mrsamjones

mrsamjones has 2 years experience.

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1. Care Plans in Adult Medical Day Care

   mrsamjones posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a DON in an Adult Medical Day Care. I know each state has different regulations for the AMDC. I am driven bonkers by the regulation in the state I am in that requires a care plan for each diagnosis that the patient has, whether it be an active d...

2. Licensing Deficiency

   mrsamjones posted a topic in Home Health

   This will be a bit long so forgive me now. I am a new home health RN. I was hired by a company to do client assessments and create a care plan. That turned into administering meds. No big deal, right? I've done medication administration countless tim...

3. Patients Say the Darnedest Things

   mrsamjones replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Educating patient on ambulation with her walker. It's a hospital rolling walker with springs in the front. She looks at me and says, " I got hydraulics now!"

4. Create Your Own Meme

   mrsamjones replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Third day of three straight 12s and your director only gave you two days off from the last week to the start of this week: "We only have 18 patients Census is low, you're right sized."

5. Doctors Say the Darnedest Things

   mrsamjones replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Patient on medsurg floor recovering from an I & D of a perirecral abscess. I am the overnight shift and doing my chart reviews. Reading the doctor's note for previous. Come across "Patient's a** normal" in his note. Fall out of my chair laughing....

6. Overnight Assessments

   mrsamjones replied to mrsamjones's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a MSP unit and we typical have at least 6 if not seven patient. I very much rely on my CNAs for VSS normally during the 12 shift. Maybe doing 8 hours, I will have the opportunity to do them myself and assess the patients. Thanks for the re...

7. Overnight Assessments

   mrsamjones replied to mrsamjones's topic in General Nursing

   I guess I should have clarified, we typical do a bedside report on our patients in which I am able to do a quick once over. You can typical tell if the patient is stable at this point. That is why I felt comfortable writing that in a note; however, y...

8. Overnight Assessments

   mrsamjones posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all! I will be changing my shift work from 7p-7a to 11p-7a. My question is, anyone that works this shift, when do you do your assessment? My thoughts were, if I am given a timely report (perfect world nursing) I would attempt to do my initial asse...

9. They say we can't use razors anymore...

   mrsamjones replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   Bahaha! Love this!

10. Anxiety about returning to work.

    mrsamjones posted a topic in General Nursing

    Looking for words of encouragement or advice about returning to work after having my beautiful baby girl. I am very anxious about going back to work after having been on light duty (secretary work and discharge phone calls. No patient care) for seve...

11. Critique Me! Nursing Care Plans

    mrsamjones replied to mrsamjones's topic in Student Assist

    I know it is a really long post but I appreciate the time you are taking out to critique it! Thanks!

12. How do you study with so many distractions?

    mrsamjones replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    For a while I was placing a science board on the table and this would be my family's cue that I was unavailable. That did not work for more than a few weeks I have since started planning my sleep schedule so that I go to bed early so that I can wake...

13. Any suggestions on a manual of laboratory and diagnostic tests?

    mrsamjones replied to brownsc2's topic in General Students

    One of the mantraes of nursing school is: "Follow your hospital's policy!". This is certainly true of laboratory values and diagnostic tests. Most of the time your nursing program will give you the normal ranges for the laboratory values and diagnost...

14. Critique Me! Nursing Care Plans

    mrsamjones posted a topic in Student Assist

    Hey guys, its that time again....nursing care plan for clinical are due I have put together two care plans and would appreciate a critique or suggestions of what I could do better. The two I have put together are for a 91 yo Male recently diagnosed ...

15. Pertinent Labs for a pt. with a DVT

    mrsamjones replied to mrsamjones's topic in Student Assist

    They didn't do one strangely enough. I suppose the patient's admission of being immobile for nine days was enough for them to do a doppler of the leg. Honestly the site of the DVT is hard to dismiss as being anything but a DVT