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  1. Oregon's Death with Dignity Act

    katwoman7755 replied to Jump_Nurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Excellent post Marachne!! Very informative presentation of the data. Thanks!

  2. Any Southeastern Students?

    katwoman7755 replied to pihlaja's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I'm at SELU.....graduate nursing

  3. Straight into home health? Confused on this

    katwoman7755 replied to Brenney9101's topic in Home Health

    I personally feel you should have experience. First year as a nurse is hard enough. I know I felt like I didn't truly begin to learn to be a nurse until I actually began real life nursing. Being in...

  4. Copies of original Orders

    katwoman7755 replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You definitely need a copy. Someone might actually need to look at those orders so that they can care for the patient. The state would also expect to see the orders on the chart if they were to come...

  5. just wondering

    katwoman7755 replied to doggielover's topic in Home Health

    I worked for an Interim agency. Although Interim is a national company, not all of the offices are part of the corporate office. Many of them are local franchises. They use Interim paperwork,...

  6. "Do I or don't I?" CLNC??

    katwoman7755 replied to rng.bar's topic in Legal

    Thanks RN1989....I do think it would be something I would immensely enjoy as all those things you mentioned that many might not like or be good at, I think I would. I guess like anything else it is...

  7. "Do I or don't I?" CLNC??

    katwoman7755 replied to rng.bar's topic in Legal

    Thank you RN1989. The things you just outlined are the exact concerns I am having about investing the money to do this program. I would love to do it and know I would do the work necessary to have...

  8. MSN online Schools

    katwoman7755 replied to rellco40's topic in Post Graduate Students

    It looked to me like it was $286.90 per credit hour. The over $600/hr, I think, would be for on campus, non resident

  9. Excelsior's status in Louisiana

    katwoman7755 replied to flamesong's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I did the ASn program through EC in 2001. I was an LPN. I am like 99.9% positive that in Louisiana, you must be an LPN prior to doing the EC program as far as the BON is concerned. There are some...

  10. Delta College

    katwoman7755 replied to Nurse Alissa's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    This is simply untrue....do not believe everything everyone tells you. Maybe agency RN's, but definitely not LPN's. Also, I personally know many people at the corporate level....they laughed when I...

  11. Question for the midwives....

    katwoman7755 posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Just wondering, did all of you that are midwives have L&D experience before becoming midwives? I am struggling with why I'm not totally happy in nursing. I think part of it is b/c I always...

  12. Whose responsibility

    katwoman7755 replied to grannynurse FNP student's topic in Home Health

    Sounds like someone could have seriously benefitted from an OT eval....

  13. info re: Gentiva in FL/Hospice of Dothan, AL

    katwoman7755 replied to paulamac's topic in Home Health

    I just reread your original post and realized you were in pensacola....have you looked into Covenant hospice? That's where I worked in FWB...the corporate office is based out of pensacola. They have...

  14. info re: Gentiva in FL/Hospice of Dothan, AL

    katwoman7755 replied to paulamac's topic in Home Health

    I am fairly familiar with them....I lived in FWB for 2 years....did not work for hospice of the emerald coast, but the other in town. I know they are a bigger entity in alabama, but also growing in...

  15. Upset!!! write up and patients marijuana

    katwoman7755 replied to RNGINA's topic in Home Health

    This conversation could have been over a long time ago if more people smoked pot.....:) As home health nurses, we go into the patient's home, we assess and we treat....but more often than not, our...

  16. OBQI: Briggs® National Quality Improvement/Hospitalization Reduction Study

    katwoman7755 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Home Health

    Thanks for the link....that whole website in general has an incredible amount of information.

  17. What are state surveyors looking for--understanding reg interpretation

    katwoman7755 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Home Health

    Thanks...this should be informative!!!

  18. info re: Gentiva in FL/Hospice of Dothan, AL

    katwoman7755 replied to paulamac's topic in Home Health

    Depends on which hospice you might be referring to....I used to live in ft walton beach, and the hospice I worked for also had a branch in dothan, yet i know there are probably several. Just curious...

  19. How to document SN visit frequency

    katwoman7755 replied to TINKER968's topic in Home Health

    I don't think the zero frequency is a bad idea. Like everyone says, it's a place holder sort of. If I didn't have a calender in front of me and the first week of the new cert started on a thurs or...

  20. How to document SN visit frequency

    katwoman7755 replied to TINKER968's topic in Home Health

    if i'm understanding you correctly, you wouldn't need to write any frequency for those 10 days left. I am assuming, for instance, that maybe you had 1W9, and so the recert was done sometime between...

  21. LPN in Hospice

    katwoman7755 replied to CMLPNnowRN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am an RN, but worked hospice the last 2 years...we definitely used LPN's...primarily to do continuous care cases...but sometimes they would help us with regular visits. Kathryn RN

  22. Scope of Nursing Practice

    katwoman7755 replied to Schoolnursetrish39's topic in General Nursing

    I am still amazed at how many times I have read on this site about nurses so ready to call the BON to report another nurse...and many times, with half-baked information and nothing of any harm done....

  23. SLU in Hammond

    katwoman7755 replied to Gottago's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Hey Laura..you are right down the street....I live in mandeville...wonder if i know you...I too bridged lpn to RN through EC....small world!!! How do you like LVRMC??? I work for Guardian Home...

  24. following your hospital policies and procedures will not always avoid negligence

    katwoman7755 replied to ageless's topic in General Nursing

    Not just inexperienced nurses..but also experienced nurses, who continue to go about "the way it was always done." I think this is a good example of why nursing requires continuous...

  25. following your hospital policies and procedures will not always avoid negligence

    katwoman7755 replied to ageless's topic in General Nursing

    Very good advice.