PammyRN,CEN

PammyRN,CEN

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About PammyRN,CEN

PammyRN,CEN has 19 years experience.


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  1. Salary

    90k in ohio... I wouldn't take a dime less
  2. Started the agency, now what?

    me too! I am in the start up and cannot seem to get any guidance..any help is appreciated
  3. Started the agency, now what?

    I sent you a pm
  4. Coding patient in LTC

    Ask 911 what time their strip says if they call the code at the facility, this will be the time of death. In ltc we are only allowed to document that their is no bp, pulse or respirations usually validated by 2 nurses. Remember scope of practice!
  5. Coding patient in LTC

    If their code status is full code you must start CPR notify 911 that you have someone in cardiac /cardiopulmonary arrest AND CPR is in progress. Even if it appears that they are very dead you must start CPR. Some facilities have received Immediate J...
  6. Infection control logs

    I'd like a copy to :) thanks
  7. ANCC gerontology exam

    Thank You!
  8. ANCC gerontology exam

    I am begining to review for this exam and am using ANCC Gerontological Nursing Review Book. Not sure when I am going to set a test date.
  9. how to be an efficient MDS coordinator

    I think it's important that all entities enter their own information. Some places like to dibtheires on paper and hand it tobrhe mds nurse to input. I dropouts that, mds nurse thanked me... She didn't realize how thin she was spread nor how much tim...
  10. College Network vs. Rue vs. Excelsior

    Exceksior is a college Rue, Chancellors and College Network are publishing companies... you do not get a degree from a publisher and you can get the study items second hand much cheaper imho. I am an excelsior student.
  11. how to be an efficient MDS coordinator

    Do you have this type of spreadsheet that you can share?
  12. Call schedule

    Well I am still on call 24/7 M -F for staffing. There is a weekend on call rotation in place so that helps. I am also in the on call Holiday rotation. I have been doing this for about a year and I am tired. I usually have 2 MDS nurse but am down ...
  13. New DON

    Do you have a 24 Hour report sheet that a supervisor could use to track changes for the building? Need things such as I&A, skin, deaths, IV's, weight loss, abnormal labs, bruises, unknown origins, state reportables, ....etc... if anyone has any...
  14. discontinuing pressure alarms

    I am in the process of removing alarms from our list of fall interventions. As they don't really prevent falls but alert us to the unassisted ambulation attempt. I am just reviewing first the ones that haven't fallen in the recent past and even for ...
  15. Don't You Just Want To Scream?

    Oh I hear you loud and clear... we had 2 on fluid restriction... yes only 2 for clarity it was two....we were cited inserived by corporate, corrected and inserviced by me...they still didn't do what they were inserviced on...bang your head.....luckil...