jeannepaul

jeannepaul BSN

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  1. Nurses Promoting COVID Misinformation

    jeannepaul replied to Tigerlily8's topic in Disaster Preparation

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  2. Tolerating Abuse from Grieving Families

    jeannepaul replied to evelynkarirn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am on call weekends also. I have had large families gang up around me throwing questions at me, thinking I was going to kill the pt. with medicine.in 15 years of hospice, only once did I call the...

  3. Hospice Compliance

    jeannepaul replied to ComplianceMgr17's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm in San Antonio and we call in emergency mesds to pharmacy, then the pharmacist calls the doctor if they know them and have filled for them before and the c2 is faxed the next day. If it is a new...

  4. non-emergencies

    jeannepaul replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've been an on call nurse for about 10 years, case manager 4years. I used to be called out for sob, pain, dying patients. Lot of teaching about end of life, I loved it. Now, I get called because...

  5. Liaisons/Non-Clincial..Never seen this before!!!!

    jeannepaul replied to CHPNRNTX's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Except when they do not meet criteria. I used to work with a marketer that was in cahoots with a certain physician. He would call her from the hospital and half of them didn't meet criteria. They...

  6. Bullying + hospice

    jeannepaul replied to cubelle's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I always make sure up I have lots of pens, note pads and anything else I can get my hands on. I also thank them for their help before I go. I know it's sucking up, but it works! There are still some...

  7. Hospice Challenges with SNFs/ALFs?

    jeannepaul replied to HazelnutCream's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I usually take out pens, sticky notes, they tend to be a bit friendlier in answering questions. electronic records are a big problem for me. The understaffed nurses are usually busy so they have to...

  8. Escorted out of the patients home.........

    jeannepaul replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    When I get demanding families like that I explain that we are a support service, not a caregiving service. We support the families and teach them how to care for their loved one, but we do not take...

  9. Gentiva on-call nursi5

    jeannepaul replied to srleslie's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I used to work on call when they were odyssey. Depending on how many pt's. And how many on call/backup nurses will also make a difference. Currently I work the weekend 5p to mon. 8a. We have a...

  10. This isn't the hospice I used to know

    jeannepaul posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    When I started in hospice 13 years ago, we had certain diagnosis we could use: ALS, dementia, renal, cardiac, et al. There was specific criteria which had to be met. They could see their attending...

  11. Nurses in: Fla, Tenn, NM, TX--help needed

    jeannepaul replied to Nash3222's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Is there a rule about giving wages? Competitive doesn't mean much when you don't know the baseline. I work in San Antonio, hospice for about 13 years, I make over $30.00 an hour plus mileage is .52 a...

  12. Revoking and Hospitalization

    jeannepaul replied to Kabin's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You can fill out the revocation paperwork on a different date. There is a line that says revocation effective.... And you insert that date, however when signed, the date is when the form is filled...

  13. Empty the foley they said...

    jeannepaul replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I haven't had any problems emptying them, but my very first foley on a woman was not so easy........I was a GN, had only put in a foley on a man, but I knew how in theory....thank goodness I asked the...

  14. Non Funded Patients

    jeannepaul posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Does your hospice take non funded patients? I have worked for 3 in my 11 years in hospice, 1 non profit and 2 for profit. All 3 took non funded patients, but I am ashamed to say, that one discharged...

  15. Hospice Case Management question

    jeannepaul replied to Marshall1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Industry standard for case load for full time case management is 12-13, not 18pt, so they are already overloading the regular full time case managers. It all depends on where these pt's are located....

  16. Mandatory meetings

    jeannepaul replied to McBambi's topic in General Nursing

    I don't go to mandatory meetings. I work the weekend and they don't pay me to show up during the week, so I don't go. No pay, no play. If it is that important, they will give me a print out on...

  17. Question re: FT on call and small case load

    jeannepaul replied to Marshall1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I think they are wanting you to work 2 jobs and paying you for one. A normal on call position, at least where I come from, is either Monday thru Thursday 5p-8a. OR Fri-5p-Mon 8a. not both. When...

  18. How Not to Die - new article featured in The Atlantic

    jeannepaul replied to _MORA_'s topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Yes I do see hospice care be "all about the money". In recent years, I have seen services cut, supplies decreased, medications covered decreased. We used to do the right thing for the patients and...

  19. PAY rate /FOR HOME HEALTH SERVICES with Hospice Agency

    jeannepaul replied to cincin1222's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    as a new grad, I started out at 14.75 an hour, but that was in 2000, so I'm sure the amount is much higher now. What I do not understand is why home health is going to give morphine?? If he is on...

  20. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    jeannepaul replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry, my last post is in reference to this

  21. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    jeannepaul replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have no idea, He was the charge nurse, I was the only other RN or actually I may have been GN at the time on the floor at night. I knew nothing about it until morning shift came in and everything...

  22. Let's talk $$ for hospice. (Idea lifted from Agency nursing)

    jeannepaul replied to SuzieVN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    RN Texas= 67,600 visit=60.00 admit=100.00 mileage=44 cents $2.00an hour to be on

  23. On call calls

    jeannepaul replied to HillieRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    If they actually say "i want a nurse visit" I have to go, which I don't always agree with, because like everything else, people learn the system and some abuse it. I got a call this weekend "I dont...

  24. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    jeannepaul replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    during my first and only hospital job, my charge nurse hung blood on the wrong patient. He didn't follow protocol, or it wouldn't have happened, but when he did realize what he did, he took it down...

  25. Admissions coordinator job questions

    jeannepaul replied to Nicki1980's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am not one, but ours is pretty stressed out, it is a very fast paced job, but so is nursing home work most of the time. I would still take it and once your inside the door, you can always ask to...