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  1. advice young new grad (adn)

    softrbreeze replied to lexi_16's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Let your supervisor and fellow RNs know that you will need to "pick their brains" from time to time as you orient to your new job and try to get a sense of who feels most comfortable with that. We...

  2. need input, want to start Hospice Nursing

    softrbreeze replied to elimayrn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    After 8 1/2 years in hospice, I can still say I have never felt emotionally depleted from dealing with the death and dying aspect of the patients. If I feel stressed or disheartened, it is invariably...

  3. homecare homebase

    softrbreeze replied to NC29mom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am so glad my company has stuck with paper documentation! We have 1 page to fill out for our routine visits! The state surveyor has said there is nothing wrong with our forms. I can't imagine why...

  4. Tips for a new home health hospice nurse

    softrbreeze replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    So do I understand you correctly? You are working FT AND going to school FT? No wonder you are wringing your hands! That is too much to take on for even an experienced nurse! I hope your employer...

  5. on call

    softrbreeze replied to Michele F L's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Right now we have a PRN nurse who takes call on weekends and another PRN nurse who takes call during the week. So except for holidays and when they have some days scheduled off, the RN case managers...

  6. Maximum Hospice Social Worker Visits Allowed Daily?

    softrbreeze replied to swca's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I just asked my coworker, a social worker with hospice for 10 years, if he was aware of any such rule and he said no. Sounds like you are being

  7. Laser Hair RN pay in Ohio. 20% commission/no hourly

    softrbreeze replied to 48cgna's topic in Aesthetics

    The plus side is getting experience and breaking into the field. Once you can put that on your resume, you can take your experience elsewhere for better pay after 6-12 mos (if that is an option for...

  8. Questions about post mortem care.

    softrbreeze replied to ErinRose's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    As much as we may try, sometimes there is simply nothing to be done about open eyes and mouths. One mortician did tell me that a little Vaseline on the lower lid can help the eyelids stay closed but...

  9. Panic attacks triggered by rapid position change

    softrbreeze replied to dandk1997RN's topic in Psychiatric

    I have a pt right now that has the same response to position change. Mine has COPD and an undiagnosed lung mass as well as a h/o CVA, MI, and open-heart surgery so I'm guessing it is related to...

  10. essential oils

    softrbreeze replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Actually, "alternative medicine" USED to be just medicine until it got railroaded by the AMA, pharmacy companies, etc. After those money-grubbing entities were done brainwashing the public, there was...

  11. Unrestrained pittbull

    softrbreeze replied to Tampa121's topic in Home Health

    A fellow field RN of mine was bitten by an unrestrained Rottweiler and I have been bitten by a small chi-terrier mix myself. You are completely within your rights to make decisions regarding your own...

  12. Putting myself at your mercy...

    softrbreeze replied to EastTexasHospice's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My hospice has a similar census with 2 FT Field RNs, 1 FT Field LVN, and 2 on-call RNs for evenings and weekends. The FT Field RNs also take call occasionally. Most of the time, this works out great...

  13. Changing requirements and a couple other questions

    softrbreeze replied to hospiRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Our hospice pays 70% of the federally recommended mileage rate, we do a FAST scale on dementia pts only and we do provide nutritional supplements IF we have them for a related diagnosis such as...

  14. Heartland Hospice

    softrbreeze replied to rubysasha's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've never worked for Heartland but we're a small hospice company in an area saturated with hospices and competition is rough. Out of all the other hospices in this area, I've probably heard the...

  15. The Infamous Cab-ulance

    softrbreeze replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in Emergency

    You are so right. I had a hospice patient about 6-7 months ago that was a chronic abuser of the ambulance service. The EMTs were quite frustrated with her and confided that she had called for the...

  16. Need help with updating my resume

    softrbreeze replied to denicu's topic in Agency Nurses

    Also be sure to include a statement saying further details available on request and have your info organized to hand over- just in

  17. Home health vs med surg

    softrbreeze replied to FutureResearchRN's topic in Home Health

    If you have a job offer, go for it! I've been in my current position (home hospice) basically 8 years after working for 9 months in the ER straight out of nursing school. It suits my personality...

  18. Nursing in a Third World Country

    softrbreeze replied to awojcik's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your excellent advice. I've often thought about doing some volunteer nursing in Africa or maybe South America myself. Will probably have to wait for retirement

  19. Average Patient Ratio

    softrbreeze replied to souleater11's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I work for a small company that has 2 FT field nurses (RNs) and 1 FT LPN (at this location). We also have a PT RN. This is usually more than enough for us to get everyone taken care of. We haven't...

  20. Frustrated with Case management

    softrbreeze replied to GundeRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    What is the number of required visits per week for each case manager? What is your case load? This may just be a case where the company has devised some ridiculous requirements and is making...

  21. Experience needed for Hospice Nurse

    softrbreeze replied to peaceful2100's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    TammyG said it perfectly. You sound like a perfect fit for hospice with the experience you have. There is very little peds experience with most hospices, I think. Thankfully, too. Everybody at my...

  22. medical director

    softrbreeze replied to oregon hospicern's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Our current medical director allows us to call for orders (when we are unable to get a response from the attending MD), guidance, etc. She is pretty good about working with us, although we don't...

  23. Pain medicine and bone mets

    softrbreeze replied to esrun00's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Many physicians know very little about adequate pain control and will ask OUR opinions on the matter since we actually spend more time bedside and (in many cases) know what will work better for the...

  24. med/surg to hospice..on-call position

    softrbreeze replied to srleslie's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    That sounds doable. But do you mean 80 hours per 2 week pay period or 80 hrs per week? It has a lot to do with the patient census for the company and how much support the RN case managers have- but...

  25. Lack of EOL knowledge amongst Careproviders

    softrbreeze posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Just received a call from the daughter of an elderly pt (Mrs X) on hospice with diagnosis of kidney cancer. The daughter had taken her mother to a routine appointment with her cardiologist and the pt...