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Great advice! Thank you!

I've been an RN for 25 years. I've worked for the same company for 20 years. I'm not looking into career advancement. I'm just concerned because most nurses now have their BSN in nursing. I only have an associate degree. Should I be concerned and go back to school? I have about 10 more years until I retire. Thank you for any advice!!

I need to choose a school to complete my RN to BSN I've been researching for months now in order to pick a College to complete my RN to BSN online. I am so confused! The more I research the more I get undecided. I would like to hear from other nurses so I can make a choice. I've been a nurse for 21 years but I am terrified of making the wrong choice, getting myself into debt and then having to quit. I want to pick a school that other nurses recommend because they've had a good experience with it. Will someone help me please? Thank you so much!

Maybe legal was the wrong word to use. I was just infuriated by the latest demand from my company. I was venting and used the wrong word, so excuse me! I am not stupid to think that this is in the legal system and needs legislature to intervene. Give me a break!

I work for an Impatient Hospice Facility. Currently they cut down on housekeepers and because of the fast turnovers of patients, we nurses are required to clean the patient's room so we can quickly get an admission. Is this legal? I would like to know if anyone else has been required to do this... We are all frustrated but we can't afford to lose our jobs. Thanks!!

To all my colleagues out there: Please take care of yourselves. We nurses are precious beings who need as much care and attention as anyone else. If you see a coworker "drowning":wacky: or feeling exhausted:down:, give her/him a hand, give encouragement:up: and be supportive. We need to learn to work together and be supportive of each other. Our work is very hard and only "we nurses" know what we do everyday. Meditate, pray, exercise, take a walk, talk on the phone, do something that relaxes you and makes you happy:)

I am an admitting Hospice RN and I know that the Medicare and Medicaid guidelines are strict but most of the time what counts is not a single diagnosis but "the whole picture" such as weight loss, dependence on more than 4 ADL's, multiple hospitalizations, wounds, infections and most of all, the patient and family's goals of care. If the goals of care are palliative rather then curative and the patient is showing progressive decline, the pt will most likely qualify for Hospice care. Continuation of Hospice services will depend upon how the patient is doing when he/she is recertified for Hospice.

I have been a Hospice Nurse for 15 years and this issue with turning a patient who is actively dying has always been very controversial among nurses, doctors and family members. I have seen doctors get mad at nurses for repositioning a pt who is actively dying.. I have seen family members do the same, as well as CNA's. I totally agree patients need skin care and gentle repositioning and it's a "pet peeve" of mine when patients go the entire shift without any repositioning. I couldn't agree more with the quote: " comfort care doesn't mean lack of care". I am so glad other nurses think like me!

50 cents for nights??? Are you kidding me? Not worth it at all. That is why we need Unions!

Thank you

Does anyone know where I can find a nursing care plan book for Hospice? I have searched everywhere and can't find one! Please help! Thanks:)

Are you a nurse yet? If not, I understand your fears. Nurses, like any other healthcare provider, have to take measures to protect themselves from any contagious diseases and by that I mean wearing gloves, masks, goggles, gowns, etc. And of course the most important measure is hand washing! Sometimes patients are put on "isolation" and there are strict guidelines to be followed to prevent spread of disease. When you start working, your new employer will provide you with a lot of education about protecting yourself from infectious diseases and you will feel a lot better after you understand it. Hope this helps!:)

You should go to work Tuesday at 11pm. I have been working night shift for a long time... I work 12h shifts, though. Night shift is a great way to start after graduating. Good luck!

I am writing because I am trying to make sense of something my organization has started and the nurses are conforming to (for lack of choice because we need our jobs)- my Organization (an impatient facility) is implementing a new system that we, nurses, have to take the orders from the charts, imput it in the computer (that doesn't interface with the Pharmacy software) and then start giving medication from there. There is no safety net. Pharmacy never sees our eMARS as their system doesn't interface with ours. We feel this is a recipe for disaster. In the past (for as long as I've been a nurse -about 20 years) Pharmacy always genereated our MARS. We no longer have the extra "set of eyes" looking at the orders even if we had to review it afterwards (which is the normal process). Anyone has a light to shed on this mess? Thank you!