hospicern030363

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1. Hospice nurse and bullying manager

   hospicern030363 replied to hospicern030363's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   I did go and speak to the CCO of our hospital. Not sure what will come of that. She has no understanding of hospice care and working in the field. I used the words harassment and bullying this...

2. Hospice nurse and bullying manager

   hospicern030363 replied to hospicern030363's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Thank you all for the advise. I am currently looking for other work. I live in a rural area that has few nursing jobs available. I am the primary bread winner since my husband lost his job last...

3. Pronouncing patients death

   hospicern030363 replied to ambrosial's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Where I work in Oregon, RN's can pronounce hospice pt's. Our state leaves it up to the coroners in each

4. Burned out already

   hospicern030363 replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   I love hospice, but I do in home hospice. The charting is ridiculous, but it is part of nursing now. I left med-surg nursing because I couldn't do anything for pt's except pass meds and chart. At...

5. Let's talk $$ for hospice. (Idea lifted from Agency nursing)

   hospicern030363 replied to SuzieVN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   RN Oregon $40/hr I take call 4-5 x per month and get an hourly rate of $4.75 and then time and a half for phone calls or visits We get the IRS rate for mileage OREGON does not allow pay per visit...

6. ADN vs BSN?

   hospicern030363 replied to 1Luv_xo's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   I have an ADN and BS in another health care related field. I am okay with that. I haven't had any issues with job finding here where I live. If I were 18 and a mom of a young one - I would do...

7. Hospice Case Management question

   hospicern030363 replied to Marshall1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   The number of pt's one can case manage depends on the patient acuity. If I have some really sick patients who take a long time, I could not case manage 7 patients. Will that hospice take that into...

8. Fleet enema

   hospicern030363 posted a topic in Patient Medications

   Last week, I was super busy with my hospice patients and made a mistake. I ordered a fleet enema for a patient with severe constipation. She takes miralax and had had no bm for 6 days. She...

9. Hospice nurse and bullying manager

   hospicern030363 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Hi, I have been a hospice nurse since 2003. I am a good nurse and have always been treated with respect for my knowledge base and critical thinking ability etc. I love my job and caring for...