aiker31

I hope things are getting better for you. 4 weeks sounds appropriate unless you really can't stand it.

Thanks everyone for all your input. I have not made a P and P yet. I am very well concern with the safety of this patient and of course that rest of my residents, so I am very careful in making the decision. I involved my rehab director in this matter, at this time we are only focusing on the resident's capability to transfer from bed to regular w/c. He has bilateral AKA, and apparently he was using his e/wc at his previous SNF without any concern. If any of you have a P and P for electric wheelchair pls send me a copy. Thank you everyone

I am just wondering if any of you has a formal assessment tool that you use to allow a resident to use an electric wheelchair inside the facility. I never had a resident use one since I started working in LTC. And if you can also provide me a sample policy for electric wheelchair I will appreciate it! Thank you.

I am very intrested and on the process of applying to University of phoenix's MS FNP program. I am just curious if there are any graduate student or current student here that can tell me how the program went, would you reccommend?, key points to be admitted in the said program. Any feedback would be very helpful. Thank you.

Thank you ashley i really appreciate it. I'll meat with the admin and consultants tomorrow. Hopefully it will be a success. I would appreciate comments from other experienced DONs.

Thank you for the reply ashley. I am actually worried number 1 because its a large Bldg and it would be my first DON position if ever. I guess I just need a reassurance that its ok to start on a big one (though its not ideal). This bldg does not have the best reputation survey wise but I believe thay have a very supportive corporate people. I doubt that they will like the idea of trial DON though but thats a good point. For experienced DON, how should I negotiate with salary knowing that this is a big facility? (Im in Southern California) I have no idea how much a DON make. Do you think I'm making a big jump to take the DON Position with few yrs of nursing experience.

I have an interview for a don position for a snf with 206 cert med beds. I'm not really sure if this is the right bldg to start as a new DON. I have 6 yrs of Ltc exp and currently working as mds coordinator for a smaller facility. Prior to that I worked as an adon for a yr and supervisor the rest of the yrs. I don't know if this would count but I started my first nursing job in this said bldg as a charge nurse. Pls enlighten me. Thanks

thanks deb. btw, im from southern cali

thanks for all the reply. i appreciate it. anyway we got an F for some sanitization issue at our kitchen. hopefully we'll not going to have a resurvey. for now we're still on the survey mode. stressssssssssing

Just wondering, can an F tag trigger a resurvey? state surveyors had their exit and didnt mention anything about a resurvey. then we got the notice last week of the deficiencies and all that and we have one F and one of our clinical consultant suggested that we have to be ready for a resurvey. can someone clear this for me? I never encountered and F tag and this is the first one so i dont know if i need to be worried for a resurvey. response will be very much appreciated.

thanks for the reply talino. yes it was coded as start of therapy as well

We have alot of residents who stay just for around 5 days or less and so they are qualified to be under short stay assessment instead of doing the regular 5 day assessment. Unfortunately im getting nursing rug instead of rehab rug, anyone know how to fix this issue? I use the 32 pages assessment coded as 99- 5 day- 0-1 as first assessment and 10 d/c not anticipated.

The transitioning process is pretty ugly no matter how prepared our company is. We had atleast 3 workshop and conferences re: the mds 3.0, about 5 webinars and consultants in and out of our bldg, added man power, name it and still we've got some setbacks. - Oct 1, we are ready to encode MDS with ARD of 10/1/10 to MDI but we've got some problem getting RUGS plus alot of missing sections after print out. In short, we're set to fail encoding on the new MDI system for MDS 3.0. And thank GOD last thu. our company decided to use Jraven while MDI is doing theyre hot fix. We don't want to be late encoding especially its around 45 medicare due... Anyway, I did a few CAA and I found it time consuming. I spent 2 hours doing 6 CAA for one assessment. Is there anyone here can give me a tip on how to complete it faster? Any trick? template? Can we actually do IPN in replacement of CAA? atleast here in CA? Thanks

any chance i can get a copy of that template? thank you! [email protected]

i understand what you feel... (em being therapeutic here.=D) anyway just don't stop looking for the right spot. with the present economic status of this country, we have to find every opportunity we have around. we don't have to settle for something less but we must also remember that we have to work hard to land a dream job. I'm a new nurse and newly wed like you and have been with alot of interviews and job hunting finding a perfect place, let go of some best offers around now ending up working in a much horrible job situation. im working but i'm still on the market finding for the good spot. Its depressing but we have to deal with it the best way we can. Talk with your husband, i'm sure he'll understand what you're going thru. you need alot of support here. its a long journey so hang in there! keep looking and be open, sometimes opportunities are just around we just keep ignoring it...