mollie

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 to terms with the fact that life will always end w...

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 find out if any of you knew of travel agencies that...

Hello everyone, I am from Brockton, Ma but have lived in TN for 25 years. I am interested in finding a travel position in the Cape cod area near sandwich. I am an RN currently working in a hospice position. Do you guys know if this would be possib...

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. Thanks

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 have a dnr put in place would want to have infectio...

Oh ya, you know you are a nurse when you spend 3 or more hours reading these incredibly funny threads instead of cleaning house wrapping Christmas gifts buying groceries...because you feel you have found kindred spirits , a bunch of nuts who know yo...

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 caregivers, nurses, ect, find rituals helpful as a coping sk...

My husband and I were on the way back from Fla. I was asleep. All of a sudden he shook me awake and said get out and help this man. He had pulled to the side of the interstate and as I jumped out of the car , I saw a man lying face down near a mote...

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 believe I forgot it and it makes me sick! Also no...

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 and do all the peaks and troughs and get them rushe...

What do you do for internet access without a land line? thanks:balloons:

am wanting to go to Saudi or Iraq!! I know you asked for info from someone who has gone, but I hope you will share with me how you have obtained a contract, ect. I look forward to hearing from you.

[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 because she lived in a different state. I went pr...

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 relief!!!

Hi sundowner, I have just signed up with an agency and the information you have provided is very stress relieving. I am a very shy unconfident person at the heart of me. Will this prove to be a huge hindrance? Also, you said you will only work in lo...

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" and who can blame or judge them? I pray for you and...

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 not like boring, do you? Home health nursing is so...

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 about the rainy hh days, huh? I work prn for hh a...

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 body bags. She wanted my 7-3 shift and was able to...

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 guys!

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 ICU to a vent weaning hospital. She also has mrsa....

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 a decision. Do you know any sites I can go to to...