katsanchezRN

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1. Rant

   katsanchezRN replied to Palliative Care, DNP's topic in General Nursing

   I had a pt whose daughter was a pharmacist and I didnt know it when I began teaching on comfort meds. (Hospice pt). A few days later we were talking and she thanked me for my education I taught her things she didnt know about the medications. The te...

2. First State Audit!

   katsanchezRN replied to pfeliks's topic in Geriatric

   In my state we can ask them if they are able to answer, if they would like their meds in hallway/dining rooms etc. It is also care planned as we have mny that get novolog and should get it right before breakfast and they are already in dining room. H...

3. New grad in Long Term Care facility

   katsanchezRN replied to grad.rye.2012's topic in Geriatric

   I too started in ltc. It is overwhelming at first, but the cnas help alot. If you don't know who someone is ask them, they will be able to tell you. In our facility we have pictures of the residents in our Mar, this made it easier for me. Good luck t...

4. state survey

   katsanchezRN posted a topic in Geriatric

   We just had our state survey and we recieved an ij tag....this was such a horrible feeling. We have great systems in place to monitor everything, but somehow this slipped through the cracks. We had a resident on coumadin who had not had an inr since ...

5. HR lied to Unemployment!!

   katsanchezRN replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

   The ltc I work for has lost an unemployment claim through appeals for an employees who was terminated for substaintiated abuse. I guess it depends on the unemployment appeals judge.....I would never have thought that former employee would have one th...

6. Difference between a graduate nurse & a experienced nurse

   katsanchezRN replied to GitanoRN's topic in Humor

   I've been a nurse for a year and I see my self going from the graduate nurse to experienced nurse. Kinda sad though everything was so exciting and new as a graduate.

7. How messed up is this?

   katsanchezRN replied to jelly221,RN's topic in General Nursing

   I am a NM and I worked hard to plan a nice luncheon and have a nice gift and hand wrote out individual cards for each of my nurses. I was very hurt that 2 nurses other than the 3 that were already there working showed up. I even took the floor so my ...

8. Found on the wall

   katsanchezRN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric

   Very touching! Going to share with my cnas. Thank you for posting!

9. These just seems so gross to me

   katsanchezRN replied to horrorxgirl's topic in General Nursing

   When I started as a cna 14 years ago....we used soap and water and wash rags and also cloth diapers for those who needed them. I still think that is the best way also.

10. In urostomy (ileal conduit), what keeps bowel content from leaking into ureter?

    katsanchezRN replied to unsaint77's topic in General Students

    I had the same question. Thanks for posting!

11. Let's take a moment to be positive

    katsanchezRN replied to ironicitis's topic in General Students

    I went to an adn program and I loved nursing school. Sure it was tough and not every day was peachy but I expected that. I made the best of what I could. The way I see it there was no reason to whine about all the work we had to do, that is what I ha...

12. hobbies to keep dementia pts happy?

    katsanchezRN replied to makes needs known's topic in Geriatric

    Love, love, love this! Can I steal it?

13. What's allowed and what isn't?

    katsanchezRN replied to FaithGurl93's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    It should be on your BON site. Hope that helps!

14. Have been in the ER for 3 hrs now....

    katsanchezRN replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Emergency

    One of our hospitals is doing something like that now for true non-emergancies...that a pcp or walk-in clinic could handle....I've heard its a 100 definitely not what the visit cost, but should cut down on the nonsense visits

15. Learn from my STUPID mistake

    katsanchezRN replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    I had only been a nurse for 2 months and had to do a blood draw. The night nurse had tried but she couldn't get it so she recommended that I do a syringe draw cause the red tubes we had didn't have very good suction. So I draw the blood with a syring...