MommaRN86

MommaRN86 has 2 years experience.

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1. Home Health...good option for RN with bad back

   MommaRN86 posted a topic in Home Health

   Hi all! Question for home health nurses. I hurt my back about one year ago and required surgery. I am going to be cleared by surgeon to return to work but want to preserve my back as much as I can. Is home health low back strain??? I heard from my H...

2. Help after injury

   MommaRN86 posted a topic in Career Support

   Hi Nurses, I am in need of some career help. I injured my back badly about 9 months ago lifting a heavy patient resulting in a laminoforaminotomy with distectomy L5/S1. My neuro has hope that I will legally be allowed to return to physical work in t...

3. Help? New job...patient load for rehab/skilled care unit

   MommaRN86 replied to MommaRN86's topic in Rehabilitation

   Thanks for your feedback! Just to answer your question Taramb7263, I have already worked Med-Surg for over a year and although I got a great foundation, Med-Surg just isn't for me. I love geriatrics and enjoy working in the less acute areas. I like e...

4. Help? New job...patient load for rehab/skilled care unit

   MommaRN86 posted a topic in Rehabilitation

   Hi there, I am on the hunt to begin something new in my nursing career. I was blessed enough to get three offers this week. I turned down the straight up med/surg unit and am leaning towards working in a hospital on a rehab type floor. (its called sk...

5. How does working for Assisted Living Facility Differ from LTC/SNF for LVN/LPNs?

   MommaRN86 replied to Let's help out's topic in Geriatric

   PS: Even though I said I'm an RN, there is an LPN who has the exact same job duties as I do where I work.

6. How does working for Assisted Living Facility Differ from LTC/SNF for LVN/LPNs?

   MommaRN86 replied to Let's help out's topic in Geriatric

   This might be a late response, but thought I'd add here what I do in AL. I am an RN and am called the team leader for memory care. I have 14 residents that I am responsible for and I oversee one or two CNA's who help care for our dementia residents. ...

7. New to Assisted living: Help?

   MommaRN86 replied to MommaRN86's topic in Geriatric

   Hi Hmellish, I really enjoy my job now. It is a lot of independent thinking. I do feel more autonomous and that is very rewarding. But there are also times(being a newish nurse) that I wish there were more policies and procedures to follow here. It ...

8. Disturbing POA's

   MommaRN86 replied to MommaRN86's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks for all the feed back! My biggest concern is with my memory care residents. They cannot and should not be sent out if possible without a representative/family member with them and their decision making power is of course limited. But when I co...

9. Disturbing POA's

   MommaRN86 posted a topic in Geriatric

   Being new assisted living facility, I have many questions regarding liability and also difficult POA situations. I am the only RN on staff in the PM at my facility and am the "go-to-girl" for residents living in independent and assisted living quarte...

10. Skin tear in Assisted Living

    MommaRN86 replied to MommaRN86's topic in Geriatric

    Thanks for the response! I think I have used Mepilex before in the hospital I think. Very nice product. Wish we had it, I guess it's too much $$$$ but I will suggest it!

11. Skin tear in Assisted Living

    MommaRN86 posted a topic in Geriatric

    I work in an assisted living/independent living facility and last night I got an emergency call(I am the only nurse in the building in the evening). So I went to the resident's room and she had fallen and had a skin tear. I cleansed the wound, used a...

12. What to do???

    MommaRN86 replied to MommaRN86's topic in Geriatric

    I should have clarified. There is NO RN OR LPN on staff after my shift, so its the CNA that I'm reporting to.

13. What to do???

    MommaRN86 replied to MommaRN86's topic in Geriatric

    It's odd though because there is NO RN on the shift that I am handing off too. So if I can't get the CNA's to listen to me then there is no one else over seeing the care of the patients and I find that to be unsafe.

14. What to do???

    MommaRN86 replied to MommaRN86's topic in Geriatric

    Thanks for all the feedback! Feel extremely frustrated that the information I was giving CNA's is very pertinent to their care of the pt's and I was completely unheard. I should not have to assert my position as the RN, that's a given. The DON will h...

15. Calling all Nurse Mamas... Please help me!!

    MommaRN86 replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Rachel Ray's 30 minute meals is an awesome cook book. The food is fantastic and EASY. Also crock pot is a good idea. I like to buy Bertoli bag's( that italian frozen food) and frozen lasagna with salad for the nights I am working. You can make a big...