mothertrucker

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1. Dirty little secrets to managing LTC

   mothertrucker replied to Kashia's topic in Geriatric

   I agree. I love working with medication aides. I was the "med nurse" for a couple of years before we switched to CMA's, mainly because we didn't have enough nurses. We had 54 residents then, and we worked 12 hour shifts so I had all 3 mealtimes. It w...

2. acceptable catheter diagnosis

   mothertrucker replied to Txnursekristi's topic in Geriatric

   I received a call from our billing dept a couple months ago. They wanted to know what the diagnosis was for one of our residents who has an indwelling foley. I wasn't near the chart at the time, but I was pretty sure it was for urinary retention. ...

3. Why aren't nursing homes doing 12 hour shifts???

   mothertrucker replied to GRAB1's topic in Geriatric

   I love 12's and will never work 8's again if I can help it. Every 3rd weekend and every 3rd holiday is nice too. Oh, yes I work in LTC. Most of the nursing homes in my area work 12's. I also do insurance assessments, so I ask at all the homes I g...

4. what type of socks do you use??

   mothertrucker replied to ct1tx's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I wore Nursemates pantyhose for several years until I got C.Diff and can't wear anything that binds on my tummy now. Boy can I tell the difference! My legs hurt a lot more than they used to, but it is better than the tummy ache.