marachne

marachne

Hospice, Palliative Care, Gero, dementia

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  1. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    marachne replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    talaxandra, I do have to say that y'all in Oz have taken slang to amazing heights. I realize some of it is based on the old cockney rhyming slang, but the imagination involved. Thank the goddess...

  2. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    marachne replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    sugar diabetes is/was common usage particularly among southern African Americans. Walking pneumonia was also a common term. Laughing is ok if it is not in front of patients. As others have noted, by...

  3. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    marachne replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    While I didn't think it was a spoof, I think the point is that the way you posted was fairly challenging to read. I know we live in a modern (post-modern?) texting culture, but unless your name is...

  4. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    marachne replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe things have changed then in the last 20 years, or maybe it's a regionalism, but it has been known as slang for

  5. Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

    marachne replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    In the one place where it is legal to write a prescription for physician aided death (new term in the field for PAS), a person has to have decision-making capacity and have a life expectancy of six...

  6. Anybody Turn Down an Assistantship?

    marachne replied to BBFRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Can you say a little more about the GRA? Will you be doing something that will also help you develop as a researcher? I know this isn't answering your struggle about needing to keep the insurance and...

  7. Online MSN?

    marachne replied to CRNAsoon's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I would really echo the worth of education courses. Before my school (OHSU) got a MSN in Education several of the PhD students agitated for some education courses as we knew we'd wind up teaching and...

  8. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    marachne replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    visions of a "grammar

  9. LTC Question

    marachne replied to RNWithAHeart's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    chele9633 has a point about issues of turf wars. And, I hate to say it, but there are some hospice nurses who do come on like they are the font of all wisdom and ignore the "local knowledge"...

  10. LTC Question

    marachne replied to RNWithAHeart's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I would also say that, in addition to getting to know the/a nurse, find out if there are particular aides who work with your pts. They are the ones who are a lot more likely to notice small changes,...

  11. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    marachne replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    The perfect example of this is the George Bernard Shaw quote: "England and the United States, two countries divided by a common language." Examples of things that get confusing: You don't want to...

  12. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    marachne replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Which strikes me as wishful thinking -- kind of like trying to "straighten" and "tame" a river -- it keeps wanting to go back to its own banks and meandering ways. Ah, I just noticed he said...

  13. Aboriginal communities

    marachne replied to thevicarofblue's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    And of course it is not simple, just like "cultural competency/awareness/sensitivity/humility" (I particularly like the last one) is not a recipe or formula, but simply a guideline by which to make...

  14. Aboriginal communities

    marachne replied to thevicarofblue's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The issue I see in terms of creating a "first people's" hospice is how there are many tribes where the culture does not encourage any kind of death talk. How do you bring in a hospice philosophy when...

  15. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    marachne replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    The problem with "governing bodies" is that they have no real control over what happens on the street. Example in point: the French attempt to keep non-French words out of their language. It may work...

  16. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    marachne replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    An expression I just recently heard: "the vernacular always wins." (someone at an IRB meeting was complaining about a sentence ending in a preposition, others pointed out that it has become common...

  17. Newbie here, just taking prereqs

    marachne replied to NewPathforKJ's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I'm curious (sorry ), you say that OHSU didn't have any place on their form for volunteer work, did you have to do an essay? I should clarify, it doesn't have to be volunteer work, but I think...

  18. Generic MSN degree

    marachne replied to guest27716's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Couple things, there are more programs that are direct BS to PhD these days, so if you're really interested in a PhD, you may look to see if there's a school that meets your interests that has that...

  19. Newbie here, just taking prereqs

    marachne replied to NewPathforKJ's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I did all of my prereqs at PCC and was accepted at OHSU, UoP, and Linfield (this was in 2001, but even then, OHSU had about 500 applicants for 90 spots). (This was a second bachelor's for me too) To...

  20. Atlanta VA Medical Center

    marachne replied to ThisOneGotLucky's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I worked for the VA for several years and I loved it. I love the population, and that the ethic, at least at my VA was that it was an honor and privilege to care for those who served -- patients were...

  21. Hospice LOS -- AL in particular

    marachne posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi all, I've got some questions for you related to your patients in Assisted Living. The reason I'm asking is that I'm getting pretty close to starting recruiting for my dissertation study, and I'm...

  22. Congestive Heart Failure

    marachne replied to Monica Zilko's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Mez, While I don't know all the details of the situation (where she lives in Oz, other symptoms she might have), my impression is that hospice care in Australia is very good. With hospice care, as...

  23. Pain management in LTC

    marachne replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If I can make a recomendation, there is a wonderful new series called "How To Try This" which grew out of the "Try This" series. Among the nice things about the HTTT series is that they were developed...

  24. Geriatric Nursing Course

    marachne replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I realize this won't necessarily help you in the immediate future, but something for ya'll to be aware of is the GNEC training offered by AACN and the Hartford Geriatric Nursing Initiative (HGNI)....

  25. REAL Pain or ADDICTION?

    marachne replied to captain morgan's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Some of my response regarding looking at things beyond pain meds (in chronic pain, NOT for people on hospice) is coming out of my work background -- which is the VA. In the VA, anyone who is going to...