silverbat

silverbat

Care Coordination, MDS, med-surg, Peds

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  1. can my DON force me to work the floor?

    silverbat replied to glm777's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    They can make it a "Do it or be fired" type of thing. If that happens, you will have to decide what you want to do. MDS coordinators are in demand. I think you should be given orientation to the...

  2. Funniest thing you've ever seen happen to a doctor

    silverbat replied to Guttercat's topic in Nursing Humor

    Its kinda like gallows, cop or dark humor sometime. You gotta laugh or you would cry. Sometimes it is just too funny not to laugh. The Doctor that remarked that the KARMA had caught up to him was...

  3. Funniest thing you've ever seen happen to a doctor

    silverbat replied to Guttercat's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a doctor who was young, but his hair was white, he was tall, nice looking and a very pleasant, soft spoken person. I never heard him be mean to a nurse or patient. However, it didn't stop me...

  4. Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    silverbat replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

    I once walked into a darkened pts room and she yelled watch out! watch out, oh be careful!!! So I am hoping and jumping around trying to see what I am to be so careful about. FINALLY get the light...

  5. How do you handle an unprofessional nurse?

    silverbat replied to JavaMama98's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't think physicalaly moving a cart is against any state laws, but it is really inconsiderate. I am curious why you are counting before you are done with your work? Why not fnish one side...

  6. I don't want night shifts

    silverbat replied to Phillip1988's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was a full time LPN student and worked full time. I worked 8 hours fri night 10p-6a after going to class all day, sat 6p to 6a, sunday 10p-6a, the went to school MOnday at 8 am. School tues 8-4,...

  7. So, what's your minimum "good shift" standard?

    silverbat replied to LobotRN's topic in General Nursing

    a great shift is when no one died or got worse because of something I did, or did not

  8. Its OVER!

    silverbat replied to AcNJe927's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations!! I had to laugh, tho, for some reason, your post made me remember when I took my RN boards: one of the questions was about the simpleist you could imagine, kinda the "what does the T...

  9. MDS associated Quarterly assessment

    silverbat replied to SitcomNurse's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    every interdisciplinary team member shouild be writing a note in the chart with each assessment. My IDT members gnerally write theirs when they are setting in the weekly care plan

  10. What is your clinical makeup routine :)

    silverbat replied to loveoutloud's topic in General Students

    I wear Bare Minerals. EASY and quick to apply. feels and looks light and natural. I don't always wear eye shadow or mascara. lip gloss, maybe. This was what I wore to clinicals and to work

  11. Assessment help please

    silverbat replied to crazyforthis's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I would not do a sig change until I had done an admission assessment, becuse that is due first. So I would have done what talino

  12. MDS associated Quarterly assessment

    silverbat replied to SitcomNurse's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Not exactly sure what you mean, but I just give the departments a blank copy of the appropriate MDS sections for them to fill out while they are doing their assessment for that section. They give it...

  13. So we want to be respected as educated professionals?

    silverbat replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    I was talking in general, not picking on any particular nurse, new or

  14. So we want to be respected as educated professionals?

    silverbat replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I know that not everyone is an English major and can do all aspects of grammar, punctuation, etc., however, It is important to do the best we can when we have to write. We all know how we...

  15. Am i fully to blame for this or did my mentor act complacement.

    silverbat replied to tinkerbell419's topic in United Kingdom

    I have so much to say, that saying nothing is probably the best thing. Unfortunately, I have seen situations where one nurse handed another a med cup and said give this to mrs jones. REALLY? Not...

  16. A Time You Made a Patient Smile?

    silverbat replied to amyn87's topic in Nursing Humor

    One time I started an Iv on a pt with many dx, including schizophrenia. She laughed till tears came throughout the whole IV start. I thought she was laughing at the TV, but...NO!!! She looked at...

  17. Abuse Allegations

    silverbat replied to txdon's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    My first instinct is that the DON is playing with her license and may involve those above her as well. I would RUN RUN to another job.. She is falsifying nformation and doing other ILLEGAL things!...

  18. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    silverbat replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    NO. I do not have poor time management skills.. I have been so busy this shift that I did NOT have time to take a lunch break!! AND, I don't understand how you got anything done when you took a...

  19. Let me get this clear

    silverbat replied to FutureRN_NP's topic in General Nursing

    love the "old bat" comment>> am proud to be an OLD

  20. Dumb things new nurses do....

    silverbat replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    the funniest booboo I saw, was the pt was sitting inthe chair in the room and let his wife lie down in the bed with covers on. the CNA took the vital signs of the "PT IN THE BED" LOL.. which was...

  21. Dumb things new nurses do....

    silverbat replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    These are too funny!! Remember, tho, it ain't just the new nurses that goof up!! WE ALL DO IT!!! One time, back a few years, I was flushing a line with Saline using a syringe and a needle-remember I...

  22. status = ready for delivery... UGHHHH

    silverbat replied to Nurseadam's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    ok, I guess I am confused.. what is the "CC" you were referred to? they way I understand it, there is NO way to know ENTIRELY for sure until the BON notifies you officially. When I took NCLEX, there...

  23. Passed NCLEX, 75 ?

    silverbat replied to ~PedsRN~'s topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations!! I remember the olden days, when I took the NCLEX for LPN. I graduated August 20. The next available test date was OCTOBER 18th, I believe. (There were only 2 dates a year, Oct and...

  24. Blue skin

    silverbat replied to thelema13's topic in Emergency

    Back, about a million years ago, when we put blue food dye in GT feedings, I worked in a hospital, and nursing home resident came in with all over skin that was a very delicate shade of blue.......

  25. MDS nurse from home

    silverbat replied to achot chavi's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    perhaps, if your job is just to input the information into the computer, like a data entry position, then, yes, you could. HOWEVER, since the emplasis on 3.0 is ASSESSMENT, that means the chart isn't...