http://allnurses.com Discussion forum for Directors of Nursing (DON) and Assistant Directors of Nursing (ADON) to discuss managing staff in Long Term Care Facilities, healthcare regulations and network for great ideas. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:52:38 GMT vBulletin 60 http://img.an-file.info/misc/rss.jpg http://allnurses.com http://allnurses.com/ltc-directors-nursing/discharge-summaries-need-440314-new.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:43:10 GMT F:283 Dischage Summaries: Recapitulation of the residents stay, Final Summary of Status. Does... F:283 Dischage Summaries: Recapitulation of the residents stay, Final Summary of Status.
Does anyone have any advice to share with me on the correct way these are to be done? How do you coordinate with medical records? Are these to be done after the entire chart is closed, or immediately after the resident is discharged. Does anyone have a form they could share with me? Thankyou to anyone who can offer assistance on this. :redbeathe ]]> LTC: Directors Nursing and Assistant (DON/ADON) LTCCC http://allnurses.com/ltc-directors-nursing/discharge-summaries-need-440314.html http://allnurses.com/ltc-directors-nursing/scholarship-nursing-assistant-439390-new.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:27:02 GMT Nominations are now being accepted for the Nursing Assistant of the Year scholarship program. The... Nominations are now being accepted for the Nursing Assistant of the Year scholarship program. The scholarship is available to any Nursing Assistant with one or more years experience working in the LTC industry for a licensed facility.

For details, and to nominate a nursing assistant, please visit our website: http://www.nascholarship.com ]]> LTC: Directors Nursing and Assistant (DON/ADON) nfink http://allnurses.com/ltc-directors-nursing/scholarship-nursing-assistant-439390.html http://allnurses.com/ltc-directors-nursing/ltc-facilities-still-437772-new.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:46:53 GMT I currently work in LTC and I'm thinking about pursuing LPN. I already have a Bachelors degree but I would like to be a nurse. The facility I currently work at hired three new RNs. No LPNs. The LPNs that work there have years of experience. So I was just curious, would be wasting my time pursuing LPN. ]]> LTC: Directors Nursing and Assistant (DON/ADON) Ling07 http://allnurses.com/ltc-directors-nursing/ltc-facilities-still-437772.html http://allnurses.com/ltc-directors-nursing/revera-company-437313-new.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:18:04 GMT Hello, Does any work at this company or have info about it? I applied at one and I was wondering... Hello,
Does any work at this company or have info about it? I applied at one and I was wondering if anyone had any opinions.
Thanks! ]]> LTC: Directors Nursing and Assistant (DON/ADON) Schmoo1022 http://allnurses.com/ltc-directors-nursing/revera-company-437313.html http://allnurses.com/ltc-directors-nursing/visitors-and-flu-434828-new.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:13:54 GMT My medical director wants me to buy an infrared thermometer and check the temp of EVERYONE who... My medical director wants me to buy an infrared thermometer and check the temp of EVERYONE who comes in the building. He wants us to refuse entrance to anyone who is febrile. Do any of you do this now? I'm not sure who exactly he thinks is going to do this....the receptionist? And I'm wondering what the AG would say if I refused to allow family members to visit. Although, I think I could say it was due to the president's emergency declarations.
If you do use one, what brand? ]]> LTC: Directors Nursing and Assistant (DON/ADON) CapeCodMermaid http://allnurses.com/ltc-directors-nursing/visitors-and-flu-434828.html http://allnurses.com/ltc-directors-nursing/set-up-failure-434736-new.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:52:23 GMT I need to tell you all a story because i have read some other threads of some nurses dealing with a... I need to tell you all a story because i have read some other threads of some nurses dealing with a decision i once had to make. I have worked in long term care for almost 15 years. I started out as a CNA in long term careand went back to nursing school and received my associate degree in nursing. I have worked in the er and telemetry/med-surg but decided to return to long term care because I feel good skilled nurses are desperately needed plus it is what i have always loved. I have been a nurse for 5 years. I worked as a RN supervisor but was approached to consider the job as DON. At first I thought maybe i needed to work and get more experience first, but it was my dream to become a DON at some point and time so I accepted the opportunity because I wanted to make a difference. Well it did not turn out how i planned. I know now I was not prepared for this challenge just yet. I still don't know where I went wrong, but nothing went right. I felt as though even though I was the DON none of the decisions were made by me but corporate. And when the #### hit the fan the responsibility fell on me. It got to the point where i could not depend on the staff that was hired to do a job could not be depended on to do their job which put more responsibility on myself because i wanted it done right and so did my boss. After leaving the position I was devastated because I have never failed at anything like this before. I take so much pride in my work and wanted so bad to succeed. Where did I go wrong!!??? Is my dream of being a DON over??? ]]> LTC: Directors Nursing and Assistant (DON/ADON) evette http://allnurses.com/ltc-directors-nursing/set-up-failure-434736.html