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That's what our hospice coordinator does.

"do you guys know why Dilaudid was d/c and Morphine took place? Morphine was switched to Dilaudid again due to my pt's hypersensitivity to Morphine. But I don't see why Dilaudid was switched to Morphine." I'm thinking it's because morphine is cheaper...

i don't know what this companies job description entails, but where i work they do the admission paperwork/documentation, the initial skin assessment, and ask a few interview questions. that's about it. it can be time consuming depending on the patie...

ramz i work at the va. another nice perk is that once you're employed at the va you can work at any va in the country with one license. worth looking into! :)

I gave my notice about 2 weeks ago. I was so nervous because my boss was new to the unit herself, we just went through an inspection which she was VERY stressed about. So I didn't want to add to her already full plate. But I wasn't going to pass up a...

RN for sure... far more opportunities. And BSN if you can swing it. Good Luck!

one of my patients gave me this passage from a book to read. it touched my heart and hopefully it will touch yours. :heartbeat you need not fear the future, for i am already there. your future is in my hands; i release it to you day by day, moment by...

This is the way I do it when it's not obvious: 0.4cc/1cc * 5mg = 2mg Simplest way I've found.

Those do sound bad. Where I work we get: 26 vacation days per year, 8 hours per pay period 13 sick days (which you can accumulate), Double pay for 10 holidays We do have 401K match Salaries are very competitive We have a 10% shift differential an...

I couldn't agree more!! OP: I could have written your post myself! I have only been a nurse 1 1/2 years now and I worry about everything too. Part of it is inexperience and self doubt which will resolve with time. But a big part of it is my co-worker...

If the area of nursing your thinking of applying to prefers/requires ACLS certification it would definitely help. It may even help if they don't because it shows initiative. I just got a new job and one of the things they said during the interview wa...

Thank you for the wonderul post. My co-workers and I love our residents and it really is a pleasure taking care of them. But it means a lot to be appreciated for what we do.

Nursing, like anything else in life, is what you make of it. If you truly love nursing then stick with it... find that new job/hospital, set limits for yourself and the people around you. I have only been a nurse a short time but I have learned alot ...

I forgot to mention women tend to insult other people when they disagree with them. Thanks for reminding me. I have not read "all" the posts here so I have no idea. Not even sure what this question is asking. I'm not trying to speak on behalf of e...

Women are a pain in the gluteus maximus some times!! They take everything so personally, they don't like to be bossed, they're back stabbing, insecure, and oh don't forget moody! I have never in all my years had a man run to the boss to "tattle" on ...

i have the same problem with the unit i'm on. i work with these day nurses that think they know everything and that the night nurses are incompetent and lazy. they don't think twice about rolling their eyes or making ignorant glances at each other du...

Isabelle... I could not agree more!!! My experience thus far is that management is so far removed from that actual work of nursing they can no longer relate to the staff they manage. I'm working for a manager now that doesn't have a clue what we do...

Our profession is like any other. You're going to get bad managers, office politics, unhappy employees, etc. The great thing about nursing is you have the option of changing specialties, hospitals, departments, until you find something you like. And ...

This may seem like a stupid question but... When I was a new nurse, about a month out of nursing school, I was caring for a 87 yo Hospice patient. He had an order for a rectal suppository which I was about to administer. I took a few minutes to chat ...

Thank you for your responses. Deep down I figured it had to be something more significant than my administering the suppository; I was hoping for some reassurance. As a new nurse it really shook me up. Thanks again.

Well that was my first inclination too. But I thought that would only slow the heart... not stop it. Especially so abruptly like that. I suppose if your heart is diseased anything is possible.

I began nursing 1 ½ years ago. The unit I'm on is so terrible that it consumed my life in the early months. I would worry about things that happened at work 24/7. I would even have nightmares and wake up in the middle of the night panicked! No one wa...

If you want to find a CNL to interview try your local VA.

I would take the job at the VA, hands down. Not only does the VA have great benefits but you can use your current license to practice anywhere in the US once your a federal employee. And you would have job security, no such thing as layoffs! The VA a...

when i started looking for jobs as a new grad i really didn't think it mattered what specialty i started with because experience is experience i told myself. and i had listened to stories about how nurses jumped from specialty to specialty enjoying t...