duskyjewel

While I am satisfied working in hospice and happy with my employer for the most part, there is some instability going on, and it may lead to changes in my position I'm not in favor of making. A smaller hospital near me has posted a full time night sh...

I have found some really old threads about EVIT here, but would like to hear from anyone who has recent experiences with them. I am thinking about taking 2013 to get myself ready by taking some community college classes for the couple of prereqs they...

After two weeks and three interviews, I was offered a job on Friday evening! I am so excited. I am very hopeful as I believe from everything I have experienced so far that the culture at my future employer is vastly different from the one at my cur...

I was told acceptance notifications for the Spring 2015 LPN class would go out this month, and have been checking my email for weeks. I'm trying not to obsess, but...... I just want to know where I stand and start planning if I need to. So, anyone e...

This exchange took place earlier today on the thread about "choosing a date to die." I think it's clear that those of us who work in hospice need to work harder to educate not only the general public, but also fellow health care workers.

So when a nurse who was working in an admin role comes back to the bedside, and starts complaining about the same things she minimized and ignored, is it evil to enjoy that just a little bit?

What? Are you saying their lab screwed up and she never had Ebola? Do you have a source for that? Or are you joking?

You need to stop calling this a mistake. A mistake is turning left when you meant to go right, or writing in red pen when you should've used black. You didn't accidentally walk out of a store with merchandise you didn't pay for. You consciously cho...

She didn't identify you. I doubt most people would have gone to the other thread to find the comment. You outed yourself by being defensive.

My employer uses them. I don't know that they help me learn. They seem to be a cool toy. Their best use seems to be to gauge the knowledge of a group without anyone having to be obviously wrong in front of all their peers.

She knew she had a fever and flew anyway?! She's as bad as that doctor from New Jersey then. How disgusting that she would risk whole planefuls of people, and now she may have carried it to Cleveland.

Ruas61, I am so sorry. That was very, very wrong of whomever did it. That violates the principles of hospice, and you should complain to the agency you used. If they have a need for retraining, or to fire someone because they cannot do their job w...

I agree. That is not how I was taught, but it sure seems to make a lot more sense, and not just for Ebola. I'll be changing how I do it from now on.

My hospice hires new grads often. I'm counting on that for myself when my time comes.

She has received a transfusion from Dr. Kent Brantly! Dallas nurse in good spirits, gets transfusion from Ebola survivor | Dallas Morning News

Is being male negative?

Are. You. *******. Kidding. With his symptoms and his known travel history?! Who is making these decisions?!

I like my job. Some days I love it.

I don't disagree.

Well, how many conversations have we seen about how oversaturated the nursing labor market is?

Oh dear God. :banghead: It's like the scene from Kenneth Branaugh's Frankenstein movie where the doctor gets murdered because he's trying to vaccinate against smallpox.....

Yes, He does. He also yearns for them to accept that love.

You may be able to reduce this difficulty if you are willing to relocate to a more rural, less oversaturated area in order to get a job and gain experience.

This person is clearly an anti-vaxxer who doesn't want the consequences that come with that choice. This was their first post ever on the site. I think we should all just let the conversation die by ignoring it. Anyone who claims herd immunity is ...

Wasn't his name Thomas?