QuigRN

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1. Where can a disabled Nurse get a job??

   QuigRN replied to riverbirch1970's topic in Disabilities

   Hi. I am a disabled RN due to a lung disease. I am on oxygen 24/7 and have a part time job teaching CNA students. I do the classroom stuff and don't have to do anything strenuous. It's a great job and I get a lot of satisfaction knowing that I ha...

2. Elopement, told by DON not to document

   QuigRN replied to ALF_LPN's topic in General Nursing

   I agree! Document, document, document. Follow your policy because this is a dangerous situation, and if it should happen again the DON will blame YOU and say that YOU did not follow the facility protocol for elopement!!!! Go to the administrator wi...

3. Can CNA do an accucheck?

   QuigRN replied to QuigRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank-you so much for your replies! You guys are the greatest! Because I'm an RN, I've always believed that the more we give away, the more we have to worry about techies coming in and usurping licensed positions. But I have no problem if CNAs are...

4. Can CNA do an accucheck?

   QuigRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was wondering if there is any circumstance wherein a CNA would be allowed to do an accucheck? Is this something that they would ever be allowed to do if trained? I oversee a nurse aide training program and boy, those students ask a lot of guesti...

5. where do old nurses go?

   QuigRN replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

   I'm 56 and thought I'd be nursing forever. I've worked over 30 years in most areas of nursing, and the last 15 years or so I've been an ADON and a DON and loved it for the most part. The stress is killer in LTC, however. My body finally made the d...

6. Opinion about O2 Education

   QuigRN replied to QuigRN's topic in Geriatric

   Thank-you all for replying. Daytonite, those are great links and will be a good resource for me. I know that positioning is key when you can't get air in and some people just don't even think of that as an intervention. And I have tripped more time...

7. Opinion about O2 Education

   QuigRN posted a topic in Geriatric

   I am an RN who also has COPD. I have worked in all areas of nursing; the past 15 years in LTC, going from supervisor to nurse manager to Director of Nursing. I recently had to resign my position as a DNS due to my illness and of course, the extreme...

8. DPH Reportables

   QuigRN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric

   By regulation, any suspected or witnessed sexual abuse of a resident by "anyone" has to be reported, thus including resident to resident. It can also be considered a form of exploitation of a resident. Usually an investigator doesn't go to the faci...

9. ANOTHER new CMS guideline

   QuigRN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC Directors

   I resigned my position as a Director of Nursing late last year because I felt like you. I had been the DON for 7 years in a small SNF and the stress was unrelenting. I was awake at night trying to figure out how to keep us in compliance and how to ...

10. CNA Training

    QuigRN replied to QuigRN's topic in Geriatric

    that's a good idea, i will. thanks!

11. CNA Training

    QuigRN posted a topic in Geriatric

    Last year I quit my job as a director of nursing and I am now the director of a CNA training program. My question is this: how do you reconcile what we teach them about bathing the correct way as described in their books, to what reality in a nursi...

12. "Take down" in LTC?????

    QuigRN replied to NurseyTee's topic in Geriatric

    Happy to oblige!!! Keep up the good work.:cheers:

13. New Job as RN Unit Manager

    QuigRN replied to MrsStraty's topic in Geriatric

    Try a google search. I came up with several like this one: http://www.skillpath.com/ and I'm sure there are lots and lots to choose from! Good luck!!

14. "Take down" in LTC?????

    QuigRN replied to NurseyTee's topic in Geriatric

    As a DON in the Massachusetts LTC system, I would have had to report this incident to the state Department of Public Health and THEY would have to come in to investigate the allegation of abuse. (the facility is also required to do their own investig...

15. Please advise

    QuigRN replied to LTCRN4LIFE's topic in General Nursing

    Hi TIA, I've was a DON for many years and it seems to me that they are protecting you from her. The DON is mandated to investigate any allegations brought to her/him and if they are not telling you, and not investigating, then they do not give her a...