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  1. MDS training unavailable in Georgia

    Rena Shepard will be in Atlanta sometime in the middle of September doing the three day AANAC workshop.
  2. How to choose CPNE site???

    I saw an informal ranking of the test sites somewhere (can't remember where), with Racine, Atlanta, and Syracuse being the top three. I passed in Atlanta at Grady. The two adult PCS were both ortho, and the peds was sickle cell anemia. In fact, I ...
  3. QIS survey

    May I suggest using the forms from the QIS in QAA committee? You can get quality assurance and survey prep done at the same time. The forms have the guidance to surveyors written on them so there is virtually no subjectivity. The ones you really w...
  4. LPNs Supervising RNs

    This is what LPNs can't do that RNs can: 1. They cannot complete the planning of phase of the nursing process independently (ie, they can contribute to a care plan but not write it) 2. Generally, they cannot push IV meds (depends on the state) 3. ...
  5. LPNs Supervising RNs

    It is a violation of the nurse practice act for a LPN to supervise the clinical work of a RN, however there is nothing to legally stop a LPN from supervising the administrative work of a RN. Whether or not you actually consider a LPN to be a 'real n...
  6. mds certifications

    Go with AANAC. Both AANAC and NRAI require that you complete a course to get the certification, but only AANAC gives you a choice of doing them online. NRAI requires that you sit through their course, which is only offered a couple of times during ...
  7. Don't You Just Want to Scream?!?

    Why does she perceive the ADL cards to always be wrong? What is her rationale for not using the gait belt? Was help not available, or did she have a reason for choosing to work alone? There are four primary goals for misbehavior: Attention, power...
  8. Pearls of wisdom needed

    "At that minute, I knew there was nowhere else a high school dropout could go and have that much power and influence...You see, we have the power to make an old person feel special, beautiful, worthwhile, needed, wanted, respected, revered, admired, ...
  9. DSD Course in San Diego??

    The California Healthcare Facilities Association is having a DSD course in San Diego June 24 through the 26th. The flyer is at http://www.qchf.org/fliers/2008/DSD_Edu_Program5-08.pdf
  10. pt rights & staffing

    The reg is tagged at F356, the essential text of which is posted right above you.
  11. pt rights & staffing

    Under the medicare conditions of participation for nursing homes, at the beginning of each shift the census must be posted along with the number of RNs, LPNs, and CNAs working. It must be legible and posted in a conspicuous place. Any person, resid...
  12. need idea for program name

    Can those two things actually be packaged together?!? Tell me some more about the program so I have more to go on. How do these things sound? Empowerment Express Suggestion Service (or service suggestion) These are the only ones I can think of at t...
  13. BUBBLES in the syringe!

    Make sure the bubbles you get are air bubbles...I failed the injection lab the first time through because I had somehow drawn up air and the 'bubbles' in the syringe was what little of the med I had actually gotten!:trout:
  14. CPNE Failure

    I finally passed the CPNE this past weekend at Grady in Atlanta and had a good ole time. Each PCS went smoothly and quickly, got out of implementation phase in 15 to 45 minutes for each one, and passed everything. I did have to repeat two of my lab...
  15. helpful literature for new position

    I think the AHIMA book is at just the right level for someone starting out. Another good book I forgot to mention is Chip Caldwell's Handbook of Managing Change in Health Care, although it may be overkill at this point in time. There is only one me...