Hello , I started out on a renal floor and I love Hospice. I think it is a great honor to help our patients to have as good a death as possible. And to be able to help the families cope with coming...
Hello, i wanted to ask a question and I do not know how to post it as new so I hope it is not impolite to jump on this post??? (I am pretty ignorant when it comes to posting and such) I wanted to...
When I turn 90 years old or even 80 years old I do not want anyone treating anything if I am dnr! Which I most certainly will be. Why would you even think that a patient who went to the trouble to...
I don't agree that having problems with how to deal with death disqualifies one as a hospice nurse. We are all going to die some day and we must come to terms with how to deal with it. If...
We also only draw troughs. I remember in the "old" days when the md's ordered Vanc like it was candy and I would go from one town to the other trying to give q 12 or q 8 vanc in 2 or three locations...
Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew if there is a need for rn's in Iraq? Or if you might know where I could look for any information. So far surfing the net hasn't yielded any results....
[Dear Pam, How sad for you and your dear family. There are no words to say how my heart goes out to you. My mother died of cancer a few years ago. I had quit my full time job to help care for her...
Can anyone tell me how long a sample of blood (for a pt) will last if left in a car? The temp is approx. 40 degrees. I totally forgot about the specimen and just woke up and remembered it. I can't...
My heart goes out to you, my friend. My mother in law is still on a vent after almost 3 months and is just suffering. But small bits of "hope" keep family members wanting to try "one more thing"...
Hi Hunter, I love your name! It is so cool! Nursing is hard, but anything worth doing is :balloons: hard, right? If things are not a little or a lot hard then they are usually boooooring! I do...
wow, it is interesting to hear about hh days. I live in a place where it does not snow much, but I was raised in snow country and I miss it. (some parts of it anyway) :) I guess I shoudn't complain...
Hi Carrie You sound alot like me. I worked with a bully nurse who won the supervisor over by buying her many many gifts. When my son was in Iraq, she would laugh about all the boys coming home in...