SilverBells BSN

Rehab/Nurse Manager

Nurse Manager for Rehab Facility. Graduate Student.

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    Managers, Nurses and Delegation: Who Has Authority?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I did end up helping. Mostly miscellaneous tasks since one of the aides called in and the HUC who usually helps with medication pass was gone. However, there were nearly no managerial tasks for me...
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    Managers, Nurses and Delegation: Who Has Authority?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Struggling again today. The help being asked for isn't anything I am able to give. I probably will go home early because it appears I'm not really needed today. The help that is needed requires...
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if MDS Coordinator would be something for me to look into or not. I took a couple of online modules on it, and while it is a lot of information, it seems like something that I may be able to...
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    One thing I have thought of is looking for some type of job revolving around chart auditing. I feel like this would be something that I would probably be good at and could possibly accommodate my...
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I will say that if being on-call ever does become an expectation of my current position, I will have no choice but to resign and return to a floor nurse
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Our DON will be returning in less than 2 weeks so it might just be smarter to wait and make changes when she gets back. We only have one more weekend to get through after this. The reason that...
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    Hardest Thing to Learn

    SilverBells replied to Okey Foley's topic in General Nursing

    I would say probably everything about nursing was the "hardest" for me to learn. Except for writing excellent progress notes and completing documentation, there is absolutely nothing about nursing...
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    When One Patient Affects the Care Other Patients Receive

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! This was very helpful
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. However, there are no designated supervisors for the evenings or weekend so people call whoever they are able to reach. Technically, if they should be reaching anyone it should be the...
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the honest feedback. I realize that by posting on the Internet that not all comments I receive will be praising everything that I do, so I'm not offended at all by any of your remarks....
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    What would you consider to be "burning down?" Apparently there were no floor nurses for day shift because they all called in. I ended up sleeping through these texts, but no one actually called me,...
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. The only problem is that there are no designated evening or weekend supervisors. They've all resigned from their positions due to impossible expectations. Therefore, the staff just call...
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I don't necessarily think I am a better nurse than anyone. I have some colleagues who, in many respects, are much stronger clinically as nurses than I am. I do like to feel needed (don't most...
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    Master of Nursing and Salary

    SilverBells replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    I am still in the process of finishing my master's degree, so haven't actually experienced a pay increase in relation to actually completing it. I can say, though, that simply the fact that I was...
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I'd actually thought about blocking the number to work on my phone temporarily over the weekends and then unblocking it starting Monday morning if only to obtain some peace and quiet, but wondering if...
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Theoretically, my facility can manage many of these conditions as well. However, many of the floor nurses are of the belief that the managers should be handling each and every situation that comes...
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    For me, not responding to calls/texts is easier said than done. I need my time away from work, but also do not want my coworkers to view me in a negative light or as unapproachable. More likely...
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I also get tired of having to take care of my co-manager's declining patients because she has left so early in the day. From an ethical standpoint, I can't possess the knowledge that a patient is...
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    This is probably unfortunately true. Unfortunately, I feel guilty if I delegate/leave work for others and then later on find out that the work was never done. I also felt guilty about letting the...
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    My work hours are insane, but are often necessary in order to ensure that everything is completed. Because many of my colleagues leave after working over 6-8 hours of the day, it often falls on me...
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    Admissions Coordinator Requirements

    SilverBells posted a topic in General Specialties

    Hello, So for the past year and a half, I have been working as a rehab manager at a SNF. I enjoyed my position for the first year or so, however, COVID has brought changes in responsibilities...
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    How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. That's what others have told me as well. It makes sense, I just worry that by the time I am done with school, it will no longer be possible to have
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    Nurses aid**advice!

    SilverBells replied to Jstna96's topic in General Nursing

    Unless there was more going on, it seems like things escalated pretty quickly for simply being asked to pick up dinner trays. Yes, your replacements were there, but maybe the nurse wanted you to...
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    When One Patient Affects the Care Other Patients Receive

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Thinking back, I'm not 100% sure that any of the patients who were sent to the hospital could have been kept in the facility, but I would have felt better about my decision to send them in...
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    When One Patient Affects the Care Other Patients Receive

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm, didn't really think about that. I do know that the daughter lives across the country and the son, who lives closer by, wants almost nothing to do with the patient's care. So the daughter is...