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For those of you working with the developmentally disabled in a community living situation, how are medications administered?

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Welcome aboard, Mert

Anything that the Marx Brothers are in is always a belly laugh for me. They are sooooo estupido!!!

I'm going to want to know how much it helps your practice! Sounds like fun and I'm in dire need of both a pedicure and a manicure!!! :)

In our workshop setting each client has a "lifestyle" plan that staff are to be familiar with. It outlines their particular behaviors and how staff is allowed to intervene. Of course everyone gets thrown for a loop occasionally when someone does th...

Outstanding article.

There goes the neighborhood. (they will also be taking a very small rural hospital in Iola, Ks.)

WaaaaHoooo, this is just the ticket!! I work with an agency that supports the developmentally disabled adult population in their communities. I am also a certified developmental disabilities RN. My clients have many different syndromes, mental issu...

WELCOME ABOARD!!

Hang in there!!

YAAAAHOOO for YOU!!

I'm on call 24/7 too. Luckily most problems can be taken care of over the phone in my job.

Maia -- Hang in there!! It will get better. Is it possible to ask for a different preceptor or could you let your current one know what you need from them to learn the job properly??

Welcome Mint, and I agree also. She's looking for trouble I think.

I had a woman one time that was admitted for detox, (hooked on pain pills), that could come up with the best reasons for needing a pain pill. The one that made me bust a gut was when she called me in because she was having vaginal spasms!! Wanted to...

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I work for an agency that supports the developmentally disabled (DD) and this state allows unlicensed individuals to administer medications.They are called Community Living Specialist (CLS) They are put through a 15 hour class on administering medica...

I agree!!

:angryfire Sounds like Ipnga has an axe to grind!! You sound SO mad!:angryfire :angryfire

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: The three sisters joke was hysterical!!

My mother was a nurse during WWII. She was trained in Ireland, (born there), and worked in England. Met my father and here I am. I also have an aunt in Ireland that was an OB RN for over 30 years before retiring.

This is a facinating thread and a topic I've not given much thought to. I agree that it would be cumbersome trying to track all that a nurse does during a shift, or heck, even an hour sometimes. I also believe that this type of billing will never co...