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  1. Hospice On-Call Schedules

    doodlemom replied to Wren's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Wow, good luck. That sounds

  2. Need New Ideas, CHARTING

    doodlemom replied to rockchalk_jayhawk's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We use Suncoast Solutions. It's probably the best hospice software out there, but it is still pretty user unfriendly and has a lot of

  3. Hospice On-Call Schedules

    doodlemom replied to Wren's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We are lucky where I work in that we have dedicated on call staff and we rarely have to provide back up. It's the best gig that I've had as a hospice nurse (as far as on-call goes.) I know a couple of...

  4. Need New Ideas, CHARTING

    doodlemom replied to rockchalk_jayhawk's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    WOW! Your nurses have it made! It sounds like an expensive system, though. How do you get notes into facility charts? Most facilities want notes left when the visit is made. We used to do all of our...

  5. Palliative Care and Euthanasia

    doodlemom replied to bracken's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    But I wonder what all you pros think about pain postponing natural dying process. If that is the case, at least in certain situations, easing pain might indeed hasten death, but not natural death. It...

  6. Wounds at End of Life

    doodlemom replied to aimeee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Our hospice will not pay for a low air loss mattress unless in an extreme circumstance. Neither would the hospice that I used to work for. We routinely cover APP mattresses, though. I often see a...

  7. Treating constipation in active dying process?

    doodlemom replied to indianahope's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    ...agreed:)

  8. For Profit vs Non Profit

    doodlemom replied to upwithpeople's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I disagree on the "double-dipping". I used to wonder what benefits that hospice had in facilities and since I've been on a nursing home team, I realize that there is not another population that needs...

  9. Do hospices only offer part-time?

    doodlemom replied to Blackcat99's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've worked for 3 different hospices and they all have had mostly full time staff with some prn positions - no per diem or per visit positions. I'm assuming that this is a very small hospice that you...

  10. Apartment Hunting in Durham

    doodlemom replied to nia_king's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I just moved from Durham after having lived there for nearly 20 years and I miss it. Don't let people scare you with the crime thing. I lived in North Durham for years and yes, I slept with the...

  11. BNE background checks

    doodlemom replied to superpotato's topic in Texas Nursing

    Speaking from experience, the BNE goes all the way back. I had a criminal charge from 1978 and just applied last year. It took 4 1/2 months for me to get licensed because they had to do an...

  12. For Profit vs Non Profit

    doodlemom replied to upwithpeople's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've worked for both for-profit and not for profit. I would rather work for a non profit. I feel as though my work carries more importance to my superiors as I work for a non profit. When I worked for...

  13. Need info on ABHR supps

    doodlemom replied to angieRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The hospice that I used to work for used 1 mg ativan, 25 mg benadryl, 1 mg haldol, and 10 mg reglan. It worked great. Unfortunately the hospice that I currently work for is very cheap and not very...

  14. Dealing with ALS Patients

    doodlemom replied to mjamesRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have taken care of 3 ALS patients and have found them to be the most heart wrenching. We were fairly certain that 2 of my patients committed suicide with their family's help. The third one died of...

  15. Do you get "pain med seekers" in hospice?

    doodlemom replied to JacelRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

  16. RN License endorsement to TX

    doodlemom replied to NYrnTX's topic in Texas Nursing

    The BNE will put you on hold forever, but they will eventually pick up. On occasion, I've been lucky and have had someone pick up right away. They must have hardly anybody working there. If NY is a...

  17. Austin/San Marcos relocation//hospice

    doodlemom posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    My boyfriend will be going to grad school in San Marcos. I have experience in hospice and med surg/onc nursing - prefer hospice. We are trying to figure out if we should live in between San Marcos and...

  18. Austin/San Marcos relocation//hospice

    doodlemom replied to doodlemom's topic in Texas Nursing

    Thanks,

  19. ratio of home hospice patients to nurse

    doodlemom replied to Pat the nurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Medicare does not regulate the number of patients you have to take. The NHPCO recommends and sees 10-12 patients as the average. Unfortunately, nobody regulates the number that you have. 16 patients...

  20. ratio of home hospice patients to nurse

    doodlemom replied to Pat the nurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Where I used to work, 10-12 was the standard. I know that a lot of for profit agencies will push you to take

  21. Austin/San Marcos relocation//hospice

    doodlemom replied to doodlemom's topic in Texas Nursing

    Thanks, I'll give them a