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  1. Are all nursing homes the same?

    nd deb posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering if it is the same/common for all nursing homes to have alot of call ins with cna staffing, lack of support from DON, ADON, administator when trying to fill cna staffing needs, hiring...

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

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

    In work in LTC in a small town in north east SD. When I work nites its just me and one cna for 35 residents. On pms it is me, a med aide and 4 but more often 3

  3. Staff/Patient Ratio - 30 Patients per Nurse

    nd deb replied to Colima's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Where I work there is 1 nurse and 1 cna for 35 residents on nites.. 1 nurse and 4 but many times 3 cnas on pms.. 1 nurse and 4 cnas but at times ends up being 3 that have lists, 1 cna that is a bath...

  4. LTC Salary for new grad RN

    nd deb replied to Manang Biday's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work as an RN in LTC in a small town in northeastern SD and make 18.50 which includes 50 cent nite diff... when I first graduated they started me at 17.00 as base

  5. LTC as Rn experience..

    nd deb posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering if Rn experience working in long term care hurts a person when they try to apply for hospital, clinic or home health jobs? also experience level, how many years are employers looking at...

  6. LTC as Rn experience..

    nd deb replied to nd deb's topic in General Nursing

    I gotten the impression that many employers frown on ltc experience. Worked in it for 2 1/2 yrs so far.. and I often get told that I have no experience. I often feel like ltc is hurting me my...

  7. Coming in before your shift in blizzards...

    nd deb posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Can a nursing home require staff to be at the facility a shift or more before their actual shift starts when there is a snowstorm or blizzard? If so, aren't they supposely required to pay a prn wage...

  8. Coming in before your shift in blizzards...

    nd deb replied to nd deb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    They usually get out of it.. I don't ever see them offer to come in and cover for someone that lives out of town a

  9. lpn as ADON?

    nd deb replied to nd deb's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    From what I see there is a fine line.. The place I work at the ADON is in charge when the DON is gone on vacation.. I can't see how she is able to do initital assessments, supervise RN staff nurses....

  10. RANT ON: I am so sick of the BS in LTC!

    nd deb replied to nursinger's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    oops.. typed in the wrong word... meant to say medicare. In the facility I work at if they are in the hospital for 3 days or more and then are admitted to the facility or come back from hospital...

  11. lpn as ADON?

    nd deb replied to nd deb's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Yeah, I don't know how a facility can get around having an lpn in charge of rn. In many states I know it is out of the lpn scope of practice. Is it something that the DON is able to co sign them on?...

  12. RANT ON: I am so sick of the BS in LTC!

    nd deb replied to nursinger's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What I am seeing is that the Pt isn't done enough and the resident's just get weaker. It just pevees me off because once their medicaid runs out then they don't get worked with at all and they...

  13. Coming in before your shift in blizzards...

    nd deb replied to nd deb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    They let staff sleep in the family room in one of the recliners or couch; activity room on the floor, on floor or pt bench in pt room; and/or you can take a resident bed that isn't occupied. I think...

  14. How to deal with death of toddler death on picu..

    nd deb posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I am just wondering how the nurses that work on picu deal with a death or impending death of a toddler. 2 wks ago my 2 1/2 yr old son had gotten an ear infection and then 2 days later he had gotten...

  15. Leukemia help with labs/vitals

    nd deb replied to discobunni's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My son loved to be outside. They had told us that they thought he was gonna be blind because of the hemorrhaging of his retinal vessels. Then we were told that the chemo meds were gonna make him...

  16. Leukemia help with labs/vitals

    nd deb replied to discobunni's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It doesn't sound like leukemia. Lets hope it isn't. My 2 yr son had acute myelogenous leukemia and I know with that one and the acute lymphcytic form that the wbc is usuallly abnormally high....

  17. Test Help

    nd deb replied to Esther08's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The tests test your critcal thinking skills. I am in 2nd semester and I found the tests got harder. I have heard they get harder with each semester. The reason so is because the development of your...

  18. having a baby due during nursing school..

    nd deb posted a topic in General Students

    Just wondering if anyone has done this and how they got around not missing any days and getting dropped out of the

  19. having a baby due during nursing school..

    nd deb replied to nd deb's topic in General Students

    oops, no, I should have mentioned that I am not pregnant. I was just wondering how one has done it and not miss class and end up dropped out of the program. When I started my first semester there...

  20. Post mortem photos and ethical issues.

    nd deb replied to kcangel's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I looked at the website of the photos. It was so sad but some of them were really beautiful photos. There is one one there with the mom and baby skin to skin and with the mom, dad and baby skin to...

  21. How to deal with death of toddler death on picu..

    nd deb replied to nd deb's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    It was an awful experience. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. He died of clots and hemorraging, swelling in the brain. The neurologist told us that there was nothing they could do to help that. They...

  22. Hello North Dakota!!!!!

    nd deb replied to Little Panda RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am not a nurse but I will be starting the Lpn program in wahpeton this

  23. how many yrs did it take to pay off your college loan?

    nd deb posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering how many yrs it took for everyone to get their loan paid

  24. on line classes for generals, are they reallly deep?

    nd deb posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just wondering if they are hard to understand and follow