0128AAE replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I love LTC and that is because you get to know the resident and the families. You can spot a change in that resident right away. Its the great thing about long term care you begin a relationship with...
Hang in there! As long as your facilty does not get taged with immediate jeopordy the facilty will not get closed down, the facility will have a certain time period to get things up to code per state...
I have seen nurses ignore protocol in LTC alomost daily like for instance our protocol states if chemstrip is > 300 then you must recheck and notify MD if no parameters are set, also must recheck...
I know nothing of being a supervisor, I in fact am a new nurse a LPN in fact, I too get tired of the DON or ADON telling us nursing what we are not doing. However I would never tell my boss to just...
My opinion of a new RN in LTC would be based on how the new RN conducts their behavior towards other staff members. A RN may be better qualified but to a LPN who has been at the job for 12 years may...
I know exactly how you feel, I find that I leave things for the next day, you know things that can wait. Wound assessments for instance, if done on day shift I will still look at wound do dressing or...
I am thinking about a decline in food intake may being the cause of low blood sugar readings. Maybe resident doesn't need oral agent any longer due to healthier choices/decrease intake from norm. So...
I am a new nurse and sometimes I get frustrated because of another nurse that is not doing her job. This nurse has called an RN because of a low blood sugar like the RN would fix this problem. The...
I am a new nurse. So I am asking for a little advice. I work in LTC and recently a resident had a decrease in oral diabetic agent due to low chemstrip resdings. This resident only gets checked once...