SoCalRN1970

SoCalRN1970

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  1. I should probably let this go but...

    SoCalRN1970 replied to agldragonRN's topic in General Nursing

    this is why I left the acute hospital setting 14 years ago, never to look back. sorry, but they don't care about you. Only numbers and patient satisfaction surveys. They do NOT hold employees as

  2. How can they say I am not a viable candidate?

    SoCalRN1970 replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    OH MY GOD! I had to post again, sorry hospice nurses. I finally, after hounding the recruiter who wouldn't even return my call she finally emailed me two weeks later. She told me I was not a...

  3. Advice for a new Hospice nurse :)

    SoCalRN1970 replied to This Won't Hurt Much's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I don't know what to say to you. I was always comfortable around dead bodies, even in the hospital. I don't have a clue what or how things will play out for you. I think it's individual, and it may...

  4. Admitting patients for the sake of admitting?

    SoCalRN1970 replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am really annoyed that this agency I have chosen to work with has been doing this very routinely lately. Taking patients according to the doctors. Dare not admit them if they aren 't appropriate...

  5. How many of you have experienced medication errors?

    SoCalRN1970 replied to mihualalei's topic in General Nursing

    The sheer volume of meds a typical nurse gives in a day makes it unavoidable. Some nurses may think that they have never made a mistake, chances are they just haven't realized a mistake they made. I...

  6. What we must endure as hospice nurses....

    SoCalRN1970 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I wanted to share a little experience with you all. I inherited a patient because my manager on a whim decided to change around our assignments and I inherited a long term patient who was with...

  7. To Odyssey or not to Odyssey, that is the question.

    SoCalRN1970 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am leaving my current employer as soon as a viable offer presents. I am loving my clinical world, but I hate the unethical internals that I witness bordering-on illegal. I found out that our...

  8. To Odyssey or not to Odyssey, that is the question.

    SoCalRN1970 replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Iam very excited to start here thats for

  9. How does one fight constant ignorance not just Hospice specific?

    SoCalRN1970 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It's a battle for myself and my nursing colleagues. Usually this is specific to those who are not medical, family member who try to maintain control, and have no clue what they are doing. Example....

  10. How does one fight constant ignorance not just Hospice specific?

    SoCalRN1970 replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I guess what I didn't really comment on was that this is a constant ongoing scnario with this case. It's been very trying from the begining. I am all for asking questions, but when patients and...

  11. What we must endure as hospice nurses....

    SoCalRN1970 replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Super fantastic news for me anyway. I discharged this nightmare case a few days ago. I was more than happy to coordinate services, dme and whatever to get this problematic individual to her family...

  12. How does one fight constant ignorance not just Hospice specific?

    SoCalRN1970 replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Atlanta RN.but its up to you whether you follow the plan of care or not.....ball in is your court is so true. If I have to say that to a family and I have, may not be in those words exactly, it...

  13. To Odyssey or not to Odyssey, that is the question.

    SoCalRN1970 replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am soo glad to hear you like them! It's almost a too good sounding to be true environment! I am thankful they made an offer to me.. now on for the drug screen.

  14. Deep Suctioning: Should We Do It At End of Life?

    SoCalRN1970 replied to tencat's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Have you ever been deep suctioned? I have, and it hurts! I also have had this done due to having my jaws wired after surgery. I make sure when I get the request for this I explain, I have had...

  15. Really Tired of Fighting Hospice Ignorance......

    SoCalRN1970 replied to tencat's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have had many horrific responses from not only idiot family members who know nothing to staff RN's who are freaking out because I am sending a dying patient home on medications that they'd never...

  16. Escorted out of the patients home.........

    SoCalRN1970 replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    totally let it go. Decline no matter what is inevitable. Reality will hit them quicker than