debblynn13

Hospice nurse here. My perspective is ....life is too short to live in fear. I wear all the protective gear. Most of the time I ride in low traffic areas. Big on defensive riding...and I keep my insurance up to date...LOL. We just had a kid get ran...

I am a 53 almost...year old nurse and I am the go to person if someone has computer issues. How did I get this "job"? I was aware of people and if they had problems I would offer suggestions, short cuts, even flow sheets. OP you can become the nur...

We have peer interviews at our facility. You have your HR interview and then the manager of your floor interview first. They send only the people they would hire to the peer interview. Unless they have several people to interview your chances of g...

We have been having the same problem and have been discussing how it could be changed to be more user friendly. We are one of McKessons test sights and give suggestions on changes we think would help. I would love to hear your assessment of the prob...

We have used a Duragesic patch and brought in one patch at a time and had the family put the old one in a baggie for us to pick up at the next visit. It is a difficult situation. Debblynn

I don't know, hot glue can be pretty dangerous. Make your own flour and water paste, much safer and you can eat it if you get hungry.

I am 52 yrs old and just started riding last year. Never thought I would ever ride, always thought it was too dangerous. I work in Hospice, maybe that is why I feel we need to live life as much as possible. I will admit I am very careful of where a...

We supply linens with our hospital beds but we don't supply depends or disposable chux or baby wipes. I usually do have a few in the car for emergencies but it is expected the families will buy the personal items. Debblynn

Nice street clothes, no jeans and Lab coat. I admit I don't do the lab coat most of the time. I don't like advertising to the neighbors that I'm the nurse. Also I get too hot wearing a coat over my normal clothing. I have also had dementia patient...

Thou shalt not say to the resident...You don't like me and I don't like you.

Here is a list of activities an LPN can do. Iowa Board of Nursing Here is a generic cna job description.. CNA Job Description A Certified Nursing Assistant fulfills the need of patient care in hospitals or clinics where nurses may be assigned to 12 o...

I am a full time case manager with an average load of 10 - 12 pts. We are a small nonprofit hospice connected with a hospital. We also have an inpatient unit. Currently we have 3 full time case managers and a full time admission nurse. Our superviso...

I agree with tewdles. It takes a special nurse to be able to take care of kids at end of life. I haven't had to take care of any children in my hospice career, yet. I feel that you need to know yourself really well. Will you be able to emotionall...

I've had my end stage copd patients that put the cannula in their mouth when they are feeling more short of breath. They swear it works better. Otherwise in the nares....curved down.

I just applied last week to several hospitals in the area. I would like to have some idea what people are recieving for orientation times in the different areas of nursing. I have applied for several different areas since I have no one area that I ...

We have several patients in assisted living facilities as hospice patients. Most of the time these people become a high fall risk and the families and facilities do not want the patient to be moved. Some of the common advanced prevention efforts, ba...

I agree with everyone else. Also are you required to get sats? Those numbers will make everyone upset but they are normal for a dying person. We have taken the mask off people if it really irritates them and just medicated with the roxanol and at...

We have been instructed that the medications are the patients meds and the family is to destroy them. We instruct the family to make a solution out of the pills and then mix it with kitty litter and throw in mess in the garbage. We still have them fl...

12 to 14 visits a day in a 4 county area? WOW, is all I have to say. Unless you have a bunch of visits all together in a nursing home I don't see how this is realistic. How can you give good care? I would definitely be looking for a different job...

We have been told that hospice is to supplement but not replace services given by the nursing home. So if the patient/client was getting a shower/bed bath 2 times a week prior to hospice then she still should be getting those baths as well as the one...

Hi Fran, I graduated from DMACC and worked my first nursing job at Methodist. I would suggest you try to get a job in a hospital. It would help immensely in your nursing classes. I just checked online and Methodist has quite a few clinical partner...

We use McKession and I think it is the most convuluted program I have ever seen. I feel I am better than average in computer literacy and spend quite a bit of my time helping others figure out how to use McKession. There is a lot of redundency and I...

Sounds like a very good possiblity. You can always ask the doctor about getting a referral. Make sure they give you a choice of hospice providers. You can always have hospice come out and assess your father. get the information and then decide later...

We have the same exact script at our hospital. SOMEONE is making money on this one...LOL. Anyway I'm in home hospice and one of my patients prefers me over some of the other nurse because I don't say that "script". He is so sick of it after being ...

I looked at your past posts and see you are taking your LPN boards. You will find that most of the hospitals won't hire LPNs. I know Broadlawns sometimes does and the clinics do. There are a lot of nursing homes in Des Moines that are always lookin...