westieluv

westieluv

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  1. What If the School That I Attended No Longer Exists?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Yep, I have requested transcripts from Mercy College of Ohio and they do maintain all of the records from when it was Mercy School of Nursing. I just don't know if they would be able to prove that my...

  2. What If the School That I Attended No Longer Exists?

    westieluv posted a topic in Georgia Nursing

    We may be moving from Michigan to Georgia for my husband's job. I was just looking over the Georgia State Board of Nursing website and it says that in order to apply for my RN license by endorsement,...

  3. Question About the Certification Exam

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you, that's encouraging! I have almost three months to study, so I think that if I start now and don't stress, just study on a regular basis, I'll probably be okay. It's just that some of the...

  4. What If the School That I Attended No Longer Exists?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Thanks, I hope it's that easy too! :

  5. How to be a good hospice home health aid...advice?

    westieluv replied to countrygirl1234's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Is this lady actually a patient of a hospice program in your area, or is she just near the end of her life? The reason I ask is that if she is admitted to a competent hospice program, they would be...

  6. Needing advice

    westieluv replied to whatsthat???'s topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Sometimes you can't, no matter how you put it. So many hospice patients end up getting admitted and dying a day or two later, or just never getting admitted, simply because they or their families are...

  7. Any help appreciated.

    westieluv replied to s-whnp's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Have you tried finding a non-profit hospice in your area? I work for a small, non-profit hospice, and our policy is to never turn anyone away because of their inability to pay. We use our charitable...

  8. Hospice with Physical Therapy together??

    westieluv replied to Shell5's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We don't have any patients on PT/OT, but I think it would depend on the nature of the therapy. If the goal is to make the patient more comfortable (e.g. working to ease a contracture that is causing...

  9. Registry RN position - New Grad Float pool

    westieluv replied to kujomonster's topic in Nursing Career

    Does this position include benefits? If not, I think you are being duped in the name of being a new grad. Most hospitals don't want new grads in their float pools because floating can be challenging...

  10. To move or not to move? Your thoughts/ suggestions please

    westieluv replied to RNmeee's topic in Nursing Career

    This is just me, but I wouldn't do it. If I didn't already have a job possibly, if we were absolutely drowning financially, but otherwise, no, it's not worth it. For one thing, you said the pay is low...

  11. Breast CA wound care

    westieluv replied to cbski's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I had a patient like this last year. The only thing that worked for us was to use several ABDs and wrap the whole thing with one or two rolls of Kerlix gauze wrap around her entire body. Even at that,...

  12. Anyone know about hiring RN refreshers who have had years of previous experience?

    westieluv replied to Kim RN ADN's topic in Nursing Career

    I have been an RN since 1990. I worked inpatient Med/Surg from 1990-1993, then took four years off to be home with our kids, then went back to the same hospital and worked per diem from 1997-2001,...

  13. what does it take to be a hospice nurse

    westieluv replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The main requirements for a hospice nurse, IMHO, are excellent physical assessment skills, compassion, and empathy. When you are doing home visits, it is just you and the patient--no charge nurse or...

  14. Good Nursing Agencies in Ann Arbor Area?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Thanks, I'll check it out. :

  15. How do you get a job with no RECENT exp.

    westieluv replied to CNPalmer's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Nursing refresher courses are just like any other type of work-related education in that they provide you with a certain set of skills or knowledge base in exchange for money. You take the course to...

  16. How do you get a job with no RECENT exp.

    westieluv replied to CNPalmer's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Not to mention that an RN cannot work as an LPN without an LPN license. Each of these types of nursing has its own licensing requirements and scope of practice. It's like saying that maybe she could...

  17. Heartland Hospice or Seasons hospice

    westieluv replied to LvANrse80's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    HCR Manorcare, the parent company of Heartland, has its headquarters in Toledo, Ohio and has offices all over the country. They also own a bunch of nursing homes. I can't speak on all of their...

  18. Looking for Advice-New Grad, 8 patients?

    westieluv replied to RNRapunzel1029's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Wow. I have been an RN for almost 22 years, have several years of Med/Surg experience, work nights, and no way would I ever work where I had to take eight patients on a regular basis. We get plenty of...

  19. Two job offers = excitement + confusion

    westieluv replied to iam1rn's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Definitely the home care job. I always worked contingent or not at all when my kids were your kids' ages because I wouldn't have been able to leave them for 40 hours a week and miss out on so much...

  20. this is do-able, right?

    westieluv replied to goldberryRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    At the hospice that I used to work for, I worked on-call 12 hr. nights and I was the only on-call nurse for 220+ patients in the field. We also had a triage nurse, though. The most visits I ever had...

  21. I want to be a hospice nurse so bad!!!!

    westieluv replied to RockinChick66's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It has been my experience as a nurse in an inpatient hospice unit, an on-call hospice field nurse, and now a hospice intake nurse, that the most important skill that a hospice nurse needs is people...

  22. FINALLY got hired with Hospice!

    westieluv replied to gorgenurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Congratulations and welcome! Hospice is the hardest job you will ever love. You will feel more appreciated and learn more about life than you ever have before. People tell me that anyone who gets a...

  23. It shouldn't have happened this way....

    westieluv replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I can't believe that a professional nurse or CNA, or whoever it was who took that 4 am BP didn't take action when they saw how it had plummeted. This is total negligence, as far as I can tell by what...

  24. Any MI nurses commute to Toledo?

    westieluv replied to resilientnurse's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Good for you! That sounds like a challenging but rewarding job. I imagine the new Motts is

  25. Any MI nurses commute to Toledo?

    westieluv replied to resilientnurse's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I know, that's what I hear, although I have never lived in Florida. I have seen a lot of posts on these forums where nurses say how much they make in states like Florida, Georgia, and Alabama and I...