nursecms

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1. Nursing notes for rehab hospital

   nursecms replied to NursingBro's topic in Rehabilitation

   A few years ago, I worked in a rehab hospital. A few of my fellow co-workers would make notes at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, that said nothing more than, "call light in reach...eating meals EOB..etc.". They said that they didn't want to be blamed i...

2. Does your LTC get mad when you send patients do the ER?

   nursecms replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric

   I've worked in a rehab unit in LTC for over 2 years. They do not like sending patients to the hospital because they do loose money, a lot. As you may know, it becomes very stressful for admissions when census is low. A year ago, a pt. was sent to th...

3. drug diversion investigation

   nursecms replied to koneydog's topic in Recovery

   My suggestion would be to go and pay for your own drug test. It maybe too late for metabolites to show in a urine, so the best thing to do is pay for a hair follicle test which will show up to 3 months of drug usage. Have a written statement for the ...

4. Is this "normal"?

   nursecms replied to firstyearstudent's topic in New Nurse

   nobody walks on water. doesn't matter how long you have been practicing :). i would suggest that after 6-8 hours into your shift, if you are working 12, to go through the physician order section in the chart and check to make sure that there aren't a...