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  1. how much time for AM med pass?

    I have 14 people whom I do AM meds, which includes 3 FSBS, 1 insulin, 2 BP, 1 ted hose, (2) topical creams with one leg wrap, and one inhaler. I think it takes me about 30 min. just to preset meds...
  2. Education plan?

    my school has a lot of prereq plus Associates degree requirements (math, activities, humanities....) the science pre reqs are impacted and we get registration dates on priority....basically the more...
  3. Plugging along

    I have anatomy, speech and 2 PE classes. I am on waitlist for intermediate algebra and chemistry. If I get algebra, I will drop speech. I will prob keep anatomy and not take chem they are at the...
  4. Pre-req question

    it takes as long as it takes. All I have is time. I try not to think of the obstacles that will discourage
  5. if your GPA isn't high enough to be accepted into the lottery then you have to try another route like private school. The JC I'm going to is quite clear and upfront about their GPA qualifications....
  6. I was the one who posted initially about this change. We have a central medroom with the cart in it. We use the mars there and pop pills for certain residents based on urgency and personal habit....
  7. We just had this taken away and I could cry. keep in mind, its not a SNF. We don't keep a cart in the hall. The options are they can come to the med room or they can be delivered in their apartment....
  8. whats primary care nursing?

    10-12 patients is a lot just for a CNA doing
  9. Today one of the residents wanted to see how tall I was, he said turn around, so I did. When I did he grabbed my rear end. two handfulls of it. I shrieked and swatted his hand away. He talks dirty...
  10. Help!! WE ARE EXHAUSTED!!!!

    We don't have as much of a workload but we have showers on residents preferred days and times, and until recently they have all been PM showers. Now we run 3 on the floor during the AM hours, of...
  11. Students not working while going to school....

    I am in prereq's and I work FT, I can only take 2 courses a semester because of it. I do blieve that I will have to quit working at least FT in order to make it when I get to nursing
  12. Changeover

    I hate changeover...with new orders, new shedule, and
  13. In my facility the march schedule just went up, there were cuts from 5 days to 4 days and one shift was cut from 8hr to 6hr, and all shifts except the med techs got cut 30 minutes. Also, how does...
  14. Here's the problem, there are a few of us who have set schedules, which really does impact the rest of the crew...forcing them to work weekends more than they want. (and I feel guilty--but I'm not...
  15. A New Grad in an ALF

    (I'm a caregiver--not nurse) I always check inside trashes for important items, check the bathroom floor, shake pill cups. its a good idea to shake linens, I hadn't thought of
  16. A New Grad in an ALF

    will you be shadowing
  17. What is a senior assisted living facility?

    assisted living is exactly that, it IS long term care but not skilled nursing. It is a place to live and is based on a social model, not a clinical model. Ours has private efficiency apartments, and...
  18. Pre-Nursing hospital jobs?

    why would you need hospital experience in an acute care setting, I thought you were looking for a job? Caregiving would give you experience in a health-care with emphasis on social type setting,...
  19. Pre-Nursing hospital jobs?

    caregiving in assisted living. California doesn't require CNA to be hired as caregiver in residential settings.
  20. we don't check unless an incident such as alleged fall, or Signs/symptoms, when they move in and when they return from a hospitalization or extended
  21. Assisted Living Center

    In our community we have one nurse, and she has been on leave since Dec. I think that nurses aren't as needed as they are in SNFs. PS. I'm not a nurse, I'm the med
  22. Assisted Living Center

    I am in ALF, we have all meds in locked room, narcs double locked, no meds in apartments. We have 3 care staff for 24 residents. One care staff in memory care, one care staff on AL, and one med...
  23. inappropriate admissions....discuss

    "totally continent, minimal meds, ambulatory" They end up showing up--602 in hand, with a dementia diagnosis, incontinent of bladder and bowel, total transfer assist, late riser, fussy and
  24. how much time for AM med pass?

    I am managing now to get all 20 people done by 9:15 at latest, we need to stagger the MARs but I think that would be a job in itself to get the pharmacy to
  25. I have met more and more people like me who are going back to school to get into nursing programs. I am a non-traditional student, 37 years old..been a SAHM for about 13 years, but in the workforce...