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  1. Hospice agencies

    softrbreeze replied to SweetnessRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I know a few people that work for Heartland- they seem happy with their company. I have worked for a national company and a small regional company and have found myself much happier at the smaller...

  2. Hospice on-call schedule

    softrbreeze replied to fireball78's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've worked for my current hospice almost 8 yrs- we have a nurse who JUST takes call Mon-Thurs and some holidays. We have another office in a nearby city that shares weekend call with us. Our office...

  3. Hospice nursing for a nurse with depression and anxiety....mistake???

    softrbreeze replied to NurseFries's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It sounds like you have a supportive DON and that's REALLY important going into this line of work. You sound very mature and realistic, so I would hazard a guess and say you would do well in hospice....

  4. Unable to get a Hospice job

    softrbreeze replied to ItalianRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I can think of a couple of reasons you may be having difficulty. If you've been making more money or are requesting more money than what they want to pay per hour, for instance. According to the...

  5. Hospice...hostile and toxic work environment!

    softrbreeze replied to RENnurse4/17's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've been in hospice 8 years with 2 different companies, a large national company and a small local company, and everyone met in the office first thing in the morning to get their paperwork and...

  6. I'm out

    softrbreeze replied to goldberryRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I hear you! I left another hospice agency for that exact reason! I'm happy with the company I'm with now though. Maybe you can give it a whirl with a different hospice once you've taken a little...

  7. Is it covered under Obamacare? - Cartoon Contest Winner

    softrbreeze replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Believe me, we did not identify with the South AT ALL, where I grew up in MD. We definitely thought of Southerners as a different breed no matter how close we were to the Mason-Dixon line. WORLDS of...

  8. would like to work home hospice

    softrbreeze replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've worked home hospice for almost 8 yrs. I've worked for a large national company briefly and for a small local company for the majority of that time. Basically, I work Mon-Fri 8a-5p with 1 weekend...

  9. Should we teach unlicensed caregiver . . . . .

    softrbreeze replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Doesn't come up often, but I've been told by different supervisors that if the RN teaches the cg, gets a return demonstration and FEELS comfortable with the cg's demonstrated skill, that it is okay....

  10. Is it covered under Obamacare? - Cartoon Contest Winner

    softrbreeze replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I lived in the North for 23 yrs and in the South for the last 19 yrs. From my personal experience, there was a lot more prejudice up North. It may have just been the area where I grew up (inner city...

  11. On Call

    softrbreeze replied to heartnurse2012's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I worked briefly (6 mos) for a company a few years ago that treated its nurses horrendously- think 55-75 hr weeks and required to take call at least 1 day per week. I was oncall one night after...

  12. Case Managing a patient who doesn't want you.

    softrbreeze replied to sharmankes's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've got a patient right now just so! Just document the facts, including that he refuses treatments, visits, etc. Be polite, even jolly if you can manage it, and try not to take it

  13. New LPN Seeking Info On How To Become Hospice Nurse

    softrbreeze replied to nowdistracted's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My company used to have a FT LPN that would see patients every other week (Medicare requires RN Case Mgr to personally see pt at least every other week). However, when our census got to a certain...

  14. Am I crazy to take a hospice job?

    softrbreeze replied to rnjello's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I think you will love it too, so long as you have supportive bosses and staff members that will be patient while you learn what you are doing. There is A LOT to learn! It can be very demanding at...

  15. Favorite Nursing Sayings, Quotes, Jokes.....

    softrbreeze replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nurses Rock

    My colleagues and I are always joking about pt/cg expectations. We work in hospice so we come across a lot of families where the pt has received all the treatment they can get and they are still...

  16. What kind of animal are you?

    softrbreeze replied to madwife2002's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I would be a platypus. I believe I read somewhere that they have no natural predators, so presumably they just eat, play and swim all day, just what I would be doing if I didn't have to WORK

  17. Guidance for a new case manager?

    softrbreeze replied to MarcyRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    May I offer an additional bit of perspective? Having worked at 2 different hospices, i can say that they can be INCREDIBLY different. I've been a RNCM for almost 7 yrs now. I left the original small...

  18. Does your Hospice cover ABT for UTI's and URI's?

    softrbreeze replied to jeannepaul's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My hospice covers ABT ONLY if it relates to the primary hospice diagnosis. So yes for URI for someone with COPD, NO for UTI on almost everyone. We provide Roxanol, tylenol and phenergan...