curiousauntie

curiousauntie

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  1. bladder cancer and spasms

    curiousauntie replied to curiousauntie's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks Doodlemom, Doc upped them to 3 times a day at the higher dose for now. Slow and steady is his advise. You can do 4 times a day, but shouldn't go

  2. How often are you on-call; scheduled weekend visits?

    curiousauntie replied to Caffeinated's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Right now we have one nurse who does the 7 day on 7 day off thing for on call. On her week off we share on call. There are 2 of us who are full time, one is part time (4 days a week, who for a while...

  3. bladder cancer and spasms

    curiousauntie replied to curiousauntie's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The B & O suppositories, at 15mg opium, helped at first, but then seemed to not work as well. She continues to have the spasms and still has underlying pain. I talked to my medical director and...

  4. Does anyone like LTC?

    curiousauntie replied to remched's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And that is the reason the I left LTC and now work Hospice. I LOVED my residents. But as a unit manager, all of my time was doind MDSs, care plans and reports that Corp. wanted done, following up of...

  5. now considered a restraint?

    curiousauntie replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I had a state survayor tell me that a one piece jumpsuit with a zipper in the back with a velcro cover over the zipper pull was a restraint...because it stopped the resident from taking off her...

  6. Survey begins

    curiousauntie replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Boy, I wish I had worked at those facilities...We always had a bit of an idea when the survey was due, but since there is a 3 month window before and after the date they came last year, we never knew....

  7. Need info on PRN Haldol in LTC

    curiousauntie posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    After 24 years in LTC, I know a lot about the federal regs, medication use etc. I am now working in hospice and most of the nurses that I work with have never done LTC nursing in any type of facility....

  8. Hospice On Call Compensation Structure

    curiousauntie replied to Katillac's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Where I work if the case managers take call, they get $50 a night, and $100 for Sat or Sun plus mileage door to door. I just started as the only "on-call" nurse. I work 5pm to 8:30am Mon-thur then...

  9. Help! The worst training ever!

    curiousauntie replied to wefdm21's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    PLEASE...Do not think this is a "normal" long term care facility. This is a HORRIBLE place and you should, as another post said, run, do not walk, out of there. I have work LTC for 21+ years, and...

  10. Staff eating with residents

    curiousauntie replied to Inquisitive one's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our shifts are a bit different...6-2 2-10 10-6, so the evening shift comes in at 2, so they take dinner break before the residents eat. We also have what is called desk duty. The cnas take 15 minute...

  11. What happens if someone codes?

    curiousauntie replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In the LTC factility where I work, we have an AED and all of the nurses are AED/CPR certified. But we have at least 50% of the residents with DNR orders and at least half of those also have DNH (do...

  12. Differences between LTC and Rehab?

    curiousauntie replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In the area that I live and work, most "rehab" units are in long term care facilities with either a hall or district that is kept for the "short-termers", the rest of the unit being long-term care....