oncalllorraine replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in Nursing Career
Hands down, my vote is for hospice care. Either in home, or facility. Preferably a non-profit. There is a learning curve, of course, but not so much technical knowledge, as it is a totally different...
oncalllorraine replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing
yes, there is sometimes what i call the smell of death. i am hospice nurse. i have never known it to be anything but pungent, and one of the nicest things i have ever learned from a loving aide was...
i am thinking the tachypnea was compensatory, and without it ,there would be no drive, and using roxanol to that point for that finish would take a heck of alot of roxanol to shut off the autopilot i...
6 years as a hospice nurse, and i recently had a new situation tha36-5t i was not sure how to handle symptom control. this patient was actively dying, peaceful,unresponsive,pain-free,afebrile...yet,...
oncalllorraine replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing
:redpinkhe:redpinkh hey, don't be too upset.get this: i called the cops myself,on my own husband,also a nurse, who came home 'early' one night (our anniversary!)... i heard the 'break in'...and...the...
oncalllorraine replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing
i truly believe in the natural process and know 95% time it can be peaceful and comfortable with all that is available-i.e.hospice. i look at the "end", as the "beginning"-and an exciting journey,...
in hospice it is not unusual to have patients 'see' and talk with people- unseen by the caregivers. i have noticed that it is often been a 'mother'--as in one OLD lady who was calling out for her...
just had such a case! we had him on morphine subcutaneous, but his pain was intractable. in retrospect i feel he would have obtained more relief with a dilaudid drip. there are always those few...
i like haldol, sublingual, and have been very impressed with it, as well as addition of levsin, sometimes (hycosamine). i have also heard that those wrist bands work well in other hospices, but have...
hello there all you seasoned nurses who travel - i have a couple general ???? as we face a soon emptying nest we are dreaming of travel nurse jobs. his experience is critical care-i.e er and icu. mine...
[color=mediumturquoise]:chair: you sound like you have an interest,or desire to do hospice, and thats how it all starts out. just go with your gut feeling. thats the great thing about nursing-too...
thank you so much for your response and the links. i will be sure and share this with all my special hospice cohorts-and anyone else who ask, 'how do you do this'?