0128AAE

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1. What do you LOVE about LTC/N.H.?

   0128AAE replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in Geriatric

   I love LTC and that is because you get to know the resident and the families. You can spot a change in that resident right away. Its the great thing about long term care you begin a relationship with the resident that is irreplaceable. The residents...

2. Just disgusted

   0128AAE replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric

   Hang in there! As long as your facilty does not get taged with immediate jeopordy the facilty will not get closed down, the facility will have a certain time period to get things up to code per state standard there will be a lot of changes but hey s...

3. LTC Frustrated

   0128AAE posted a topic in LTC Directors

   I have seen nurses ignore protocol in LTC alomost daily like for instance our protocol states if chemstrip is > 300 then you must recheck and notify MD if no parameters are set, also must recheck chemstrip after 30-60 minutes, I have seen no reche...

4. Disrespectful Employees

   0128AAE replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC Directors

   I know nothing of being a supervisor, I in fact am a new nurse a LPN in fact, I too get tired of the DON or ADON telling us nursing what we are not doing. However I would never tell my boss to just try and do my shift and get out on time. I know tha...

5. How do you feel about New Grad RNs in LTC?

   0128AAE replied to BonnieSc's topic in Geriatric

   My opinion of a new RN in LTC would be based on how the new RN conducts their behavior towards other staff members. A RN may be better qualified but to a LPN who has been at the job for 12 years may be more experienced. Don't crap on the staff that m...

6. Food intake charting diabetics

   0128AAE replied to 0128AAE's topic in Geriatric

   What does IMHO stand for?

7. Guilt: Not being able to do it all!!!!!

   0128AAE replied to kstec's topic in Geriatric

   I know exactly how you feel, I find that I leave things for the next day, you know things that can wait. Wound assessments for instance, if done on day shift I will still look at wound do dressing or whatever however I won't chart on it until the nex...

8. Food intake charting diabetics

   0128AAE replied to 0128AAE's topic in Geriatric

   I am thinking about a decline in food intake may being the cause of low blood sugar readings. Maybe resident doesn't need oral agent any longer due to healthier choices/decrease intake from norm. So that way when you update MD you have the whole pict...

9. Frustrated

   0128AAE posted a topic in Geriatric

   I am a new nurse and sometimes I get frustrated because of another nurse that is not doing her job. This nurse has called an RN because of a low blood sugar like the RN would fix this problem. The policy where I work is to notify MD of blood sugars

10. Food intake charting diabetics

    0128AAE posted a topic in Geriatric

    I am a new nurse. So I am asking for a little advice. I work in LTC and recently a resident had a decrease in oral diabetic agent due to low chemstrip resdings. This resident only gets checked once daily three times a week. Should we be monitoring fo...