RnRatchet

RnRatchet

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  1. Do any of your home hospice programs do extubations in home??

    RnRatchet replied to sue hospice's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    hello, sue. i can't say we've had it happen yet, but it was attempted. unfortunately the patient died at the hospital waiting for transport to his home. we've been doing lots of things "outside the...

  2. Have you ever gone in to find a patient dead? What happened?

    RnRatchet replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I remember about 8 years ago when I was working as a nurse aide going to nursing school that a pt was coded under the christmas tree on one of our hospital's med surg units! She was in a geri chair at...

  3. Anyone else still waiting??? CHPN results

    RnRatchet replied to Wenge8181's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    congratulations!

  4. Hospice Library...what would you pick?

    RnRatchet replied to LadyBugLass's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I fully second the Gone From My Sight! I had the opprotunity to listen to Barbara Karnes speak at our area Hospice Confrence here in southern Illinois last year and absolutely loved her! All of her...

  5. Anyone else get good news in the mail?

    RnRatchet replied to RnRatchet's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    congrats to you too! i've heard from a couple of the other girls from my agency.. so far so good.. all passes so far that studied together! and oh my yes.. that was a tough one.. i was so dizzy with...

  6. Can non-profit hospice survive high cost of palliative care?

    RnRatchet replied to Mazzi's topic in Hospice, Palliative

  7. Can non-profit hospice survive high cost of palliative care?

    RnRatchet replied to Mazzi's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Although they should take the underinsured, no insurance, and such.. the for profits in our area have a nice catch phrase we've heard families tell us when we come to service them... "...we can't...

  8. confusion re: hospice care

    RnRatchet replied to pattyzaccy's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    That's what I was thinking! I work for a non for profit hospice and we are constantly trying to fight the "bad rep" some of the for profits are causing in the area. We've even walked in for an...

  9. Need help with a devotional for clinical

    RnRatchet replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    I also found this site with several poems..

  10. Need help with a devotional for clinical

    RnRatchet replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    This was one an instructor shared with us when I was in nursing school.. :wink2: The Difference He Made By Randy Poole Amidst the morning mist of the swift returning tide I set out on my daily run,...