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  1. Nurse giving discontinue medications to other patients

    Current regulations in my state do NOT allow for any type of e-kit in an AL facility. Period. Not even for those who have staff administer them. Residents who self-administer their meds take care of getting their own meds. Those that have staff admin...
  2. Nurse giving discontinue medications to other patients

    Actually this is incorrect. A resident in an AL (and LTC if not on a med a stay) privately pays for their meds. If staff is administering meds they are more than likely coming bubble packed and labeled for that individual. A pharmacy will not send th...
  3. Nurse giving discontinue medications to other patients

  4. What Baffles You?

    When staff have time to complain for 10-20 minutes about how they don't have time to get their work done. Or the CNA who complains that the nurses never help. Trust me.... we do want to help. And will as our time allows. (The good ones will anyway) ...
  5. ASN license same like BSN ?

    Once you pass the NCLEX you have your license. ADN and BSN take the same test. Getting your BSN doesn't change your license.
  6. Are they lying or are they confused?

  7. Where do you prefer an IV?

    This spots hurts something terrible!
  8. That is very unusual. There must be more to the story that they aren't telling you. Its not common for CNAs to know the payer source of residents. And a lot of times the nurses don't know that information either. Its really not needed (unless residen...
  9. Know your limitations. We all have at least one thing that "gets" us. Some of us have more. During my ER rotation in clinicals I quickly went from nursing student to patient when watching a hip reduction. I work in LTC and love it! I have seen many d...
  10. Having a CNA certification was required in my state for nursing. There were several people that just got their certification and never worked as a CNA that failed our first clinical because they were still working on developing their basic care skill...
  11. A & P

    Try your best to read the chapter before class. This way you are armed with questions when they are being discussed. Review the information discussed in class at home (or where ever) that same night. Reviewing it while still fresh makes it easier to ...
  12. I work in a large CBRF as a unit coordinator and am really frustrated with the floor nurses' charting. Its not all of the nurses, but most of them. They just don't chart or don't want to chart on a sick resident longer than 24hrs. I just don't get it...
  13. Are you sure this resident is actually staying for free and not on medicaid?
  14. When to call or page the doctor?

    Oh... and if you start with something like "I'm really sorry to bother you, but I'm calling regarding your pt Mr. Icantstayoffthefloor....." They might not be so hard on you. I love the caller ID at work because I can tell where a MD is calling from....