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jkw

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About jkw

I am a Registered Nurse, work in a longterm care facility doing MDS, Quality Assurance and Infection control

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  1. Welcome to the new Learning Disability Nursing forum

    jkw replied to Brian's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I am a registered nurse who works in geriatrics. I have a 9 year old 185lb son with autism, MR, OCD and Epilepsy. I am grateful for the forum. It helps to see the nurses perspective. I work in...

  2. Bowel Protocol

    jkw replied to Kimmyjc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In our facility, Our evening med nurse is responsible for checking the bm list. If a resident has not had a bm in the last 3 days, the prn is implemented (mom,ducoolox etc) We also have a fecal...

  3. Should I stay at this facility???!!

    jkw replied to wendyd's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree, I think you need to go with your gut. If it were me, I would contact a local hospital that maybe your doing your clinicals -and see if they have an internship program or even some time in...

  4. MDS - SURVEY DEFICIENCY

    jkw replied to km rn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am a RAI Coordinator in Missouri. I think the best thing for MDS Coordinators are to have developed mini QA programs within the sections of MDS. Our facility has 300 residents. At this time we do...