rockchalk_jayhawk

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1. Family wants to transport body.

   rockchalk_jayhawk replied to Buckyxj's topic in Hospice

   There are many reasons why a family may want to transport the body themselves. My oldest sister passed unexpectedly of a Berry Aneurysm. She was 43. She was in a very disfunctional relationship. She had no money nor life insurance. Her husband would...

2. COP's

   rockchalk_jayhawk replied to Sabby_NC's topic in Hospice

   the way i understand the new cop's relating to snf/nf or icf/mr is that the hospice will provide medical direction and management of the patient. you will utilize the facilities staff in a manner that you would utilize a family member. it is the resp...

3. Disposing of medications at time of death

   rockchalk_jayhawk replied to RubyRN,CHPN's topic in Hospice

   our preferred method of disposing of medication, after counting such medication with a family member or nurse, is using cat litter. if its a liquid medication, just pour it into the cat litter. mix it up and dispose in the trash. if it is tablet form...

4. Hospice On Call Compensation Structure

   rockchalk_jayhawk replied to Katillac's topic in Hospice

   I have always been told that our call policy is very generous. I have never really researched it much, I just felt it was average. I take call about 10 days per month, including every third weekend. We are paid $15 per day (8am -8am) Monday thru Thur...

5. Need New Ideas, CHARTING

   rockchalk_jayhawk replied to rockchalk_jayhawk's topic in Hospice

   all our notes are transmitted to our coverage facilities. they will get them the day they are transcribed or the following day if there are corrections to be made. and at times they will still get them the same day. what program do you use for your c...

6. Need New Ideas, CHARTING

   rockchalk_jayhawk posted a topic in Hospice

   hello all, and good day at this time my nurses do their charting by dictating into a dictaphone and a transcriptionist types it. this can be, at times a costly way of charting if the transcriptionist has to type the dictation several times after bei...

7. Comfort kits

   rockchalk_jayhawk replied to Mandee's topic in Hospice

   We do not currently have "comfort pacs", but we want them. What are your protocols? Our pharmacies are willing to make them up for us and want to know about CII accountability and monitoring? If drugs are not used prior to patient expiring or dismiss...

8. Any Lpn's Working In Er??

   rockchalk_jayhawk replied to Born2BAnurse's topic in LPN/LVN

   Dan, I started out as an LPN in the ER after I worked Med/Surg for 2 years. Yes, I am in Kansas. Rural Kansas. Anyway I was required to take ACLS and was the first LPN to take ACLS in our facility. I did everything... Draw blood, ABGs you name it and...

9. New Director, Need Advise

   rockchalk_jayhawk posted a topic in Hospice

   I am very new to Hospice Nursing although I've been a nurse for 16 years. I've mainly worked in ICu. Here is my delima. The previous director was dismissed under some controversy. I dont know the whole story, although I asked at the interview and was...

10. New Grad can't find job

    rockchalk_jayhawk replied to humiliated's topic in Kansas

    If you don't mind relocating and living in the middle of nowhere Kansas... Come to North Central Kansas. We gladly will take new grads. And we dont eat our young...LOL. We are always in need of help after the temporary help goes back to school.

11. picc certification

    rockchalk_jayhawk replied to panurse101's topic in Infusion

    I took my PICC line insertion certification in 9/00. The Clinical Education Manual was sponsored by a pharmaceutical company called BD Medical. This was in Kansas so Im mot sure if this will help or not. Here is a phone # and address. 1-800-227-2918 ...

12. performing EKGs

    rockchalk_jayhawk replied to zacarias's topic in Cardiac

    At our facility we, as nurses, are trained to do EKGs. The only nurses getting experience doing them is the evening and night shifts as during the day the techs do them. We average 5 per night. As for interpretation.... Dont go by what the EKG prints...

13. Frustrated Need Input

    rockchalk_jayhawk posted a topic in Geriatric

    Good morning all. I am in need of some major input. My full time job is working in an ICU at a rural hospital. That job is excellent. For some extra spending cash I work part time in a small nursing home. It is going thru some major changes. And as m...