Mn nurse 22

Mn nurse 22

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  1. hygiene products

    Our PTA just started a Care Closet. They have donations for personal hygiene supplies and $$ to help keep it stocked. They have coordinated it and plan to do the work of maintaining it. It has been very well received so far.
  2. Scary commute for work?

    I've drove over an hour for 2 years and it wasn't too bad. I decided I wasn't going to get upset every day and used the drive to review every day and think about how I could be a better nurse. I would replay emergent events and try to learn from them...
  3. Team nursing - Anyone still doing this?

    Yes, but our teams are 8 patients and if short on nursing aids our teams are 6 with just an RN and LPN. I love having the extra help and the team approach means that even if one patient is tanking the LPN will keep up with the other patients and even...
  4. Over using sympathy card

    Darned sweaty eyeballs! I thought I'd cried that out a long time ago, but obviously I haven't. I hope you're doing all right...according to my psychiatrist, it takes around three years for life to return to some semblance of normalcy. You've got a wa...
  5. Over using sympathy card

    This topic hits home with me, my husband died in 2017 and I have had days when I really struggled at work (and at home). I have tried very hard not to use my grief as an excuse not to be a hard worker, in fact, I will try to keep busy when I start t...
  6. SNF/LTC new nurse needs advice

    We have an ekit and local pharmacy that we use for the first few doses of meds or we specifically have the md write "when available" if it is something that can wait for a few days. If that doesn't happen we have to call our on call md for an order t...
  7. Lessons on why not to "Assume" things.

    Even an ER nurse is not allowed to look up a patient they admit to see if they are doing OK or if they did the right interventions
  8. CNA before RN?

    You can learn a lot as a CNA, and the nurses who you will be working with May be able to show you/teach you things you can only read about in nursing school.
  9. Residents that need constant supervision

    We have found that organized activities, even for a few minutes can keep residents busy for a long time after the activity is done. Mating gripper socks, washing tables in the dining room, folding towels or napkins, tossing a beach ball or balloon ar...
  10. Tying Patient Satisfaction to Medicare Reimbursement is Problematic

    Patient Satisfaction Survey Study Halted; Mortality Increased 238% with Patient Satisfaction | GomerBlog Did anyone read this?????
  11. Our facility is asking the same thing but I guess if someone is telling me they are having 10/10 pain and they have an order for narcotics that I am not going to offer a warm blanket, toilet them, offer a snack, then Tylenol ALL BEFORE providing thei...
  12. UA/drug test failed

    All of the rapid drug screen have specific criteria to read the results after 5 minutes but within a certain amount of time the results are no longer valid, AND can often produce false positive results. If you can find the directions for the specific...
  13. Statements post fall

    We have a post fall form, plus everyone's favorite the mandatory post fall huddle. Our form asks what the surrounding area looked like, when was resident last observed, last toileted, med changes, condition changes, unusual behaviors 2 hrs prior to ...
  14. Down time

    "If there is time to lean, there is time to clean". I try to find a project or something to clean and organize.
  15. prn med help

    Is the facility also investigating why the day nurses are giving scheduled medications long before their earliest possible administration? They are setting you up for failure when they are giving it early and now you are in trouble for not doing that...