tewdles RN

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    Hospice Admissions nurse

    tewdles replied to neonurse97's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    These nurses generally go to the residence of the patient, explain the hospice benefit to them and their families, obtain consent for hospice and then complete an initial comprehensive nursing...
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    LPNs laid off because working out of scope of practice

    tewdles replied to KRoyalty's topic in Gastroenterology

    I was encouraged by the "in the system" part of looking for jobs. That says to me that the employer is not booting people to the curb in the holiday season but, rather, has identified a problem with...
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    Denial, not just a river in Egypt

    tewdles replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The other hospice will likely also have conflicts with the nurses and the hydration issue. Truth is, if it had been appropriate your hospice would have provided this intervention as well. The family...
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    Stress Relief

    tewdles replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    ok...I was also going to suggest sex but didn't want the youngins to read it, look at my years of experience, and get that "eeeewww"
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    Medical Surgical Floor from Hell

    tewdles replied to NaomieRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think this is a very thoughtful post that rings with truth. Nicely
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    Is nursing depressing? Would you leave because of that?

    tewdles replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    I think some of the previous posters have given you some really good things to think about. You said that you like to take care of people, so you will need to find a niche in nursing where you feel...
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    LVN's and RN's and Doctor's

    tewdles replied to jrw03282009's topic in General Nursing

    mean people
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    Stress Relief

    tewdles replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    exercise...good excuse for a dog play...another good excuse for a dog affection...good excuse for a husband hydration...good excuse for a scotch and water rest...good excuse for a nap after the
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    Advice needed!!!!! (Sorry it's long!)

    tewdles replied to rmbt418's topic in Home Health

    pack up your resume and walk away... or...go in tomorrow and tell them what you need to stay... do you want to start a pattern of "settling" for what they will give you after they offer you something...
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    Tired of bedside nursing

    tewdles replied to youngebloodrn's topic in Men in Nursing

    Do you like patients? Can you build relationships with families? Are you a good educator? Yes...then consider
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    Nursing salary

    tewdles replied to HopefulNurse90's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses do get paid differently in the outpatient and chronic or long term spectrum of care. Do not expect to find the same compensation packages in SNFs and in acute care hospitals. CHC is paid by...
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    Health Care Reform bill jeopardizing the future of nursing?

    tewdles replied to AVMadd's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Will the jobs still be there?...of course...people will still go into the hospital for nursing care. There will still be nurses in offices and clinics and SNFs. Who knows how the pay will be...we...
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    Sick Of Co-workers Calling In ALL the Time

    tewdles replied to skittlebear's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If a person reads these posts it becomes clear that this is another way in which nurses have been taken advantage by their employers. The lack of regard and respect results in nurses feeling angry...
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    Nurse/Patient Relationships

    tewdles replied to luvbug080688's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who married a former patient....they met at the hospital, hit it off...reacquainted when they "ran into each other" socially...etc. It is a VERY sensitive and important relationship...
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    Holiday Pay

    tewdles replied to caliotter3's topic in General Nursing

    Are you in
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    Will there be a strike at City of Hope, Duarte?

    tewdles replied to firstyearstudent's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I completely agree with you PICUNP...I, for example, have never worked for a union although I sure would have benefited from one recently. As I said before, not all employers require the presence of...
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    Question about imending death

    tewdles replied to wsp4905's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    ok...think about what you are asking...you are looking at a dying patient...their respiratory pattern is cheyne stokes, they have altered mentation...how do the extremities look and feel?...what would...
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    healthcare spending in US after age 65 soars

    tewdles replied to oramar's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "robert martensen, director of the office of history at the national institutes of health, said dr. fischbeck's analysis "is amazing," but he also is skeptical of how much all that extra spending...
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    classifying meds on med profile

    tewdles replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health

    IMHO this is BS...a simple classification as an anti-infective should be adequate. If it is not then they really need to give it to someone else to do,a pharmacist perhaps...another example of...
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    Holiday Pay

    tewdles replied to caliotter3's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like they made an error...either way they look at it, you worked the holiday and deserve the premium. Make sure to follow up with your payroll department
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    Considering Hospice

    tewdles replied to Melinurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Good luck to you...your experience in LTC will be helpful, but keep in mind many hospice patients are not geriatric. Many are in their 40's and 50's and insurance payment is a HUGE issue for them as...
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    RN "Super Union"

    tewdles replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    laborer...a comment from the article..thanks for encouraging the read... "RN's and LVN's are the most under-rated and dogged group of First Responders that save people's lives and prevent all sorts of...
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    I will have satisfaction one day...

    tewdles replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Go red wings! You are right about the fact that negativity in the team often flows from the management down. Anytime senior management senses that the bedside or direct care staff have bad attitudes...
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    Why is this forum so dead?

    tewdles replied to CandyGyrl's topic in Neurological

    I am not a neuro nurse...but I stayed at a holiday inn last night sooo... A few years back the husband of a friend of mine suffered a hypoxic injury to his brain. I had no access to his medical care...
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    Simple things new nurses or experiece nurses are not doing?

    tewdles replied to RN28MD's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I worked, recently, as the hospice RN for terminal patients who remained in the acute hospital setting. Because I was generally only caring for 3-8 patients on any given day (often on different...