enchantmentdis BSN, RN

As a hospice field nurse there was an 80 year old man married to a woman in her 30s. Gigantic penis. His wife was a mail order bride he proudly said. Anyway. He had a catheter fetish. Yes, he had to have an indwelling catheter or he or his wife could...

The hospice pt's daughter's house was dusty, cluttered, dishes in the sink, and musty sheets, stained rugs: she refused our hospital bed when i coudn't get the DME company to provide a brand new one. I had to explain that all equipment is refurbished...

You are a mandated reporter. Period.

Be prepared to be in constant contact with your Service Center and management. You will have an admission that you will be driving to then you will be re-routed somewhere else because the one you were on your way to fell through. Be prepared to be a ...

I have families tell me right up front, "She's not dying. We want diapers and meds. When she's gone can we keep the meds?"

Actually, those "few" lazy CNAs are why you are doing lots of answering the call lights and toileting pts. Management needs to re-place the "few" lazy CNAs. I do not miss acute care for this reason.

I'm just glad I do hospice and don't have to watch annoying co-workers act passive-aggressively all day. So glad to be done with acute care--10 years away, oh happy day!

Yeah. Saw movie a bazillion times. You identify with her then? Hmmmmm. Don't want to tick you off then. Just kidding.

Because you haven't blocked them yet.

Actually, people like this CNA, I do as follows: I mention to them to consider the LVN or RN program. To that I have heard over and over, each time I ask a CNA to do this, "No way; way too much responsibility. You guys are responsible for EVERYTHING ...

I stay because I have a 19 year old daughter in college. I stayed in a career I've disliked and tried to make work since 1994 for my child's sake. It's stable employment, being an RN. Yes, the money is good; however, money isn't everything. it's 14 l...

I like hospice case management because I am alone practically all day; driving to/from pt's homes and facilities. If a patient's condition changes I text the doctor for the orders I need. It's great. I do have to go to meetings and IDT, but I can sen...

We're having ground rounds in 10 mins. Where is my neurolologist? Can I have some ice crisps? Abdominal gurth.

Sugar for diabetes----ugh, I hate that one.

Phenobarbritol.

What happened to the electercity?

If the patient already has an access device in place, in hospice we as nurses are able to connect a drainage kit to it and remove 1,000 mls once per week. Any more than that is prohibited.

Not working acute care in large hospitals anymore is why I enjoy hospice work. Doing evals in hospitals, caring for pt's in facilities, and doing admits, especially in facilities are tasks that make me wish I could retire from nursing.

Some folks have become RNs without finishing their BSN --long ago, when they were able to sit the boards during senior year, pass the NCLEX, and work as RNs. Some states, but not all, allowed this. Unfortunately, they never went back to finish the BS...

If I miss working as a dishwasher at The Village Inn that tells me that I picked the wrong career path.

I've decided it would be great to live in a one bedroom condo and just cater for a living or work as a cook at a medium sized restaurant. This nursing is getting very old. I want very few possessions, just a decent car and a roof over my head --not i...

Your life sounds like absolute heaven. I would give my eye teeth to have been able to stop being a nurse in my thirties. No bills, no kids, a husband who makes good money--girl, you have it made. Do any hobby you enjoy and have fun!

Awake patients.

One of the top reasons I ran from acute care when I had the chance.

I hear you. Though I have a great job now doing hospice case management, I dread going to work every single day. I'm 50 years old and have been a nurse 20 years now, and am so ready to retire. I wish to God I could stop working five days per week. Ma...