jeannepaul

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  1. I Just Love the LPN v. RN Debates....yea!....

    jeannepaul replied to Wild Irish LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Really? You just left the other thread complaining about how many of "these types" of threads there are, and YOU START ANOTHER ONE??

  2. Loose teeth letter - thought I'd share...

    jeannepaul replied to Marlene39's topic in School

    oh my, that would be my son, lol. he thinks he needs to go to the nurse for every little thing and I find yellow nurse reports in his backpack all the time. He gets it from his Daddy, who goes around...

  3. Comparing A Nurses' Salary

    jeannepaul replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    As a new grad in 2000 I started out at 14.75, only $2 more than I was making as a dental assistant. As an RN, you can make over 100,000. You have to work you butt off, but it can be done. It will...

  4. Transitioning from hospital RN to Hospice RN case manager

    jeannepaul replied to RN0510's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I think the hardest part is the different mindset hospice nurses have compared to hospital nurses. Hospital nurses see something and their first thought is to "fix" it i.e. dehydration close to time...

  5. On-call hospice nurse

    jeannepaul replied to lwheatley's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    we have about 90 pts right now. A per visit bonus sounds nice. I don't get anything except my regular salary unless I work during the week helping out then it is 60.00 per visit. they also pay 100...

  6. New RN Hospice Liaison

    jeannepaul replied to LVN2145's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You do realize that is a marketing position. You will have a quota and be doing evaluations and getting people to sign up for hospice, being an RN you will probably be having to do the admissions...

  7. Am I being offered a fair pay?

    jeannepaul replied to AussiRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm a home hospice nurse in San Antonio and making around 32.00 plus mileage. I'm not sure what they pay in the hospitals but I thought they paid more. We are looking for 2 RN's if you want to move...

  8. What are you most worried about in regards to starting nursing school??

    jeannepaul replied to BlueChocolateCat's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Need motivation? Watch the movie "Rudy". When I was in school and got down thinking I couldnt do this anymore, I would watch this movie, which is a true story, and the challenges he faced and...

  9. On-call hospice nurse

    jeannepaul replied to lwheatley's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am an on call nurse, hense the hour I am writing this. I start Friday at 5p and go until Monday morn at 8a. I also have a case manager backup and either a social worker or chaplain on call also,...

  10. Destruction of Narcs/CS

    jeannepaul replied to rnholly's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I dont know about being safe for environment but I will use a diaper at times. Just pour the liq. or disolve the pill in very hot water and fill it up!! looks like a regular dirty diaper/brief,...

  11. Lifting in hospice?

    jeannepaul replied to gorgenurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Ive been doing on call for around 6yrs now. I don't remember ever having to lift over 20lbs. I will not get someone off the floor, they either have to call the fire dept. or family to help. Now I...

  12. Home health hospice position help

    jeannepaul replied to sameasalways's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    In home hospice, no the patients are not usually on IV or pump narcotics, we mostly use pills, liquid meds. We do not count meds everytime we go into the house. We are usually not the ones giving...

  13. Taking the time to educate the families

    jeannepaul posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am an On Call nurse and I just returned from a call where the family stated the patient stopped breathing so they were rubbing her chest to get her to breathe. I was so taken aback at our own...

  14. New hospice nurse.

    jeannepaul replied to Elleveein's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    There is one piece of equipment I would highly suggest you get if you are working home hospice. A Headlamp, the kind you can buy at home depot, walmart or Lowe's that has a head strap with a bright...

  15. What other options with hospice only as experience?

    jeannepaul replied to TinkerBelle_81's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My question is how do you get away with working for 2 different hospice companies? I would be

  16. Taking the time to educate the families

    jeannepaul replied to jeannepaul's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We have that book also and it is great, but as it is given, I don't think our nurses sit them down and talk about it. I don't mind spending time talking to them, I do seem to be a motormouth anyway,...

  17. Are slumps in home health normal?

    jeannepaul replied to KatholikosRN's topic in Home Health

    In Texas, if you are a full time employee and they cut your hours, you can file for unemployment for the hours they cut. One of our LPN's had her hours cut, recieved unemployment to compensate to 40...

  18. Changing careers

    jeannepaul replied to MAMAYBE's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You might also want to look at the job market for MA's. From my understanding, and I could be wrong, but don't MA's only work in Dr. offices? If you are thinking about a hospital or LTC wouldn't...

  19. Scenario:What would you do?

    jeannepaul replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I know this is an old thread but there were some questions that were never answered. The reason we tell patients not to call 911 and not go to the hospital while on service is a billing issue....

  20. IV certification / wound vacs / PCAs common?

    jeannepaul replied to amarilla's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've been in hospice for 10 years and worked at 3 different companies, one being a large hospice company. I don't know if it is regional but I'm in South Texas and only on occ. have we ever have...

  21. Giving two week notice...

    jeannepaul replied to Jess_Missouri_RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    where I work, when people have given notice, they turn around and say leave now. Not too many people give notice anymore because of

  22. Taking off your Nurse's Cap

    jeannepaul replied to GinaDecorRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You should take comfort in knowing you did such a good job with your mother. When I go to pronouce a patient, I usually tell the family what I am going to do. I will also ask the family if they would...

  23. How far do you travel to get to work?

    jeannepaul replied to born2circulateRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It takes an hour to get to my office, but I do home hospice, so last month I drove over 5000 miles. I listen to Books on CD and time passes very fast. You can get them from your library for free. I...

  24. "Starving to death"

    jeannepaul replied to Vtachy1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    This is what I usually tell a family when the question of feeding and "starving to death" comes up....I'm sure I say it somewhat different each time I talk about it. I first explain how the body is...

  25. Do hospice nurse visit the patient who passed away at night?

    jeannepaul replied to 50kn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Wow, I cannot believe the hospice nurses did not attend all deaths. In my 10years of hospice, We ALWAYS attend ALL deaths. The facility calls us, and they should call the families (but many times...