silverbat

silverbat

Care Coordination, MDS, med-surg, Peds

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  1. Do you include co-workers' names when charting? How do you chart?

    silverbat replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    the policy where I work is to NOT use names, but to use titles. However, I was taught to use names in school. and It is my understanding (Kick me if I am wrong) that using names is the correct thing...

  2. Scared Of Bullying

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

    Seems to me that you are worrying about alot of situations that may never occur. Chill. Enjoy life! I am sure that your decisions as a transgender person were hard to aek and only came with much...

  3. Code blue at my LTC and AHA guideline

    silverbat replied to tokebi's topic in General Nursing

    current AHA CPR guideline are 30 compressions to 2 breaths, not 15 to 2(except 2 man baby, and this will more than likely change to hands only before long. Some countries are doing 50 compresssions...

  4. Code blue at my LTC and AHA guideline

    silverbat replied to tokebi's topic in General Nursing

    my concern is that your LTC did not have a suction machine available. One should be on your "Crash Cart". You shuld not have hd to give the rescue breath if suction was available. If she had a pulse,...

  5. Charting Bloopers

    silverbat replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    i saw where a PN student wrote, in a chart....Iv INFILTRATing as ordered..

  6. this hit too close to home...

    silverbat replied to leslie :-D's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry for all you are going thru. i know it is very hard to lose someone you love so much. I am confused, tho....many are put on hospice and this lasts for months bfore they pass. Hospice does so...

  7. Dream Job Offer - Horrible Pay Offer

    silverbat replied to DaniLPN2RN's topic in Florida Nursing

    I am glad you have taken the position and wish you all the best!! HOWEVER...as a LTC RN BY CHOICE .. not by TRAPPED, I don't understand the "trapped in LTC" comments...... sorry. LTC needs dedicated,...

  8. sex in the work place...really?

    silverbat replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sex at work?? Oh I am sure it happens!!!!!! However, since I barely have time to pee, I can't imagine when I would have time for a "quickie"!!!! (Hummm a

  9. Charge Nurse did CNA work. Learned A LOT.

    silverbat replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If the "smiley faces" help make the work enjoyable, gets the resident's the care they should have and everyone has fun doing it... go for it! We have contests similar on occasion and it seems to help...

  10. I need a lot of help, failed out of nursing school

    silverbat replied to MakeMeABird's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I agree with most poster.s...brush yourself off and fight fight fight!!!! My LPN program had many students stop/quit/fail between semeters and start again the next year. They just started where they...

  11. can I.v certified l.v.n's administer tpn??

    silverbat replied to princess007's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely check with your BON. Hospital poilicy can also vary from facility to facility as to what you can do. At the facility I worked an RN had to hang the first bag, add any insulin, but then the...

  12. Salary and responsibility of MDS coordinator/ Medicare case manager

    silverbat replied to limarie's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    cape codmermaid: I agree with you that on call once every 6 weeks seems do-able by the MDS Staff. This job can be a mess, can't

  13. Salary and responsibility of MDS coordinator/ Medicare case manager

    silverbat replied to limarie's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    cape codmermaid. Not gonna flame, but I truly don't agree. I am RN MDS Coordinator for 230 bed facility. I have half the building and all the Medicare. I do Care plan meetings for all the residents,...

  14. Possible ethical question about Clinical experience...

    silverbat replied to Studying24.7's topic in General Students

    while I agree with most posters, I had a thought.. If she was texting for 3 1/2 hours, who was taking care of her pts? I can't imagine being on a floor for 3 1/2 hours and NOT seeing my patients! even...

  15. To flush or not to flush...advice please.

    silverbat replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    >>> Not sure i am understanding this...you are putting a line in the body- a vein? and NOT PRIMING IT UNTIL it is IN the vein? THEN are priming it with NS or whatever and PUSHING THE air that...

  16. Isn't there such a thing as a learning curve?

    silverbat replied to tasha1722's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, if it wasn't charted you can't prove it was done! I also am unsure why your other charting on the pt that night did not include something about holding the dilaudid. I am concerned, though,...

  17. I'm trying nursing, but I'm hardheaded..will I last?

    silverbat replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    this has got to be a joke, if so, it ain't funny. If not a joke, then I hope you have such a horrible nurse as you most likely be as your nurse if you become ill. Don't mean to be hard

  18. What to do with CNAs that sleep during the night shift?

    silverbat replied to Plagueis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am an old night shift nurse. If I am sleepy, I get up. walk around, do extra rounds, drink coffee, etc. If it is my staff, they do the same thing until they are awake. If they are unable to stay...

  19. I can't find the order for a med on the MAR/POS!

    silverbat replied to Plagueis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I always look to see if the order was written on the POS in January, and if it was carried over into February, and look in the tab where the copies of written/oral phone orders are kept, to see if...

  20. Pushing The Limit For $

    silverbat replied to disney158's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    you can only do quarterlies no closer together than 92 days, so you aren't going to be able to do THAT many extra quarterlies in a year. If there is an audit, I would imagine the Admin would get in...

  21. An assistant

    silverbat replied to rukiddingme's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I work in a 240 bed factility. There is an RN MDS coordinator, and an LPN. Both do MDS assessments, and write caerplans, as well as make adjustments to them on an ongoing basis. The Rn does the...

  22. Chart Audits -- I Couldn't Make This Up!

    silverbat replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I was reading nurses notes from the previous shift, and noticed that an LPN stufent had charted: "Iv INFILTRATING as ordered". OH MY! I knew she meant infusing, but what would an attorney do with that...

  23. So Stressed & Aggravated At My Job

    silverbat replied to shining_star28463's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine them expecting you to leave your patients and play hide and seek with this one in his car. What if he were a predator and you could have benin danger going to his car alone. If you...

  24. People who flat out lie to get you fired

    silverbat replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    ok, I am confused.. how can someone be 19 hours late for a shift?????? what kind of shifts do you work? 24 hours

  25. Older Nursing students

    silverbat replied to MarieD's topic in General Students

    today, I am 52, and am working on my BSN. I was 33 in LPN school, 38 in RN, andw 52.... everyday