knittingfan283

knittingfan283 specializes in Med/Surg, Skilled Nursing.

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1. How to Determine Whether a LTC / SNF is Well Run

   knittingfan283 replied to vintagemother's topic in Activism

   Walk in and look around. If the place smells strongly of old urine and the MAJORITY of residents look very dissheveled, you may want to look elsewhere. look at the staff. Do they look like they hate life? there are sour people in every bunch, but if ...

2. My nursing judgement call.....thoughts?

   knittingfan283 replied to knittingfan283's topic in General Nursing

   When I was called to the room initially, his blood pressure was high, but nothing alarming. I think it was 159/96, which wasn't far from his baseline blood pressure with no telemetry changes from baseline (which was Sinus Tach). I work on a medical...

3. My nursing judgement call.....thoughts?

   knittingfan283 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I had a patient that complained of sharp stabbing chest pain that started in his left pectoral area, then moved from there to his sternum and then back. I called the doctor and obtained orders, but before I could do so, his brother ran out of the roo...

4. What was your first "paying" job???

   knittingfan283 replied to Butterfly0328's topic in General Nursing

   I worked in factory putting plastic covers on soft back books and putting together the casette holders for books on tape. I was 15 years old, so by law I wasn't allowed to work on the machines that wound the casette tapes or put the tapes together. I...

5. How to tell you've worked too many shifts in a row

   knittingfan283 replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Humor

   1. When you wash your body with shampoo and wash your hair with body wash. 2. When you walk past the time clock and think "did I clock out? I don't care, i'll just write the time I left when I come back." 3. you walk into the door even though you ...