Geriatric, LTC - Page 20

How to get a patient with dementia to take their BP meds? How to provide care to both a husband and wife who are residents of your nursing home? How do geriatric patients differ from others when evaluating skin integrity? 

 
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  2. Sadiem

    Nursing Home Geriatric nursing

    Last reply by Sadiem
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  3. NurseQT

    Admission Skin Assessments

    Last reply by snow22
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  4. inaniel88

    Agency; time worked vs time paid?

    Last reply by inaniel88
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  5. pmhnp35

    LTC/GERI psych needs - your thoughts?

    Last reply by CapeCodMermaid, RN
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  6. Ccinct

    Could I be sued for neglect or lose my license over this?

    Last reply by tiger777
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  7. Shasta630

    Time Limit/UnderStaffing

    Last reply by Macropsia
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  8. CapeCodMermaid

    Re-eval orders

    Last reply by Forever Sunshine, ASN, RN
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  9. ShelbyaStar

    40 weeks pregnant and working alone

    Last reply by amoLucia
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  10. TheCommuter

    Bending and Breaking the Rules in Nursing

    Article
    Last reply by SerenityKris
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  11. idreamofnursing17

    Possible alleged neglect complaint... I hate snfs

    Last reply by Peepershops
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  12. NurseSu12

    New Nurse anxiety on the job

    Last reply by thenurseizzy
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  13. Ruger8mm

    We were all wrong about nursing home nurses

    Last reply by sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN
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  14. VivaLasViejas

    "State's Here!": Demystifying the Long-Term Care Survey

    Article
    Last reply by styx876
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  15. Kmcnabb

    Do I have a case against my employer?

    Last reply by Peepershops
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  16. littlelamb

    Verbal Change in Code Status

    Last reply by Glycerine82, LPN
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  17. flashpoint

    Would you Have Said Something to the Surveyor?

    Last reply by sideshowstarlet, BSN, RN
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  18. aspiringrn1987

    Patient death

    Last reply by aspiringrn1987
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  19. calexis20

    Advice/Help for a new grad nurse

    Last reply by calexis20, CNA, LPN
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  20. purplegal

    Why would a long-term care facility require 2 years of experience?

    Last reply by purplegal
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  21. Ash0315

    Irrigating a Suprapubic catheter?

    Last reply by traumaRUs, MSN, APRN
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  22. canter1221

    Patient education in subacute/snf

    Last reply by Buyer beware, BSN
    • 8 replies
  23. SuesquatchRN

    I feel so incompetent

    Last reply by strawberryluv, BSN, RN
    • 33 replies
  24. nmaria0106

    Help! Is this nurse/patient ratio the norm?

    Last reply by didi768
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  25. Jchitester

    New RN grad, working in a ltc for first time.

    Last reply by Jchitester
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  26. Cxy13

    LTC nurse manager burnout? Midlife crisis? Psychosis??!!

    Last reply by canter1221
    • 4 replies