imisscoco

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1. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

   imisscoco replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you! Unfortunately, my parents decided to get sick just as I was graduating, so I had to take this flexible NP position with awful pay just so I could be available to help my parents. After having no life for the past 4 years while I was in s...

2. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

   imisscoco replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

   I took my boards in Pennsylvania in July 1976. 2 days of written tests and you had to wait at least 6 weeks for the results. And you got scores for all the specialties, not one meshed score. We were allowed to work as Graduate nurses then b/c ther...

3. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

   imisscoco replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

   Wow! I can remember all of these and more. How about choosing the nursing school based on whether you liked the cap or not!?!? And whoever said something about not wearing gloves b/c you would make the patient feel like they were untouchable had the...

4. NP Boards

   imisscoco posted a topic in NP

   I just took and passed my ANCC Adult NP boards!!!!!!!!! I cannot even begin to say how happy I am to have it behind me (even though I still plan to take the GNP boards). I was so sure that I had failed, I was shocked to get my passing letter. I ca...

5. Over-Restaining Patients

   imisscoco replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric

   We had a great aide who had been at the facility for 10 years. He was toileting a patient who had been restrained in a straightback chair. He left him for one minute unattended to get a change of clothes (in the same room). The patient fell off th...

6. AANP FNP Exam - PASSED!

   imisscoco replied to gauge14iv's topic in NP

   Thank you! I think I will desparately need it. I don't know how the date creeped up on me so fast! Now I really do miss Coco! She was my dog that we had to put to sleep, who always made me feel better no matter what!

7. Over-Restaining Patients

   imisscoco replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric

   Sorry to everyone for the off topic public post but Nursespike, you just sent me a private email and I can't locate it!

8. AANP FNP Exam - PASSED!

   imisscoco replied to gauge14iv's topic in NP

   Testing on Friday 7/28. I am sooooooo nervous. Don't know if I'm ready. No turning back now. Yikes!

9. Over-Restaining Patients

   imisscoco replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric

   Wow! Good for you. I would never want to be in LTC management again. The LTC where I worked didn't use Agency, so whenever there were callouts, we were it, and still had to be back the next day at 7:00. I hated that. We also were on the beeper o...

10. Over-Restaining Patients

    imisscoco replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric

    One year when I was clinical coordinator on a very challenging floor, we were expecting the state to come in. So I stayed hours and hours extra for weeks to make sure documentation and everything on the unit was up to snuff. We got the first Defici...

11. Over-Restaining Patients

    imisscoco replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric

    Right, when the state comes in to do their annual survey they don't want to hear excuses like understaffing, but I think that's why they overlook some things and not others. Anyone who has worked in LTC for any length of time knows that understaffin...

12. Over-Restaining Patients

    imisscoco replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric

    I didn't say it was a GOOD excuse, it's not. If you have a good staff, even if they are short staffed they try to overcome the "challenges", but burnout is a big risk and I think accounts for the chronic staffing issues in LTC.

13. Over-Restaining Patients

    imisscoco replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric

    I love it. They always say "walk in another man's shoes". I totally agree about the 4 letter words vs a hip fracture. I hope someone explained that to the family that complained.

14. Over-Restaining Patients

    imisscoco replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric

    Yes it does, but with understaffing for both skilled and unskilled nursing staff, it's easy to leave people for longer periods of time in restraints. unless you really have your eyes open and have a good staff, patients can really be left in those r...

15. Over-Restaining Patients

    imisscoco replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric

    I worked in a geripsych LTC facility for 8 years. so many patients were restrained after one fall it was pathetic. Once they are in that straight backed chair, they are in it for sometimes up to 16 hrs. a day. They are supposed to be released and ...