sassafrazzled

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1. Comparing employment standards - TB testing

   sassafrazzled replied to sassafrazzled's topic in Management

   Our facility does not ask applicants to pay for the skin tests. I have only run into this situation once in the year that I have worked here. The applicant was not a new conversion to positive (although she did not tell us about past positives before...

2. Mothering?

   sassafrazzled replied to DEB52's topic in Management

   Even if the person standing by the "out of place item" may not have been the one to do it, they still should be aware that it is out of place. If you start holding everyone accountable, they may start straightening each other out via peer pressure. T...

3. Comparing employment standards - TB testing

   sassafrazzled posted a topic in Management

   I work in a retirement community that includes all levels of care from Independent living to Long term care/skilled care. Like most healthcare facilities, we require that all new hires be tested for TB using the two step skin test method. If either s...

4. Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

   sassafrazzled replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Relations

   The most memorable honor a patient has ever bestowed on me... in my first year of nursing I was taking care of an elderly woman in rehab after a hip replacement. I came in on the night shift and always found her on first rounds in the most uncomforta...

5. I think I made a mistake.

   sassafrazzled replied to LPNguy's topic in General Nursing

   Good for you for being so mature and logical about this situation. I've met nurses who do not like what they are doing and they are not doing anyone any favors, least of all themselves. I am a firm believer in persuing and encouraging happiness. I th...

6. Jcaho Medication Reconciliation

   sassafrazzled replied to SEOBowhntr's topic in Medications

   The facility where I work just finished our JHACO jurvey and the reviewer said we were the first facility she had been happy with the reconciliation process. We are a rehabilitation facility and receive the majority of our patients from acute setting...

7. salary rate?.....anyone?

   sassafrazzled replied to jhenbl's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know about Norfolk.... You should check on Salary.com.... they have averages broken down by specialties. But, every facility will be quick to remind you, it all boils down to past experience. Most of them won't give any kind of quotes on the ...

8. I could use a word of encouragement...

   sassafrazzled replied to supermo's topic in General Nursing

   You are a kind and compassionate person. What you are feeling is normal. It is somewhat of a catch 22 in our profession... if we didn't care, it wouldn't hurt so much but if we didn't care we wouldn't be doing what we do. You are an asset to the nurs...

9. Dear Abbey, about a nurse

   sassafrazzled replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

   As nurses we have to be aware that we are dealing with human beings that have lives and issues outside of the illnesses we are treating them for. I have read numerous threads on this forum discussing the impact of family dynamics on our work. The com...

10. Getting everyone else to sign their books

    sassafrazzled replied to MrsStraty's topic in Geriatric

    In our facility, we realized that med ommissions where at an alarming rate (mostly due to missed signatures). First, we put every nurse through a mini inservice to review the med admin policies and procedures. Then, we made it our habit (as superviso...

11. need advise

    sassafrazzled replied to nancy975b's topic in General Nursing

    I'm fairly certain "on call" is quite legal as long as they are paying you for it. In my facility, nurses may be cancelled from time to time due to the census, but they are not on call at all. We have often wished we had such a system in place to pro...