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  1. Nurses showing up late for work.

    flashpoint replied to justmanda's topic in General Nursing

    There is a HUGE difference between being late once in a while because something unexpected comes up and being late more often that you are on time. Maybe I am wrong, but if I were late that much, I...

  2. Recognized by coworkers on AllNurses.com?

    flashpoint replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    I know there is at least one person who knows my real name and she knows the name I post under on another board. I post under one of those names on an EMS board and someone from there has posted here...

  3. Calling out sick

    flashpoint replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    I see nothing wrong with calling in if you are truly sick or even if you just need a mental health day as long as it isn't a habit. The facility where I work has been working short staffed for about...

  4. Hurricane coming: evacuate or stay and work?

    flashpoint replied to FroggyMama's topic in General Nursing

    We aren't anywhere close to where a hurricaine could hit, but we do get our share of blizzards and tornadoes. I would probably ship my husband and kids off to somewhere safe and stick around. I am...

  5. MDS training unavailable in Georgia

    flashpoint replied to juniemoon99's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Here is a link with the upcoming AANAC classes. http://www.aanac.org/pages/workshops.asp You also have the option of joining AANAC and doing their program at home. The traning on the CMS site is...

  6. Going to start the AANAC RAC-CT class tomorrow...

    flashpoint posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    :yeah:I was supposed to take the class last year, but things got put on hold because of budget and because I was new. So...my class starts tomorrow. I get to take a trip clear across the state and...

  7. How do you get your MDS done?

    flashpoint posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Here's what we are currently doing... Every Thursday, I put out a list of the MDS that are due in the next seven days...I list the resident name, the type of assessment, the date that I want the...

  8. Questions about Missing Narcs

    flashpoint replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    Something else I do is...about an hour before my shift ends, I try to go through the narcotics and the book and make sure I have signed everything out. It's a pain to have to try to figure out what I...

  9. Questions about Missing Narcs

    flashpoint replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, only one person per shift has access to the narcotics. If the other nurse needs a narcotic, they have to ask that nurse to get it for her. When I am counting, I like to look at the...

  10. Abandonment issues!

    flashpoint replied to RNtowering's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Until we can change the opinion of all of the nurses and CNAs, etc out there that calling in sick is a bad thing, we are going to have this issue. I understand needing to do something about people...

  11. Going to start the AANAC RAC-CT class tomorrow...

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    The tests really aren't bad and you get three chances to take each one. They let you know which questions you missed, so be sure to write the answers on paper before you do the test on the computer....

  12. Going to start the AANAC RAC-CT class tomorrow...

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I passed all ten tests. The tests weren't bad...it helps that you get three chances to pass and that they let you know which questions you missed. The class was really good...I learned a lot. There...

  13. Mds- ? On Section M

    flashpoint replied to The Secret Fan's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    If it is just a scab, I code it as an abrasion (M4a)...if it is eschar over a pressure area, it is supposed to be coded as a stage

  14. call offs

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

    I used to work at a place that took everyone who had no call-ins in a three month period and drew names for $50. I think they picked four names a month. I won it three or four times in the year and...

  15. Patients Going Behind Nurse's Station

    flashpoint replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    That will probably be your biggest challenge...having a united front. If too many nurses allow the patient to be behind the desk, you are the going to end up being the bad

  16. holiday schedules

    flashpoint replied to karenmv51's topic in General Nursing

    We work the holidays as a block, so if you are scheduled for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year's Day, you also work the day or night before. We decided to block the holidays because we have so...

  17. Just for fun :Ideal LTC

    flashpoint replied to hippylady7211's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No more than five meds per resident...and all of them in a form that the resident can (or will) take. Adequate staffing. AEDs. Hot food that residents will actually eat...and a variety of food. My...

  18. Different terms/meds used across the USA

    flashpoint replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in General Nursing

    One of the nurses I used to work with called a blood sugar a "dextras." I've also heard it called a "CBG," a "gluco-stick," and a FSBS. I usually just say blood sugar. The place where I did my...

  19. Would you ask a patient's child to dress his or her parent?

    flashpoint replied to ThatPoshGirl's topic in General Nursing

    My feelings have nothing to do with the fact that an LTC costs big bucks...it has to do with my parent's comfort. Neither of my parents would be remotely comfortable with me taking are of their...

  20. What Would You THink if This Information Was Published in Your Company Newsletter?

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/cancerupdate.asp The Snopes part was not in the new letter...just the part about the information being from Johns Hopkins (actually the newsletter called it John...

  21. What Would You THink if This Information Was Published in Your Company Newsletter?

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Right...but they didn't print the Snopes part...they just printed the part about "Johns Hopkins says..." I checked it out on Snopes myself because the whole thing seemed a little out there to me and...

  22. Would you ask a patient's child to dress his or her parent?

    flashpoint replied to ThatPoshGirl's topic in General Nursing

    If you are the parent's caregiver and the parent asks that you help, it might not be inappropriate...otherwise, I can't see how it could be appropriate. I think it is the nurse's job to help the...

  23. What Would You THink if This Information Was Published in Your Company Newsletter?

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    It's just weird that they print some of this stuff. The worst thing is that the editors of the newsletter are a nurse and the head of I.T. It seems to me that someone should know

  24. Yall will think that this is stupid....

    flashpoint replied to nursewiggins78's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    A lot of it is for QI/QA..."they" want to know how many of our residents are on psychotropic meds...and they want to know that they are necessary. Same with diuretics. Things like injections can...

  25. Clinic Nurses...Do You Use Another Doctor for Your Personal Doctor???

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just started working in a clinic...LOVE the doctors and the PAs there, but I really have no desire to change providers. Everyone else in the clinic sees someone in the clinic and uses someone in...