CrochetNurse154

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  1. Home hospice CM questions

    CrochetNurse154 replied to NightNerd's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Congrats on landing a second interview! I found hospice to be an extremely rewarding specialty. So, onward to the questions: 1) Yes, this is completely reasonable. IMO, home hospice should be no...

  2. Weekend hospice call offer

    CrochetNurse154 replied to Rollerrn2011's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    First, can you clarify are you covering just hospice patients or also home health? That didn't seem to be very clear in your initial post. If you're covering both, then run. Hospice is plenty on its...

  3. In Hospice are RNCM's Ever Paid Hourly Instead of Salary?

    CrochetNurse154 replied to Texasdude's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have worked as both a salaried and hourly hospice RNCM. Both have their pros and cons. Salary does give you a steady pay rate which is dependable and consistent, but there is no such thing as OT....

  4. Hospice Case Manager?

    CrochetNurse154 replied to 2ndChance's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I would say at least 75% of your day as a hospice CM is spent doing patient care. As the case manager, you are assigned a caseload of patients (hopefully 12-14 max). Your job as the case manager is to...

  5. Triage and on call

    CrochetNurse154 replied to cargalrn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Delivering meds?? That's a HUGE no no where I work. We actually had a nurse get fired for picking up Tums to take to her

  6. On-call hospice nurse

    CrochetNurse154 replied to lwheatley's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I highly suggest you speak to your manager about their expectations of you for visits. Personally I would not go out to a facility at 2am for only a skin tear. However, I would be scheduling a routine...

  7. Triage and on call

    CrochetNurse154 replied to cargalrn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    PRN visits vary in nature. Most visits are for an uncontrolled symptom of some sort i.e. intractable pain, dyspnea, terminal restlessness, uncontrolled oral secretions etc. However, I've gone out on...

  8. Foley Catheter

    CrochetNurse154 replied to CecyRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Depends on the doc, I have one who likes changes q30 days and PRN, irrigation only PRN for occlusion or excess sediment. I also have another who prefers we follow the CDC guidelines and just change...

  9. help!? Which job do I take?

    CrochetNurse154 replied to KJRNBSN921's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Do you have a clear idea of where you want to be at in 5 or 10 years? Because if you envision yourself as an ICU nurse, for example, you should pursue the cardiac tele position, no doubt about it....

  10. Repositioning end stage of life hospice pts

    CrochetNurse154 replied to Sheyi1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Reposition as you would for any other patient, unless patient comfort is in

  11. Best job during FNP school?

    CrochetNurse154 replied to mary.thomas's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm currently working in hospice, and I'll be starting a FNP program in the fall. If the company you'll be working for is anything like mine, I'd think the case manager job is more in line with what...

  12. To those that left critical care for this

    CrochetNurse154 replied to buddiage's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I did not leave critical care, but a step-down unit with moderate care patients. I found no shortage of being bored. It is a very different setting though. My typical day as a hospice case manager...

  13. Thoughts?

    CrochetNurse154 replied to dreamriderRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Currently, I work as a salaried case manager, however when we pick up extra shifts overnight/weekends/etc, we get paid per visit. Our visit pay is as follows: $50/visit, $60/death visit,...

  14. Help! New EMR System

    CrochetNurse154 replied to AshBlonde83's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Please, do NOT pick HCHB. I feel that it isn't very user friendly for hospice- it was originally developed for homecare and then formatted for hospice use. Trust me, you can tell. It also made about...