golflinda2214

golflinda2214 has 40 years experience and specializes in gerontology.

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1. Down to Sleep

   golflinda2214 replied to SoldierNurse22's topic in Oncology

   this is an outstanding tribute to a special person. How lucky for this soldier and his family to have had you as his nurse.

2. MDS ARD dates

   golflinda2214 replied to kimmysue_28's topic in MDS

   you must do a 5 day pps assessment on or before day 8, and you may also make that your adm.a ssessment for obra. then you do a 14 day assessment. no, you may not push the first assessment out to day 10. go to your rai manual for complete instructio...

3. What is the abbreviation ELU stands for???

   golflinda2214 replied to wingcharm's topic in General Nursing

   Call the doc who wrote the order. These MD's are taking too many liberties wth acronyms.

4. Insurance?

   golflinda2214 replied to littleone49's topic in LPN/LVN

   I have an endorsement to my homeowner's policy through State Farm

5. Why are ICU nurses so rude?

   golflinda2214 replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Relations

   another case of "nurses eating their young" When will it ever stop?

6. Salary Pay for Fresenius Medical or Davita?

   golflinda2214 replied to naz220's topic in Urology

   can someone point me in the right direction for learning dialysis? I have always had an interest in renal but just never was in the right place at the right time...but I am now. thank you!

7. Which schedule would use choose?

   golflinda2214 replied to Gratefulprn's topic in General Nursing

   the first one, IF you are guaranteed to be finished at theend of 12 hrs. In any setting, there is the chance that you have a crisis or something that keeps you late. Think about safety on that long drive home after a very long shift.

8. Careplans and Quarterlies

   golflinda2214 replied to txdon's topic in MDS

   I put out MDS 3.0 hardcopies to all the "neighborhoods" and also sent along a "suggestion" list of things to chart to for the MDS (pick and choose) for each shift to be charting during the reference period. All staff has access to the hardcopy and a...

9. Is AANAC certification worth it?

   golflinda2214 replied to lvnlrn's topic in MDS

   Your facility should have the means to be paying for your membership to AANAC AND sending you through the certification program. It has paid for itself over and over and the information they provide to keep up with the CMS revisions, etc. has been ...

10. MDS nurse needs a break

    golflinda2214 replied to montecarlo64's topic in MDS

    In this position, you know better than anyone when you have the ability to take time off and not interrupt the MDS schedule. I have a lot of autonomy, able to take off some weekdays in exchange for w/e when I know I need to do interviews, etc or when...

11. how to be an efficient MDS coordinator

    golflinda2214 replied to the_alchemist's topic in MDS

    it is not on a place that I can share it. If you know anything aobut Excel, you simply format the sheet with columns for your dates. If you do not know Excel, your business office people could help you set up the sheet.

12. medicare coordinator

    golflinda2214 replied to crnacc's topic in MDS

    if it were me, I would find me a Medicare Bootcamp and insist on being sent. You can Google that and find the schedules of some trainers.

13. how to be an efficient MDS coordinator

    golflinda2214 replied to the_alchemist's topic in MDS

    I would say set up a spreadsheet on Excel that lists the ARDs, when the interviews are needed, assessments to be done, submission due date, date to have re-certs done, etc. I am a visual person, I like to see things at a glance and this really is he...

14. Can you have multi-licenses in two states?

    golflinda2214 replied to cisa04's topic in General Nursing

    I do, in Illinois and in Wisconsin. Some states all you do is write to the Dept. of Licensing and send in the money. Hang on to you old state though. You can go "inactive" while you decide where to put down roots.

15. wow-ltc is crazy!!!!

    golflinda2214 replied to pn5437's topic in Geriatric

    Did you get a decent orientation? Were you followed on the floor (before expected to be alone) by a preceptor or someone who should have explained to you where the meds were kept? And, truly, have you never suctioned a patient or just hadn't suctio...