Geriatric, LTC - Page 26

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. GLORIAmunchkin72

    What happened to MOM?

    by GLORIAmunchkin72,
    • 8 replies
  3. sxsmith

    HELP NEEDED ASAP, with a bath program that work and can be tracked.

    by sxsmith,
    • 10 replies
  4. futurern_.

    Thinking About Going Into This Specialty

    by futurern_.,
    • 1 reply
  5. tsm007

    Skin assessments documentation

    by tsm007,
    • 8 replies
  6. garnetgirl29

    CNA's not doing vitals & slow to answer lights?

    by garnetgirl29, BSN, RN,
    • 24 replies
  7. kathylpn15

    New LPN Grad starting in an Alzheimer's Unit

    by kathylpn15,
    • 4 replies
  8. rpsychnurse

    Becoming increasingly frustrated at work.

    by rpsychnurse,
    • 2 replies
  9. Bellaxx392

    What happens when you fill out an incident report?

    by Bellaxx392,
    • 5 replies
  10. ILNurse728

    New grad nurse in Alzheimer's facility - Scared to lose my license!

    by ILNurse728,
    • 3 replies
  11. garnetgirl29

    Questioning this order???

    by garnetgirl29, BSN, RN,
    • 12 replies
  12. Bellaxx392

    New CNA problems?

    by Bellaxx392,
    • 5 replies
  13. theviolinist

    New Grad in LTC

    by theviolinist,
    • 4 replies
  14. sueture

    I'm SUCH an IDIOT!!

    by sueture,
    • 4 replies
  15. Butterfries

    New Job

    by Butterfries,
    • 1 reply
  16. uniquern2015

    New grad LTC? Any tips?

    by uniquern2015,
    • 2 replies
  17. CoffeeRTC

    Head lice

    by CoffeeRTC, BSN, RN,
    • 5 replies
  18. Khaos RN

    Preparing for state survey nightmare

    by Khaos RN,
    • 8 replies
  19. BoyNamedSue

    She Wants A Cookie, but We Only Have Crackers!!!

    by BoyNamedSue,
    • 4 replies
  20. MeganStar

    New Grad LTC

    by MeganStar,
    • 8 replies
  21. jlee1887

    tips on organizing and keeping up in nursing home

    by jlee1887,
    • 1 reply
  22. tsm007

    Assessment question? Is this common?

    by tsm007,
    • 18 replies
  23. Sanhect1

    Should I take a job in Nursing home

    by Sanhect1,
    • 28 replies
  24. ahosoda

    Unethical?

    by ahosoda,
    • 15 replies
  25. JBMmom

    My first dump and run

    by JBMmom, MSN, NP,
    • 28 replies
  26. Oswin

    Dealing with possibly unsafe coworkers?

    by Oswin,
    • 11 replies