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  1. They called the cops!

    flashpoint replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I did the no-call /no-show thing once. Another nurse asked me if I could pick up her shift...I told her no because I had plans. She felt that whatever she had to do was far more important than what...

  2. MDS 3.0 Draft Final Version Jan. 15, 2008

    flashpoint replied to Talino's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I was pretty disappointed by the teleconference too. My DON and I listened to it together (we couldn't watch the slides online because the 'net was down) and she dozed off! I kept waiting for her to...

  3. MDS 3.0 Draft Final Version Jan. 15, 2008

    flashpoint replied to Talino's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I'll be there with you! The internet is going to be very busy Thursday

  4. Thanks..One question though

    flashpoint replied to jpav33's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    We don't do an MPAF on anyone. Our corporate people think it is better to do the full MDS and avoid any problems. Apparently when the MPAF came out, some facilities were doing it when they...

  5. Can a Sticker on my car = Hippa Violation?

    flashpoint replied to AtlantaRN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    So...is an ambulance with flashing lights parked in front of a house a HIPAA violation? I know there is a big difference, but it is along the same lines. I would rather have people know that I am a...

  6. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

    flashpoint replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We keep a transfer packet in each chart...it is just a bunch of important papers stuck in one of those plastic sheet protectors. It contains two copies of the face sheet that lists the resident's...

  7. MDS 2.0 Revision January 2008

    flashpoint replied to Talino's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    So...will the software companies like LTC automatically put the new rules into their software or am I going to have to think more than I already do?

  8. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

    flashpoint replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am a paramedic who also works LTC, so I can see it from both sides. I work over 30 miles from home in a town that is not part of our mutual aid region, so the EMTs there don't know me. I've called...

  9. Paramedic on Medical Surgical Units outside of just the ER

    flashpoint replied to ParamedicGuy's topic in General Nursing

    I don't disagree that paramedics should not be replacing nurses...especially in areas outside of the ER. I think paramedics can be very helpful in the ER...not to replace nurses, but in addistion to...

  10. Calling in sick....feeling worst after the call!

    flashpoint replied to TeresaB930's topic in General Nursing

    We are lucky enough to be just slightly overstaffed. So...if someone calls in and can't find a replacement, we just mandate someone to stay late, mandate someone to come in early, and are usually in...

  11. patient condition phone calls

    flashpoint replied to marygirl's topic in General Nursing

    It's frustrating, isn't it? Sometimes I think it is worse in LTC. There are days that it seems like everyone who comes to visit a resident thinks they are entitled to know what is going on with the...

  12. What ice storm? Get yourself to work!!

    flashpoint replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like the idea of risking my life to get to work. I am lucky enough to have an office type job, so if I don't show up tomorrow, I can always make it up later in the week. I do, however watch...

  13. Hit 'Enter' Key to make Paragraphs! (Then I can read your allnurses posts!)

    flashpoint replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Very good point...and something I have been guilty of more than once (except I put the asterisks in myself)...either way not appropriate and a violation of TOS. I apologize to anyone I have

  14. Funny Things Naieve Medical Personnel Have Said

    flashpoint replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    From a pregnant 16-year old in a CNA class I helped teach... "You mean I have to clean men's 'bathing suit' area? I've never done anything like that. I wasn't brought up to look at a man with no...

  15. Some parents amaze me

    flashpoint replied to teeituptom's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a mother bring her three kids to the ER to have their mosquito bites counted and measured. Mom and dad are divorced and dad took them camping...they got a few mosquito bites. They also...

  16. Gving all the meds all at once?

    flashpoint replied to ari3sdog's topic in General Nursing

    Well...in my LTC, we have residents...not patients. Since they are considered residents and since the LTC is where they live, not simply where they are recuperating from an illness, we try to keep it...

  17. inverview question how would you answer?

    flashpoint replied to rn660r's topic in General Nursing

    When I ask the "Tell me about yourself" question, I like to hear about the person...not their education, not their work experience, not awards they have earned. It is a good time to talk about things...

  18. Gving all the meds all at once?

    flashpoint replied to ari3sdog's topic in General Nursing

    If the current schedule doesn't work, get it changed. One of our nurses bribed the medical director and the pharmacy consultant with breakfast and they all sat down and went over the med schedules...

  19. Walking off in the middle of report?

    flashpoint replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's annoying, isn't it? I go through something similar every week when we have care plan meetings...I'll be trying to go over the care plan and they are talking about everything other than the...

  20. The most expensive, silly or cheap gifts you received from your hospital

    flashpoint replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    The worst things...all of the $$$ that was to be spent on nurses' week given to the nurse manager's father's memorial in the hospital's name (he died the week before nurses' week) and a 1998 calendar...

  21. Funniest Medical Related License Plates You Have Seen

    flashpoint replied to al7139's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of our firefigher / paramedics has 911SAVU. One of my preceptors in paramedic school had

  22. A doctor asking you to give him a cup of coffee!!

    flashpoint replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    I would have probably just gotten him the coffee and left it at that. We have a grouchy, sarcastic, arrogant doctor that comes to our nursing home once a week...I always have a cup of coffee and some...

  23. Mneumonics for ACLS?

    flashpoint replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    That is the old algorithm for VF/PVT...check out

  24. NA's not professionals

    flashpoint replied to Jabramac's topic in General Nursing

    :) :) :) :) :) :)

  25. Hospital Administrator Fired for doing jury duty!

    flashpoint replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I've been called three times and excused three times...I am a volunteer firefighter / paramedic and every time I've been called there was something that I had been involved in with the ambulance...