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    Anyone work with a prima donna?

    SuesquatchRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Several things. She is a prima donna. It is a big deal when a unit manager showers a patient. It is a big deal - and I hear it all the time in here - that management does nothing. Well, I am...
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    What kind of scrubs do you wear in LTC?

    SuesquatchRN replied to calidonrnstudent's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We still wear whites. I wear print jackets. As long as I'm dealing with bodily fluids I want stuff I can launder
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    Given another patient's medication to satisfy MAR.What do you do? Orientee

    SuesquatchRN replied to rn_nxt_dr's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Whoa, whoa, whoa! The residents need their meds. The nurses should be ordering meds on time. Meds are being "borrowed" to take care of the residents. There's a system problem here, and, while this is...
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    nurses, lvns/rn/bsn's please advice

    SuesquatchRN replied to aroma's topic in General Nursing

    Go straight for the RN. Bridging isn't easy once you're already
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    What's your reason for putting up with it?

    SuesquatchRN replied to canigraduate's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have never been treated badly by a doctor. The cohort for whom I care are elderly chronically ill people, almost all with some degree of dementia, with a very occasional younger person in the mix....
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    Interracial marriage and physiology..this is for a paper

    SuesquatchRN replied to nvsmom's topic in General Nursing

    Race has use in forensics. People's phenotypes express in their bone structure and race can be extrapolated. Of course, it has limitations but it helps. It is useful in helping to identify certain...
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    hematomas? drawing blood on elderly clients

    SuesquatchRN replied to pear8's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My old ones always get bruises if their skin is thin and fragile.
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    I'm outta here!

    SuesquatchRN replied to Nascar nurse's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Congratulations!
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    Help...med counseling

    SuesquatchRN replied to napa's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No, don't quit. You're not in trouble. Just stop doing it that way.
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    Making LTC your specialty as an RN

    SuesquatchRN replied to st4rl4dy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Way upstate NY. Rural areas are always desperate for
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    Making LTC your specialty as an RN

    SuesquatchRN replied to st4rl4dy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    SoCal doesn't hire RNs in LTC? Wow. We need them
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    charts on plain sight--HIPAA violation?

    SuesquatchRN replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No, there would be. EVERYONE wants the same things at the same time. Unless we are staffed 1:1 someone will always be later than
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    LTC nurses requested to participate in Alzheimer's research survey

    SuesquatchRN replied to stuckster's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    stuckster, there aren't any. Try posting it in general nursing. That might draw in some more
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    charts on plain sight--HIPAA violation?

    SuesquatchRN replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We couldn't possibly have the nurses off the floor to chart. We are computerized so it's easy enough to lock the screen. And if the chart is open stick a marker in and close it. I manage a unit and...
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    Denial

    SuesquatchRN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Same one I've had trouble with. Loved one in end-stage cx. Mets everywhere. Intubated a few weeks ago. Finally a DNR. Not eating, not voiding. POA had us stop the MSO4 because that's why the loved...
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    Denial

    SuesquatchRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No one is going to remove the POA as POA. Not
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    Denial

    SuesquatchRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What ethics
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    Denial

    SuesquatchRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh, you're preaching to the choir, NN. I sometimes actually feel dirty about doing what I do. When the suits are in trying to rehab 90 yo LOLs after hip replacement with so much dementia they can't...
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    Denial

    SuesquatchRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is not what the loved one wanted. And the POA was not at all involved with the LO until death came lurking. It has been explained and we have educated and had meetings with everyone and the...
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    Denial

    SuesquatchRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh, the MD has been trying desperately to get through. And documenting as much as the
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    Denial

    SuesquatchRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have used the blunt words and am thankfully on another unit. Their response about me? "I can't talk to her. All I ever get from her is that xxx's terminal." They have retained permission to use...
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    Aspiration: Help request

    SuesquatchRN replied to catlvr's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have one who is hospitalized more than not, his family keeps insisting we do "everything," and because it's AD we can't do a medical
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    Denial

    SuesquatchRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    POA still does. not. get it. DYING. We can't cure mortality,
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    Would you ever own a motorcycle? YES or NO?

    SuesquatchRN replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    A donorcycle? No
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    Job interview attire help!

    SuesquatchRN replied to PortRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Take the buttons off and tack any slit