silverbat

silverbat

Care Coordination, MDS, med-surg, Peds

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  1. Esme Needs Your Prayers

    silverbat replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Hang in there ESME!!! you are surrounded by light, love and the prayers and good thoughts of so many! You are still needed here!

  2. Wear gloves during assessment?

    silverbat replied to future_nurse11's topic in General Nursing

    Hummm, cheezwhiz90.. not all obese people have an abundance of slimy skin folds. These are found on all body sizes. Obese people are made to feel bad enough without gloves being worn for everything....

  3. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    silverbat replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient once who was a frequent flier, so that is why this has stuck with me. Instead of Darvocet, he would say

  4. A VERY frustrated nurse

    silverbat replied to RNnewbie2014's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sorry, but this is terrible terrible advice. It is against the law to do this. One concern is: What if you trip and fall while sneaking to the back room? worker's Comp? NOPE you were off the clock....

  5. Best MD note

    silverbat replied to beckster_01's topic in Nursing Humor

    That's great. Reoccurrence of

  6. New roommate on precautions

    silverbat replied to JBMmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In my opinion.... as an MDS/staffing coordinator, I would NEVER put the resident with VRE in a room with another resident. Your infection control nurse should be consulted prior to admitting anyone...

  7. UnitedHealth Group - Anyone work for them?

    silverbat replied to LaKeeda's topic in Case Management

    BCBS is also a GREAT place to work for care coordination.. Title is Medical management Soecialist 1, 2 or 3.. I love it.. Hasn't quite been ayear since I started, but I do truly love

  8. Time to give up?

    silverbat replied to wiwhitedog's topic in Nursing Career

    As an 'older" nurse (57). I know it can be hard to get hired when you are older. This means, unfortunately, that you may need to loose your reins and take a look at what you will and will not do and,...

  9. Shadow People/ghosts at work

    silverbat replied to name goes here's topic in General Nursing

    seen them so often in the hospital, not so much in nursing homes, but I have seen them as well. I got so they don't "bother" me, I just nod and go

  10. Anatomy of a Code

    silverbat replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Very well

  11. My bedside quirks...wakey wakey

    silverbat replied to blackvans1234's topic in Nursing Humor

    worked at a MR/DD facility had one lady who faked this until you said, wow, look at that good looking guy... she would sit up and say,

  12. Pregnant

    silverbat replied to emilybuchanan1030's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I worked in a factory with women pregnant, lifting 70 pound blocks of frozen meat and carrying said block 30 feet, for eight hours a day, so yeah, I think a nurse can work while pregnant and do her...

  13. What constitutes a "fall" at your facility?

    silverbat replied to mmc51264's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    According to CMS, if a resident changes the plane they are in, its a fall. Now, I did find that when I documentated that resident prefered to set on the floor, that was the patients right and I got...

  14. Cdiff and med A- would you skill?

    silverbat replied to TigerxLiLy's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Also you can't put isolation if they come out of their room at

  15. New Gad questions

    silverbat replied to emilyray's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    IMO a nurse needs to have quite a lot of expeieince as a nuse, preferably in LTC before doing MDS. You have to be good at assessments, know medicafions and how disease processes affect individuals,...

  16. Can nurses use medical marijuana?

    silverbat replied to melisgood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What I was told by bothe NM and MO BON -- is that even if MJ is legal in that state, it is still illegal on a federal level and until it is LEGAL on he federal level, it will remain a no-no as far as...

  17. Things Little Old Ladies Say

    silverbat replied to raiisfun's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was helping give an injection to a very agitated LOL, and after she had very colorfully described the other staff ancestries LOL, she got to me, and I guess, ran out of nasty comments, but she...

  18. Joint commission and their ridiculous mandates

    silverbat replied to nightdove's topic in Critical Care

    ok, maybe YOU lie all the time in your charting But I don't and Please, don't assume that I do, or that other nurses do. This one thing in your OP ticked me off, so will bow out for now. But please,...

  19. Why so reluctant to give pain meds?

    silverbat replied to Baubo516's topic in Patient Medications

    I had shoulder surgery several years ago, a torn rotator. Now, I am tough,(LOL) and have had several surgeries in my life, mostly ortho, but I have to say that rotator surgery is entirely miserable...

  20. Felt pretty proud of myself!

    silverbat replied to KG MSN RN CCRN CEN's topic in Emergency

    You did well to get qualified help so quickly! I had a similar experience as a new GN, I didn't know WHAT was wrong about the Strip, but I knew enough to recognize that it was wrong in time to yell...

  21. My PT called 911

    silverbat replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in Emergency

    I worked in a hospital with an emergency panic button under the desk where the Ward Clerk generally sat. On one of my first nights there, I sat down, reached for the desk top to help steady myself and...

  22. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    silverbat replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I know of a women just the other nught, who called an ambulance and was taken 22 miles to the nearest hospital....CC...?? infected hair follicles at her hairline, 2 of them! Oh me, oh

  23. IPN failed Drug Test

    silverbat replied to YF2690's topic in Nurses Recovery

    unfortunately, it is more than a "blip" This blip will, in many BON's remain on this persons license till they retire or quit, etc. Then you have to tell potential empoyeers all about it forever--I...

  24. Would you feel uncomfortable with your coworkers caring for you?

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

    I have had surgery, pyleoneophritis and pneumonia all at the hospital where I worked. The pyleo was on my floor where I was currently working. The staff was terrific!!!! They teased me unmercifully,...

  25. Esme Needs Your Prayers and Well Wishes

    silverbat replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Esmeralda. Dang it!! My kindle won't let me put anything accept Esmeralda. Sorry Get well soon!!! Anyone got an