Re: inappropriate admissions....discuss
So what are they going to do if they admit a batty resident to the regular hall, and suddenly realize, Oh, shoot, they need to be in a locked unit, and there is no empty bed in the locked unit???? They do need to get these admissions right in the first place. In my nursing home, 2 people always go to see a possible new admit. One is someone knowledgeable in finances (business office manager who knows everyone in the county anyway, the administrator, or the social worker), and one person who is from nursing...98% of the time that person is me, the DON. If I am out, one of the other nurses will go. But different people see different things, and can answer different questions, so we always send 2 people. Sorry you had such a bad day, but hopefully you feel better after venting. I certainly feel better having a laugh over your post and little faces.
inappropriate admissions....discuss
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I'm just disgusted by the entire mess....the supervisior runs around like a chicken with her head cut off-and she is "old school" to the extent that she is an RN and no-one else had better attempt to have thought unless they are her peer..However she is so frickin scatter brained I think she is getting dementia.....But I swear I came close to smacking her down today-the doc was down the hall doing the admission H and P and told her he wanted the chart-I proceeded down the hall with it-she approached me and said " Hurry up,run,run-he is waiting" Run? RUN? Kiss my booty!!! I should have thrown the chart to her and told her to RUN....RUN! 
Yes ma'm-right away,ma'am....HELLO-this is 2009-we don't RUN BECAUSE THE DOC IS IN A HURRY...Anyway-he really wasn't but that is how things were back when she was on the floor.They used to actually open the chart on the desk in front of the docs and TRUN THE PAGES FOR THEM! 
O I'm tired....
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. Everytime I find my self thinking about any aspect of that place I snap a rubber band I am wearing on my wrist.I don't want to think about it....NOT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME MY ALARM GOES OFF AT 5 AM....
next week....
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