- pt enjoys pericare too much...
- Why don't they like part-time nurses?
- Dementia Patients
- shocked at what I saw!
- UI/hydration
- Okay, it's "weekly summary" time !
- Herbal medications in long term care
- Post Survey Plan of Correction
- Interview
- What meds do you use to treat your residents sores?
- Alzheimer's and PTSD
- DON Pay in LTC?
- unfair writeups
- AAARRRGGGGHHH!! Stupid cell phones!
- A new pet peeve of mine
- Are the elderly taking too many drugs?
- A mothers' request ( not nursing related)
- nurse's aides doing accuchecks
- MDS/PPS and four hour rule
- I just resigned my position! Would you?
- Rude Families-How do you deal with them?
- Just a Vent About My Evening Yesterday...
- Human Resources & Staff Development RN
- Passing the buck?
- What does an LPN charge nurse do in LTC?
- Law suits in LTC
- RN responsabilities in LTC
- Uhm...Why no CPR?
- Nursing Home Watch List
- computer technology
- Patient's right to have a decubitus ulcer ?
- DON-bonus after survey??
- Staff Development coordinator
- Great work being done in Aged Care.
- LTC staffing problem - may I have your opinion, please?
- Makes me feel better
- pt sign POA against will
- protecting assets when going into LTC
- Long Term Care Resources
- Alzheimer's issues
- my favorite resident
- Relationships between spouses
- How much orientation for LTC nurses?
- acute care to LTC
- uncaring ER docs
- Moving on to acute care!
- DNR does not mean Do Not Treat!!
- State Laws For Staffing Ratios
- RNs in LTC
- Top 5 medicine to pass in LTC?
- RNAC work load at your facility
- Personal update
- What can be done??
- Certification in Geriatrics
- ANy Maryland nurses out there?
- I'm being "stalked" by the janitor!
- DOES anyone find that Management in LTC is a problem?
- ANY JObs for LTC in Maryland
- What do you have on count???
- Kpec- how much?
- What to do when family says no to care?
- What's Up With Agency Nurses?
- How much Requip is too Much?
- Nursing Home Nurses: How many patients are you respsible for?
- My shift sucked last night.
- LTC position- 100 % of patients are cognitively
- Myths about Aging
- emotional state, unconcious patient
- Would you report this?
- Mandatory meetings and night shift
- scary looking nursing home
- Re: Affinity Health Services
- Thanks to all the LTC and Geriatric Nurses
- new grad rns ?
- How hard is it to find a job
- guidelines question: when LTC and when AL
- Visitor complaints at LTC
- arrogant nurses
- Beat up by a resident, what to do??
- Mds
- *VENT* Resident being sent back to the one who put her here!!
- Long term care nursing
- Twist on Bailing out of LTC...advice please
- What Did You Know About Elder Abuse?
- mds mountain of work with no help
- Staff RNs in LTC
- Taking Kids to the Job is it OK?
- Bailing out of LTC
- Post stroke itch
- Just had survey...need advice on correction plan
- Ready for full-code residents?
- Any Assisted Living People out there?
- geriatric research proposal
- MDS/Medicare Coordinator job...Need info please
- I feel so inadequate....
- Do more forms = better pt. care
- not enjoying job as a CNA
- Advice re. Demanding Resident
- A different smoking question....
- Need advice-Night shift LPN at LTC
- Anyone using MPAF for medicare assessments?
- fitted sheets
- HIPPA Laws
- Smoking
- Transient Ischemic Attacks--need practical advice
- Is this understaffing (or is it me?)
- Who pays for CPR?
- Resident in Hosp for blood transfusion.......not pottied at all!Need to vent
- Unbelievable LTC eyewitness stories
- First Job out of school
- LTC waking residents for routine Tylenol/Benadryl on nites
- LTC blood draws
- About a LTC MD who is BAD NEWS
- IN CA it is out of scope for an LVN to supervise RN's
- Is pay better in LTC facilities than hospitals
- Can I give frank unsolicited advice?
- LPN as supervisor?
- Are certified elder law attorneys really helpful or not?
- Home like environment? Zoo like atmosphere
- Med Not Available = med error?
