Unfortunately, I am thinking about leaving hospice too. I have been a hospice CM for 6 months a far as the patients, I love it. But I am struggling with the long days, working 10 hours per day and...
Clearly every agency situation is different. I stand by what I said about the requirements at my hospice. I do facilities as well, but all of my patients are NOT in the same facility. If that were the...
I am new to hospice nursing, but I find that 4 visits a day is more than enough for me. Between all of the excessive documentation that is required and the phone calls/care coordination that happens...
4boysmama thank you for sharing your solution. It is a great idea I will have to think about. Just not sure I want to carry 2 phones and have another bill ( even though $30 is extremely
Our company requires us to use our own cell phones. We receive a stipend of $60 per month. We were told in orientation not to give our phone number to families or facilities. I never do because once...
Congratulations nurseontheway!!! I am a new hospice nurse too (about 3 months). I don't have a lot of advice yet, but just wanted to offer encouragement. I agree with the others about the binder and...
Nutella, thank you so much for this information that you shared. I am a new hospice nurse and will be going into facilities. This is very helpful and has alerted me to some potential pitfalls to...
Hi, I am new to hospice and just wanted to offer some support. I would be burned out from that on-call schedule too. Is it possible to find a hospice that has an after hours/weekend on call team so...
I would recommend the traditional BSN route as well. I also had a Bachelor's degree prior to becoming a nurse and found this was the best route. ABSN programs tend to be very expensive and the thought...
Good questions Larrythenurse. The UAP's in my group homes administer medication using the three-way check method, however we do not use Therap. But I would be interested to hear how this is working...
That's a tough one. For clients who aren't able to follow the instruction to take a deep breath, I generally just get behind them and position my stethoscope at the L or R right base first and just...