Clubsingr28 ASN, RN

Clubsingr28 has 20 years experience as a ASN, RN and specializes in Sub-acute, LTC, School Nurse.

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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in Nursing

   I will have to take another look at paperwork and I would think MD would KNOW this stuff right BUT I believe my resident just had her husband's name and it said POA next to it. Then there were "contact phone #'s below with son's names listed- I don't...
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in Nursing

   Hello all!! The past 2 days have been truly exhausting and I can't express how grateful I am to the nurses in this group who took the time to respond with amazing info and insight. You have all been such an amazing resource for my resident. Through a...
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in Nursing

   The problem is this: The resident was to be working with the speech/swallow evaluator x's 4 weeks of which she only had one day (which the evaluator said she did excellent) but it was just the 1 day. The resident was not assessed long enough nor has...
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in Nursing

   I will find out tomorrow what hospice used as the admitting criteria and I will let you know. I am thinking that a "projected decline" d/t withdrawal of the feeding tube in addition to the (UTI) actively untreated infection- or something like that...
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in Nursing

   I WILL absolutely keep you updated. Thank you for caring.
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in Nursing

   Yes I do believe you may be right, especially because she was in the bed.. Also, the sons had their wives with them and they were all just standing around her bed NOT saying anything. She was a little wheezy as she sometimes gets so I went in to do a...
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in Nursing

   Exactly my thoughts, excellent points!! The BIG issue here is competence- And here is where my fight becomes difficult. Although there is no diagnosis of dementia there are times when she will say "yes" when she means "no" and vice versa. Sometimes ...
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in Nursing

   This is EXACTLY how I feel. I could not have said it ANY better!! If I even remotely felt the sons' decision was truly about "quality of life", I would not be having such a hard time, BUT, to never see them visit and then have them just "pop in" and ...
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in Nursing

   Oh and, "Mrs. G" never had an Advanced Directive prepared for herself therefore after the CVA, dysphagia with little ability to communicate, her husband was designated as her medical POA or proxy.. I just DO NOT understand HOW or WHY- it can now be c...
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in Nursing

    Esme, I cannot thank you enough for your support and excellent resources advice. I am exploring EVERY option for my resident because no-matter what, I NEED to know that in the end I did everything in my power to do what is RIGHT and BEST for my resid...
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    Clubsingr28 posted a topic in Nursing

    Hello Nurses, I am having a serious personal inner struggle with a current issue at work. "Mrs. G" (who is 79) had a CVA last year with resultant hemiplegia & dysphagia. Subsequently she became a LTC resident of mine after her hospital stay. She ...
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    Phone Calls

    Clubsingr28 replied to realredhead1979's topic in School

    You will rarely be on the phone, maybe 3-10 minutes per DAY total! As a school nurse the MAJORITY of your time will be spent listening to student's (mostly tedious) complaints while trying to remedy them so that they may return to class. Just a heads...
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    just got the good pop up

    Clubsingr28 replied to APRN-CT's topic in NCLEX

    Congrats! Feels good huhh!
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    just got the good pop up

    Clubsingr28 replied to APRN-CT's topic in NCLEX

    I tok my NCLEX/RN 2 days ago and it's been the looongest 48hrs of my life! I got the "good pop-up" but I wouldnt believe it. But I just went to Pearsonvue and it allowed me to access the quick results for $7.95 and guess what?? The "trick" works, it'...
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    Failed NCLEX

    Clubsingr28 replied to bsn3332's topic in NCLEX

    BUY IT!! Forget the "overinflated" lengthy wording of the Q's in the study guides, I have dozens of NCLEX study books but ncsbn was the best $50.00 I spent. I bought the 3 week program right before my NCLEX- They are the writers of the NCLEX. There's...