AbsoluteRN

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1. Help! RN working first time in LTC

   AbsoluteRN replied to qtRN's topic in Geriatric

   Hi QT RN, Recently, the LTC facility I work at did away with unit managers/charge nurses and divided the 44 res up between the nurses. However, prior to that the nurse manager was responsible for all the charting, incident reports, and rounding with ...

2. Family members that run the facility!

   AbsoluteRN replied to wefdm21's topic in Geriatric

   Iceyspots, How does your DON and Administrator approach this situation? When we have families this unreasonable the entire IDT has a conference with the family to discuss the issues; luckily our DON and Admin are on our side. There have been times ...

3. Moving to GreenVille S.C

   AbsoluteRN replied to Born2BAnurse's topic in South Carolina

   Interim does pay pretty well for homecare and per diem... Im at Woodruff Manor, it is an LTC for Alzheimer's Residents... this is the first LTC home I have worked at and I Love it. Most of our pts are "walkie-talkies" we only have 9 pressure ulcers o...

4. MDS Coordinator salaries

   AbsoluteRN replied to Nascar nurse's topic in MDS

   Hello, from your post I gather the MDS coordinator doesn't actually perform the assessments herself... is this normal? Thanks In Advance For You Input, AA

5. Role of Administrator and MDS

   AbsoluteRN replied to wooosp's topic in MDS

   Hello all! This question may scream dumb-dumb, however, I've gotta know; is the MDS Coordinator responsible for the actual assessments? Clearly, other departments give input, but if you were responsible for MDS assessments on 90 patients, when woul...