KMRN81

KMRN81

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  1. Interested in Hospice, coming in from a different field

    KMRN81 replied to Bspalacio's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi there! Hospice RN for 5 years. It depends on the setting and acuity level of the hospice. In the home hospice setting, you will probably be doing lab draws, dressing changes, managing Pleurx...

  2. Research Results are in: To Suction or Not To Suction, End of Life & Hospice Patients

    KMRN81 replied to NickICU-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think clarification is needed on the type of suctioning you are talking about in order to gauge a more accurate response to your survey. For example, deep suctioning = mostly a no-no due to...

  3. Pure Wick

    KMRN81 replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I'm seeing this post so late in the game!! I work at an inpatient hospice unit and we use it for select patients. I LOVE this thing. First of all, as mentioned by some other posters, it's not for...

  4. Conflicted with two offers

    KMRN81 replied to Kuriin's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've heard great things about Kaiser. I hope you love it and best of luck!

  5. 8 or 12 hour shifts

    KMRN81 replied to LPNTOBE2017's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer 12 hr shifts, hands down. The 8 hour shift nurses often leave around 5 pm, only to get stuck in rush hour traffic! No thanks! I love commuting during off-peak hours, and having 3 days off in...

  6. The every year Snow thread

    KMRN81 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Just a lil funny for ya :) Most of us drove in on Friday afternoon and were able to get out Sunday night or Monday morning. The night shifters and some of the aides & kitchen staff dug everyone's...

  7. The every year Snow thread

    KMRN81 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I live 25 miles from work. This weekend is my weekend to work (of course, lol). I'll be heading in Friday and will plan to stay all weekend. The stress of driving in the snow is worse than just...

  8. Night shift RN's :Do you eat in the morning after your shift?

    KMRN81 replied to DesertSky's topic in Health, Stress Management

    The same thing happened to me. Despite my workout routine & healthy eating, I gained weight. You may not have much luck dropping the pounds until you switch to days. Just an unfortunate byproduct...

  9. Possible Needle stick and I am 22 weeks pregnant

    KMRN81 replied to lolis55's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I see what you mean! Different than what I expected! Hopefully it's nothing but a scratch from something else. Easier said than done, but try and relax a little. Whether you were scratched by a...

  10. Possible Needle stick and I am 22 weeks pregnant

    KMRN81 replied to lolis55's topic in General Nursing

    You may have scratched your knuckle on the sharps box itself when prying off the lid. I probably wouldn't ever attempt to open one though, they aren't really meant to be r/t that exact

  11. Padding Your Resume

    KMRN81 replied to Guest915876's topic in General Students

    After your first semester of nursing school, many states will allow you to become licensed as a CNA. For every one of my classmates who worked as a CNA in nursing school, we all transitioned into the...

  12. I don't want to be a nurse!!

    KMRN81 replied to sharebear003's topic in General Students

    OP, that sounds like a tough situation, and I'm sorry you feel bullied into the nursing profession. I encourage you to to seek a career you would really love. Nursing is not the type of profession to...

  13. On probation for being too "anxious"

    KMRN81 replied to fskye's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm curious - does your hospital have a hospice unit where nurses manage only one patient? I've never heard of that. I'm an inpatient hospice nurse and our ratio is

  14. On probation for being too "anxious"

    KMRN81 replied to fskye's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm curious - does your hospital have a hospice unit where nurses manage only one patient? I've never heard of that. I'm an inpatient hospice nurse and our ratio is

  15. Calling all charge nurses!

    KMRN81 posted a topic in Nurse Management

    How often are you "in the numbers" when running charge? I work at a very busy, high acuity inpatient hospice center (very symptomatic patients, some trached/vented, PLEUR-X drains, tons of PRNs,...

  16. Choosing a Specialty

    KMRN81 replied to Karamia0x's topic in General Nursing

    Inpatient hospice is much different than home hospice. A vented patient will be transferred to us from ICU for withdrawal from the vent to allow natural death (with the appropriate comfort...

  17. Choosing a Specialty

    KMRN81 replied to Karamia0x's topic in General Nursing

    I went to nursing school to be a hospice RN. I really enjoyed all my clinicals though! I do inpatient hospice care and will probably stay in this specialty my whole career. I absolutely love it. I get...

  18. Calling all charge nurses!

    KMRN81 replied to KMRN81's topic in Nurse Management

    I feel like I'm a detriment to my patients on the days I'm running charge with a full assignment. I'm just not available as much as I should be. And I'm really not able to be a staff resource except...

  19. Stupid things that nurses say

    KMRN81 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    *sigh*. I have another to add. Was running charge today AND in the numbers with 5 pts, frazzled and calling for report on a new admit w/diagnosis of metastatic uterine cancer. The patient had kind of...

  20. Stupid things that nurses say

    KMRN81 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hahaha! These are so great. The dumbest thing I EVER said was back in nursing school. Although I've said some pretty dumb things since. Anyway, it was my mother/baby rotation and my clinical...

  21. How do we do what we do?

    KMRN81 replied to nursecathi's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I usually answer with "it's a calling". (And it is!) They usually respond with "it takes a special person"...and I respond that we are all special people with unique gifts. I could never do some types...

  22. Thinking of leaving hospice

    KMRN81 replied to NurseStephy80's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    That sounds rough!! :-( Is there any chance you could transfer to inpatient hospice? We work 3 12s and overtime only if we want to. Some of our nurses work 8 hr shifts days, evenings, or

  23. End stage glioblastoma

    KMRN81 replied to Horseshoe's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I agree with everything BerryHappyRN said. I'm an inpatient hospice nurse - kind of the ICU of hospice care. We see so many types of breathing changes at end of life. It's possible that the hospice...

  24. The Future of Hospice: Concurrent Curative Care?

    KMRN81 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hello fellow hospice nurses, I'd like your opinion on the upcoming changes being implemented by CMS. Particularly, the "Medicare Care Choices Model", which will allow certain Medicare beneficiaries...

  25. Can a new graduate be a hospice RN?

    KMRN81 replied to fireball78's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hello all, I know this thread goes back a few years, but I wanted to share my experience with hospice for those who might be interested in going into hospice at some point! I'm graduating from...