pmabraham

pmabraham BSN, RN

Hospice, Palliative Care

Follower of Jesus • BSN, RN serving others as a Hospice RN Case Manager • Lifelong Learner

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  1. Capstone Project ideas

    pmabraham replied to Becky8's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    An educational project to educate families that demand a full code concerning the actual torture it puts terminally ill patients through. An educational project as to the benefits of hospice and...

  2. New Nurse on a Tele/Oncology/Hospice Floor

    pmabraham replied to kgcasey2's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Good day: Barbara Karnes, RN has a number of pamphlets that are very informative; my favorite is "Gone from my Sight: The Dying Experience." Keys to hospice: patience with the patient, family, and...

  3. Overwhelmed!

    pmabraham replied to HospiceOC's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm also new to hospice (started April of this year), and the nurse I was replacing made it a point to tell me to set boundaries between home life and work. Sometimes it is hard to say, "no," but we...

  4. I Desperately Want Out

    pmabraham replied to toxiktraktor's topic in Nursing Career

    Hello "a very sad young RN." An RN license provides a lot of flexibility if you are willing to do your homework and experiment. Some people think hospital or nursing homes are the only way to go,...

  5. Learning to Talk

    pmabraham replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    The hard part is when a family member who is the caregiver doesn't want the patient to know they have a terminal illness or even for us to mention we are from so and so hospice

  6. What is your favorite specialty of nursing? (ER, MedSurg, ICU, Pediatrics, etc.)

    pmabraham replied to LindseyPar's topic in General Nursing

    Hospice, hospice,

  7. How long to get a license after NCLEX in Pennsylvania?

    pmabraham replied to bakerkatherine01's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Unless things have changed, Pennsylvania is fast during the early part of the business week. So you should see your results within 24 to 48 hours after taking your

  8. Nurses' Attitudes Towards End of Life Care Research

    pmabraham replied to Tboland88's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hello: "What area of nursing do you work in?" doesn't have an answer selection for Hospice and therefore I cannot complete the survey. Thank

  9. Help! New EMR System

    pmabraham replied to AshBlonde83's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Which system do you use? Thank

  10. REDICULOUS mistake, worried I'll never practice nursing again

    pmabraham replied to NurseBecky0520's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Hello. I'm sorry you are going through this experience. I guess the lessons learned include reading the label so there are no assumptions (we do this when we are pulling meds correct?) and making...

  11. If you apply and accept a job, don't bail out for no good reason

    pmabraham replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Hello. I left my first job, hospital-based because the unit manager was discriminating against me. Family first especially if the employer doesn't give a hoot and you are just a warm body/license...

  12. Newly hired New to hospice

    pmabraham replied to elimayrn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You are not

  13. Specialty for introvert?

    pmabraham replied to avalanche678's topic in General Specialties

    If you are ok with one-to-one and extremely small groups (i.e. small family unit including patient - 2 to 5 people often max), then consider hospice where you do a lot of education and symptom...

  14. Reassignment as a nurse

    pmabraham replied to Jasgun's topic in Canada

    As long as I'm not being asked to DO something against my belief system (for example, commit murder or participate in committing murder), then I serve everyone without bias or concern about...

  15. RN hospice attire

    pmabraham replied to Sarl86's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Scrubs

  16. Thoughts?

    pmabraham replied to dreamriderRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Good day: I work as an RN Case Manager with a caseload of 10 to 15 patients (but this varies based on various factors including when people are on vacation or call off sick; we have a lot of good...

  17. Please help. Career over before it starts.

    pmabraham replied to Emjked123's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Also consider Hospice RN Case

  18. Question. Please help.

    pmabraham replied to ddeckerlvn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm sorry for your terrible experience. I'm a hospice nurse, and love it. Since you are no longer an employee, stick to your healing and your business. Heal and grow from the

  19. School Shootings

    pmabraham replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    "I am requesting your ideas, recommendations, suggestions, thoughts, etc., regarding what you think would prevent future school shootings; as you would a head to toe assessment, identification, and...

  20. Mandatory Influenza Vaccine

    pmabraham replied to AllisonMcTigue's topic in General Nursing

    Since we allow our patients the choice, I agree it should be a choice in the U.S. I'm thankful my current employer allows the

  21. Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    pmabraham replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    Good day, Tuzla99: I hear you, and I believe I'm on the same page with you. 1) Legally, as long as our manager and employer know where we stand in advance, we have the right to not accept positions...

  22. WGU vs Capella vs Depaul vs Phoenix

    pmabraham replied to lyndsay5530's topic in School, College Programs

    Non profit isn't always non-profit. See https://allnurses.com/nursing-online-distance/capella-rn-bsn-1098722.html for a comparison of WGU and Capella based on my

  23. WGU vs. UTA

    pmabraham posted a topic in Western Governors University

    For those currently attending WGU or who have just applied to WGU, may I ask why WGU over UTA (University of Texas at Arlington)? It looks like the BSN portion of UTA is very comparable price...

  24. Stress/Burn out

    pmabraham replied to ap05's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hugs. Hugs. Hugs. We try to do our charting in the home to avoid charting at home; the only two exceptions seem to be writing up a clinical screen for an evaluation for eligibility to be on hospice...

  25. Universal Deathcare.

    pmabraham replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    A good read: How Alfie died: all the facts - La Nuova Bussola