cebuana_nurse

cebuana_nurse

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  1. Where Do People Dream This Stuff Up?

    cebuana_nurse replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "Eating food while standing up causes gas pains." "Please tell the nurse I need a pain pill (it's a 10), when you enter the room, they are so much in pain that they are dozed off and

  2. ADON misleading title? Rant from DON

    cebuana_nurse replied to americanTrain's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Sounds like your facility need to hire more people to fill in these positions. Do you have union? Tasks like scheduling, certfications of staff, etc should be delegated to a staffing coordinator. MDS...

  3. another dilemma.. when do i ever learn???

    cebuana_nurse posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I had a resident which was admitted for altered mental status a week ago. Last night, she was extremely confused, verbally and physically abusive, exit-seeking, and verbalized that she will kill...

  4. Can't stop thinking about it.

    cebuana_nurse replied to Nurse Cathy Foley's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Things happen that are beyond control. I had a patient before that was fine for my shift till during the shift change. When the afternoon nurse came to her room and checked her FSBS. Until this...

  5. Preventing med errors in LTC...

    cebuana_nurse replied to wifeandmomoftwo's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In my facility, all resident's MARs are required to have their picture, name and DOB in it as well as ID bracelets. We change the pictures annually in that way its up to date. Just an FYI, room...

  6. offended....

    cebuana_nurse replied to 1louise1's topic in General Nursing

    When you gave him the stethoscope, you could have told him like "Here's the stet and BTW my name is not 'hey you'. I'm ____ and I'm a nurse." (with a

  7. New grad and new job=new fears...

    cebuana_nurse replied to momandstudent's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    my first state survey went fairly well. though by the time they arrived, i was done with my med pass. i do think that state surveyors come in during dayshift. i haven't heard of a state survey during...

  8. another dilemma.. when do i ever learn???

    cebuana_nurse replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    UPDATE: So far my day after that crazy 16hours of work was good. I wasn't called to the director's office. The said resident came back to the unit after 2 days and seem pretty alert and oriented. The...

  9. Really disappointed with the reality of nursing.

    cebuana_nurse replied to NurseFrustrated's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nursing school has never prepared any of its students to the reality of nursing. i wish I had known this before I signed for a 4-year degree. Though nursing has its good and bad days. Unfortunately,...

  10. another dilemma.. when do i ever learn???

    cebuana_nurse replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I guess we'll see what happens when I come in to work tomorrow. Hope this doesn't get in my record. My transfer papers to L&D is a few days

  11. another dilemma.. when do i ever learn???

    cebuana_nurse replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    With the Haldol order, I got a telephone order from the MD. But why am I being flamed with this when in fact the MD did prescribed it? I have two elderlys that are on Haloperidol but was prescribed by...

  12. another dilemma.. when do i ever learn???

    cebuana_nurse replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have two RN supervisors that night. One got to talk to the POA and helped me decide to send resident to ER. Unfortunately, we had two call-offs that night and both RN supervisors are behind a med...

  13. My first day!

    cebuana_nurse replied to anonymous1919's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Its hard to get jobs as a new nurse in the Philly area. You just gotta be patient and show them that you are very willing to learn as much as you can. I live at NEPA. There are plenty of jobs here and...

  14. calling ALL newly licensed NURSES.......[3yrs<]

    cebuana_nurse replied to NURSESrMEAN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a foreign nurse, graduated BSN on March 2007. Moved to US on Feb 2009 and passed NCLEX on November of the same year. Got 1st job on March 2010. I'm at Northeastern

  15. luncheon with the CEO.. what should I suggest?

    cebuana_nurse posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I came to work yesterday with an invitation card on the table inviting me and my co-workers for a luncheon with the CEO to talk about what we could suggest to improve our facility. To tell him...

  16. Is it just my facility, or are nurses really this backbitting?

    cebuana_nurse replied to Nurse_Tricia's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I guess this is pretty common in every workplace. There will always be people that would be out there to take you out. Lesson learned. Trust no one but

  17. LTC Nurses Bottom of the Barrel

    cebuana_nurse replied to jjnmrsmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I totally feel what most of you describe. There are even people out there that would ask what I do for a living. When I tell them I am a nurse, they ask what hospital and what department I am in. When...

  18. Common LTC no-no's (part vent, part question)

    cebuana_nurse replied to Zergasaurus's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    OMG! I had the same dilemma last weekend about a Vasotec for a patient! The patient is uninsured and his pills are being brought individually by his son. Now he is the only resident that is on Vasotec...

  19. Kudos to my staff!

    cebuana_nurse replied to nursinger's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I wonder if your facility has one of those "pat on the back bulletin boards". We have one in our wing and it is nice to know that there are people that recognize all nursing staff and the effort that...

  20. My Patient Died today

    cebuana_nurse replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    I remember my first patient death a few weeks ago and her daughter was there in her last minutes. I've known her for a month, I did her admission and saw how her health deteriorated in a couple of...

  21. Confidentiality and phone calls

    cebuana_nurse replied to ScreamBoxDolly's topic in General Nursing

    It is a sensitive issue. In my facility, we always ask the person that is calling and check their face sheets if these people are allowed to get any info with regards to the resident's condition. If...

  22. charts on plain sight--HIPAA violation?

    cebuana_nurse posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just wanna vent, we just hired a new nursing home administrator (who has no previous nursing home experience)started this new idea of nurses having to answer call bells in their assigned halls. I have...

  23. charts on plain sight--HIPAA violation?

    cebuana_nurse replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I see. Hopefully things would get better soon. Thanks for all the positive opinions

  24. Would YOU accept this position?

    cebuana_nurse replied to NJFek's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is pretty common in LTC, does your facility has an on-call admin? We have one everyday and all of our RN utilizes it as a reference if something goes wrong and you don't know what to

  25. charts on plain sight--HIPAA violation?

    cebuana_nurse replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We don't chart on closed doors but we have a room where the charts were placed before. We utilize that room for charting as well as calling MD's and updating their families with the resident's new...