whoamiRN

whoamiRN has 10 years experience and specializes in med-surg,dementia care, management, VA.

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1. How Many Residents Do You Care For On Your Unit?

   whoamiRN replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in Geriatric

   The facility I used to work for had 48 residents a floor, one nurse and 3 CNAs for both Days and Eves, Nights only 2 CNAs.

2. What is a REAL Nurse?????

   whoamiRN replied to lvnjden4ever, R.N.'s topic in General Nursing

   A nurse is in the heart, not the job description.

3. dont know what to do....

   whoamiRN replied to LVNwannaBE2007's topic in General Nursing

   You did everything you thought was best for that resident at the time of the incident. This is how we ALL learn in the nursing field. good for you for taking the initiative. Just be careful increasing the 02 on a COPD'er. Some can tolerate, some c...

4. which shift do you prefer 3-11 or 11-7?

   whoamiRN replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have worked all 3 shifts in both long term and acute care. I really liked 3-11 shift the best before my children were in school. i liked that it was still busy, but the management and "office" staff left at 4pm, so there wasn't the mad rush to ge...

5. Roles of DON/Nurse Manager

   whoamiRN posted a topic in LTC Directors

   If any of you DON's out there can help me out, I'd really appreciate it. I am currently the Nurse manager of a 30 bed dementia unit in a LTC facility in NY. We total 126 beds, there are 2 other Nurse Managers and a MDS coordinator, as well as a new...

6. Manual BM Removal

   whoamiRN replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric

   We have a resident like this on my unit. After r/o all possible physiologic problems (masses, constipation, hemmorhoids, etc) we now just give her some surgi-lube and a glove. Gross, but she did it at home for years prior to admission. You can't t...

7. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

   whoamiRN replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Humor

   I think LTC would definately win this one. We have those who push it in their sleep, those who pull it from the wall and wander around with it and those who use it like a microphone or a telephone, holding the button up to their mouth and talking in...

8. Are you ashamed of being a nurse?

   whoamiRN replied to Mijourney's topic in Career Support

   I might not always be happy, but am ALWAYS proud.

9. Inventions we'd love to see....

   whoamiRN replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in General Nursing

   I'd definately get one of those!

10. Pet peeves!

    whoamiRN replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    Some pet peeves from LTC: 1) Not cleaning up after your self on the med cart or in the med room., and leaving it empty and unstocked for me when I come on duty. 2) "Forgetting" that someone fell or that the MD is away and the PA is on call this wee...

11. Alzheimers/ Dementia Director

    whoamiRN replied to romie's topic in Geriatric

    I guess that's my job, except I don't have to train staff or have them do "groups". This seems almost contraindicated to me as many Alzheimer's do very poorly when there are more than a few people involved. We do a lot of 1:1 interaction, sensory s...

12. Alzheimers/ Dementia Director

    whoamiRN replied to romie's topic in Geriatric

    I'm not sure what an "Alzheimer's Director" is. Is that like the Nurse Manager? I manage a 30 bed Alzheimer's and dementia unit, but I'm not sure if it's the same thing.

13. Nurses week and nursing assistant week

    whoamiRN replied to Inquisitive one's topic in Geriatric

    At my facility, wecome up with a theme for Nursing Home Week and develop Activities for staff and residents arouond that. For example, we had "Around the World", and each unit was a different country, with decorations and food and costumes. We also...

14. What happens if someone codes?

    whoamiRN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Geriatric

    Pretty much like greenjanell said, we do CPR and call 911, and it doesn't happen too often because 90% of our residents are DNR! ACLS cert. isn't really an option as LTC has different regs than acute care and we would be unable to initiate some of th...

15. Funny Sign In Slips

    whoamiRN replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    No from the ER, but an elderly woman called on a Saturday at my LTC telling me her husband had "Oldtimer's", so he needed to come to the nursing home. along the same lines, we live in a rural area, and many of the CNAs know each other and get their ...