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  1. Which Nursing Jobs are the Least Stressful?

    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...
  2. Does Death Have A Smell?

    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...
  3. Mature Nurses over 50

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  4. tachypnea symptom.

    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,...
  5. tachypnea symptom.

    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. tachypnea symptom.

    i do think this was kussmaul's respirations. the roxanol and ativan made no difference. thank
  7. They called the cops!

    :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...
  8. Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

    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,...
  9. Deathbed visions

    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...
  10. pain relief in pancreatic cancer

    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...
  11. Any ideas for unrelieved N/V

    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...
  12. mid-fifties married couple

    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...
  13. Mature Nurses over 50

    you must be very flexible,and skilled. i hope that will ward off my alzheimers by learning some new tricks. what was your favorite
  14. Mature Nurses over 50

    [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...
  15. 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'?
  16. :balloons: i truly respect and am changed by each patients death. i feel that its like having one foot in the natural world and the other foot in the supernatural. my faith has grown imensely in...
  17. Mature Nurses over 50

    yes, i am only 51 yrs old, and just changed work avenues from 25 yrs.in the er to being a hospice nurse, full time,on call--and loving the change! this is a definite change of pace-hard to slow down...