akRN68

If you like the outdoors then you will love it here. The cold isn't bad really. I live in the Anchorage area and it isn't bad. Like Fairbanks with -60 in the winter at times. I wouldn't live anywhere in this state except this area and that is as m...

Well for whatever reason I've never gotten insurance. I don't know why other than I felt it was not something I "needed". However, I did get some this morning. Thank you for reminding me that it is up to me to protect me. :) It is too inexpensive t...

Honestly, it took some getting use to but let me say that it isn't that bad. We moved here from Louisiana where we get pretty much NO winter/snow. lol. It took me to learn to drive in the snow but I moved up in oct 2009 and started in hospice whe...

Thanks for responding. I am considering per diem as well. Right now I am going to continue where I am and see if I can't get my foot in the door like you said. I love where I work now but so NEED some bedside nursing experience. :)

I live in Alaska and work in Anchorage. I hope you enjoy the state. I've only been here for 2 years and Love it!!!! I am working for a small surgical clinic/dr office. I love the people I work with and our patients are wonderful. I've been trying ...

I'm heartbroken today. I have been made aware with evidence of a fellow RN committing fraud. This fraud is the type of making up notes without actually seeing the patient. Not sure what else to say about this other than I feel sorry for her, ****** ...

wow!! I am faced with this right now so I"m so glad I found this post. I have a pt who is declining rapidly. My heart breaks for him but i"m happy for him at the same time. We have had so many talks about death. My pt is precious. Most amazing, lo...

The only thing I can think to say to you is that you need to do what is right for YOU. You are saying different things. one, you feel hospice is your place. your calling and then you say but........I don't know. Well, the thing is no one KNOWS from...

The best advice I can offer as a hospice nurse. Understand your patients disease process and think ahead of what will become a problem so you may plan your care. Figure out a way to start very organized and keep that system. For me* being organized...

Me too on the using your head and not your heart part. I did use my head and did what I was suppose to do but I'm aware that my heart hurts too. Doing the right thing doesn't always mean it won't hurt. And no, I did not get caught up or entangled....

thanks so much. I'm going to ck out the HH section as well as the hospice section of this site. As far as being in a new job before getting "caught". That isn't the case for her. I found it and reported it. It is done. Doesn't make you (me) happy ...

thanks to everyone who took the time to comment. It is sad and I do believe she had her reasons. I also don't think she was doing this to be ugly in anyway but yes...maybe overwhelmed. I have pulled for her to keep her job WITH frequent monitoring f...

Thank you so much for commenting and reading my post. You really summed up what I"m feeling. She has been reported and now it is just done. How very sad and something that shouldn't have happened. GRRR!!! Thanks again so much. AK

I think that a lot of nurses are overlooked and/or ignored by those who shouldn't but I also feel that most nurse are nurses for their own satisfaction. Yes, I enjoy helping others. I love being at the bedside and making a difference but what makes m...

OH my heart breaks for you. I'm so very sorry this happened to you!! I'll keep you in my thoughts!!! hang in there! I urge you to find someone close to you that you can lean on right now. The fear you are experiencing is overwhelming in itself and o...

Hi, I'm new to allnurses and so glad I found a place to "talk". I am a hospice RN case manager. I LOVE my job and I feel my place is hospice. Here's the problem............ My mother died (64 yrs old) November 23 of this year. I took three weeks o...

I could care less if anyone is straight, gay or bi. Unless I"m sleeping with you I don't care. My 0.02 to anyone gay or otherwise; do your job. period. Being a great nurse isn't about your sexual orientation. I will add that I work with a person ...

I feel for you and sithere sending warm thoughts to you!! Being around any person with a terminal illness is draining. I hope you have peace and know that what you are doing now and have been for the past three years makes such a difference. AK

Thank you so much. I am beginning to understand that we never really get over losing a parent. Maybe we just learn to cope. That is the best we can do. I just realized mothers day is here or close and I'm dreading it. However, I'm going to find a way...

AtlantaRN, I too believe your pt has at least a partial as well. I'm wondering though how effective Miralax is going to be at this point. I know that our pts who are "use to" their conditions don't present the way other may as well. I would be look...

Any chance pt has obstruction????????????

thank you so much caliotter :) I appreciate your words and yes...venting is a good thing. :) ak

OH wow!! A week off. I don't think I could do it. I barely made it after three. And my mom had pulmonary htn, pulmonary edema, copd and chronic renal failure, a-fib (oh crap...the list is TOO long). A lot of my patients are pulmonary and I just ...

Leslie..Thank you so much!! I love the part where you say "and this mom has lost ALL perspective" because I can relate to that 100%. I'm a mess when it comes to family. Thank you for writing and just know that I feel more a part of knowing what I fe...

Tencat...thank you so much for your reply. Just knowing that I am feeling and experiencing things others have makes this so much easier. I am convinced that I'll work my way through this but I'm also giving myself permission to do what I need for me....