yasmina

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1. mds mountain of work with no help

   yasmina replied to yasmina's topic in Geriatric

   my title is quality assurance coordinator. i am it (with a very young assistant) for a 120 bed facility. i do the care conferences (the only rn there). i do all the mds's. i am also administrative (like an adon without the title). the people who w...

2. mds mountain of work with no help

   yasmina replied to yasmina's topic in Geriatric

3. my D.O.N. frightens me

   yasmina replied to tiroka03's topic in LPN/LVN

   I re read the beginning of this ensuing nurse practice dilemma. The person who spoke of the study taking a few weeks (perhaps) is correct. The nurse who downgraded the diet, in my opinion, was prudent. If the DON was concerned, it would have been pru...

4. my D.O.N. frightens me

   yasmina replied to tiroka03's topic in LPN/LVN

   I work in a nursing facilty as a MDS/Quality Coordinator and have been a RN since 1978. We can 'what if' about the cause of a resident's dysphagia until we are blue in the face. The bottom line, in my opinion, is that nurses can tell when a resident...

5. my D.O.N. frightens me

   yasmina replied to tiroka03's topic in LPN/LVN

   When people we work with are difficult,accusatory and hard to please (if not impossible),the people pointing their little fingers and gossiping need to evaluate why they decided to go into Nursing in the first place. Yes, there are plenty of places t...

6. my D.O.N. frightens me

   yasmina replied to tiroka03's topic in LPN/LVN

7. diploma grads

   yasmina replied to yasmina's topic in General Nursing

   I feel if ADN and Diploma RN's were grandfathered and a BSN was mandated for all new RN's by say, 2010, we would help our profession...by uniting US. Many disagree with this but I'm ready to see SOME solidarity in this crazy profession myself...LOL!!...

8. mds mountain of work with no help

   yasmina replied to yasmina's topic in Geriatric

   I appreciate help with the RAPS. I also am curious about what is called a waiver...I have been told that after skilled service is done, there is a 2 day period when family is notified of non-coverage...and those two days...can they be billed under sk...

9. diploma grads

   yasmina replied to yasmina's topic in General Nursing

   i have tried several times to finish my bsn but have run into multiple obstacles through the years. mainly with bsn programs discounting my college courses, and essentially requiring repeating most of the nursing courses as well, not recognizing my e...

10. diploma grads

    yasmina replied to yasmina's topic in General Nursing

11. mds mountain of work with no help

    yasmina replied to yasmina's topic in Geriatric

    I know......it happened to me. And the best thing I ever did was to shake the dust of the place off my feet and head back to the hospital, where I'm just a little fish in a big bowl and I can do my 8-hour shift and go HOME--- without middle-of-the-ni...

12. mds mountain of work with no help

    yasmina replied to yasmina's topic in Geriatric

    Help? Na. Not anybody who will jump in and cover while I am away. Upper Management has the knowledge, but has other responsibilites (which I totally understand). I am learning how to be VERY efficient VERY quickly. I am having trouble with OMRA's. T...

13. diploma grads

    yasmina replied to yasmina's topic in General Nursing

    sounds like you had a great diploma program, unlike me ( as far as credit transfer)

14. switch to psych or detox nursing

    yasmina replied to yasmina's topic in Career Support

    soberland. I am a CD nurse (although dont have much use for it where I work) Walter, what is a CD nurse? In my area, the hospitals only seem to need night psych nurses if any. (at least entry level). Have you had many physical altercations? I was ...

15. switch to psych or detox nursing

    yasmina posted a topic in Career Support

    i am working in insurance nursing. i would really prefer to be in a counseling role...working with detox of drug/alchohol with teens. i feel there is a need. however, the jobs all seem to want experienced rn's. how to get the experience? i know i cou...