whoamiRN

whoamiRN

med-surg,dementia care, management, VA

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  1. How Many Residents Do You Care For On Your Unit?

    whoamiRN replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The facility I used to work for had 48 residents a floor, one nurse and 3 CNAs for both Days and Eves, Nights only 2

  2. Roles of DON/Nurse Manager

    whoamiRN posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    If any of you DON's out there can help me out, I'd really appreciate it. I am currently the Nurse manager of a 30 bed dementia unit in a LTC facility in NY. We total 126 beds, there are 2 other...

  3. dont know what to do....

    whoamiRN replied to LVNwannaBE2007's topic in General Nursing

    You did everything you thought was best for that resident at the time of the incident. This is how we ALL learn in the nursing field. good for you for taking the initiative. Just be careful...

  4. which shift do you prefer 3-11 or 11-7?

    whoamiRN replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked all 3 shifts in both long term and acute care. I really liked 3-11 shift the best before my children were in school. i liked that it was still busy, but the management and "office"...

  5. Manual BM Removal

    whoamiRN replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have a resident like this on my unit. After r/o all possible physiologic problems (masses, constipation, hemmorhoids, etc) we now just give her some surgi-lube and a glove. Gross, but she did it...

  6. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    whoamiRN replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    I think LTC would definately win this one. We have those who push it in their sleep, those who pull it from the wall and wander around with it and those who use it like a microphone or a telephone,...

  7. Are you ashamed of being a nurse?

    whoamiRN replied to Mijourney's topic in Nursing Career

    I might not always be happy, but am ALWAYS

  8. Inventions we'd love to see....

    whoamiRN replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in General Nursing

    I'd definately get one of

  9. Pet peeves!

    whoamiRN replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    Some pet peeves from LTC: 1) Not cleaning up after your self on the med cart or in the med room., and leaving it empty and unstocked for me when I come on duty. 2) "Forgetting" that someone fell or...

  10. Alzheimers/ Dementia Director

    whoamiRN replied to romie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I guess that's my job, except I don't have to train staff or have them do "groups". This seems almost contraindicated to me as many Alzheimer's do very poorly when there are more than a few people...

  11. Alzheimers/ Dementia Director

    whoamiRN replied to romie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm not sure what an "Alzheimer's Director" is. Is that like the Nurse Manager? I manage a 30 bed Alzheimer's and dementia unit, but I'm not sure if it's the same

  12. Nurses week and nursing assistant week

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

    At my facility, wecome up with a theme for Nursing Home Week and develop Activities for staff and residents arouond that. For example, we had "Around the World", and each unit was a different...

  13. What happens if someone codes?

    whoamiRN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Pretty much like greenjanell said, we do CPR and call 911, and it doesn't happen too often because 90% of our residents are DNR! ACLS cert. isn't really an option as LTC has different regs than acute...

  14. Funny Sign In Slips

    whoamiRN replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    No from the ER, but an elderly woman called on a Saturday at my LTC telling me her husband had "Oldtimer's", so he needed to come to the nursing home. along the same lines, we live in a rural area,...

  15. What did you learn today as a nurse?

    whoamiRN replied to minnib's topic in General Nursing

    I learned I am costing my facility a lot of money with MDS coding. At least i wasn't

  16. Bad reaction to TB test

    whoamiRN replied to LearningRN's topic in General Nursing

    The BCG vaccine is administered in many countries, causing a positive PPD or a reaction like this. Sometimes people just don't react well