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1. INFECTION CONTROL: New Bed Pan Washing Regulations

   kwvath replied to kwvath's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   Thanks. For those that take to the soiled utility room...really? Carry a nasty bed pan through the hall? How does that

2. INFECTION CONTROL: New Bed Pan Washing Regulations

   kwvath posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   According to recent CMS updates, I read that facilities who are washing bed pans in resident sinks will receive an automatic F441 citation. When I came to LTC from the hospital several years ago, I...

3. Clinical Ladder for LTC

   kwvath posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   I am a former ICU nurse working as an ADON/Unit Manager at a SNF. When I worked at the hospital we had a clinical ladder program (RN I, RN II, etc.) that encouraged personal growth, employee...

4. call offs

   kwvath replied to worldqueenie's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   Our facility works 12-hr shifts. Each employee works 72hrs/pay period and gets paid for 80. If the employee calls off, they loose their 8 hrs of bonus pay for that pay period. Amazingly, the staff...

5. behavior monitoring

   kwvath replied to lpntoo's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   It is my understanding that insomnia is not a behavior per se. However, according to a state surveyor who was recently in our meeting, she informed us that we must be documenting non-pharmacologic...

6. Licensed Nursing Home Administrator

   kwvath replied to Aviationurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   RUN. I work in a very poor facility but it is not even close to being as bad as the one you were in. Glad you got out. I am an ADON in a LTC facility and am getting ready to start the AIT program. It...

7. Help! How do I sign my name??

   kwvath replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with OneKidneyNurse - I have always heard that you put the college degrees first, followed by the professional license - the thought is disciplinary action may take away an RN license but they...

8. SNF Transitional Care Unit: Staffing Ratios

   kwvath posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   I am an ADON at a skilled nursing facility and am specifically managing the Transitional Care Unit at our facility. Our nurses are constantly saying that they are understaffed and our corporate admins...

9. ADON pay scale

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

   New ADON with 3 years ICU experience and no LTC - started at

10. Daily Nursing Rounds in Skilled Rehab Unit

    kwvath replied to kwvath's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Thanks for the input! Unfortunately, we are already doing that. It works well but the things that are falling through the cracks are the things that aren't being addressed or aren't being brought to...

11. Daily Nursing Rounds in Skilled Rehab Unit

    kwvath posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I am a new ADON in an LTC center and am the unit manager for the Skilled/Rehab unit. In the month I have been there, I have found that serious care issues are falling through the cracks and changes in...

12. Patient ID Bracelets in LTC?

    kwvath posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am an RN and just started a job at an LTC center this past week as an ADON. My former job was in critical care. QUICK QUESTION: I was extremely surprised to find that not a single patient had any...

13. Tips for Jump-Starting Dying LTC

    kwvath posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I was just hired for an ADON position (I am an RN/BSN) at a 100-bed LTC facility. It has been a failing facility on the verge of being shut down for the past several years. They have just had a...

14. soon to Be RN and no job YET? Commute?

    kwvath replied to gelousstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I commuted 46 miles for 2 years to my ICU job and it was a great chance for me to energize, gather my thoughts, and get ready for the day/night. On the way home, it gave me a chance to defuse and...

15. Overdone with LTC....

    kwvath replied to PeacefulHeart's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No worries Peacefulheart. I know that the media says that the recession hasn't hit health care but it has. I am an ICU nurse and was wanting to switch jobs and it took me forever to get a new one. I...