- My nurse tied a resident in here wheelchair
- Whistle Blowing In Ltc Bad Bad Idea
- staff RN's in LTC?
- Do the state inspectors ever show up on noc shift?
- Made to Falsify Documentation :(
- Is this legal? What can we do?
- Happy National Nursing Assistants Week
- New Management Is Killing Me
- 1st person care plans
- Pts in LTC must be offered plastic surgery
- Care Plans an Exercise in FUTILITY??????
- Nursing Home In Brooklyn
- Ltc: Same Circus Different Tent
- What can we do to improve working conditions in Nursing homes?
- Understanding Alzheimer's
- Is LTC really this bad?
- Help again with Elder Abuse Pretest
- Yearly Evaluations?
- Trying to get organized
- New Licensed Long Term Care Administrator
- Chronic absentee-ism
- Resident Care Coordinator going MDS/ICF
- My mother has Alzheimer's disease
- Need advice as a family member
- Ideas for CNA recognition?
- One Worried lil' CNA in Training
- UTI/elderly question
- Again..Problems with the Comfort measures Only Orders
- State Survey
- Catheters
- Policy manual online!?!
- adl coding, section G & significant changes
- Nursing interventions for CVA
- arbors
- Need Charting Help Please
- LTC is getting the best of me!
- Adult Diapers -- which ones do your patient's use? Any problems?
- Med not available
- New Monitoring/tracking Sheets Needed!
- Educational Handouts For Residents Upon Discharge?
- Happy Nurses Week
- orientation time in LTC/Subacute care
- Sub-acute/rehab floors
- ? RE: Starting A Restorative Nursing Program
- Question about working in LTC
- Skin Care Products
- Fall Prevention
- Case Mix
- MDS Manual Revisions April 2004
- Mother of Sorrows: Rachel's Story
- ? about emergency care in LTC
- Male volunteers desperately needed
- Elder Abuse Questions/Info
- Staffing ratios: Arkansas LTC - anyone know?
- careplanning questions
- Veinapuncture: Certified or not???
- MDS section G
- Health Services Coordinator
- Day in the Life
- preferred im injection site in elderly??
- Weekly Charting Format
- RN or busperson?
- Racism still living freely in elderly...
- from student to shift supervisor???
- Introduction- New to this forum
- Choking !
- New grad, LTC job offer...advice?
- Falls and incident reports in LTC
- suprapubic catheter
- specific rules and regulations in ltc/snf
- massage
- mandatory overtime policy? need to vent
- Stege 4 Pressure Ulcers
- Time Management Charge Nurse Need Advise
- Frustrated Need Input
- State Requirements in LTC
- Life Care Centers of America
- physician orders
- Need suggestions
- Is it reasonable or do we have no choice?
- Overtime Rules
- Yowzahhhhhhhh
- PA reg ? regarding Restorative Nursing
- please help
- can someone help??
- Re: Convalescing Home
- please help!!!
- CMI Report
- "Timing is Everything"
- aspirational pneumonia?
- need advice about switching to LTC
- Losing your skills in LTC
- please help
- just wondering
- Team building
- "Shortcuts"
- care plan meetings in LTC
- RN, Nurse Manager
- Why al the negativity in LTC???
- RN, Nurse Manager
- RN, Nurse Manager
- RN for on call relief ALF
- Geriatric Humor
- Why you as Nurses choose nursing homes?
- Briefs at night???
- Feeding Assistant in Nursing homes
- Im going insane!!!!
- risk management & wandering patients
- Nurse to Patient ratio's
- Dementia/sexuality
- restorative nursing care planning
- Grieving for the elderly- reactions of others
- Whetstone Care Center Cols. OH
- weekly documentation in ltc
- will someone please reply
- Night time coverage for ALFs
- NP's in LTC
- trach care
- CNA's passing meds in ALF. What's your opinion?
- Is my mama having depression or dementia+
- Multidose Packaging
- Multidose Packaging
- LTC Rehab RN's- Help!!!!
- What challenges are you facing?
- Ohio LTC
- How much should I ask for?
- health services director
- please call report!
- pps documentation??
- Nursing home?