JKDON

Anyone willing to share wages for new grads outside of Omaha and Lincoln? I'm talking more rural areas, and in both hospitals and nursing homes. You can PM me if you are willing to give this out.

See also the responses in the Long Term Care/geriatrics forum.

I agree with One Lone Nurse. Don't burn bridges. Your reputation is on the line, and if you choose to become an instructor, get offered a big promotion or position, it could come back to haunt you. I can't imagine any nurse, with the shortage being ...

I am awaiting the testing for certification. I sent my $ in January. They wrote back early Feb to verify my Association affiliation and to get proof of my degree. No word yet, and I don't know how long it will take. No one will call me back. ANyone k...

Has anyone here found that your primary employer thinks being an LNC is a conflict of interest? I would think every DON or nurse in supervisory role could benefit from this experience. I'm afraid my corporate employer would find it a conflict of inte...

Sorry I must have clicked reply already. Here's the rest. I would suggest that a couple of nurses try to form a group who will be willing to meet with your administration on a solution. Honestly look for solutions, not just complain. Bring some of y...

It sounds like the original poster is fed up but committed enough to want to stay and make it better. That is tough. I see that in my facility as our agency numbers climb and the lack of "qualified aps" dwindles. (I mean those who are not limping whe...

At our last DON conference there was one facility that was piloting a skin tear prevention practice of having high risk residents drink 1tsp of olive oil daily (I believe). They saw a significant decrease in skin tears, sheering, breakdown all togeth...

We do have a progressive discipline program for med errors but i developed a new tool that helps the person filling out the form, identify what the possible causes were. (overtime, new to assignment, med packaged differently, poor communication, Writ...

We used the brand "Glowgerm". It came with a gel and powder you can use adn then several sizes of lights. We borrow the large one from our local clinic for health fairs etc. I used the powder at Halloween time and placed some in the bowl of candy we ...

Anyone willing to share wages for new grads outside of Omaha and Lincoln? I'm talking more rural areas, and in both hospitals and nursing homes. You can PM me if you are willing to give this out.

I'm in NE and find that several clinics allow Medical Assistants to do this. In our local clinic, the MA gave injections. I wonder if you are talking about administering meds such as giving the med to the patient, or are you talking about dispensing,...

Do any of you have methods of making sure experts are qualified prior to recommending or providing their name to an attorney? Besides the CV? We had a very skilled clinician used who turned out to be really bad at testimony, and her opinions did not ...

Who takes care of the other 33 residents? Is there another charge nurse on duty? Make sure that you aren't just assigned a cart on one wing and not in charge of the entire place. My evening nurse is responsible for the entire building, but does have ...

I would want to see the job description, and find out what kind of support you would receive from your supervisor. What would be your fill in responsibilities if short staffed? sounds like you have what it takes, or you wouldn't be asked. I would be ...

Send those nurses to Nebraska, we seem to be in great need right now.

I like my CNAs to go to report. There is no way they can give safe care without it. Have to know who has changed, who is sick, who's going out, and what to look for. I think 80% of what my nurses chart on comes from the CNAs and the housekeepers. I c...

How sad. I am so thankful that we use the dot system on our room plaques. Next to the resident's name is a blue dot for full code, and a red dot for no code. Interesting that years ago, we'd have about 2 full codes, and now we have about 20 out of 7...

Interesting reading, I don't feel so bad. If the pt is gagging, I'm gagging. My big thing seems to be trauma and bodily harm. I don't work in that area, but have dealt with lacerations and so forth, minor stuff. I walked out on two surgeries in nursi...

is it possible that he is hard of hearing?

What would you do if it were a female that did this? What would you do if it were a white male? If it would make you uncomfortable for anyone to do this, think of how you would handle it? Like get up to get another pencil or peice of paper and sit do...

I don't mandate that my nurses come to all meetings, but after awhile I feel any professional needs to have input and know what's going on. I think calling to tell your boss you won't be there is the only professional way to handle it. I wouldn't li...

It's been awhile, but we were told before taking boards (computerized), that the first 15 or so questions are designed to assess your reading competency level for questions. When you miss a question of a particular level, other questions will come fo...

Impairment on the job may very well be the case in question here. Of which there must not be proof. But the fact that this nurse is bragging about doing something illegal and morally questionable is unbecoming of a nurse-period. We are not talking ab...

As a DON, I encourage you to go to the Administrator whether or not you stay. Your heart is in the right place, and confronting these people on your own could be worse than what it's worth. You are probably dealing with deeper problems than the manag...