hippylady7211

hippylady7211 has 26 years experience and specializes in psych, long term care, developmental dis.

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1. Pets at work

   hippylady7211 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric

   In the state I work in the dog needs to be certified as a pet therapy dog. Good training for both the dog and you. I love it when the therapy dog is available. Not only does it help the residents, it helps me to relax and refocus when I have been...

2. Dialysis pts

   hippylady7211 replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Geriatric

   The diaylsis center that we work with has our units fax number. If we don't hear from them then fine, kind of like no news is good news. If they have concerns, questions, lab work or recommendations they fax us the info on one of their fax sheets. ...

3. Dementia specific Dining

   hippylady7211 replied to michael79's topic in Geriatric

   What about pop tarts, popcicles, carnation instant breakfast, Cream of wheat in a cup thinned out with lots of warm milk and sugar. Burritos, chicken fingers, fish sticks, have a juice bar where you can add sherbet and whip up a healthy shake, slices...

4. Patient Care or Man Handling???

   hippylady7211 replied to hippylady7211's topic in Geriatric

   The wife is disabled and lives 100 miles away and his sons live out of state so family assistance is not an option at this point. We can't even get him to sit on the toilet. He uses wastecans, sinks, corners. Usually you can take them by the hand and...

5. Patient Care or Man Handling???

   hippylady7211 posted a topic in Geriatric

   We just got a 65 year old man with sudden onset dementia. This man, Bless his heart, does not have many brain cells left. He is unable to understand any directions. When he is incont. it is taking 4-5 people to provide ANY hygiene on him. He is on o...

6. How do you handle clients that are too affectionate?

   hippylady7211 replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in Disabilities

   I know that this is an old thread but, I have worked with the DD population and one of the things that I have found is that the staff under estimates their intellegence. You say one is at a 2 year old level and one at a 5. If you were working wit...

7. Funny stories

   hippylady7211 posted a topic in Geriatric

   I was working in a LTC facility that had a chapel. We couldn't find one of our female residents so started looking through out the facility. I finally found her setting naked in the second row of the chapel. I said to her "Addie what are you doing...

8. Rumor? Re: RN's in LTC & Medicare

   hippylady7211 replied to jaxnRN's topic in Geriatric

   You know, an LPN can and usually is in a LTC facility as knowledgable about patient care as an RN. I am an RN and I think medicare should be more worried reducing staff to patient ratio's instead of RN's on duty 24 hour a day. In my state the LPN's...

9. New Grad. Now how to find work?

   hippylady7211 replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in New York

   Have you thought about applying at a local VA hospital? Working for our vets and some of our active duty personnel. Once you get on you can work any postion or work anywhere in the nation. Great benefits and pay, and the vets appreciate the nurses...

10. New Grad can't find job

    hippylady7211 replied to humiliated's topic in Kansas

    Have you thought of applying at a VA hospital? Especially if you have any military background. It can be a lengthy process but once you get on you have your choice of what you want to do and where you want to do it. Also, almost all vets are appre...

11. Cellphones

    hippylady7211 replied to pumpkin92356's topic in Geriatric

    I used to work at a facility that made us carry cellphones on evenings, weekends and holidays to answer the facility phones as they were to cheap to pay for a receptionist. Anyway, I hated it. Would be in with a patient and have to answer the darn ...

12. Math used by Geriatric Nurses

    hippylady7211 replied to StudyingHard10's topic in Geriatric

    The math I use is the same one that a chemical engineer might use.:chuckle

13. Brown Mackie?

    hippylady7211 replied to vintin2nm's topic in Kansas

    Anyone who reads this, please you need to investigate the programs that you are going into. You can go to any nursing school but are you going to pass the State Boards? You need to ask what their pass rate is. The Junior College that I went to had...

14. Alzheimers is the worst

    hippylady7211 replied to hippylady7211's topic in Geriatric

    My granny was in a very busy nursing home and KNOW that she did not get the hugs and kisses she should have. As a family member of a loved one who died from alzheimers, if there was someone there to give her a hug for me, or laugh with her for me, ...

15. Alzheimers is the worst

    hippylady7211 posted a topic in Geriatric

    Was reading some of the threads about alzheimers and wanted to share with you some of my thoughts. Both as a nurse and as a family member of someone who died of alzheimers. I think that Alzheimers is the worst disease for a family member. You lose yo...