Thanks everyone, for your replies. Good call Hygine Queen. Now that I thought about it, a personality disorder is most likely what is going on. I do understand that having a large bedsore on your...
mountain_biker_88 replied to jellyfishmafia's topic in General Nursing
The dictionary defines compassion as: sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it With that in mind, I would have to say that the ability to understand and...
Good evening everyone. I have a situation at my job and I would like you all to give me some advice. Three weeks ago, I accepted a position as a charge nurse in a skilled nursing facility. Most of the...
mountain_biker_88 replied to nurse_dot's topic in General Nursing
Unfortunately there are no laws in my state that set an actual numeric limit on how many patients a nurse can tend to. However it has to be "safe". Now what is "safe" is very subjective. The only...
mountain_biker_88 replied to nurse_dot's topic in General Nursing
Well long term care is a bit different then med/surg. Now keep in mind, the only experience with hospital nursing I have was clinicals. My patients tend to be a lot more stable then the ones on your...
mountain_biker_88 replied to nurse_dot's topic in General Nursing
I'm going to assume that you just got your license, and if that's the case, I would not accept that job. 52 patient's would be hard for an experience nurse to properly care for, much less someone new...
Good morning everyone. I just got offered a promotion to a PRN nursing supervisor at my nursing home. I've been a manager at a previous job (ISP Tech Support). Other then supervising CNA's, I don't...
Hello Everyone. I am currently in the middle of planning a possible move to Norfolk or the Hampton Roads Area, and I was wanting to ask a few questions. I'm from St Louis and I just want to move a...
mountain_biker_88 replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I've seen several patients with the ability to go over siderails, so i don't believe they will stop him from getting out of bed. I don't disagree with their use, but they are not witout risk. There...
mountain_biker_88 replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing
Originally Posted by ChristineN I agree that the CNA overstepped his bounds. However, as far as going through the pt's chart, CNA's have as much right to assess the chart as any other member of the...
mountain_biker_88 replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing
Wow! Sounds like you have your hands full with this CNA. First I think you need to address this behaviour immediately. If you don't, it will be harder to change as time goes on. I know you don't...