cinnybug

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1. Pay grade: experienced nurse vs new grad

   cinnybug replied to rehric00's topic in General Nursing

   I was with my previous employer for 5 years. During that time I consistently received the highest pay increases that the company would allow. I know this because part of my responsibility was to do evaluations and suggest the percentage of pay increa...

2. How would deal with these type of CNAs?

   cinnybug replied to Born_2BRN's topic in Relations

   The Mr/Ms was in relation to the patient not the aides. My aides and I do call each other by our first names. Sharing meals or celebrations as a group is acceptable. What i was referring to is spending time alone with a singular aide. As to the witne...

3. How would deal with these type of CNAs?

   cinnybug replied to Born_2BRN's topic in Relations

   I was fortunate to have decades of management experience prior to becoming a nurse. So I came into the situation with the foreknowledge that employees listed as my responsibility (Aides) are members of my team. I treat them with respect and dignity a...

4. LTC Charting: A Beginner's Guide

   cinnybug replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric

   Lol.you're right! We do use EMAR and PCC. Even so management still dictates that we have to do additional charting in our progress notes on what we charted in EMAR or PCC so that they can see it during their morning meetings. So even though we docume...

5. LTC Charting: A Beginner's Guide

   cinnybug replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric

   At the facility that I work at we chart all of the aforementioned as well as weight increases/decreases of 5lbs or more. We also have to notify the MD and RP and chart that as well. We also chart any dietary changes or therapy orders ( new or d/c'd)....

6. Bad Weather--Hospitals could care less about your safety

   cinnybug replied to Jory's topic in General Nursing

   Actually, I quite agree with you. I consider myself to be a "subcontracted" employee. My employer and I have an agreement that I will provide services under my license for an agreed upon wage. I also signed a contractual agreement to abide by their p...

7. Non-compliant Manipulative Patient

   cinnybug replied to cinnybug's topic in Safety

   Many, many meetings and many, many care plans lol. And you are right...she continues with her manipulations at the new facility. Her PCP told me that she was telling all of the nursing staff in the new facility that she had no earthly idea why we tra...

8. Non-compliant Manipulative Patient

   cinnybug replied to cinnybug's topic in Safety

   Thank you so much. I was seriously considering therapy for myself! Lol...but instead I joined a gym so I swim laps and take Body Bootcamp classes to work off the stress. I am trying to give myself a break. I kn ow that I am not superhuman. I can now ...

9. Non-compliant Manipulative Patient

   cinnybug replied to cinnybug's topic in Safety

   Thank you. Today I am trying to deal with some guilty feelings as I truly believe a good nurse is patient, empathetic and compassionate. What I wrote above is only a small portion of what I have had to deal with. I also had to deal with the frustrati...

10. Non-compliant Manipulative Patient

    cinnybug posted a topic in Safety

    For the past year I have been taking care of a patient who is a paraplegic due to spinal stroke resulting from pain injections to the lower spine. To list all of the diagnoses she has would take more space in this forum than is possible. She is 59 ye...

11. Aging Nurses - Where do we go?

    cinnybug replied to TamDar429's topic in General Nursing

    I will be 56 in January and I am a day shift charge nurse at a SNF. I frequently do 12 hour shifts and rarely do I have a "regular" 8 hour shift. In fact, I just did a double yesterday. Granted, I am home today recuperating from that shift lol. Howev...