CapeCodMermaid RN

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    what did I see?

    CapeCodMermaid replied to gfoster6993's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I work in Massachusetts and have never seen this used in long term care. We're usually in the forefront of anything new. I'm thinking the bones of most of my patients would
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    How to Determine Whether a LTC / SNF is Well Run

    CapeCodMermaid replied to vintagemother's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yep. we've had cases of CDiff,MRSA,Scabies..and they've ALL come from the HOSPITAL. We take care of sick people. My facility is well staffed and doesn't smell. I am so tired of people on here...
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    Bully?! Help,I need good comebacks!

    CapeCodMermaid replied to rn865's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How is this
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    Cornstarch and incontinence care

    CapeCodMermaid replied to CabanaDay's topic in Home Health

    Corn starch will cake up and most likely cause an infection. Try to get your HH patients to buy 8 HR briefs. They are more costly than regular ones, but they are very absorbent and keep the urine away...
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    does your facility have a defibrillator?

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

    Trouble is....suppose you find them away from their room? My resident don't wear name bracelets and my campus is
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    You know it's gonna be a bad day at the home when

    CapeCodMermaid replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ....when you walk in and your administrator says "We're f&@(-d" on the way to a budget meeting with the
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    need info please!

    CapeCodMermaid replied to renge1's topic in Case Management

    I'm not doubting that you have what someone calls a certification. I'm saying that all credentialing bodies I know of require
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    So very tired!

    CapeCodMermaid replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to chuckle to myself when the nurses in my faciity, most of whom are in their 20's, complain about being tired if they have to work 3 eight hour shifts in a week. I work 5 days a week and never...
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    need info please!

    CapeCodMermaid replied to renge1's topic in Case Management

    How can you get certification without any experience? Isn't a certain amount of experience a pre-requisite? I'm certified in two areas and had to have experience before I could sit for the
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    Chemotherapy Handling Concerns!

    CapeCodMermaid replied to Daisy212's topic in Oncology

    I've never worked in oncology but I did have chemotherapy years ago. The nurses all wore industrial strength gloves...you know like Playtex Living Gloves...any time the handled the bag or tubing. One...
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    I passed Chronicity today! Woo Hoooooo

    CapeCodMermaid replied to cocob's topic in Excelsior College

    I see. I'll get out of here then. Been out of school for
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    I passed Chronicity today! Woo Hoooooo

    CapeCodMermaid replied to cocob's topic in Excelsior College

    Is that an online
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    DNR pet peeve

    CapeCodMermaid replied to Vespertinas's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Vespertinas,I try not to take things personally on an impersonal post, but I cannot help but take offense at your inference that your idea of geriatric care is more right then mine. I've been in the...
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    DNR pet peeve

    CapeCodMermaid replied to Vespertinas's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I said IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE IN A WEEK OR A FEW DAYS. Of course not everyone in long term care dies in a few days. It's very easy for some people on here to criticize by taking a sentence or two...
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    DNR pet peeve

    CapeCodMermaid replied to Vespertinas's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If someone is going to die in a week or a few days, they don't need vitamins, statins, alphgan, allopurinol,iron,flomax, and probably the
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    How many residents is too many for one nurse?

    CapeCodMermaid replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    WOW...HUH?? I'm not judging anyone. I'm just saying that some facilities have great staffing. And to further clear things up, I am NOT an administrator OR an owner. I have NO say in how much the staff...
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    Am i fully to blame for this or did my mentor act complacement.

    CapeCodMermaid replied to tinkerbell419's topic in United Kingdom

    I'm thinking this so called student is FOS. In one post she calls the medicine the yellow med. In another she calls it the mouth stuff and lastly she calls it nystatin. Something smells funny in
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    DNR pet peeve

    CapeCodMermaid replied to Vespertinas's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    95% of the medication people take in LTC could be considered
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    on call rotation

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

    I have 181
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    DNR pet peeve

    CapeCodMermaid replied to Vespertinas's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Obituary common on Cape Cod: Died unexpectedly at the age of 98. If you don't expect to die when you're 98, when DO you expect it? However, people are entitled to choose whatever extreme measures they...
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    Am i fully to blame for this or did my mentor act complacement.

    CapeCodMermaid replied to tinkerbell419's topic in United Kingdom

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    Do nurses use their wristwatch in real life nursing?

    CapeCodMermaid replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    I use a sun
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    DNR pet peeve

    CapeCodMermaid replied to Vespertinas's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    DNR--we do not initiate chest compressions or rescue breathing. We also have Do Not Intubate, Do Not Hospitalize(except for fall with fracture), No IV, No GTube.It's no wonder so many people and...
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    vent about other nurses attitudes

    CapeCodMermaid replied to pinkfluffybunny's topic in Excelsior College

    Thirty+ years ago when I was a new grad (yikes), I was working in the hospital. There were three nurses on the unit and in came one of the "famous" doctors as a patient. He called us--summoned was...
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    on call rotation

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

    Our consultant (read queen of all) has decided we don't need managers or supervisors since "what do they do?". Really?!!? Apparently it's been more than a while since she actually spent time on a...