Khaos RN

Khaos RN has 20 years experience and specializes in long term care.

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1. Preparing for state survey nightmare

   Khaos RN replied to Khaos RN's topic in Geriatric

   I agree that we should all be keeping the med carts clean and not only when state is ready to walk in. Now the emphasis has shifted from the med carts to a facility acquired pressure ulcer. The state surveyors are all over this pressure ulcer and ri...

2. tips on organizing and keeping up in nursing home

   Khaos RN replied to jlee1887's topic in Geriatric

   This sounds just like my facility! We have a nurse on the evening shift that gets so behind on her one hall that when I walk in it's crazy. People are still up at 10:30, medications have not been passed, blood glucose not even done yet, so insulin is...

3. Preparing for state survey nightmare

   Khaos RN replied to Khaos RN's topic in Geriatric

   The DON has decided she will have an in-service so that we will all know what to expect next time the surveyors come in. It should be an ongoing process, not a rush job to prepare the facility. Of course everything is dumped on night shift. You are ...

4. Preparing for state survey nightmare

   Khaos RN posted a topic in Geriatric

   so, the state surveyors are supposed to visit our long term care facility any day now. So, night shift has been assigned by the DON to clean the med carts. Throw out anything and everything that's dated 30 days or more, or not dated. Well, that prett...