TammyG

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  1. Patient Right to Know

    TammyG replied to SuperRN_1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    This is a difficult issue. Anyone who is capable does have the right to be told their status -- if they ask. A patient also has the right to defer decision-making to a family member, even if they...

  2. medical director

    TammyG replied to oregon hospicern's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Yes to all of the

  3. Starting an MSN program in 2015... Will it be worth anything?

    TammyG replied to jmarie91's topic in Post Graduate Students

    From what I can gather, neither the AANP or AACN have said they will require a DNP to sit for the exam in 2015, and the general thinking is that, when and if these organizations do change to that...

  4. employer education

    TammyG replied to NC29mom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have found that the HPNA has a ton of end-of-life education available on-line to members, for

  5. Online FNP Programs vs B&M

    TammyG replied to ISLANDER RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think the OP was just giving her personal opinion based on personal experiences, just as you gave yours. I don't think you need a reference study to give your personal opinion. This board is a...

  6. Massage and Music therapies

    TammyG replied to NC29mom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The oncology unit where I worked had music and massage and the patients loved them. Our hospice has never offered alternative therapies. We do have a reiki volunteer, not sure what the demand has...

  7. Online FNP Programs vs B&M

    TammyG replied to ISLANDER RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Here is the most recent study regarding employers' preference for brick and mortar schools, which was conducted by an independent non-profit research group. Zenman, since you have many graduate...

  8. Online FNP Programs vs B&M

    TammyG replied to ISLANDER RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Employers definitely prefer graduates from brick-and-mortar schools as a general matter, or at least that is what most studies have found. Not saying they are any better, but the employers think they...

  9. CCRN 2013

    TammyG replied to Suri08's topic in Critical Care

    Sadly, it does not appear to be available anymore, either as a stand-alone option or even as part of the E-book. That is unfortunate because it was a great

  10. Spring 2014 Graduates

    TammyG replied to moonischasingme1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    PedsNP, I am in an adult gerontology primary care NP program. No, I don't know where my clinicals are going to be. They do not let you know until Jan and we are not starting back until Jan 27. My...

  11. Don't know what to do

    TammyG replied to pseudo_name's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I moved myself to nights my first year because handling 6 patients on the floor was insane. No other way to put it. Nights were wonderful in comparison, much slower, no docs or supervisors around,...

  12. Where's the tipping point???

    TammyG replied to RetSGT's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think most of us that graduated in the last five years had to pound the pavement for a while. In my metropolitan area, only a handful of hospitals were hiring new grads. I applied to every hospital...

  13. How soon did you get pulled?

    TammyG replied to Swellz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Our rule used to be six months, but there was some confusion and so it somehow got extended to one year with respect to myself. I did not float for one year and was glad about it. I think anything...

  14. Scared to go to work, I need some Advice

    TammyG replied to abcdrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There is a lot of pressure to rush through everything because of the heavy case loads floor nurses have these days. When I was a new nurse, I was older than most (in my 40's) and I think I was more...

  15. Spring 2014 Graduates

    TammyG replied to moonischasingme1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am not graduating until December 2014 and am very jealous of anyone graduating in May. I am really looking forward to my clinicals though, since the assessment clinical was pretty awful and we did...

  16. LPN hired into hospice.. only have ALF experience

    TammyG replied to zelda2012's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    When you are at hospice house, you will have access to RNs and others to help you. So it is not as difficult as it sounds. I think your background is great for either hospice house or crisis care,...

  17. Family member complains after death...

    TammyG replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It is amazing that, given the emotions we are involved with, there are not more complaints. My hospice recently had a complaint filed with the Board of Health -- which governs hospices in our state...

  18. For My Mom Whom I Miss Dearly

    TammyG replied to Swgfan's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    There are several factual errors in your story, which is wonderfully written but does not describe a realistic hospice setting. (Getting asked by a family to be removed from a patient's care, for...

  19. Hospice agencies

    TammyG replied to SweetnessRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    If you talk to enough people, you will hear negative and positive comments about any agency. It also seems that the national chains differ greatly among regions. I think I would interview with all...

  20. Lack of EOL knowledge amongst Careproviders

    TammyG replied to softrbreeze's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I too have seen many providers openly hostile toward hospice, including one pulmonologist in town that refuses to certify any of his patients until they are, literally, actively dying. I had one...

  21. Hospice...hostile and toxic work environment!

    TammyG replied to RENnurse4/17's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We meet every two weeks for IDG meetings, but there is no time to chat and certainly not to gossip. Other than that, I will not see my colleagues or my boss. We have no paperwork -- all online. If...

  22. Finals time

    TammyG replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I am taking "Primary Care I". My school arranges preceptors so I will not know who it is until January. I sure wish I could arrange my own -- it would get me closer to my house. I also have...

  23. Relatively new grad hired in Hospice

    TammyG replied to ksuSN12's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We had three full weeks of training in the office, then three weeks with our preceptors one-on-one. And this is for all nurses, including those that have been nurses for 30 years. I would be a...

  24. Finals time

    TammyG replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    This has been a miserable semester for me as well. I have two left. This semester is over after two more finals and then six weeks off. I am keeping myself going by making a list of all the things...

  25. Otoscope/Opthalmoscope Required for NP program?

    TammyG replied to C40FNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Our program required an otoscope for FNP and PNP students only, not adult. No opthalmoscope was