CapeCodMermaid RN

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    Help! Turned Down for 5 Jobs

    CapeCodMermaid replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    At least you got rejection letters. Around here you hear nothing after an
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    Do Med/Surg Hospitals accept LTAC experience?

    CapeCodMermaid replied to angelicasmth's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    The hospital here considered working on a post acute unit in a SNF as good experience so I’m sure they’d feel the same about LTAC
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    Found out I have a pretty significant back problem, how to keep nursing?

    CapeCodMermaid replied to TammyTho's topic in General Nursing

    What do you consider a ‘mid management position ‘ in a
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    How Much was your First RN Paycheck?

    CapeCodMermaid replied to igottaconquer246's topic in General Nursing

    First job as an RN working at the highest paying SNF on Cape. $8/hr for day shift. I went to the hospital and made $10.32/hr on evenings... thought that was sweet.
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    Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    CapeCodMermaid replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    For as long as I’ve worked there has been PIB - pay in lieu of benefits- offered. Some people want vacation time accrued some do not. It’s a nice
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    Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    CapeCodMermaid replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    My taxes are so high I wouldn’t be taking home that much but it’s all part of doing
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    Hands

    CapeCodMermaid replied to dream'n's topic in General Nursing

    AVON Silicone Glove... I keep a tube on my desk and apply several times throughout the
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    Which one

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

    Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. It really is an easy choice even though my CD player is
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    Which one

    CapeCodMermaid posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Two job offers: one in a beautiful well staffed place 40 miles away. The other, larger building, bad staffing but 1.5 miles away. I could convince the second place to pay $$$ since they can’t even...
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    ARE MOST RN SCHOOLS LIKE THIS??

    CapeCodMermaid replied to Anon143's topic in School, College Programs

    I went to school in the early 80s. A 75 was the bare minimum to pass. One of my girls in the class ahead of mine ended up with a 73. She wasn’t going to graduate. She was great with the patients so...
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    Had a horrible weekend...

    CapeCodMermaid replied to carberrylane's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Just curious— why do you use ASN and BSN but nowhere
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    Infection Preventionist

    CapeCodMermaid replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I didn’t think it was difficult but I’ve been doing this for
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    Infection Preventionist

    CapeCodMermaid replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes it’s online. I’m taking it because as of November, every SNF has to have an Infection Preventionist. And I got 19.3
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    BON and alleged verbal abuse via pt

    CapeCodMermaid replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    An apology is not an admittance of guilt especially if someone misunderstood something that was
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    BON and alleged verbal abuse via pt

    CapeCodMermaid replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Did you post that you are jealous because a facility is using donuts for pressure relief? This is way off topic but no one should be using those donuts anymore...they cause more problems than they...
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    Poll: do you have professional liability insurance?

    CapeCodMermaid replied to SDANG's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I got it the day I graduated. NSO - a million dollar policy costs $130/yr. Many of the travel agencies require all their nurses have
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    White Nursing Student Shoes

    CapeCodMermaid replied to jsm1917's topic in General Students

    I bought my first pair of ‘duty shoes’ in 1980 for nursing school. They were white leather and cost $50....I still have them. Payless is closing and has some great deals. DSW has some,
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    BON and alleged verbal abuse via pt

    CapeCodMermaid replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    To the person who said "you shouldn't have apologized", I disagree. If the patient was offended whether you purposely offended her or she took something you said in the wrong way, apologizing is the...
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    Another Day Another Cut

    CapeCodMermaid posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm working as a 'consultant' at a medium sized SNF. Three distinct units...dementia unit with 40 residents, long term unit with 38 residents and a short term floor with 30 residents. New PPDs came...
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    Another Day Another Cut

    CapeCodMermaid replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It’s not a certified
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    Blood cultures from a PICC

    CapeCodMermaid posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So I have a resident who has been on IV vanco through a single lumen PICC. Her last dose of vanco is tonight. The ID doc wants us to get blood cultures X2....a peripheral draw and a draw through the...
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    Blood cultures from a PICC

    CapeCodMermaid replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I’ve worked in 15 different buildings. No one draws off a single lumen PICC. And, yes, it’s clotted off once
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    Contact Precautions and ESBL

    CapeCodMermaid posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    Does anyone have any policies about discontinuing precautions on someone with ESBL in their urine? Doc says it's facility policy. Policy says it's up to the DNS and Infection Control nurse (me) My...
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    Another Day Another Cut

    CapeCodMermaid replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There was enough of a backlash and apparently enough emails sent to corporate that they upped the staffing to 3 CNAs. My census is 30..so each CNA has 10. On the dementia unit, the census is 40...do...
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    Another Day Another Cut

    CapeCodMermaid replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I’m telling the residents to attend the resident council meeting to voice their concerns. We don’t have a family council but there is a family meeting