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  1. hospice education

    hospicenurse replied to hopefloats's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    "Notes on Symptom Control In Hospice & Palliative Care" by Peter Kaye has been around for awhile but is still a good reference book. Go online to NHPCO - they have conferences and written...

  2. Recommend a HeadHunter from personal experience?

    hospicenurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have any of you worked sucessfully with a particular HeadHunter? Would you use that person again? If so, I would love to hear from you as I am beginning a job search and planning to move in the next...

  3. How do you really feel about 5-star rooms?

    hospicenurse replied to maddiecat's topic in General Nursing

    llg, you said it very well in your posts. It's a great idea. And it should have no impact whatsoever in the quality of nursing care given to either the poor or the rich or the middle of the roadies....

  4. Recommend a HeadHunter from personal experience?

    hospicenurse replied to hospicenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the info. One of the reasons I was looking for a headhunter is because I am looking for a job that's 'outside the box'. Not a hospital or SNF position. I am certainly not looking for any...

  5. Shands chain of hospitals/Gainesville

    hospicenurse replied to Town & Country's topic in Florida Nursing

    NICU RN - any suggestions for good realtors to work with, or any property (that you don't want, of course) that we might check out? Hubby and I will be down there first two weeks of May - we are...

  6. Shands chain of hospitals/Gainesville

    hospicenurse replied to Town & Country's topic in Florida Nursing

    NICU RN - any suggestions for good realtors to work with, or any property (that you don't want, of course) that we might check out? Hubby and I will be down there first two weeks of May - we are...

  7. CHPN exam

    hospicenurse replied to Mandee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Got mine today! Passed!

  8. Need to Put Together a Quickie Inservice for Hospital Staff

    hospicenurse posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have a 37 yo cervical cancer patient in our hospital on hospice who will be there until she dies, due to the acuity of her care. she has been there for 4 weeks now, and may last for weeks yet. She...

  9. Need to Put Together a Quickie Inservice for Hospital Staff

    hospicenurse replied to hospicenurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Well, the inservices are done. They went well, I think - and I had some staff tell me they were helpful. The first two were done with day shift. The first was all staff and we discussed pain...

  10. Palliative care for spiritual distress along the diasease trajectory

    hospicenurse replied to nurseshanti's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say that maybe she is more realistic than anyone else at this point. Although his prognosis may be good if he gets a transplant, that's a very BIG IF. He...

  11. Positive exp. with FL nursing board and FL salaries

    hospicenurse replied to pinayRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    I've just had a very similar experience with the Fla Board - received my license in about a month. I think that's pretty good.

  12. Need to Put Together a Quickie Inservice for Hospital Staff

    hospicenurse replied to hospicenurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Weezie, you are so right - staff needs a lot of support. In hospice/facility situations we consider the staff to be the primary caregivers and support them much like we do family. Suzanne - I think...

  13. Need to Put Together a Quickie Inservice for Hospital Staff

    hospicenurse replied to hospicenurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks Aimee and Weezie, I've been doing some searches but hadn't found either of these sites yet. Weezie, I think your questions are exactly what some of the staff are asking - and yesterday, when...

  14. Revoking Hospice

    hospicenurse replied to saribeth's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I agree with you about some patients not getting the hospice concept. Or maybe they get it, but just use the system as it exists to met their needs. Anyway, years ago there was a limited number of...

  15. CHPN exam

    hospicenurse replied to Mandee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Anybody receive their results yet? I took it in Philly, too.

  16. 24 hr coverage at the end

    hospicenurse replied to saribeth's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Our hospice has done continuous care a few times in the past. Like everyone else reports, it's been difficult for us to staff 24 hour care. Also, the way I read the regs, it's not meant to be used...

  17. Soooo Upset at Palliative Care Doc!

    hospicenurse replied to Jay-Jay's topic in General Nursing

    Jay-Jay - I've had that same experience as the speaker in your palliative care course. Recently had a GP tell me he wouldn't increase his patient's MSO4 from 2 mg to 5 mg because it might decrease...

  18. Soooo Upset at Palliative Care Doc!

    hospicenurse replied to Jay-Jay's topic in General Nursing

    Jay-Jay I just found these forums, and this post caught my eye. I've been a hospice nurse for 15 years (Yikes!). I agree with all the responses you've received so far. I'm especially sorry that...