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  1. mds mountain of work with no help

    I live in California, an LVN doing long term MDS in a snf. RN does the skilled. I get $28.00 an hour.
  2. Mandatory meetings and night shift

    At my facility, the mandatory meetings are also held at 2 or 2:30pm and to tell the truth, night shift hardly ever comes. There are always threats in the posting of the meeting (discipline if you don'e show), but guess what! Nothing ever happens!
  3. mds mountain of work with no help

    LVN MDS Coordinator here. I put my foot down and only go to department head meeting. We have Unit Managers. They can go to Care Conferences, Restraints, skin, etc, etc. We have a 120 bed facility and two MDS nurses. I do the long term and the RN...
  4. RNs in LTC

    Here in California, Title XXII requires one RN per shift for any building over 99 beds. For buildings
  5. What's Your Nursing Home's Rating?

    Our nursing home is not up to date either. Goes way back to March of 2002.
  6. Nursing Home Charting

    Sorry to hear you didn't like nursing and are leaving.
  7. the sacred med pass

    Regarding the two hour med pass time limit: Some facilities are now scheduling half the med pass at 8am and the second half at 9am. You have one hour before to one hour after the med is due to give the med. So if you do this you actually have 3 hou...
  8. websites for LTC staff development

    Was a DSD for 8 years before I gave it up and went on to MDS's. I used competition a lot for all sorts of things. Post the weekly skin number, accident numbers, employee incidents, etc. Nobody wants there station to be the worst. You can also mak...
  9. How much does your state charge for your nursing license?

    California LVN license is $75 every two years with 30 CEUs.
  10. Becoming an MDS Coordinator

    As an LVN I have been doing MDS for over a year. The nurse who signs for completion must be an RN but there is no regulation which says they must have a BSN. My DON signs mine for completion.
  11. Resident's dying wish....we'll never forget her because of it!!

    Did you get her up?
  12. covering her butt

    If I had been in charge, I might have requested the noc nurse put in any late entries that were valid. She may very well have seen the resident in the missing time frame but if nothing was unusual may not have charted it.
  13. Bed By the Window

    There is actually a book titled "The Bed By The Window". I can't find my copy right now (just completed house repairs) but you should be able to find it at a local book store. Was quite an interesting story.
  14. MDS transmits to the state

    In California, the reports are all listed by number. You have to click on them to see what report it is. The other day I printed the late assessment report and low and behold found 126 (not a typo) assessments missing. I too have only been the job...
  15. MDS/Crosswalks

    There are several web sites available on MDS information. Type minimum and data and set into your search section. Lots of good information on these sites. Pick the one that meets your needs the best.