sunfire1725

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1. Is it so wrong to think long term care nursing is boring?

   sunfire1725 replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

   I have worked in LTC for 5 years and have never once been bored. I have admissions to do, Dr. rounds, phoning MD for orders, med pass for 30 residents, supervising entire facility, IV's to hang, IV pushes to administer, dressing to change...I think ...

2. RN responsibilities in LTC

   sunfire1725 replied to saraltx's topic in Geriatric

   I am an RN Supervisor at a LTC facility. Right now we have 114 residents, All supervisors were I work have a floor assignment with about 30 residents ( feeding tubes, numerous blood sugars, dressings, and many hospice) and are responsible for the oth...

3. When to enter meds on MAR

   sunfire1725 replied to OldMareLPN's topic in Geriatric

   I have also seen nurses signing for all their meds given and treatments at the end of their shift, I have never seen the RN's doing this, only the LPN's. I thought maybe that was the way they were taught to do it in school. I know that when I went to...

4. positive mantoux

   sunfire1725 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I had my yearly PPD at work lastnight ( I work in LTC) at 11:30 pm and at 8 am this morning I had a red,raised area and my DON said I need a chest xray. I have a lot of concerns. I know I could just be infected with TB germ or have active TB, my conc...

5. OMG! My feet are killing me!

   sunfire1725 replied to dansamy's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I also feel your pain. My doctor recommended me to wear New Balance 608 shoes at work with my insoles that I had to have made for me. I've had all the cortisone injections that I can have, and surgery but still have times were my foot is killing me ...

6. For all you old-timers: How have you lasted in nursing so long?

   sunfire1725 replied to BBFRN's topic in General Nursing

   I've only been a nurse for 3 years and I also have chronic PF, and I started having trouble after working only 1 year as a nurse. I had surgery 9 months ago, but still having trouble. Now when I have flare ups, I take a medrol dose pack, and I am m...

7. question

   sunfire1725 posted a topic in General Nursing

   What is the procedure for collecting post void residual? Do you let the pt. urinate and wait about 15 min. and then straight cath for residual?

8. Nursing Home Nightmare

   sunfire1725 replied to aerinlpn's topic in Geriatric

   This sounds normal to me. We have 104 residents right now where I work. If we are lucky we have one nurse and 2 aids to every 26 residents. Most of the time we work with less because we have alot of call offs. I am the supervisor on my shift, have...

9. MDS Coordinator salaries

   sunfire1725 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in MDS

   We I work we have been having trouble with nursing staff, not enough! We have calls offs almost everyday, and just the other day there were only 2 nurses in the facility for 105 residents. There should have been 5, but we had call offs, and could n...