ErinRose

New nurse here so I will have silly questions from time to time. Recently at my hospice job, I've run into some problems with the post mortem care. My first few patients that passed away had their mouths closed and eyes closed but the last couple have not. When providing post mortem care, I can't get their eyes to close and I don't understand how I'm supposed to close their mouths. My employer told me to roll up a towel under the chin for the mouth and the eyelids should just close if I move them. I tried the towel thing but it didn't work as the patient was supine. And when I tried to close the eyes, they just kept opening back up. I'd really love some suggestions as the other nurses I work with haven't been much help (usually just telling me it's fine and just leave it). How do you deal with these issues?

So I am employed by a hospice nursing registry and am confused. The HR manager is out of the office until Monday so I'm trying to see if I can get an answer here. So when they hired me they told me I would be self employed technically because it is a registry. Okay, so I'm expecting to have to do 1099 and all that jazz for my taxes. Well I picked up my first check today and taxes were withheld...color me confused. If I was self employed, taxes wouldn't be withheld right? Also, I'm wondering how benefits work in with all of this. If I am an employee (aeb them withholding taxes), and I work full time, don't they have to offer benefits? Or no because I am not guaranteed full time? I'm so confused right now... ANY help would be appreciated with this. I am unfamiliar with nurse registries so I wanted to know others experiences with this.

Thank you! That was extremely helpful and cleared up a lot of confusion!

I am an LVN in California. I am considering moving to another state but wondering how that affects my license. Do I need to apply for licensure in the state I am moving to? Do I need to take the NCLEX again? Any experience with this would be great to hear about because I am totally clueless when it comes to this.

Thanks Wendy for that wonderful information! I am really nervous about starting there but everyone I have visited so far I just felt so comfortable and at home and everyone seemed really helpful! Early congrats for the graduation!

First post here! Just wondering if there is anyone out there starting at Stanbridge College in Irvine on August 13th in the full time LVN program? It would be really great to meet someone who is going there before orientation!