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  1. Blurring the Line With Subordinates

    bluegeegoo2 replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    You have hit the nail square on the head. That is EXACTLY what is going on. And, interestingly, exactly how I feel. I have that internal conflict, even though I have confronted her personally about...

  2. HELP NEEDED ASAP, with a bath program that work and can be tracked.

    bluegeegoo2 replied to sxsmith's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ok, I'll give it a go. You could maybe create a monthly paper for each resident and put them alphabetically in a binder (with those handy alphabet tabs) and have staff sign off each bath day. That...

  3. My first dump and run

    bluegeegoo2 replied to JBMmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My Mother was one of those people that everyone thought was "Just the sweetest thing!" Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but she was The Devil. Had she made it to LTC, I would have been one of...

  4. What happens when you fill out an incident report?

    bluegeegoo2 replied to Bellaxx392's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What were they care planned for? 1 asst or 2? In my experience, the care plan MUST be followed regardless. In most facilities that I have worked for, if an incident occurs d/t the care plan not being...

  5. She Wants A Cookie, but We Only Have Crackers!!!

    bluegeegoo2 replied to BoyNamedSue's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I personally enjoy making my elderly people smile, if not laugh. I try to keep in mind that they sit there doing the same thing every day with the same schedule and most appear very bored. It's my...

  6. Preparing for state survey nightmare

    bluegeegoo2 replied to Khaos RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know that I'm urinating into the wind, but if everyone just cleaned up after themselves as they go, dated bottles as they opened them, restocked when the bottle is almost empty, etc...back to...

  7. I Hate People (my rant)

    bluegeegoo2 replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't enjoy being around people at all. I interact when I have to, otherwise I keep quiet and to myself. I am perfectly capable of appearing to be all smiley and as far as I know, no one is none the...

  8. Another chapter for the book

    bluegeegoo2 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ah, so Mr. Nurse thought he would make a display of how "miserable" he really was so that he would get sent home? Cute. My kids tried those types of displays as well. Too bad that I wasn't born...

  9. BE HONEST! What part of your job do you hate?

    bluegeegoo2 replied to Cheers_G's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Feet. I hate feet. They gross me out. That being said, I can not stand the super-needy/clingy family members that keep someone stationed at the facility and have someone else call to confirm what I...

  10. Perpetuating the Stigma of LTC

    bluegeegoo2 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have a medical app on my phone that I find quite intriguing. People post pics of everything from minor skin rashes to traumatic amputations and generally offer Dx's, tx plans, etc. I learn quite a...

  11. Career opportunity or not really?

    bluegeegoo2 replied to Kellynn85's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I've been there and done that and no thank you. No amount of money is worth the stress, anxiety, and truckloads of BS that that type of environment has to offer. I would happily turn in my keys and...

  12. Are LPN's not treated as well as they should be?: Law student who wants to LPN

    bluegeegoo2 replied to bnursebutJD_ugh's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am a LVN and make a little over 50k/yr working in LTC and I LOVE IT. I absolutely adore this population and can't imagine working for any other group of people regardless of income. That being said,...

  13. Death of a Dream

    bluegeegoo2 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I am at a point where it's "do or die" with attempting to get into an ADN program. My sciences are set to expire, and my only hope of salvaging them would be to get accepted by Spring of next year....

  14. low balling me with pay rate?

    bluegeegoo2 replied to DreadiLocs's topic in Home Health

    Jeez, I work LTC in the Austin area and make $24/hr. That pay rate seems really low, considering around here HH and hospice LVN's makes at least as much as LTC LVN's if not a little

  15. Residents with shingles...

    bluegeegoo2 replied to NurseQT's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our facility policy is that once antivirals have been started (2 doses I think?) and the lesions have crusted over they are no longer quarantined. I have no idea about the eye, but 2 weeks isolation...

  16. negative nurses

    bluegeegoo2 replied to DDdove's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have found that the very best defense for people like that is to bolster your own self-esteem and sense of self-worth. The more confident you are in yourself and who you are as a person and a nurse...

  17. Nurses Diverting Narcotics.

    bluegeegoo2 replied to NurseCalamity's topic in General Nursing

    I have reported, twice. One was a nurse who had just come off of monitoring for diverting Dilaudid. She worked nights, I worked days. We had a resident that had a PICC who was ordered Dilaudid after...

  18. Director of Nursing ALF LPN Pay

    bluegeegoo2 replied to Calimom's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I worked at an ALF years ago and the managing person (I can't recall her official title, but it wasn't D.O.N.) was a LPN. She supervised the floor staff, but was supervised herself by a RN with the...

  19. 7 Social Media Posts That Will Destroy Your Nursing Career Before It Begins!

    bluegeegoo2 replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I closed down my Facebook several years ago as well. I have no desire to read about how someone's neighbor's-uncle's-cousin's-ex-boyfriend finally made parole or whatever. And that Susie didn't sleep...

  20. Lateral violence. How did you handle it?

    bluegeegoo2 replied to lvan0904's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Since you have already been up the chain of command and nothing has changed, it's probably not going to. I have worked in LTC for almost 8 years now and one thing holds true in my experience: The...

  21. WHATS THAT SMELL???

    bluegeegoo2 replied to lumbarpain's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What's that smell? Yeast. There's nothing like lifting up a skin fold only to be hit in the face with the "delightful" odor of a wicked yeast infection. Back to topic, I have not heard nor read of...

  22. Unsafe Practice by Coworker

    bluegeegoo2 replied to EmpathyInAction's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked behind nurses who were "funny" with the count as you describe. My personal practice in those situations is to have them hold the narc book to where I can see the numbers they are calling...

  23. Favorite Cheat Sheets, Resources, Tools

    bluegeegoo2 replied to LessValuableNinja's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Google. I Google everything that I'm not familiar with. :) Otherwise, I don't have any cheat sheets to speak of. We have AHT (eMar/eTar) so I write out tx's and such at the beginning of every shift...

  24. I'm a nurse and I don't like people.

    bluegeegoo2 replied to addylpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm a complete introvert who would like nothing more than to be invisible, though I feel floating cups of meds and paperwork seemingly straightening itself would cause some issue with residents and...

  25. Loan forgiveness options? Help!

    bluegeegoo2 replied to kaimkaim's topic in General Nursing

    My brother-in-law is a P.A. and managed to have a fair amount of his loans forgiven for working in a prison for 3 yrs. I have read that working for rural/under-served and non-profit institutions can...