silverbat

silverbat

Care Coordination, MDS, med-surg, Peds

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  1. Who is your software vendor for 3.0?

    silverbat replied to Ruas61's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    sunnyco. I use American Healthtech and don't find it too bad, some issues but not to bad. I was using Accucare and it also was released without testing. I think they all were!! I know that when I...

  2. How do you incorporate faith into your daily nursing tasks?

    silverbat replied to orangepink's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I consider myself a religious person. I will not "throw" my religion/beliefs in your face, neither will I harrass you to attend my church and I will NOT "put down" your beliefs whether they are...

  3. Terminated 15 mins after state left

    silverbat replied to newtress's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I had a similar incident. On the job x 2 weeks. The next morning after surveryors left, I was fired because there were some expensive repairs that needed to be done to the building, so the "last...

  4. Stupid Rules...

    silverbat replied to CoffeemateCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    So then if someone's grandma is choking on a piece of breakfast sausage and her chart reads DNR.......do we sit there and watch her turn blue and pass away ? Probably that's a stupid question, but oh...

  5. What do you do to destress?

    silverbat replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    -go to the casinos!!! I take 20-40$ generally. -reading. I LOVE mysteries! -Crocheting -messing around on the computer -snuggles w hubby, cat or dog, or all three!!! -sitting outside in the sun -going...

  6. Who is your software vendor for 3.0?

    silverbat replied to Ruas61's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    does anyone have any experience with

  7. Correct Discharge assessments

    silverbat replied to ibtootie's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    you use the EOT if they remain on Med A skilled servics but are no longer havng therapy. Discharge assessments are for discharges from the facility, deaths,

  8. 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

    HEEHee don't forget the old line about "You are correct, I am fat. However, you are stupid and I am losing weight!!!" hee

  9. Maybe I'm just old and cynical, but....

    silverbat replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    linearththinker.... just wondering, you say you go all over the world to help those who appreciate medical care on missions, which is great and I admire you... I was wondering, though, why go all over...

  10. Maybe I'm just old and cynical, but....

    silverbat replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Can't we do both? Work in a profession we truly enjoy and that satisfies our desire to help, serve, etc AND get paid well for it? I enjoy my job a great deal, I also enjoy the pay scale a great...

  11. Medical words that make you cringe.

    silverbat replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    ok, thought of one more: "cockup splint" for hand/wrist... hummmm.. not the body part I would have thought of with that particular name of

  12. Medical words that make you cringe.

    silverbat replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    1. anything to do with eyeballs!!! I can handle about anything, just keep those eyeballs away from me, especially if you can take them out and store them in a bedside table over night... ick ick ick...

  13. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    silverbat replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    oh my, don't quite know how to respond to this post... I don't disagree that someone who weights greater than 500 pounds has many issues including their weight, health and more than likely mental...

  14. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    silverbat replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for along time, and have observed others making comments similar to those on this board about making others feel guilty about...smoking, weight, etc. I have never seen anyone...

  15. Night Shift For Newbies

    silverbat replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I worked nights for 15 years, and loved them!!! If I could do my current job at night, I would!! My schedule was.. work 12 hr night, get home about 8 am, and right to bed after toast and an egg,...

  16. 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

    humm.....- -Just because I get my assessments done and charted in the computer while you are bsing with your buds doean't mean that i should stay late to help you "catch up". However, if you are...

  17. Time for some introspective criticism perhaps?

    silverbat replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Erik. MDS is MInimum Data Set. a compendium of information that CMS has decided is a minumum amount of information CMS wants compiled on nursing home residents(and others). This has gone from 17 pages...

  18. Time for some introspective criticism perhaps?

    silverbat replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    ok, I gotta say this... I am considered administration as MDS coordinator. As far as time off, not earning my salary, I beg to differ. There ain't a week go by that i don't work anywhere from1-4 extra...

  19. What To Do After You've Made A Mistake

    silverbat replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    What bothers me the most is the mistakes we don't realize we made.......... I had a nurse once walk down a hall hanging IVPB's a she went, which was fine, as it were, until I answered a beeping IV and...

  20. Irritating Classmates

    silverbat replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

    This thread is so funny, and so true!! It has been a loongg time since I went to PN school. BUT...I had everyone one of your classmates in my my class...ummm perhaps it was their Moms or at least...

  21. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    silverbat replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    of course we do all that and more.. It just gets so frutrating when you say the same things a zillion times to the same pt and they continue the same behaviors. You can teach and teach and teach, but...

  22. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    silverbat replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a pt who was having what appeared to me to be seizures almost continually. Even while asleep, she would would have seizure-like activity. I called the Doc, who said, no way, she has never had...

  23. Has anyone ever put down your career choice?

    silverbat replied to Servingshots's topic in General Students

    I am now an RN, but right after i had completed LPN school and gotten my license , my BIL, who is a bit of a donkey's back side on a good day, said, wow, don't they just drag anybody in off the street...

  24. shift wars in the middle of report.

    silverbat replied to evolvingrn's topic in General Nursing

    I think I would have gone with CNA's on turn rounds and gave the suppos to all of the ones needing it. The Big issue IMO, is that BOTH shifts let the BM days get to 5!! BOTH shifts were NOT on top of...

  25. LVNs training RNs???

    silverbat replied to JStollRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree there is no reason an LPN can't orient someone to the basic workings of a unit. An RN would need to show the RN-y tyoe things that an LPN can't do. As far as learning from the LPN, heck yeah!!...