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  1. Do you ALWAYS do the right thing?

    rnto? posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a night supervisor at a SNF. I guess there was an issue last night I should have called the MD about. Instead of telling me directly, the unit manager told the 3-11 supervisor in passing, which...

  2. Do you ALWAYS do the right thing?

    rnto? replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    @ 2shihtsus-I'd be happy to PM you. I don't feel right posting publicly. You never

  3. Army Reserve CRNA

    rnto? replied to Johnfitz13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I don't know about CRNA in the army, but my dad was in the reserves (we just had his retirement party) and he was gone twice during my childhood, for almost a year each time. The most recent time was...

  4. Advancing my career in Sub Acute/LTC

    rnto? posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have been a supervisor at a SubAcute/LTC facility for 1.5 years. I'm getting frustrated in my current position, and am confused on how to advance my career. My performance reviews have been...

  5. staples left in

    rnto? posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Got this patient from the hospital, one of my nurses finds a staple still intact in an incision that's otherwise healed. Report from hospital says staple were removed last week! It's now 9pm. Do I...

  6. staples left in

    rnto? replied to rnto?'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The hospital left it in. We remove staples all of the time, but the skin has started growing around the staple - it looks like it might take a little digging to get it out, honestly. It's a knee...

  7. chickenpox immunity

    rnto? replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    Did you have the vaccine or the

  8. What nursing drug book do you like?

    rnto? replied to sparklie.lady's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if micromedex makes a book, but if they do I need to get it. I would always look stuff up on thier site until I lost access:( Loved it much beter than my LWW

  9. when crazy family member is also a nurse

    rnto? posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What do you do when family members introduce themselves as a nurse and say things that are just plain wrong? (from a medical information perspective) How do you educate someone who thinks they...

  10. when crazy family member is also a nurse

    rnto? replied to rnto?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So, I'm pretty sure this nurse was crazy! (I'm a little crazy myself. Maybe one of my coworkers is somewhere posting about

  11. when crazy family member is also a nurse

    rnto? replied to rnto?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've dealt with my fair share of nurses as family members. I don't treat them differently than other family members, and I agree that there are alot of factors that go into how nurses (or any family...

  12. when crazy family member is also a nurse

    rnto? replied to rnto?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    that's better than what I wanted to say in my

  13. ineffective ? care plan for 93 yo with dyhydration....but why???

    rnto? replied to anangelsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    I honestly wouldn't have felt comfortable bringing up death/dying as a student nurse, but as a staff nurse, sometimes you have to say what no one else will. Doctors, IME, are not interested or not...

  14. ineffective ? care plan for 93 yo with dyhydration....but why???

    rnto? replied to anangelsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    Are you asking what else you can do for him or frustrated because you feel like you have to do something even though he seems to have made up his mind? What is the history on this gentleman? Was he...

  15. ADON pay scale

    rnto? replied to Schmoo1022's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Wow! I make close to 26/hour as a unit supervisor-I KNOW my ADON/DONs are making much more than me. It is a larger facility with a sub-acute unit, there are three units and 160 beds. Don't know if...

  16. Physician assistant versus Nurse practitioner

    rnto? replied to xng's topic in Nursing Career

    Again, where did you get your nursing education? Or even your basis for this statement? Nurses couldn't come up with a basic differential for a cough? Sure, we don't know everything. We are not...

  17. Physician assistant versus Nurse practitioner

    rnto? replied to xng's topic in Nursing Career

  18. Physician assistant versus Nurse practitioner

    rnto? replied to xng's topic in Nursing Career

    Don't forget about butt wiping

  19. Physician assistant versus Nurse practitioner

    rnto? replied to xng's topic in Nursing Career

    I just love it when PAs or MDs create SNs on nursing forums in order to bash nurses and nursing

  20. Should I go into Nursing or PA

    rnto? replied to Clueless01's topic in Nursing Career

    Just re-read your post, and honestly I don't think as a PA you will be doing "hands-on

  21. Should I go into Nursing or PA

    rnto? replied to Clueless01's topic in Nursing Career

    The roles for RNs and PAs is VASTLY different. PAs do not perform surgeries-I don't know if they assist in any way-the surgical PA I worked with basically rounded on patients after surgery and...

  22. please commiserate with me -very frustrated

    rnto? posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So, I was 3-11 shift supervisor tonight at my SubAcute/LTC facility. Got report from unit manager that Mr. X was "allowed to self administer his own meds" and was told it was all taken care of. OK....

  23. Preconception/Pregnancy and Work Safety

    rnto? replied to knittingknurse's topic in General Nursing

    I steer clear of shingles (7 months) even though I had chickenpox before-better safe than sorry IMO. I also wear gloves to give meds like proscar and megace, which are cytotoxic. If I have to crush...

  24. negative urinalysis, positive symptoms

    rnto? posted a topic in General Nursing

    We had a patient today who is extremely confused. Per the daughter, this is not her baseline, (Although the daughter deals with her in a way that makes me think it might be baseline). Daughter is...

  25. bad mgmt + bad decisions=burnout?

    rnto? replied to sasha2lady's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am a supervisor and will say that myself and my ADON, DON DO help with toileting, etc. But I don't kid myself that it's the norm and I don't take offense with anything posted in this thread. We've...