bubblymom373

bubblymom373

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  1. Do most LTC facilities fire for mistake on orientation?

    How is the patient? What type of reaction did he have, if any? When discussing with management acknowledge the mistake, explain how it happened, and how in the future this could be avoided. If...
  2. Morphine and End Of Life

    Sorry this is to address my previous post. LC is LTC. After reading the post I do apologize for sounding short with you OP. What I meant was there are many different areas of nursing. If...
  3. Morphine and End Of Life

    Many of the Hospice patients that I have seen coming into the LC where I work are often in alot of pain prior to the actual final dying process. When they are in the final stage as your patient was I...
  4. What would you do?

    As a previous post stated weigh out the pros and cons. With the gas prices now please figure in gas cost also! If you can talk with people you know who work in home health and in SNF. This should help...
  5. Im scared!! help

    You are a new nurse. Comfort level comes with experience. ( Although I must admit I still get nervous in emergency situations.) Educating yourself on things that you don't know is a good step. Take...
  6. Acute vs LTC. I think I miss working LTC!

    Life is too short to be working at a job that you don't like that much. As one post said try per deim at a home first, and see if you like the place. Not all nursing homes are the same. Good
  7. From the sound of your post you have a month long orientation for a good reason. The first few of days of any orientation are overwhelming and stressful. You have alot thrown at you and not all (if...
  8. New RN in LTC, feeling overwhelmed.

    This feeling will pass, hang in there. I find that learning to prioritize and delegate are important in getting the work done and allowing you to not feel so rushed during the shift. Where I work we...
  9. ALWAYS called to work on days off?

    Please dont feel guilty about not going in on your days off. With your job being so stressful you need time to recharge and take care of
  10. Frustrated Charge Nurse

    Eventually this situation will get better as these nurses get more comfortable in their postions at your facility. As a suggestion at my facility we have a "How to" book for the nurses. This book...
  11. My first ranting

    I will admit to prepouring some pills . Checking BPs and G tube placement yes, I always do that. The risk of something happening if I don't scares me too much not
  12. Help! Insubordinate Nursing Aides

    The facility sounds like it is being run by the CNAs. They do and say what they want and no consequences. I would not want to be there when state comes
  13. New Additional Skin Grids (LTC) ?!

    At my facility, like ktwlpn , nurses do the weekly skin assessments. New bruises have all of the paperwork, incident report , investigations forms, etc. Gotta love that
  14. Need solutions to nursing problems!!

    Add this to your learning experience, if this happens again you will know what to do. Try to find a nurse on your floor that you feel comfortable with and can bounce things off of when problems like...
  15. What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

    True story and so not funny, hubby calling in for wife because she was dead. They had an arguement and she jumped out of the car when he was going 55 mile per hour. My favorite excuse though is "Third...
  16. Does her family know how sick she is?

    I think that you did the right thing by talking to them. It sounded like family needed to hear this information. At least now the family can make an informed decision about care for their family...
  17. I really do not get it!

    I agree that the tone for the floor is set by the NM. There will be "mean girls" in any place that you work. Some just love to tattle, ***** and backbite. It sounds as though this job may not be a...
  18. patient choked after taking pills..

    Cover your
  19. patient choked after taking pills..

    The resident survived that is the most important. Sounds like a review of policy and procedures for all staff is in the offing for incidents like this. Just remember to CYA. Charting will save you....
  20. Being Tired at work - How do you cope?

    I drink anywhere from 6-8 cups of coffee when I work. If really tired I take a walk in the halls or sit outside for several minutes . Sometimes it is hard to stay awake especially when doing charting...
  21. How Many Residents Do You Care For On Your Unit?

    Night shift, 50 residents that are on my floor and 2
  22. was i wrong?

    You did
  23. Dont want to get anyone in trouble

    Get in touch with your night supervisor or if you don't have one your DON. This is one of the reasons they are there, to deal with things like
  24. Night shift: let residents sleep?

    We do resident centered care where I work. We do two rounds one at the beginning of the shift and one at the end. Most of the residents wear the night briefs that wick away the moisture. Those with...