Summer69

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  1. Looking for warm weather corrections jobs.

    What about the Federal Correctional facility in Texarkana. I have heard good things about it.
  2. OMG Halcion

    Update on Haldol. I recently went to a seminar on F329(unnecessary drugs). Hospice is allowed to give Haldol for endstage COPD. Could the Haldol somehow be connected to the pnuemothoax and some extremely bright MD:idea: thought is is similar to ...
  3. Getting started as MDS nurse

    Hi, Just wanted to say congratulations on your grad from Excelsior. I am working the program now. Dig in and start reading the RAI manual Look at MDS's already done(if the prior person was good). That will help with the logic part of figuring ou...
  4. Care Plans and Care Conferences-Help!

    OH GOOD GRIEF!!! You are correct about care conferences. You have really stepped into a mess. Is it the administration who feels care conferences are not necessary or did things just get dropped? I did work one place where the DNS was the care...
  5. HELP!!!!! care plan question

    I have added pages in the ADL books that are drug category specific. (purple for antipsychotic, yellow for antidepressant etc). Side effects are generic and I add the specifiec medication and resident name and have put them in plastic protectors so...
  6. Lpn Jobs/salaries In Iowa

    Glenwood Iowa has a facility similar to Woodward-Is is on the western part of the state about 30 miles from Omaha. Woodward is about 30 miles for DesMoines.
  7. Lost new graduate moving to Iowa

    Go to Craigs list for housing-some reasonalble apartments are listed there. As for jobs-Bishop Drumm in Johnston is wonderful. Also there is the Madrid Home in Madrid Iowa about 20 miles for DM. Good benefits. You might want to try agency work un...
  8. Does anyone really enjoy LTC?

    I have been a nurse for 36 years and was a NA for 3 years before that. Hve only done LTC. Yes I have been in the good and the bad. The bad places have made me a better nurse(more vocal about concerns and sticking up for Pt. rights). The good ones...
  9. Need help with inservice for CMA's

    Our pharmacy comes in quarterly and offers a CMA inservice. Since they are in our facility monthly they see what our errors are, what new meds we are using and what interactions(such as TF to be turned off 1 hour and 1 hour after Dilantin admin.) ar...
  10. Survey is coming!!!!!!

    Smile, be polite, and do not answer more than they ask for!!!!(kind of like being questioned in a trial). Do not try to avoid them(as in sneak around and do dressing changes that they have asked to see) then they think you are hiding something and t...
  11. What meds do you see the most often?

    roxanal, ativan-the hospice favorites. Don't forget the vitamins for wound healing. We are now adding vit d to the list.
  12. Mature Nurses over 50

    Graduated in 1970. Have been in long term care the entire time. My goal is to become the PERFECT old lady. All kidding aside, I have never regretted not having hospital experience.
  13. Stump the Corporate Nurse

    Some of my coworkers do not need help in the "look stupid" dept. They are doing a fine job all on their own!. One nurse told an MD that we did not offer special diets(diabetic in particular)!!!
  14. For new grads!

    I am not sure of the actually site but if you go to the Medicare web site you should be able to navigate thru that to get to the survey site. Please note thou surveys may be 6-8 months old.
  15. Any IA lpn to rn online through excelsior?

    Hi, I currenly live in Oregon but call Iowa home(kids still live there). I am doing the RUE plan LPN to RN. The text thru Rue (the $125/month payment) is not the real expense but rather the 220 (or more depending on test you need to take) from Exc...