BandEmom

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1. Why IVF for stomach cancer patient on 2 diuretics

   BandEmom replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice

   I think it's sad that our ability of practicing sound judgement in the name of caring is stifled by "customer service" in healthcare. It makes it feel no different than selling cars or any other commodity. I think that we are depended on in the lon...

2. Why IVF for stomach cancer patient on 2 diuretics

   BandEmom replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice

   I agree. It sounds like the decision maker in this family is aggressively pushing what they believe to be right. It's hard for us to argue with that, and convince someone that doing something they believe to be helpful can do harm. In this patien...

3. Question about CHPN Exam test prep

   BandEmom replied to Genista's topic in Hospice

   With four years of experience you should be able to absorb the tricky stuff from the book, like doing dosage conversions, etc. I just passed it in June and I found that the questions really do boil down to things you know from experience and basic n...

4. Odyssey Healthcare on call and triage nurses

   BandEmom replied to jeannepaul's topic in Hospice

   I am an on-call nurse for Odyssey. Feel free to PM me if you'd like. I can tell you that under their definition of on-call you do not qualify for overtime unless you have spent more that 40 hours physically with or talking to patients. Is that the...

5. Rant About On Call

   BandEmom replied to Sue Damonas's topic in Hospice

   I work 5 friday till 8 monday. There is a second nurse on during these hours as well. We have a census of 130+, and we are now going to hire a third nurse for the weekend as well. We typically have 2-4 admissions over the weekend and 1-4 deaths. ...

6. Getting certified in Hospice, what is the benefit to you?

   BandEmom replied to ShayRN's topic in Hospice

   I am currently studying for it. My employer pays a 2000 dollar bonus per year for it which averages out to about a dollar an hour. I have gained alot of knowledge and perspective since I started studying and I would like to be considered for leader...

7. Advice for a new nurse about hospice

   BandEmom replied to kaybay529's topic in Hospice

   I struggled with this too as a new grad. I was not happy about working med-surg. But honestly, you need to listen to lots of sick lungs with someone else around to agree with you, before you can confidently assess one out there by yourself where yo...

8. Dialysis 9 yrs, but terminal illness is COPD???

   BandEmom replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice

   gt4everpn, I think that people who are on hospice with DNR are really just not still there emotionally. Comfort care is acceptable to them but accepting the full implications of DNR is just out of their comfort zones. Some people and families worry...

9. is being a Hospice Nurse dangerous?

   BandEmom replied to newyorkgrrrrrrrrrrrl's topic in Hospice

   I agree. People have asked me the same question, and I have always found that even in the parts of town that I don't like to go to the families I visit are so appreciative to have a nurse help them. We have had a couple of male patients who have ma...

10. first weekend on call

    BandEmom posted a topic in Hospice

    I am new to hospice and I have accepted a weekend on call position. I will be second call backing up an LPN during the daytime and then overnight its just me. What kind of calls typically come in overnight? I'm afraid that I'll think that I should...

11. A name for Computer on Wheels

    BandEmom replied to butterfly9's topic in General Nursing

    we just adopted an electronic recordkeeping system. We call them "WOW", workstation on wheels. /shrug, it works

12. what do you guys think of my working conditions?

    BandEmom replied to BandEmom's topic in CCU

    about a week ago I had a pt who presented pretty lucid, although a poor historian on admit assessment. Several hours later he went into DT's or something because he ripped out his IV, ran down the hall, opened the fire escape and proceeded to urinat...

13. drowning in despair

    BandEmom replied to AlwaysMovingUp's topic in General Nursing

    wow I am so sorry you going through this. Unfortunately when someone is in that 90 day orientation phase, they can fire you if they dont like your shirt. I very much doubt that they will report you to the board. The same thing happened to me (you c...

14. Please MAJOR TROUBLE!!

    BandEmom replied to setingle's topic in General Nursing

    I became pregnant my second term of nursing school. I already had a 2 year old and ended up having to take a term off. I still graduated with honors. I could tell there was some disapproval from the dean, but hey, what could they do? I was alread...

15. 75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

    BandEmom replied to Lurksalot's topic in NCLEX

    I knew you passed nursesrock! Congrats :)