MomRN0913

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  1. fungating facial wound

    MomRN0913 replied to NC29mom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Our pharmacy compounds a lidocaine/ acetaminophen /ketamine spray which really seems to help for many things, the main one being

  2. What did I get myself into??!! I'm scared!!!

    MomRN0913 replied to RN_Mommy_2_3's topic in Home Health

    I not mean to scare you.... I just wish I truly understood what people were telling me. I hope your experience is way better than mine. Btw, I didn't go out on stress disability. I had my gall...

  3. What did I get myself into??!! I'm scared!!!

    MomRN0913 replied to RN_Mommy_2_3's topic in Home Health

    me too. I ended up in the hospital due to skyrocketed blood pressure do to job stress and my doctor wants to put me out on disability. I work before work, like a dog during work and after work. I'm...

  4. So my job stress finally put me in the ER

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Thanks all, I am working very hard on getting another job. I'm in the running for a low stress work from home position. I've wanted it for 2 years. They are interviewing but have no current open...

  5. The Slow Code: Justified?

    MomRN0913 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There is a difference of a true slow code and an unethical whatever you want o call that happened in the LTC facility.Like mentioned here I have slow coded before. It's not always these patients...

  6. So my job stress finally put me in the ER

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I am not obese and in rather good shape. I used to work out a lot. It not since this job, I try to kickbox once a week to relieve the stress, but I haven't had a chance to go in a few weeks. I was...

  7. I need help processing my first hospice patient experience.

    MomRN0913 replied to pkateRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My hospice is all about VS. I wasnt so much when I started learning hospice. I refuse to take a BP when I see a patient and they are comfortably sleeping. One time when I didn't take vitals because...

  8. Happy nursing?!?

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a very, very burnt nurse. I have compassion burnout and just overall stress burnout.Is there a "happy" job in nursing? Sure, helping people is great, while my job is overwhelmingly stressful and...

  9. I need help processing my first hospice patient experience.

    MomRN0913 replied to pkateRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I agree with the others, you did a great job. You are not speeding up the process. If to maintain his comfort he passes sooner, then so be it.As far as the vital signs........ Why none? Vitals five...

  10. Yet another burned-out nurse question...

    MomRN0913 replied to Gabrielle33's topic in General Nursing

    I just wrote a burnt out nurse post myself. Only I'm almost 7 years, not 17!!!If you can take the time for yourself, do it. I'm a single parent, not an option for me, but I can tell you, if I could,...

  11. Where does the job end?

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in Home Health

    Still trying to figure out if this gig is for me on month 6. I thank you for all the help in advance for answering my questions.I do home health and hospice. More home health than hospice. Supposed...

  12. These two idiots need to have their nursing licenses revoked

    MomRN0913 replied to guest416560's topic in General Nursing

    Disgusting.

  13. Where does the job end?

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    I make a crappy per hour rate. So I am not being compensated for my off hours work. Not to mention the fact in the cuter math of hurricane sandy I worked the day after and went down to my gaslight...

  14. Unreasonable of my HH care company ?

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in Home Health

    I live in nJ and have been greatly effected by Sandy. Besides of my own personal problems of my town having a 100% power outage. As you have heard , it's impossible to come by gas. I worked...

  15. Novasyte?

    MomRN0913 replied to Jw1724's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I didn't even apply and they found me and call me constantly. It's the ICU background thing. Anyways, I spoke to them a little and i think they only hire per diem. They called me again the other...

  16. Unreasonable of my HH care company ?

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    ....... And now I am getting blasted for not handing in a PT referral? Jesus, it just keeps getting

  17. Unreasonable of my HH care company ?

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    This is what I was very surprised about. It's my first year in HH. So I didn't know how it worked. I figured Friday through Sunday we would be calling all patients to make sure they had a disaster...

  18. Unreasonable of my HH care company ?

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    Thanks for making me feel a little better. My boss got nasty with me today and apparently no one else can take her right now. I got 2 gallons of gas I'm using wisely. I tried within reason today to...

  19. Sandy Storm whom do I serve?

    MomRN0913 replied to echoRNC711's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    And my prayers are with your husband that he stays safe during this storm: I'm in northern NJ, and my dad and his wife life directly on the beach in the Rockaway park NY and refused the mandatory...

  20. Sandy Storm whom do I serve?

    MomRN0913 replied to echoRNC711's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My child comes before anyone else. If I work a job that would fire me after 20 years of service because I had to take care of my kids in a state of emergency, I wouldn't care to be working for...

  21. Hired for part-time but being made to work full-time

    MomRN0913 replied to Nurse ABC's topic in General Nursing

    oP, I feel you should definitely say something you chose to be part time because that is what you can do and fits in with your life.However, when I managed, my biggest problem was this above . My...

  22. State of emergency?!

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in Home Health

    I live in Nj and am waiting to get smacked by sandy. I'm waiting to hear back from my company back on this, but does anyone know if there is. State of emergency if we have have to work?The though of...

  23. If you weren't a nurse, what would you have become?

    MomRN0913 replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    Found a way to fufill my dream of owning my own ice cream

  24. is this legal

    MomRN0913 replied to ProgressiveActivist's topic in MICU, SICU

    And the nurse who actually carried out these orders? What made her ok with doing that? Because a doctor said so? I would tell the ordering doc if he wants it done to do it, because I certainly...

  25. is this legal

    MomRN0913 replied to ProgressiveActivist's topic in MICU, SICU

    Sounds pretty illegal. It does sound like euthanasia.I was an icu nurse and now I am a palliative/ hospice nurse.We have never done a tying remotely like that for end of like care in the icu, nor in...