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  1. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    flashpoint replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I took over the MDS position, I found that whoever was the MDS Coordinator before me didn't use any punctuation at all. We have careplans with four or five sentences with no capital letters and...

  2. Lost Patient's Wedding Ring

    flashpoint replied to stoli's topic in General Nursing

    I hope it turns up! It's a good lesson to everyone to take their loved ones' jewelry home when they are

  3. No Child Carseat = Child Endangerment = Call to Police?

    flashpoint replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in General Nursing

    I can remember living in a house with lead paint on the walls and asbestos in the furnace. I can remember when no one wore bicycle helmets. I remember sneking into the bathroom and sneaking baby...

  4. No Child Carseat = Child Endangerment = Call to Police?

    flashpoint replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in General Nursing

    Here, parents are fined unless they go to our fitting station and get a car seat...they have ten days to get a seat before they are fined. Some of the guys from our fitting station will even go to...

  5. Different colored scrubs for RNs and LVNs?

    flashpoint replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think as long as name tags are visible, color of scrubs shouldn't matter. I would like to see all non-nursing staff out of scrubs. At the LTC I work at, even the activity director wears...

  6. American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators (AANAC)

    flashpoint replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I'm taking the RAC-CT class in August...hopefully I can survive the

  7. When has your intuition saved the day?

    flashpoint replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    Tuesday...yucky day in general...all of our wanderers were wandering everywhere...I gave more PRNs in one day than I normally give in a week. But...the day was actually going well...and I was going...

  8. Offered an MDS Coordinator Position

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our MDS Coordinator has been working in the position for 10 years. She loves her job but is concerned about the stress and the full time hours because she had a mild MI and has been diagnosed with...

  9. shake and shout no more?

    flashpoint replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    I teach "Tap and Talk" rather than "Shake and Shout." The logic, according to my instructor instructor is that if the person is merely sleeping, you may startle them if you "Shake and Shout." "Tap...

  10. Number of Meds per Resident

    flashpoint replied to aander2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just cringe at the amount of meds some of our residents are on. I would love to be able to sit down with our medical director and go through everyone's list really carefully. One resident takes 18...

  11. do you actually wait?

    flashpoint replied to StacieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nope...I have no problem drawing for appropriate labs, dipping a urine, doing an EKG, starting O2 or a neb. I don't always order and send the labs, but they're available. I figure if the doctor says...

  12. Nurses, Policemen and Firemen

    flashpoint replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Definite bond...partly because of what we do...partly because of the time spent together. Around here, partly because the nurses like to do megacode with medics when we take ACLS.

  13. Giving report-rude nurse

    flashpoint replied to Blackcat99's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work with a nurse who is rude, but more than that, she is just downright mean! Before I can give her report, she insists on getting things like assignment sheets for the next day, consult sheets...

  14. what are the 18 rights of drug administration?

    flashpoint replied to norhubez's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I think a lot of that goes into the basic five rights. The right drug doesn't mean that we are giving meds all willy-nilly just because it is ordered...if the patient is on Lasix and they...

  15. IV Starts

    flashpoint replied to ashleyjean3's topic in General Nursing

  16. what are the 18 rights of drug administration?

    flashpoint replied to norhubez's topic in General Nursing

    I did some searching online and found an article with eight rights... Right Patient Right Drug Right Dose Right Route Right Time Right Documentation Right to Refuse Right to Be Educated It seems to...

  17. Reality in the LTC

    flashpoint replied to pnurseuwm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I didn't know that LTCs could be JCAHO accreditied...very cool. We have 30 residents. We staff with a nurse, a med aide, three CNAs, and a bath aide during the day. The med aide takes care of most...

  18. ABC or 123

    flashpoint replied to Inquisitive one's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If we had to have anything other than what we have, I'd bet we would have been busted for it a LONG time ago.

  19. More dress code questions

    flashpoint replied to Ignatious's topic in General Nursing

    I have pink and blond chunks in my hair and I am about 99% sure I missed out on a job because of them. I ended up getting a job in one of their sister facilities and something they mentioned when I...

  20. Offered the ONLY full-time day shift position (actually just told I was taking it)...

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    At the end of April, I took a position in a small LTC. It is owned by a corporation that is pretty big in the area. I've been orienting to day shift and for the first time in my life, I like working...

  21. Offered the ONLY full-time day shift position (actually just told I was taking it)...

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    The DON told me flat out that the other nurse just doesn't measure up. I've worked with her during orientation and I thought she was a bit flighty, but the residents love her and she knows the...

  22. Acls

    flashpoint replied to bbcewalters's topic in General Nursing

    LOL...It's almost like a big class reunion. Everyone in my paramedic class took ACLS together, so we all expire together. We usually all get together for breakfast before the first class and do...

  23. ABC or 123

    flashpoint replied to Inquisitive one's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    For MARs, TARs, and the med cart, they are arranged by room number...it makes sense becasue we give a majority of the meds in the resident's rooms. The narc sign out sheets are in random order...

  24. Acls

    flashpoint replied to bbcewalters's topic in General Nursing

    I love taking ACLS...it's a lot of fun and I love being reminded of all of the things I have forgotten. Not that this thread is about that or that anyone cares that I am an ACLS junkie, but...

  25. 3 Qualities My Family Doc Must Have

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

    1. They have to be up to date...I don't want a doctor who is asking ME what the new drugs do. 2. They have to be compassionate and they need to document well enough that they don't have to ask me...