Rizpah

Rizpah

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  1. ABC or 123

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

    Room number - doctor depends on that too for dictation after monthly

  2. difficult co-workers

    Rizpah replied to knockandhello's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :yeahthat:

  3. Happy-happy Joy-joy! I GRADUATED RN SCHOOL!

    Rizpah replied to DavieRN's topic in General Nursing

    :monkeydance:Congrats! :biggringi It's been 11 years for me, but remember it like it was

  4. Nursing Home Humor

    Rizpah replied to maureenlynn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Here's one my mother sent me - made me think about a few of our residents we've had over the years........ Two little old ladies were sitting on a park bench outside the local town hall where a...

  5. MDS Coordinators/ RN or LPN Assessment Coordinators

    Rizpah replied to RN 4 Life's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    2longasn - If you want to, PM me your email and I will try to send you the tracking tools I use at my facility. We have "maybe" 2 late assessments a year and that usually happens when we are training...

  6. Cheap reference books??

    Rizpah replied to babyphat's topic in General Nursing

    try eBay or

  7. LSSU and Bay

    Rizpah posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

    Hi - I'm considering going on for my BSN. I obtained my ADN and graduated from Bay de Noc in 1996. Does anyone have any experience with the distance learning program Bay has set up with Lake...

  8. another person trying to get started/mds

    Rizpah replied to kathrynrn's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Not for MDS coordinator - just the training is needed. The more LTC experience a person has, the better. I've gone to a couple of different one day seminars for training and updates. Then too there...

  9. I HATE this!!!!

    Rizpah replied to BellaBloo's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I started my nursing career as a CNA 16 years ago, yesterday, as a matter of fact. I needed a job. For the first 6 months, I went home crying EVERY NIGHT - telling my husband, "I can't go back, I...

  10. Weight - Blog (somewhat)

    Rizpah replied to antidote's topic in Health, Stress Management

    OP - question for you--- do you have co-workers that are constantly talking about their weight, dieting, working out, etc.? If so, maybe listening to this topic is making you doubt that you really...

  11. Happy Nurses Week!

    Rizpah replied to allantiques4me's topic in General Nursing

    Our facility combines nurses week with nursing home week - celebrated the week of Mother's Day. We have special events each day, special "dress up" days. On Wednesday of that week we celebrate...

  12. -Gloves-

    Rizpah replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Nursing

    Re infection issue - What about keeping the gloves in a ziplock baggie in your pocket - they are protected both from anything that may be splashed on your uniform and from any perspiration from the...

  13. PM Shift?????????

    Rizpah replied to KES's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: I'm used to the 8-4 shift I have now and if I'm there past 8 pm I feel like I'm DYIN'! Back in the day before the babies, I too enjoyed the pm shift, not so many higher-ups running around,...

  14. are labs a chore or what

    Rizpah replied to dcnballmom's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility, the RN supervisor takes care of the labs. We have program in our computer system where we are able to type in our concern, for example - new labs, give info regarding the last lab for...

  15. Rn's & Overtime: Required or Voluntary

    Rizpah replied to ShowMeRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    LTC here - OT for RNs (or any staff for that matter) really frowned on, esp. now, census is really low. Only time RN OT is mandated is for late in the day admissions. OT mandated for other staff...

  16. What's your level of responsibility?

    Rizpah replied to HisHands's topic in General Nursing

    LTC / Rehab here - ditto to the

  17. Cold sores & stress

    Rizpah replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    Carmex, Blistex, my mom and dad used to

  18. Demanding Resident

    Rizpah replied to abooker's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Nice bshaw! If you don't mind, (abooker and bshaw) I'm going to print your response and use it in my next CNA class during the sensitivity training

  19. What is it with the nurses in LTC?

    Rizpah replied to lilypad2424's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Gee...do we work at the same

  20. putting urine on burns? has anyone ever heard of this?

    Rizpah replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

    :barf02::barf02:

  21. What is it with the nurses in LTC?

    Rizpah replied to lilypad2424's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've been at the same LTC facility for 16 years - started as CNA, went on for LPN, then RN. Yes, we have some staff with attitude, but we have many, many wonderful staff members too - which makes it...

  22. another person trying to get started/mds

    Rizpah replied to kathrynrn's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Working as a staff nurse in LTC wouldn't be such a bad thing to get your foot in the door, learn the facility and learn the residents. That's probably the biggest challenge to doing the MDS, is...

  23. Posting fears...

    Rizpah posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is there anyone besides me out there that is afraid to post work related happenings for fear that your co-workers may also be on this site and recognize who wrote it? and then there could be...

  24. MDS Coordinators/ RN or LPN Assessment Coordinators

    Rizpah replied to RN 4 Life's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    WOW! this is great........I've been doing MDS's for 10 years now and never had the coding explained in this way. I printed it off and took it to work and plan on talking to my director, who also...

  25. Is this abandonment?

    Rizpah replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

    At the facility where I work, all staff are considered to always be on call in the event of an emergency so I don't think napping even during break would be acceptable. Besides we're paid for our...