AtlantaRN

AtlantaRN RN

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  1. Dress code.....

    AtlantaRN replied to indianahope's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    scrubs during the week, nice dress jeans with scrub shirt, or casual shirt with a lab jacket.....on the

  2. Fair salary offer?

    AtlantaRN replied to Marshall1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    the administrative assistant at my south atlanta hospice makes more than $20/h and that is 8-5 m-f....... I make almost 35/hr on call friday 5pm through monday

  3. what can I read about dealing with death and family of the dying

    AtlantaRN replied to Grnrn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    "what dying people want" is a great

  4. Who is the Doctor? Meds Covered?

    AtlantaRN replied to RNGreen's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    usually the agency is in such a hurry to get a patient on service, that it is left to the case manager to contact admitting physician to see indeed if he is going to continue to be the attending....

  5. Hospice Directors/Administrators please answer

    AtlantaRN replied to Marshall1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I would be extremely cautious...........I am south of atlanta and recently they walked 2 administrators out in the last year, fired for not meeting corporate

  6. Full time on call RN hospice pay question

    AtlantaRN replied to Marshall1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    i'm a weekend nurse and i'm salaried......so whether I work 4 hours or 60, still same rate of pay..............................plus mileage...... I work friday 5p-monday 8a. I have a backup nurse...

  7. Unmanageable COPD situation----HELP!!!!!!!!

    AtlantaRN replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    tewdles, yes to all your questions, 30mg prednisone daily...prozac for depression, mscontin 30mg bid long acting opiod, temazepam 30mg qhs.......his main problem was anxiety/panic......he had been...

  8. Allscript

    AtlantaRN replied to ShayRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    i LOVED hospice pharmacia, my company uses EHO which is basically a billing program, they don't tell you what is covered under disease process.....I miss

  9. Inpatient Hospice Nurses ..I need your advice on pharmacy situation

    AtlantaRN replied to txspadequeenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Our home team on call nurses are allowed to come to the IPU in a crisis situation and sign out medication for our home care patients, including a cadd pump. in the emergency box there are an...

  10. Inpatient Hospice Nurses ..I need your advice on pharmacy situation

    AtlantaRN replied to txspadequeenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    OMG! Isn't that what an emergency box is for?! We have 72 hours to get a written order from the physician. Our pharmacy is 3 miles away and will bring anything 24/7---they are the best. ((They too...

  11. pt. load for case managers

    AtlantaRN replied to holiday2525's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    This is a perfect example of "nothing is impossible for the person that doesn't have to do it." If the goal is communication and coordination of care....both can be accomplished with a telephone...

  12. VA nursing vs Hospice

    AtlantaRN replied to twokidsmom,rn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    it can "eat you up" if you are not well suited to the work.

  13. End-of-Life Care in the Setting of Cancer: Withdrawing Nutrition and Hydration

    AtlantaRN replied to tewdles's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    excellent article, i'm taking to share with my fellow nurses this

  14. Swallow study in ES Dementia patient

    AtlantaRN replied to americanTrain's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    WHy put a patient through the test when we already know the outcome? Your facility would incur the cost as it is directly related to patients terminal diagnosis. you are doing right by thickening...

  15. Marketing VP wants contacts at employees' church

    AtlantaRN replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I don't mind the idea of providing information to the whole congregation, what irritated me was wanting to market in my name to the 60 and over club. I take notes during prayer requests, to PRAY for...

  16. Should I not include this in a resume?

    AtlantaRN replied to KungFuFtr's topic in General Nursing

    When I go on an interview, once we are at the end of the interviewing process, I state that i am married with no small children and no grandchildren, I also state that I like to work...

  17. hospice work schedule question

    AtlantaRN replied to OutWest's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    on call positions are salaried............you should have been offered 40hrs a week salaried whether you have any calls or not--some weekends i work 70 hrs other weekends I work 20hrs----usually the...

  18. Non-Hospice appropriate patients admitted or kept on Hospice

    AtlantaRN replied to Mamanurse62's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Marketing will market to anyone who will listen. It is a monday morning and our nurses are taking brownies to assisted living, nursing homes, and physicians that we currently have and play a dvd...

  19. I feel stupid

    AtlantaRN replied to bandmja's topic in General Nursing

    You are exhausted and sleep deprived. I have been an rn for 14 yrs, but when I haven't had enough sleep, i'll get on the freeway headed south instead of north, transpose numbers, etc.............

  20. pt. load for case managers

    AtlantaRN replied to holiday2525's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Why aren't you allowed to decrease your visits if the patients don't need them? We have a facility that one nurse sees 8-9 patients a week-usually on a tuesday, then makes a "call" by phone and...

  21. Rectal Tube not available, use large foley to bsb?

    AtlantaRN posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Patient has a small bowel obstruction, we don't stock rectal tubes. In a pinch, I read where you can use like a 30 french foley to bsb, and inflate the balloon to position in rectum-then connect to...

  22. CHPN? Would It Help For Moving Into Management?

    AtlantaRN replied to tencat's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    it may, but it is not necessary. When I started to work for my current employer, My branch director was an LPN with no certification. Things are different now, and they have taken lpns out of the...

  23. Getting Calls When Not On Call?

    AtlantaRN replied to missninaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You were not on call, you did nothing wrong. Pass it along to the person on call. I used to work for a company that would ALWAYS call me rather than call the on call person. Finally had to put my...

  24. Rectal Tube not available, use large foley to bsb?

    AtlantaRN replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    thank you for all the responses, they ended up doing continuous care on this patient. They are using a 30 fr foley to bedside bag and deflating the balloon every 4 hours.

  25. Changes to On Call Job Description

    AtlantaRN replied to pixiec11's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Forgot to state, I do admissions on the weekends. Granted, if a patient is coming home after 9pm at night, once I set up equipment, I will ask if it is "convenient" to come and do the admission that...