MomRN0913

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  1. Home Health-The good, The bad, and I'm getting out.

    MomRN0913 replied to lsvalliant's topic in Home Health

    My agency has policies on nothing. They send me into horrible areas. I'm going to one where a 16 year old got shot in a drive by a week ago. I was told by my boss " drive by's can happen...

  2. Getting back in after 2 years

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I was an ICU nurse for 5 years. I got out to try to be a NM, which turned out to be horrible then I did something else non bedside and now I am a HH/ hospice nurse and the job is torture. I would go...

  3. Frustrating case

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have a palliative care case that might be hospice I'd they had insurance. It's of a Spanish speaking lady with pancreatic cancer. Her daughter cares for her who is very emotional and " needy". The...

  4. Burnt out and struggling emotionally

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks for all the ideas, feedback and support. After a grueling week, I have had a grueling Monday and now my boss is out to get me. She has taken the hospice cases I enjoy and had left me with the...

  5. Extubation Difficulties

    MomRN0913 replied to Nursingbride12's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    This is going to sound awful, but in my experience, these patients do quite well when they self-

  6. Home Health-The good, The bad, and I'm getting out.

    MomRN0913 replied to lsvalliant's topic in Home Health

    I'm glad you found a position to get out of HH. I've been in it for almost a year. A miserable year. Overworked and underpaid. I wanted a work/ life balance, instead I got a work is life situation....

  7. Burnt out and struggling emotionally

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Grammy, that was great advice. And compassion. And that notebook idea is great. Because I am sick of waking up at 4am with something left over bothering me, whether it be about an order I received...

  8. Nurses carrying weapons

    MomRN0913 replied to KittyLovinRN's topic in Home Health

    I have no idea what the law is in my state, but I went to DC a patient in a bad area, and I pulled up and there were cops and emt's outside my patients home. Apparently someone was in there high and...

  9. Burnt out and struggling emotionally

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks so much for the support. I am so completely drained. And at ropes end. Then I find out today they are increasing productivity as of next week. I can't even keep up wih what I have now and...

  10. My poor coworker:(

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in Home Health

    One of the MSW's I work with who is a complete dog lover was petting the small dog of a hospice patient. The dog snapped and bit her nose and gashed it and she was gushing blood and the family did...

  11. My poor coworker:(

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    No...... The dog disn't die, the patient did. The dog got quarantined for 10 days. The family said they wanted to put the dog down after the patient died because they aren't the nicest people. Who...

  12. These annoying HIPAA laws:)

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I do have a real questions regarding HIPAA. I took part in the care of a patient who has had a pretty big impact on the cystic fibrosis community. He has recently passed away. He was very talented...

  13. Hospice agency question

    MomRN0913 replied to rn1day08's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    This sounds like a great deal. I have a 20 pt load mix of hospice and palliative care and some need to be seen 3 times a week. I get 2 admits a week and case manage and am in the field for all the...

  14. Feeling sad about my ALS patient

    MomRN0913 replied to ekramona's topic in General Nursing

    I took care of a patient with ALS in the ICU. He was there a long time before he died. He was one of the most difficult patients to take care of and not many nurses wanted to take care of him. His...

  15. Helping a patient achieve comfort at end of life is not that easy....

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The hospice patients I have usually get kicked off of hospice before getting to the end stages. And now I'm getting more hospice ( finally). And they are dying. Helping a patient acheive a...

  16. Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    MomRN0913 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'll be honest. The ICU I worked in was mostly all good looking people hired in the reign of my NM. I didn't realize it for a while. Don't know if it had anything to do about $$. However, those...

  17. Would Like Input - CABG

    MomRN0913 replied to NickiJules's topic in General Nursing

    Autocorrect on my iPad. I'm well known for my autocorrect bloopers in text and on

  18. Help!

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in Case Management

    Hope I am posting in the right place....I am having my final interview for an RN disability CM/ consultant position with a large insurance co pa y. I've never donetbis before, but I did well with my...

  19. Help!

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Case Management

    Part time home health I could do without case management. Just seeing patients for visits would be fine. Case managing in home health is awful. Especially with my problem-child caseload. I wish you...

  20. Would wearing a sexy nursing outfit to a party disrespect the profession?

    MomRN0913 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Seriously! They have the naughty fireman, naughty cop, naughty every profession costume in the costume stores. Does that harm the reputation of all those professions too?! People need to seriously...

  21. Help!

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Case Management

    Honestly, I hate case management in HH. Sorry. But it seems different at your company. We are also their field nurse. Case managers do EVERYTHING in my company. I'm trying to get into realy case...

  22. Questions about expectations

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in Home Health

    It is no secret I am really miserable in HH/Hospice. I do actually like hospice, but its the expectations and the way my company is run that gets me. I am having a feeling I am going to have to be...

  23. Would Like Input - CABG

    MomRN0913 replied to NickiJules's topic in General Nursing

    How the heck did this thread become about HIPPA violations? OP had a true concern and interest in learning about the outcome of her complex patient. That's what this is all about. I've done it too,...

  24. Would wearing a sexy nursing outfit to a party disrespect the profession?

    MomRN0913 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Not at all! It's fun ! One Halloween I was a patient and my ex husband was a "murse". One in particular, Gaylord focker! We love that movie. And he looks a little like Ben stiller, so it was...

  25. My poor coworker:(

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    The pet has to be reported for the safety of the person bit to make sure it's up to date on everything!!!! Forget next time, this time she is scarred directly in her face. I think she knows not to...