Nurse_Jenni

Nurse_Jenni has 10 years experience and specializes in LTC, Ortho, Quality.

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1. Need an education topic for annual evaluation

   Nurse_Jenni replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in General Nursing

   Does it need to be a topic that you are well versed in, or can it be something you learn about and then teach your peers about? If the latter is the case, then consider Core measures, perhaps Pneumonia or Heart failure since you are working on a Med...

2. Incident Reports- VS six times, asking the same q's repeatedly

   Nurse_Jenni replied to Plagueis's topic in Geriatric

   That seems to be alot of redundancy that will set you up for failure. I suspect, given the fact that it is 10 pages long, that this form was origianlly developed to cover any and all incident types, from falls (hence the ortho-stat bp's) to med erro...

3. What credentials do you hold as a core measures abstractor?

   Nurse_Jenni posted a topic in Quality Improvement

   Hi! I am just rediscovering this forum after a long time away. I am hoping everyone can shed some light on something for me. I have been doing Core Measure abstractions for 4 years now, and I am wondering what credentials all you CM abstractors are h...

4. QI Courses

   Nurse_Jenni replied to kimie1196's topic in Quality Improvement

   NAHQ offers a handbook to prepare for the CPHQ. I know there is also a 'boot camp' style review held at their yearly conference where you could also sit for the exam. All are pretty pricey ( $200 starting cost) but if your facility is serious about...

5. LPN-RN programs

   Nurse_Jenni replied to cynda's topic in Pennsylvania

   HI! I'm a relatively new LPN and recently started Excelsior program for ASN degree. For me it is working out well, so far. Because I graduated pN within last 5 years, I'm exempt from module 2 of nursing plan. I have also been knocking of gen ed. r...