Arwin

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1. GIP Criteria

   Arwin replied to SWBQACRN's topic in Hospice

   http://www.nhpco.org/sites/default/files/public/regulatory/GIP_Tip_GIP_Sheet.pdf The key issue, could the care be just as easily provided in another setting, such as a nursing home? If so, you're on thin ice. Other factors, how long were they out ...

2. Narcotic counts in the home?

   Arwin posted a topic in Hospice

   Curious whether your hospice routinely tracks narcotic counts in the home for all patients regardless of whether the patient is high risk for diversion. We do not here but there have been some high profile cases in the area of nurses pilfering from ...

3. NEED HELP to rid the Nurseing Home Blues

   Arwin replied to JBarger LPN's topic in Geriatric

   That's new to me. Anybody else ever hear that? I thought an RN was an RN. When managers are insecure about their ability to run things they often resort to this kind of micro management. If that's the culture there, it is likely not to change un...

4. Critical thinking

   Arwin replied to tapper's topic in General Nursing

   Critical thinking skills ought to have been part and parcel of a person's education from the get-go. There's no question that it is essential for a nurse to have excellent critical thinking skills. I'm just wondering though...if a person hasn't le...

5. NEED HELP to rid the Nurseing Home Blues

   Arwin replied to JBarger LPN's topic in Geriatric

   Blondie-does everyone have to call the supervisor for all these things, or just you? It sounds like somebody there is a control freak.

6. Itching...

   Arwin replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

   Could this be a symptom of a general allergy? I suffer from hay fever each fall and one of the first symptoms, before my nose even starts running, is that the insides of my ears begin to itch.

7. NEED HELP to rid the Nurseing Home Blues

   Arwin replied to JBarger LPN's topic in Geriatric

   In the facility I work at the RN's and LPN's do EXACTLY the same work. The only difference I have seen is that the LPN's can't do the IV meds and they can't pronounce a death. (Why in the world do they think it takes an extra year of nursing school...