ATCant

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1. struggling with learning the dialysis job

   ATCant posted a topic in Urology

   started training as a dialysis nurse at the end of June. My anxiety level is very high and I keep forgetting little things as far as the set-up of the Phoenix dialysis machine. Things like turning off the KT/V but only on occasion or forgetting to pu...

2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   ATCant replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Worked as a Hospice nurse for 10 years and was with many as they died. I have come to regard death as a sacred experience. We always tried to ensure that the symptoms were controlled so that the patient was comfortable and calm. When someone is no...

3. Should I be mad at Hospice? My mother...

   ATCant replied to Roland's topic in Hospice

   We don't have an impatient Hospice facility where I live. If a patient has a symptome that we can't get under control then the MD can put the patient into the hospital long enough to get that symptom under control. It's not very often that we have t...

4. Hi, New user, Hospice nurse looking for input from other hospice nurses

   ATCant replied to pcrn's topic in Hospice

   I have been in Hospice staff nurse since 1995. You can read my greeting and perhaps we could compare notes. I work for a freestanding Hospice. We never started out as a homecare agency which then had to switch to a hospice model of nursing. Did homec...