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  1. RN w/Renal background contemplating switch to hospice

    mollie replied to moondrop's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    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...

  2. Why can't I work for 2 hospices?

    mollie replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    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...

  3. does anyone know about rn jobs in Iraq?

    mollie posted a topic in Travel

    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....

  4. DNR means Do Not Treat

    mollie replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  5. Suggestions for Coping with Pt. Death

    mollie replied to amj10rn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    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...

  6. prothrombin time...help

    mollie posted a topic in Home Health

    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...

  7. prothrombin time...help

    mollie replied to mollie's topic in Home Health

    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...

  8. Traveling and your phone(s)

    mollie replied to rjflyn's topic in Travel

    What do you do for internet access without a land line?

  9. Life is futile, dead is dead, the other side

    mollie replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    [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...

  10. prothrombin time...help

    mollie replied to mollie's topic in Home Health

    Thank you for your concern. I did call the lab and they said 24 hours. So I got dressed and went and brought it right in. It was a huge

  11. Life is futile, dead is dead, the other side

    mollie replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    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"...

  12. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    mollie replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    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...

  13. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    mollie replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    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...

  14. I don't fit into nursing& nurse eating

    mollie replied to cargal's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  15. mother in law on vent

    mollie replied to mollie's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for all of the input, it is really all very helpful and provides me with useful information to present to the family. God bless you

  16. mother in law on vent

    mollie posted a topic in General Nursing

    My mother in law is on a vent and has a feeding tube after quad. bypass and aortic valve replacement. She is 84 years old. She has been on the vent for 2 and 1/2 months and is now being moved from...

  17. mother in law on vent

    mollie replied to mollie's topic in General Nursing

    my mil has no living will. There are 5 siblings who believe in life at all costs.. but "you" pay the cost! What are the stats on recovery from this? My mil is conscious, miserable but unable to make...