eatenalive365

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1. Hospice patient requests to smoke

   eatenalive365 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

   A hospice patient at the LTC I work at requested a cigarette which was held in our med cart. Why not? It's not like he'll acquire bladder cancer (he's already got it, the end-stage form!) from smoking...

2. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

   eatenalive365 replied to Jenni811's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I am like you, in constant fear of getting fired 2 months into my first job (LTC), but also hoping to get fired so I don't have to go back. I don't know who to trust, I think some of my colleagues are...

3. Diabetic Foot Ulcer with Necrosis

   eatenalive365 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

   New to the job ... for the first time I changed the dressings for a set of necrotic toes, a gangrenous leg, exudating ulcers, slough, etc.... a cold, cold foot that smelled like death. The patient was...

4. Where do I even start for school?

   eatenalive365 replied to pope4370's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Hi, you are quite a resilient person! Did the accident affect your back? Do you get back pain a lot? My suggestions and concerns regards your back, given that you had trauma. Talk to your surgeon...

5. Killing me softly!

   eatenalive365 replied to Marsha238612's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   look into a bridge program in case you feel comfortable as an LPN and want your RN...look @ the classes required to get into those. or even if you're looking into eventually getting a bachelor's...