inaniel88

inaniel88 has 4 years experience.

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1. Agency; time worked vs time paid?

   inaniel88 replied to inaniel88's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks you guys, Yeah this was pretty much my opinion from the start. I guess I'll just resume signing it for hours actually worked. And keep reporting it to their agency and the scheduler whether they actually worked or not. MY only hang-up was tha...

2. Agency; time worked vs time paid?

   inaniel88 posted a topic in Geriatric

   Question - (especially to anyone in DON/HR roles)... So, at my my LTC/rehab facility, we're kind of imploding and having a lot/majority of agency staff from multiple agencies on all shifts... They all have their own time sheets, and being charge, I s...

3. Why do some nurses like to whine and complain i

   inaniel88 replied to Springdaisy04's topic in Professionalism

   "Am I the only one who's amused by the idea of starting a thread to complain about nurses who complain?" Well, how do you deal with people who complain day in and day out that they do too much and their jobs are too hard, when in actuality you do way...

4. New Grads With Attitude

   inaniel88 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric

   "What do you MEAN I have this many patients?!" (Um, were you not present on your orientations days?!?)

5. SOB, Hospice, Narcotics Overload

   inaniel88 replied to inaniel88's topic in Geriatric

   This woman died a few days later after being re-admitted from hospice -house, she was there for awhile, went out for a week or so, then came back to us to die. Getting MS ATC and drowned in her own secretions. Died on my shift in front of me, I was v...

6. Advice on handling/influencing problem CNAs and nurses?

   inaniel88 posted a topic in Geriatric

   Hi all, little info - 120 bed facility, usually 100-110 occupied, I'm NOC charge RN for 4 yrs, shift runs with 3 nurses, 6 CNAs (that's if we're lucky - usually 5, sometimes 4, a couple times I remember with 3!) with two 15-bed medicare/rehab halls, ...

7. LTC Nurses please respond

   inaniel88 replied to crd521's topic in Geriatric

   1. Maximum capacity - 120 beds, census today 112 2. nursing ratio? - 5 nurses AM/PM (20+: 1) 3nurses NOC (35+ :1) 3. CNA ratio? - 8-10CNAs AM/PM (10-15:1) 4-6 NOC (18-30:1) 4. able to provide quality nursing care? - rarely, especially wh...

8. SOB, Hospice, Narcotics Overload

   inaniel88 posted a topic in Geriatric

   So. Just bouncing off ideas here....? Resident is hospice. Independent. Main problem is COPD and diabetic neuropathy.. On 2 L. (WHY she is/has been "hospice" the past 3 years on 2L PRN is a mystery to me. Most of my (40+ ) residents are COPD/CHf and...

9. Shift Warfare BS - vent/advice? (long/sorry)

   inaniel88 posted a topic in Geriatric

   So I know this has been posted about may times before....and I know it exists almost EVERYwhere no matter the setting......But I am REALLY getting tired of the animosity b/w shifts.... Any advice about dealing with next-shift CNAs that want to compla...