mdsdebbie

mdsdebbie

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  1. Work schedules, nights, weekends, holidays?

    I work M-F 8-4:30, no weekends or Holidays. I am salary, so I am expected to stay as all department heads are until after the state leaves each day, and we have had our department head meeting about what the state looked at. I will be called in if ...
  2. Nine Or More Meds?

    Thank you so much Lisa. You are so right, some where along the line the true meaning of care planning was lost, now it's all CYA. I am just as annoyed when the DON wants to CP something totally off the wall, but she tells me, she has been a nurse f...
  3. Nine Or More Meds?

    I so totaly hear that, but it comes up on our QI's, so the DON wants us to have CP in all charts . Extra work, but what makes "DON" happy makes everyone "Happy".....LOL Have a great weekend Debbie
  4. Nine Or More Meds?

    Hello all my wonderful MDS friends, Could someone share with me, their Care Plan for a resident on 9 or more meds? Our's is almost not there, lol, a bit embaressing. LOL Thank you for helping me Debbie in NY
  5. What is your work setting?

    I too will be having a change. :bugeyes:I have been alone, in this small office, with a huge window that I can open for a breath of fresh air. I so enjoy not having to turn the light on, and the view from my window is at times what keeps me sane. :...
  6. Job Interview

    I am so jealouse, good luck girl....hope you get it? I am the lowest paid RN here, salary, and on call weekends every 5th. I am also the managed care nurse for insurance and contract people, plus when they need me to be a team player, I also am exp...
  7. Hello ladies, I too am from Upstate NY, make 28 bucks an hour, and am the lowest paid RN in the building. I take on call every 5th week, pulled to do supervision if they are short, becasue of salary, am paid nothing extra. I am dragged into all th...
  8. Responsible for being on call ?

    What is a Baylor weekend, Bedpan? LOL I'll say a pray for you this weekend to. I love that shadow idea. I figured it out, I have to attend 3 days full of meetings every week. Leaving me 2 days to do my MDS job, and they recently were kind enough...
  9. Responsible for being on call ?

    We have a consultant group, that comes in for 2 days every month, and picks apart all the MDS's that I completed, finding where we could of made more money if I changed the ARD, sometimes they spend hours reviewing and digging to find a MD appointmen...
  10. Responsible for being on call ?

    I too have to be part of the rotation, but after reading above, am very lucky it is about once every 6 weeks. I am also asked to be supervisor if they are short, usually for the next shift. I also am asked to help with admissions and accidents when...
  11. Where do you keep your care plans?

    We keep ours in the MDS section of the chart. I like it that way, to have everything all together is very convient, and everyone knows right where to look. freezing in NY Debbie
  12. LCT case load

    Hi I am the Medicare nurse and run from 14-30 PPS residents. They just hired a second MDS nurse for the LTC, they give her 20 hours, then an additional 20 hours to do Restorative nursing. We are a 120 bed home. She has apx 90-100 to do, depending ...
  13. Other Job Duties

    Good Morning My Fellow MDS Peeps, LOL Seems every week my MDS position gets added on to, and I was wondering what other duties you all have been asked to do? What work groups, positions, details, have you been asked to do, and did it come with anoth...
  14. RCC Letters

    I am so sorry to hear about you being fired. Wish we were closer, I need another MDS person. Sounds like you are better off than in a place where your not appreciated. There loss. hugs Debbie
  15. RCC Letters

    Hello everyone:typing Would someone please share with me their confrence letters inviting the family's? The one we are using is awful, and I would really like to breath new life into our RCC. Thank you so much Debbie Heck:nurse: