SRK77

SRK77

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  1. How to Take Care of Me When I Am Old

    SRK77 replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Maybe now is a good time to have DNR tattooed on my chest.

  2. Care Plan Question

    SRK77 replied to heidi_chick's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    So, do you care plan the target behaviors associated with antipsychotics? I am in the process of reviewing our care plans to include non medication interventions. Now if the census will stay up so I...

  3. coding for tube feeding... yes, again!

    SRK77 replied to crazyforthis's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Since the pt is skilled, I would think supervision at

  4. Question on the ambulation part of mds

    SRK77 replied to litbitblack's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I may be wrong, but if they can move around in their wheelchair, then I thought that would be addressed in the locomotion sections. I mostly see 0/0 and

  5. Negotiating salary for DON-LTC

    SRK77 replied to HARLEYDNS's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Continuing Care Retirement Community. I work at one and it sounded similar since it has

  6. Negotiating salary for DON-LTC

    SRK77 replied to HARLEYDNS's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Is it a

  7. Pay Rates??

    SRK77 replied to Sweeti738's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work for a CCRC so I don't receive any outside admissions. Therefore, I have a pretty sweet set up. And our LTC unit maxes out at 24. Its also a private pay facility so charting is at a

  8. Pay Rates??

    SRK77 replied to Sweeti738's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Novant pays slightly more than Carolina Healthcare. CHS starts out at 19.65 per hour. I think 20.19 for Novant. This is the last rates I heard of for new grads. However I work in LTC so the pay is a...

  9. Pay Rates??

    SRK77 replied to Sweeti738's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I live in the Charlotte

  10. Are LPN's allowed to draw blood from PICC lines?

    SRK77 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Settle down, its my facility's policy obviously. I don't work with LPNs anyway.

  11. Are LPN's allowed to draw blood from PICC lines?

    SRK77 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    NC -

  12. No Structure at LTC place I was just hired at..any advice

    SRK77 replied to LaCam_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How long can a facility operate without a DON if she is on

  13. Alert,oriented LTC patients who refuse routine nightly insulin?

    SRK77 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Brandon is right that you can't change the ordered dose if it is scheduled and not sliding scale. It's either all or

  14. Pay Rates??

    SRK77 replied to Sweeti738's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I started in LTC after I graduated in May 2011. I made $22.50 an hour plus a shift diff of $1.00 per hour for 7p - 7a. I switched facilities after 6 months and started there at $24.00 per hour. I have...

  15. RN pay in long-term care, home health?

    SRK77 replied to dtoast861's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I have 18 months experience and I currently make $24.00 per hour on the 7a-7p shift at a LTC facility as a

  16. Hourly rate for RN's, LPN's, CNA's in Your State

    SRK77 replied to pirituba's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am in NC and I make $24.00 per hour in ltc working 7a-7p. I graduated 15 months ago from nursing school. The local hospital starts new grads off at $20.21 per hour plust

  17. How long was you orientation traing when you started in LTC?

    SRK77 replied to Mrsearly2009's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I received 2 days of shadowing and then I was on my own. At my current job, the nurse who was going to train me called in on my first day, the DON had careplan, so I passed meds based on pics in the...

  18. You know it's gonna be a bad day at the home when

    SRK77 replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You know it's going to be a bad day when the outgoing nurse has her bag packed and is standing at the med cart with the keys in her

  19. Will I ever get out of LTC or am I doomed?

    SRK77 replied to JZ_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's not just you. I feel doomed too, like I forgot every skill that I learned in nursing school. I do take care of my residents. I just sometimes wish that I could have worked in the hospital....

  20. Barrier Cream on a Skin Tear?

    SRK77 replied to kparry's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I can't even begin to imagine a CNA trimming off skin that wouldn't stretch back. I clean skin tears with normal saline. Apply steri-strips. Cover with Telfa and secure with Kerlix and monitor daily...

  21. Cabarrus College of Health Sciences

    SRK77 posted a topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I just found out today that acceptance letters were mail today. So hopefully, we will know in the next couple of

  22. Cabarrus College of Health Sciences

    SRK77 replied to SRK77's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Just per credit hour in that

  23. Cabarrus College of Health Sciences

    SRK77 replied to SRK77's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I took most of my prereqs including A&P I & II before entering. I did however have to take Micro, Nutrition, and a humanities class. However, there are some girls in my class that took...

  24. Cabarrus College of Health Sciences

    SRK77 replied to SRK77's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    My GPA upon entering was 4.0. My ACT score was 23. I enjoy attending there. Have you applied for the fall 10

  25. Dear future nursing students,

    SRK77 replied to BeeFree963's topic in General Students

    I could have wrote this post myself. Especially being an older student, some childish high school behavior gets very