I am the Director of Nursing in a 94 bed skilled nursing facility. I am a certified nurse assessment coordinator and I am preparing to take the nursing home administrators test as well as gerontological certification.
I am a Director of Nursing myself in a SNF. In my opinion this is nonsense. Is your DON new? First of all, it is nearly impossible for an 11-7 shift to do this because of the limited # of staff...
We take a full set of vital signs on admission, prn and monthly. If they are on Medicare part A, we take them q shift until they are discharged from Part A. We take Temps q shift on everyone on an...