rnman99

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  1. One hour before and one hour after

    rnman99 replied to Manofstone's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That's a whole 'nother thread by itself. I might stop to help someone *after* the resident has taken their meds and I've charted them, but do not interrupt me while that cart is open, unless it's a...

  2. Nurses forced to stop med pass

    rnman99 replied to Kinzie21's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How many meds are there at 1700? No place I've ever been has had a huge med pass at 1700, mostly coumadins and sliding scale. Our BID meds were saved until 2000. Maybe they could shift times a

  3. Guilty and relieved at the same time

    rnman99 replied to mtjoanna's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That place sounds about as psychotic as the place I left a year ago. I stuck it out for 5 years, and felt like I was putting my license on the line every time I set foot in the building. If nobody...

  4. One hour before and one hour after

    rnman99 replied to Manofstone's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds like something that got stacked on your writeup just to beef it up. When I was working the floor there was no way you could get the normal LTC med pass done in 2

  5. New to MDS - ? salary

    rnman99 replied to lisa41rn's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    If I had my MSN I wouldn't be doing MDS anyway. They don't pay me enough for the work I do and the education I do

  6. Does anyone like being and MDS coordinator?

    rnman99 replied to NiceShot's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I used to like 2.0. 3.0 not so much. The discharge assessments have basically doubled my workload, I have no help, and I feel like I'm a hamster on a wheel, trying to catch up and not get in trouble...

  7. New PPS assm't code - OMRA Change of Therapy

    rnman99 replied to Talino's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Like I don't have enough to do as it

  8. Frustrated w/salary and hours; help with CAAs/CPs

    rnman99 replied to wyogypsy's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    The three of us in here were wondering what would happen if we all turned in our notices all at once, if they don't get us some help. Right now I have 33 PPS by myself, I had 85 MDSs last month....

  9. After 2 months..what do you think of the MDS 3.0?

    rnman99 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    This came from the government. You only assume the people who created this are smarter than you

  10. case mixing with PPS/OBRA combined assessments

    rnman99 replied to SMURPHYLPNRACCT's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Where I'm at, if it's an OBRA assessment, it goes into case mix, no matter if it's combined with a PPS assessment or not. If they're cut from MC on day 30, and stay in the facility, whatever medicaid...

  11. Having hard time coding Section G

    rnman99 replied to jessie26's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Remember, too, that therapy gets them nice and early when they're bright-tailed and bushy-eyed, and nursing gets them at the end of the day after therapy has inflicted their pain and torture and...

  12. workload-am i too slow

    rnman99 replied to hoggRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I do all the PPS myself. PPS census ranges anywhere from 35-50 depending on the season. See my above post. We have 170 beds, my 2 cohorts split the medicaid and private pay residents, do care plan...

  13. workload-am i too slow

    rnman99 replied to hoggRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I wish my PPS census was 20... I'd make your coworker go to standup, though. I hated going to standup before 3.0 came

  14. workload-am i too slow

    rnman99 replied to hoggRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Don't know. End of Jan, my PPS census was 41. I had 90 total assessments; 24 full admits with CP and CAAs, 18 discharges. Plus the usual ancillary stuff they dump on us. I think we get dumped on...

  15. Forgotten Assessment

    rnman99 replied to ibtootie's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    If your resident was discharged on day 15, you're OK. If not... I'm not sure. If you submit a 14 day after the discharge then you get flagged for out of sequence. Maybe you could modify the d/c and...

  16. The Patient I Failed

    rnman99 replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If those family members can't produce a POA then tough **** you go with the advanced directives.

  17. What's YOUR nursing obsession?

    rnman99 replied to tanthalas's topic in General Nursing

    Hydration... most people aren't hydrated well as it is, our patients even less so. If they aren't NPO, I make 'em drink when I come