Th...
holiday2525 replied to wonderbee's topic in Psychiatric
Iwould like to know how much expereince you have? When you say exam questions, I think you are a student. So am I. The problem is that what is the correct answer is not the one that is useful in real life. The folks need boundaries, being able to pic...
I can't beleive about teahers making that much. Actually I can, they have strong unions inthat state. In texas, in Austin after 4 years of teaching - with 2 masters degree I was making 39,000. My friend retired after 20 years and he never made more t...
holiday2525 replied to VickyRN's topic in Holistic
I've included it in one of my assignments. I put it in because the pt. was that type pf pt, i.e. hippi-ish, friut and granola, all natural cosmic balance type person. While I don't think it belong in a nursing dx, I think this whole thing with nursi...
holiday2525 replied to CocoaGirl's topic in Urology
I can hardly beleive that a company will allow you to work off the clock the fines can be large.What BS. Taco bell treid that and paid big! If the little guys could prevail over a huge fast food company, y9ou can too. I would look for a lawyer, see w...
I'm a former teacher now getting my BSN. Thinking about school nursing. Can foks in this field give me some insight to REALLY what the job is about. I only know it from the teacher side, sending kids for ice or suspected fever, etc.