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  1. Weekend and evening admissions?

    saribeth replied to aimeee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi Aimeee...I work for a hospice within the VNA...yes, we do weekend and evening admissions on a regular basis and no, we don't have an admission nurse...our on call nurse does the evening adms and...

  2. CHPN exam

    saribeth replied to jerseyRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    hi I am taking it also in March in Philly u too? Anyway I have the cirruculum book and the study book with 125 questions and have been trying to study but I am nervous too, and yes, they say to...

  3. levsin vs scope patches

    saribeth posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am curious about Levsin...I know it is cheaper and probably works much faster since it's sl...how often do you use it and is it better than the trans derm

  4. Death Rattle

    saribeth replied to ChicagolandRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Our hospice uses scope patches routinely for the death rattle...sometimes we even put 2 on! They work really, really well and the cost is approx $27 for a box of 5 and they are changed q 72h...and...

  5. New to all this

    saribeth replied to anita4's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Oh how I wish our pts would just "die in their sleep" but alas, it usually is not the case. However, most pts usually become bedbound...semi comatose...then comatose and then they die...I have seen...

  6. New to all this

    saribeth replied to anita4's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Oh it is so miserable when our pts get ascites...one of our Docs will not in any way shape or form drain the fluid...he states it comes right back and the procedure is a big deal for most of the...

  7. What do you think?

    saribeth replied to JaneyW's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Sorry to hear about your situation...L&D must be so special...Hospice is incredible...I work for a VNA and am per diem...there are times when I do have to lift a pt, but since our pts are in the...

  8. Hospice + Hospital?

    saribeth replied to jessjoy's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    wow...you must have some kind of energy...I do hospice for the VNA and I only work 2 days/wk and I love it sooooo much, but I cannot imagine focusing on anything else but hospice...it's hard enough...

  9. hospice volunteers

    saribeth posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Our volunteer situation is just about dead...poor choice of words, but we have only about 3 active one's and they are only available in the evenings...we serve approx 20 pts, and the majority of the...

  10. hospice volunteers

    saribeth replied to saribeth's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It would be helpful to get ideas for recruiting, but I am wondering what you do as far as on going things...ie do you meet with them frequently, do they come to IDT mtgs, etc