mschelee

mschelee MSN, RN

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  1. Grand Canyon RN-BSN

    mschelee replied to tokmom's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Has anyone completed or applied to the acute care nurse practitioner program at Grand Canyon

  2. Long was your NP program?

    mschelee posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    How long is that in NP program that you are considering attending? The school where I took my BSN has an online acute care nurse practitioner program that is three years. But what I'm hearing from...

  3. Interview questions

    mschelee replied to secretagent2011's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

  4. ONLINE NP students....

    mschelee replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi today was my last day of the online Rn-BSN program at GCU. I have an interview in August for their online acute-care nurse practitioner program, but the program is a three-year program as opposed...

  5. Long was your NP program?

    mschelee replied to mschelee's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    BSN to MSN. It's a 3 year

  6. Long was your NP program?

    mschelee replied to mschelee's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Bsn to

  7. I need a report sheet

    mschelee posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Im new to the cardiac pcu and am looking for a good report sheet. If anyone is willing to share, would you please PM

  8. Best Agencies in Las Vegas

    mschelee replied to trulypampered's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I am looking into agency work too. Can someone pm me? I woI'd like to know what agencies have work in LTC's, what to expect at work, pay

  9. Dream Job!!

    mschelee replied to 2011GradRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Congratulations! I just accepted mt dream job offer after 1.5 years of nursing (1/2 hospice and 1/2 long term acute care) The new job is in a big hospital in the CPCU (cardiac progressive care unit)...

  10. Patient care manager

    mschelee posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    So today I enter interviewed with a small hospice company (census 30, case managers 2, one on call RN). I thought I was interviewing for a case Managment position, but they are looking for a PCM. I...

  11. frequency of RN visits

    mschelee posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I recently had a friend tell me that he hospice only requires a RN to visit /assess one time per month. LPN's can do all the other visits. My hospice says that medicare requires a RN to do a...

  12. RN supervisory visit Frequency?

    mschelee replied to new2hospiceRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Can someone post the number of the Medicare reg for required Rn visits and lpn supervisory visits? I recently started a new hospice that thinks one time a Month Rn needs to visit and one time a month...

  13. Confused patient

    mschelee replied to Vtachy1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Risperdal is not generally covered by hospice. Haldol is, with less side effects. I had a pt like this, I delivered meds weekly, I filled the pill box, and I had to explain that if he ran out before...

  14. low pressure alarm if trach comes out?

    mschelee replied to nursedelia's topic in General Nursing

    When the trach becomes disconected our vent alarms a continous beep beep beep. If it's a high pressure alarm like coughing or built up secretions, it beep 3 times but stops. So yes you would get an...

  15. Send a nurse now or we will call 911.

    mschelee replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    How can a hospital visit be in the POC? my clinical mgr freaks out if a patient goes to er and signs them off service. This is regardless of if it is related to the hospice dx or not. She says we will...

  16. Have you ever heard of vicodin making pt too sleepy so changing to fentanyl patch???

    mschelee replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have a pretty cool program for my iphone that covert opioid. You just add the 24 hour does of the vicodin and tell it to convert to fentanyl. its called eopiods and I love

  17. failed according to PVT!

    mschelee replied to Lisa1980's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I got the good popup, and I passed! PVT worked for me and for everyone I

  18. New Grad in Hospice

    mschelee replied to Nicole2010's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Do you do on call? What about admits? I think that is the part that is burning me out, it's all the overtime from the admit/on call that we

  19. Wasting controlled substances

    mschelee replied to onewithhospiceheart's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    here in las vegas there is no state regulation on how to dispose of the meds, so we have to go by federal guidelines. HPNA's website has guideline for disposal of drugs..our nurse practice act says...

  20. Revocation of hospice service?

    mschelee posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    What does your hospice do when a home patient revokes from hospice service in regards to leaving prescription narcotics in the home? Mine is arguing this point. team A says : we have to go into the...

  21. Revocation of hospice service?

    mschelee replied to mschelee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    May I ask what is your companies reason for destroying the comfort pack? is it in the patient name or in the companies name? what meds are in

  22. Revocation of hospice service?

    mschelee replied to mschelee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    To clarify, we were told that if a patient revoked hospice service (usually due to a choice to try aggressive tx) we nurses had to destroy their narcotics. ALL us case managers said NO! But the...

  23. Can a new graduate be a hospice RN?

    mschelee replied to fireball78's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    oh and I am a rn case manager, but I dont have a RN under me. I do all my case management which includes patient

  24. Can a new graduate be a hospice RN?

    mschelee replied to fireball78's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    so Ive worked as a hospice case manager now for 6 weeks. I am a new grad, but had 3 years in hopsice prior ( 1 in admissions and 2 as a nurse intern) heres my thoughts. I didnt have a hard time with...

  25. social worker visit?

    mschelee replied to mschelee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    thank