4rmgirlRN

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1. Rn coming 2 NC

   4rmgirlRN replied to lexus380's topic in North Carolina

   Hello everyone! Well I was a traveling Nurse and worked the ER @ NHRMC! I loved it their the Dr.'s are great to work with and the staff treated me like if I was one of them! I even signed on full time after my assignment then had a personal tragedy i...

2. Help me choose a city by the water?

   4rmgirlRN replied to nur2007sing's topic in North Carolina

   Oh Stop St. Louis MO is Horrible TRAFFIC! Wilmington NC is the next thing to Heaven, I was a traveling Nurse for 2 years and traveled and Wilmington NC is the nest LITTLE Hollywood. I am DON of a LTC and I love it here I drive across the river from ...

3. Can a Ward Clerk check in controlled Medications in a LTCF?

   4rmgirlRN replied to 4rmgirlRN's topic in Geriatric

   Well, I notified NCBON and believe it or not! A ward Clerk can check in Narcotics! As long as there is some type of accountability. More pressure on the DON and if you can trust the Ward Clerk! Thanks to everyone who helped me get through this hurdle...

4. Can a Ward Clerk check in controlled Medications in a LTCF?

   4rmgirlRN replied to 4rmgirlRN's topic in Geriatric

   Well, as for as banditrn and applying for the DON Job. Never wait until tomorrow cause tomorrow may not ever come. I think it helps having all the credentials to be a DON, but seeing how LTCF are ran I think it does not matter as long as you are a RN...

5. How do you calculate the staffing ration for LTC

   4rmgirlRN replied to 4rmgirlRN's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks everyone I thought that was the right way!

6. Can a Ward Clerk check in controlled Medications in a LTCF?

   4rmgirlRN posted a topic in Geriatric

   I need to know if there is some kind of regulation in checking in Controlled Medications. When the medications arrive in the locked red tote from the Pharmacy that supplies this Long Term Care Facility, can a Ward Clerk check in the medication from t...

7. How do you calculate the staffing ration for LTC

   4rmgirlRN replied to 4rmgirlRN's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks i will try this when i get to work and let you know ok!

8. Please Help! Encouragement needed

   4rmgirlRN replied to BlessedbyGod's topic in Geriatric

   Gosh! For a short moment I was hiding under my computer table! I thought you were working for me.... Hang in there, I too am new to LTC and I am a Senior of 30 yeays of Hospital Nursing and specialized in OB and TRAUMA ER. Just a different kind of tr...

9. How do you calculate the staffing ration for LTC

   4rmgirlRN replied to 4rmgirlRN's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks for trying to find out! There has to be a formula some where that CMS uses......

10. How do you calculate the staffing ration for LTC

    4rmgirlRN posted a topic in Geriatric

    Hello Everyone! I am new here, and a new DON, I have been a hospital nurse for many moons and I have been working as a DON for the last year and I have had to train myself at both facility's I worked. I know that the Surveyors like us to stay at 2.2....