CoachCathy

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1. Camp Nurses - Please Introduce Yourself Here.

   CoachCathy replied to nightingale's topic in Camp

   Hey - My name is Cathy - preparing to go to my fifth summer at Camp Sea Gull, a sailing YMCA camp along the NC seaboard. We take care of >1000 campers/counselors at a time, it is really alot of fun - I recommend it to anyone - especially if you c...

2. Most commom camp issues and tips...

   CoachCathy replied to carachel2's topic in Camp

   When a child comes in complaining of a tummy ache/head ache, immediately check temp and pulse - great indicators of heat exhaustion. Remember that the pulse will elevate faster than the temp, so it's a better indicator.

3. New to camp nursing and need some guidance

   CoachCathy replied to iLovemyJackRT's topic in Camp

   Camp nursing is great! I've worked at a YMCA camp for the past four years, and look forward to the summers every year. It's a great bridge for school nurses. I work at Camp Sea Gull. We have 800+ campers with 300+ staff. They staff 11-12 nurses a...

4. Wages for RN's

   CoachCathy replied to tex's topic in Geriatric

   A new grad RN will start at $16.00/hr at our facility. Our MDS person has been with the facility for quite a while and makes $25.00 an hour. The average salary for RNs at our building is $20-25/ hr.

5. Any LTC Quality Assurance Coordinators out there?

   CoachCathy replied to RhondaRNConsult's topic in Quality Improvement

   Howdy - have done QA in LTC for five years - have now added ADON to my list of duties. We have a variety of teams - the Exec QA over sees them all - it has all the department heads and the medical director on it. We also have physical restraint, che...

6. Long term care surveys

   CoachCathy replied to KlareRN's topic in Geriatric

   Tex - we have had state twice here in NC in one month :-p The focus seemed to be on oral care (like the one from Kansas said) and feet (!?!?). They also looked at our pneumovax and fluvax records, which is something they haven't done before. good ...

7. covering her butt

   CoachCathy replied to nrsnangel's topic in Geriatric

   A better idea than to try to back track like your facility did is to "freeze" the chart after an unexpected death. We do that at our facility - we use a dummy nurses note for the charge nurse that was caring for the resident to chart on. At the end...

8. Long term care surveys

   CoachCathy replied to KlareRN's topic in Geriatric

   Going back to the fellow that falls, have you tried a low bed. It isn't comfortable for the staff, but it is a Godsend for those confused residents that still have quite a bit of mobility. I agree with bandaidexpert - don't let em see you sweat. T...

9. Incidience of falls .

   CoachCathy replied to sweetnurse11's topic in Geriatric

   Going back to the original question - that being protecting an elderly person from falls. Really, there are no hard and fast rules, you have to take into account what is going on with that resident. There is one case where an elderly lady leans too...

10. Nursing Home Activities

    CoachCathy replied to Vicki30CNA's topic in Geriatric

    In addition to the activities listed above, we try to have a "major" activity each month. (Our activity department is wonderful) We have a "senior prom" in May, where the local single Marines escort our residents (wheelchairs and all) for dancing and...

11. Geriatric Certification

    CoachCathy replied to BethanyJ's topic in Geriatric

    try http://www.nflpn.org - they offer certifications for both IVs and geriatrics for LPNs - good luck!

12. Geriatric Certification

    CoachCathy replied to BethanyJ's topic in Geriatric

    I know that there is a certification in geriatrics for LPNs (and actually one for CNAs as well). I used to have the information, back when I was SDC-ing it. I'll try to dig it up and post it as soon as I find it!! :)

13. writing policy and procedure

    CoachCathy replied to Slowone's topic in Geriatric

    What are you writing the policy for? We recently had to implement a policy on the removal of central lines - something that just hadn't been done at our facility, but was within the scope of practice for the RNs. I got up with the nurse educator at...

14. Mds

    CoachCathy replied to tex's topic in Geriatric

    Golly, we must be neighbors or something - I am in Jacksonville!!! :) I have found the surveyors in our area to be thorough, but fair, in the area of MDS. As long as you can justify why you proceeded/not proceeded, they are okay. The major concer...

15. Any MDS coordinators out there?

    CoachCathy replied to tex's topic in Geriatric

    Get with AHEC in Wilmington (They are affiliated with NHRMC), they do quite a bit of training in various lines of nursing. When I hear of another class, I'll email you...