LemonIndiscretion

I did palliative care for a bit, My hospice agency had me see palliative patients (basically mostly patients with cancer still seeking treatment), their goal was to bridge them over to our hospice. I enjoyed it but became overwhelmed at times, trying...

I've done home health and hospice and I find the documentation equal. Hospice requires more frequent family phone calls, documentation for IDT, documentation for care plan meetings for facilities. Not to mention constant med changes! I find hospice ...

I also work for a smaller-ish agency. My current case load is 23, mix of home patients and facility, more facility but I'm in 4 buildings. I'm managing... Earlier this year I was on call every day for 2 months straight with a few weekend days off her...

First off Good luck on the exam! I took it on the 17th of this month and passed with an 85! I've only been doing hospice for 9 months but I have oncology/ palliative experience (about 2 years) and I studied for one month. Techically I studied for 3 ...

My case load right now is 30... I'm also on call every other week for a whole week at a time... 5pm-8am then work regular work day then Friday 5pm-Monday 8am with literally no help whatsoever... lord help me!

Y'all I'm dying right now because of on call... it was every 4 weeks, 7 days straight... then it was every 3 weeks, now it's every other week so 7 days on call 5pm to 8Am then 5pm Friday through Monday morning at 8am then I have to do a regular work...

Anyone else doing them? My HHA paid for me to get my ONS certification to give chemo/biotherapies in February/March last year... Since then I've been doing 5 FU disconnects, accessing/deaccessing clients' ports for hydration/ IV pain medication etc.....

I got a job at a home health agency as a new grad, was asked to be part of the chemo team after 4 months, got the ONS cetification in April (agency paid for it), started doing chemo disconnects and hydrating clients with cancer in their homes, and ju...

Any other new grads in home health? My only experience was 2 years as a CNA and 7 years as a residential counselor in group homes. I graduated with a BSN a little over a year ago. I was lucky enough to be hired by my home health agency after I passe...

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I've removed a few in the home, to do so I need to see the xray and I need measurements, I pull then measure to make sure nothing is left behind, then apply occlusive dressing

Admission nurse should do it

Hi nurseinstinct! I'm now on the IV team, doing mostly chemo clients, it's stressful and I cover a huge territory but I LOVE IT! I'm still case managing for an LPN but am slowly giving that responsibilty up because we're getting so many chemo ref...

My pay was 30$ per visit for the first few months, then additional $ to case manage, I'm at 40$/visit Nurses who have hospital experience start out 40-45$ per visit. Nurses who have worked in a hospital say they make more in home health, hope that he...

I live in Rhode Island Graduated with BSN in May 2013 Passed NCLEX end of July, I started seriously looking for jobs in August, went on 3 interviews after applying for a few dozen jobs, in September interviewed at my current job but didnt start un...

My pay sucked at first but right now I'm at 32$ per visit 64$ for an admission,it's much less than what the other nurses with experience make. I do between 32-34 visits per week and work 5-6 days per week.

I was hired as a new grad. They trained me for 2 months with an RN and now I work with an LPN everyday. The first few weeks- months on my own were hell. But I think if you know when you're in over your head and talk to your clinical managers often yo...

I just finished nursing school!!! Just waiting to take the boards... I just wanted to say I couldn't do it without this site! (Well... maybe I could have but members on this site have definitely helped me over the years!) Many of you gave me strength...

Wow I'm a dummy and totally put this topic under articles instead of just general nursing. I'll try to figure out how to move it/delete it! Lo Siento!

My school was also in support of us reading strips, or at least being able to recognize the biggies! Besides on exams I had a clinical instructor in med/surg 1 who would pop quiz us on the spot with asking us what was off on an ECG strip, and she wo...

julz68 I really appreciate you posting this! These situations might seem black and white, but as a brand spankin' newbie It's definitely got me thinking and I'm sure I will encounter situations similar in the future! I love reading everyone's respon...

I'm so sorry! We'll all be here when you come back.

....About employees not smoking!!! I just applied for a Student Nurse Associate position at a hospital affiliated with the organization that runs all the big hospitals in my area- (basically everyone in my state who works in healthcare has at one tim...

They have a flu clinic that my school participates in and they offer the opportunity for students to basically give injections all day, I highly recommend this experience if your school offers it. You volunteer and its not for credits or anything but...

You may do a lot more next year, especially because it's an accelerated program. I'm in a traditional bsn program and I didn't start doing a lot of injections, dressings, feeding tubes, IV meds etc. until this past year which was my junior year. At t...