vicki518

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1. Am I freak for charting meds as I pull them?

   vicki518 replied to Izzy11's topic in Geriatric

   I always sign out each med as I pull them

2. Activities to do with residents?

   vicki518 replied to Innocentbones's topic in Geriatric

   play cards or a board game

3. Do you have to count lyrica at your LTC facility?

   vicki518 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric

   yes we do

4. How much training did you get?

   vicki518 replied to sue1000's topic in Geriatric

   5days

5. How Does Your LTC Facility Identify DNR Patients?

   vicki518 replied to agingnurse's topic in Geriatric

   red dot on the name tag on their door

6. med pass

   vicki518 replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric

   I have 17 residents and it takes about 2 to 2 1/2 hours

7. Progress Notes

   vicki518 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric

   we chart on any "skilled" resident once a day any incidents such as falls, vomiting, diarrhea, anyone on antibiotics chart x72hours

8. Bruise or ecchymosis?

   vicki518 replied to SneakySnake's topic in Geriatric

   same thing but I was told not to chart bruise but "ecchymosis"

9. How does your facility welcome new residents and their loved ones?

   vicki518 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric

   we find out what their favorite meal is and our administrator goes out to a restaurant and gets it

10. Residents leaving facility with scheduled medications

    vicki518 replied to JBMmom's topic in Geriatric

    We send the whole card but do a two person count before giving the card to the RP. Then we go over the count with the family and have them sign

11. Med Passes

    vicki518 replied to kcdunlap's topic in Geriatric

    we write on the bottom of the bottle

12. Top medications used in LTC

    vicki518 replied to jkline18's topic in Geriatric

    neurontin, xanax, ativan, tylenol, miralax, benefiber, tylenol, tramadol, oxycodone

13. how can our LTC save money???

    vicki518 posted a topic in Geriatric

    We just had a meeting and were told we had to come up with money savings. Can anyone help out????our census is about 40 residents, staff 2 nurses a shift, have a DON, ADON and administrator.3-4 CNA's per shift depending on census Ideas were to increa...