mtjoanna

mtjoanna has 5 years experience and specializes in psych and geriatric.

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1. Grandma got run over

   mtjoanna posted a topic in Humor

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2. Possible alleged neglect complaint... I hate snfs

   mtjoanna replied to idreamofnursing17's topic in Geriatric

   I started my nursing career in a psych hospital, so became pretty adept at documenting "exciting" events very factually. Unless two patients/residents had an encounter/altercation, mentioning another resident, and his/her situation in the charting is...

3. Time Limit/UnderStaffing

   mtjoanna replied to Shasta630's topic in Geriatric

   At my previous facility, I was the only nurse in the building from 1800-0600 and had up to 54 residents at one time. The 1800-2100 med pass was brutal as most of the residents had multiple meds and there were a lot of diabetics with BGs and sliding s...

4. Asked to Move to Another Floor?

   mtjoanna replied to aurora119's topic in General Nursing

   My facility actually has 2 transitional care units, each with 16 beds. During the day, two nurses staff each unit with a max of 8 patients while at noc, there's one nurse to the 16 residents. Now, the evening med pass is a breeze--the first SNF I wor...

5. Asked to Move to Another Floor?

   mtjoanna replied to aurora119's topic in General Nursing

   I'm currently working transitional care. I started my career in psych, moved to long term care--which I very much enjoy--but because of the need for full time hours, moved to the transitional care unit. I'm working nights, which I wouldn't necessaril...

6. Wearing Scrubs Outside of the Workplace

   mtjoanna replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

   I have had a few instances of people asking me about stuff--the greenish chunky discharge from her ear, what this color of poo might mean. My advice generally consists of "that sounds like an excellent question for your provider."

7. Survey

   mtjoanna replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric

   Not cheesy at all! One thing that means a lot to us "pee-ons" is having sincere recognition from the bosses.

8. How did you spend your first nursing paycheck?

   mtjoanna replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

   I'll freely admit that I used my first paycheck as a nurse to fulfill a life-long dream and bought myself a horse. I've never regretted her!

9. My DON came to my house today

   mtjoanna replied to mtjoanna's topic in Geriatric

   So, a year has passed since this incident. Six months ago, my husband and I moved to another town and I am working in a different facility. This facility is non-profit, owned by a church denomination and has been wonderful. There were several more is...

10. Would you work at a facility as a nurse that you worked at as an aide?

    mtjoanna replied to Beautiful_Soul's topic in Geriatric

    I did that with mixed results. It was good with all the nurses and most of the CNAs but I did have some issues with a few of the aids. One of them specifically told me "I'd be just fine if you showed me some favoritism. Seriously." We worked it out e...

11. Transitioning to transitional care

    mtjoanna replied to mtjoanna's topic in Geriatric

    It's a long-term care facility, not in a hospital, though they have PAs and NPs that round daily from both local hospitals. There are actually 2 transitional care units, both set up very similarly to each other and I'll be working in both units. Duri...

12. Transitioning to transitional care

    mtjoanna posted a topic in Geriatric

    I am currently in orientation in transitional care. I've worked at this facility for 6 months in one of their long-term care units and have loved it but they didn't have full time hours for me there and the transitional care unit did, so I've moved d...

13. Doc Vader vs pt satisfaction

    mtjoanna replied to mtjoanna's topic in Humor

    I know! I've had that same "work harder not smarter" line of doo-doo from someone who had never touched a patient...

14. Doc Vader vs pt satisfaction

    mtjoanna posted a topic in Humor

    I couldn't find whether or not video links are allowed (via youtube). I suppose I'll find out if it's not allowed I saw this on my facebook today(my facebook info is NOT in the link) and ended up laughing so hard I almost experienced bladder incontin...

15. Hurting but happy

    mtjoanna posted a topic in Geriatric

    So I've just completed my first week of solo nursing at my new position. This week, I had a fall, a death and our wing went under quarantine, as 4 elders ended up with diarrhea within an hour of each other. The CNAs employed at this facility are pret...