You could possibly work agency if you dont need to carry the benefits for the family. You can take off every summer when there is less work anyway and work at the summer camps. Then in Fall when the...
I am an EC grad in Texas. I graduated in Aug 05. I used alot of the College network study guides and they were good. But as earlier stated, You can join many Yahoo study groups and buy them from...
Our hospice uses haldol for nausea, but usually only if first line drugs haven't worked. We normally use it in conjunction with other meds. Just like any medication, different people react...
Maybe I should clarify what I do. I work a very long shift friday night from 5pm until 8pm saturday. then I work sunday 8am-8pm then mon-thurs 5pm -8am. I do this schedule for one week then I am...
IF you dischard the patient while they are in the hospital, they will have to be a complete new admission to resume services. Wheather the hospice gave consent for the ER visit or not, most of the...
We have a cencus of about 230-240, sometimes it goes higher. We have 2 full time triage nurses (I'm one of them) and we have a full time evening 4pm-mn and a mn-8am nurse. WE have a 4-mn and MN-8...
Try to think of it in another context... imagine being a 72 year old man that has lived your life, raised your kids, worked your job, did all that you could do to become who you are, and then you...
Being a case manager is going to end up being what ever you make of it. When I was doing it I loved it. There are the hum drum days where there isn't much going on, but the blessing comes when your...
A couple of days before my mother died, she was telling me about the angels in her room. She pointed upward toward different areas of the ceiling and described them. Just seconds before she died, I...
I've had the dream thing before. I use to work pedi oncology and when new patients came to the unit I would dream about which ones would die and which ones would go into remission. My dreams were...
I live in Texas and the assisited living centers that we service never have actual nurses available, only med techs. Now they do have the med techs around the clock. Does your company offer...
i am a hospice triage nurse. i have been in nursing for 17 years. i started out as a case manager for about a year before i transferred to a triage position. i'm not real comfortable discussing...