marachne

marachne

Hospice, Palliative Care, Gero, dementia

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  1. how do you sign your name?

    marachne replied to flightnurse2b's topic in Post Graduate Students

    It's my understanding too that one lists ones degrees (which can't be revoked) before licenses/certificates which can. It also seems that with most people, once they have an advanced degree they...

  2. Pediatric pt need advice

    marachne replied to Princzal's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You're right, there's not a lot out there. Can you tell us more about the situation? What is the terminal dx? What are you concerns. OK, apologies in advance, I don't have a lot of time today, but I...

  3. nursing home difficulties

    marachne replied to hospicemom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Sorry to self reply but woo hoo! Looks like it works. (another reason to be happy that I upgraded my

  4. nursing home difficulties

    marachne replied to hospicemom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The whole payment thing is a major issue, for sure. The latest issue of The Gerontologist has an article co-authored by Susan Millar who has done a lot of work on hospice in nursing homes. In it she...

  5. nursing home difficulties

    marachne replied to hospicemom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Have there been any discussion on the DON level? Opportunities for in-services for the NH about what hospice is, how it works? Just a couple of thoughts off the top of my head. Must be so

  6. To those of you with PhD's or working on them.

    marachne replied to medicrnohio's topic in Post Graduate Students

    And if they hadn't killed the CNS program at my school, that was my plan -- a CNS in geropsych then on to the PhD. My advisor has a CNS and it clearly was a good approach. The only concern about CNS...

  7. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    marachne replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Finn thanks for your story. This, for me summed up so much so beautifully: "so many details fall into place when we acknowledge the greater purpose of Hospice work is being truely present to...

  8. To those of you with PhD's or working on them.

    marachne replied to medicrnohio's topic in Post Graduate Students

    If you know you want to be an educator and you do not want an advanced clinical degree, I'd say get out of the NP program -- generally, those programs have a lot more hours (plus clinical hours!) than...

  9. Here Comes Ike!

    marachne replied to HouTx's topic in General Nursing

    I know that the news media is being kept out of a lot of the worst hit areas, and I know that their footage is often how people who have evacuated are able to find out about their homes. I just found...

  10. To those of you with PhD's or working on them.

    marachne replied to medicrnohio's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Just to follow up on BBFRN's comments, and responding to llg. As BBFRN stated, most BS to PhD programs have bridge programs. Mine was an intense year that introduced us to many of the principles of...

  11. Here Comes Ike!

    marachne replied to HouTx's topic in General Nursing

    It is amazing how weather goes. My BIL lives in Iowa, LA (that's pronounced Eye-O-Way), about 10 miles east of Lake Charles. Lake Charles got flooded. Ten miles south of him along the coast is...

  12. To those of you with PhD's or working on them.

    marachne replied to medicrnohio's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Keep in mind that now a days there are BS to PhD programs -- like the one I'm in and BBFRN are in now :) Before my program went to the BS to PhD program I had planned on getting a CNS. I'd say if you...

  13. How is school going so far?

    marachne replied to VTBabyNurse's topic in Post Graduate Students

    If you're interested in Benner, also check out Tanner -- she wrote with Benner but she has also developed a very interesting model based on the idea of nursing judgment (as opposed to the usual...

  14. Does a belief in a "Life after Life" help you in Hospice?

    marachne replied to seasonedlpn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Having been an any number of deaths where I can feel/sense the essence of a person leaving their body, and sometimes not leaving the physical space for a while, and being aware of when that energy is...

  15. Hospice certification exam

    marachne replied to hcan's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    congratulations!

  16. Squamous cell CA of Face (graphic content)

    marachne replied to seasonedlpn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've used metronidazole with good results in situations like this. We just crushed and crumbled in the wound, and I've seen information about formulating in a gel...you may be able to dissolve and...

  17. How did you get started in Hospice nursing?

    marachne replied to GaMBA's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am surprised, shrinky, that you met with resistance. I've seen a lot of transition from birth to death -- midwives, L&D -- to me it makes sense b/c both are dealing with the greatest life...

  18. nursing school 4 me...?

    marachne replied to ppmc's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I don't know that I would say the accelerated program at OHSU is any easier than other programs to get into, but yes, w/a prior degree you can go that route. I know that U of P also has an accelerated...

  19. Hospice certification exam

    marachne replied to hcan's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Well thank goodness for being able to access archived emails from home now -- I found the company that supplies the test's website: http://store.lxr.com/dept.aspx?id=62 If that doesn't work, go to...

  20. Organizing research articles

    marachne replied to dianacs's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Well that makes you 2 versions ahead of me. One thing that I know has changed is that it used to be they recommended you make one big library. Now you can have separate libraries and search across...

  21. Organizing research articles

    marachne replied to dianacs's topic in Post Graduate Students

    You got it for free? That is so

  22. Organizing research articles

    marachne replied to dianacs's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I don't think there is a difference. I got v.8 for students and later upgraded to X and there was no problems. Oh, another reason to extol the virtues of EndNote support -- when I was talking to them...

  23. Organizing research articles

    marachne replied to dianacs's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I bought a bunch of colored "file pockets" http://tinyurl.com/6zggre. In general, one will hold all the articles for a course, and the color coding keeps things straight. And unlike binders, they...

  24. Papers and APA, argh!

    marachne replied to ERNurse752's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I use EndNote and would be lost w/o it. EndNote does NOT format your paper, only your citations and reference list. The nice thing is that it has a huge library of formats, so if you're submitting a...

  25. New PhD Student

    marachne replied to dianacs's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hi dianacs and welcome! As BBFRN pointed out, besides her there's myself who are currently in PhD programs, although I'm at the other end of the journey -- finished with coursework, planning on...