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  1. So...who gets the job?

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I suppose that makes sense...seems really unfair though. The new nurse gave up a job that was much more ideal because this one was supposed to be much more ideal...she really got ripped

  2. Another nurse got fired because of me.

    flashpoint replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure I have signed for meds that I didn't give...I'm sure a lot of us have. How easy is it to be flipping through MARs and TARs at the end of the shift to make sure all your boxes are filled in,...

  3. "I Don't Care if You are Sick...Come to Work Anyway!"

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yep...the policy sucks...the former DON (we got a new one in the first week in June) didn't enforce it, so we worked short sometimes but we never had people coughing and sneezing and puking and...

  4. Fecal Transplant

    flashpoint replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in Gastroenterology

    The lady who lives across the street from my parents had it done...she used to be in the hospital two or three times a month because the c-diff was so bad...she would go days at a time without even...

  5. Racist Patients

    flashpoint replied to Williss2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But that isn't the case everywhere...here, the closest hospital is over 75 miles away. People shouldn't be jerks...they shouldn't be allowed to refuse certain staff members without very good reason,...

  6. Racist Patients

    flashpoint replied to Williss2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yep...I really do. For one thing, if a patient somehow took offense to a short, fat, red-head with brown roots peeking through and was enough of a jerk to verbalize that, why would I want to care for...

  7. Racist Patients

    flashpoint replied to Williss2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i don't think it is ok to disrespect anyone...if my post came across as that way, i apologize...i didn't mean it in an offending way. i am about forty pounds overweight, so if i use the term "fat" i...

  8. Racist Patients

    flashpoint replied to Williss2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is all very true...however...if a patient refuses any staff member for any reason, I think there should be an attempt to accomodate their wishes. If a patient tries to refuse a staff member and...

  9. In your experience have you seen this happen?

    flashpoint replied to Smith-Lee's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My LTC does not reek of urine...or anything else for that matter! Sometimes we get a temporary odor after we change someone's brief or something, but that is something that happens no matter...

  10. Did a nurse just violate hipaa?

    flashpoint replied to mclovin's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    But the HIPAA law is so vaguely specific that sometimes we all need a little clarification. Your comment seems a little on the mean-spirited side...is there a reason for

  11. Social Service Director and Housekeeping Supervisor's Ideas About Resident Rights...

    flashpoint posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We had our annual resident rights inservice last Friday. The comment was made that making the resident's wait for something that they want or need is a violation of those rights. I always understood...

  12. Social Service Director and Housekeeping Supervisor's Ideas About Resident Rights...

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Exactly...when we were having the discussion in the meeting, the SSD commented that if she got a complaint that I "made" a resdent wait a long time before I was "willing" to trim her nails and that if...

  13. Social Service Director and Housekeeping Supervisor's Ideas About Resident Rights...

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is so true! The thing that really irks me is when they were asking us how we would defend ourselves to the resident whose day was ruined because of uncomfortable shoes due to long toenails (and...

  14. Has Your Facility Ever Tried to Have a Set Schedule?

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So far, the set schedule thing is not going over well at all... We've had one CNA cut back to part time and she can only work certain days because she took another job. We've decided not to replace...

  15. Has Your Facility Ever Tried to Have a Set Schedule?

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    we tried self scheduling and it failed miserably because the DON refused to make any rules about it...pretty much whoever got to the schedule first got their heart's desire and everyone else got...

  16. Something fun: What would you REALLY like to say to new PARENTS?

    flashpoint replied to BabyLady's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Your baby is only a few weeks old...he is not old enough to decide that he doesn't like his car seat. You, on the other hand are old enough to decide that he will ride in the car seat every time...no...

  17. LPN nurse manager in LTC

    flashpoint replied to RubyRN,CHPN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I sort of fill in for the DON when she is on vacation or whatever. During the day when the RN is in the building, she is in charge...when her 8-hour shift is over, the LPN charge nurses are in charge...

  18. DON and filling in for staff

    flashpoint replied to mercy1975's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I think the DON should be able to fill in an an emergency, but there is no way she should be used on a regular basis. I'm not a DON, but I do have a desk-type job and am often a little frustrated by...

  19. Patient Self Pay, do you need to do MDS? help!!!

    flashpoint replied to jeffrey930's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    A lot of insurance companies use the MDS as a basis for payment...a lot of LTC companies use is as the basis for private payment. It is also used for QI / QM, so usually no matter where the $$$ is...

  20. How Long are Your Care Plans?

    flashpoint posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I'm still pretty new at this and I haven't taken any official classes, so I still have a lot to learn. I'm just wondering how long everyone makes their care plans? I have one supervisor telling me...

  21. Sick time and confidentiality

    flashpoint replied to riverkinz's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen similar graphs posted but they don't name names or anything...that doesn't seem right to me. Since I am a bit of a smart aleck, I would start calling in with complaints of "nasty smelly...

  22. RNs caught lying

    flashpoint replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

    Well...I don't think the OP is totally off the mark. Maybe LYING is a little harsh, but what else do you call it? I ended up doing a random chart review on my own chart once...I probably should have...

  23. When to call out sick

    flashpoint replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I will call in for the obvious reasons...having anything that I suspect is contagious...having anything that will prevent me from doing my job properly. I will also call in if I'm well enough that I...

  24. ER Nurse is Being a JERK to EMS...

    flashpoint posted a topic in Emergency

    One of our ER nurses has been just UGLY to all of our EMS people over the past couple weeks. No matter what EMS brings in and no matter what EMS does she finds fault with it. She is refusing to...

  25. Help With Supporting Documentation.

    flashpoint replied to gonenutz's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I started posting a list of what everyone's actual RUG was...and what it potentially could have been had supporting documentation been present. My DON and administrator got the hint pretty quickly....