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    Nurse Entrepreneur Roll Call!

    clinicalteach replied to PaleoNurse's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I took time away from the bedside learned how to program and build with arduinos (all through online tutorials on adafruit and YouTube), came up with an algorhythm and started a company that assisted...
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    Why Do Agencies Feel It Is Okay Not To Pay Their Nurses

    clinicalteach posted a topic in Travel

    So, this is coming from personal experience , one episode that happened last year and one that I am currently going through. And I am not alone, it appears from reading through other nursing sites,...
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    Travel nursing pay, is it worth it?

    clinicalteach replied to Rosina's topic in Travel

    I need to edit my comment about AYA. they were very helpful and switched me to another recruiter, I received an extension offer I refused, my recruiter then told me my contract was cancelled and left...
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    Travel nursing pay, is it worth it?

    clinicalteach replied to Rosina's topic in Travel

    I am currently working with Aya on a crisis assignment in California. It started off a bit rough but part of that was my fault and the other part was a recruiter that was swamped. I was contacted by...
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    Tim Raderstorf - An Innovator of Innovation

    clinicalteach replied to Sarah Matacale's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I have to agree with everyone about Tim. I've become twitter friends and he has graciously offered to give advice or whatever I'm in need of while I start launching my Alzheimer's wandering prevention...
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    Admissions people

    clinicalteach replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As a new marketing admissions nurse/clinical coordinator let me apologize for the dingbats and fruitloops out there. I swore I would never be one of the "golden childs" as I used ot refer to the...
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    Lost It At Work: Sent Home for a Four Day Weekend to Gather My Thoughts (rant, vent)

    clinicalteach posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    So for the past few months, i've been trying to keep my head above water as the Dir. of Residential services at an assisted living. its a seventy bed higher than it should be acuity building, and it...
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    Lost It At Work: Sent Home for a Four Day Weekend to Gather My Thoughts (rant, vent)

    clinicalteach replied to clinicalteach's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I could just give you all great big hugs! I spent the weekend thinking about this, mulling over everything and rereading your suggestions! I've got a plan formulated, i spoke to some of my staff that...
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    EMARS

    clinicalteach replied to DixieRedHead's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    We have Mars from the pharmacy on paper that are never right, and since we also have residents with Kaiser those we have to type up, I went on line and found a free emar trial and love it so does the...
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    Targeted by psychotic, manipulative patient

    clinicalteach replied to HM7380's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations on only having one more week!I'm rooting for
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    Assistive Living Billing

    clinicalteach replied to Laurab14's topic in General Nursing

    Lol!but you can admit it which almost turns it
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    Struggling with Nanda Statement for a pt that has been given only 1 month to live

    clinicalteach replied to cbncas's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    has to be about comfort? later on when you have to write more nanda/care plans, always use Maslows hierarchy to prioritize. (Thanks Daytonite and Vicki for turning me onto that list! helped a ton of...
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    How to use pain as a vital sign?

    clinicalteach replied to maanggohs's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    don't forget that when you chart about pain, you should chart when it started, chronic or does it come and go , what type of pain(sharp, stabbing, burning) relieving factors, or factors that...
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    to my fellow filipina/filipino nurses working abroad

    clinicalteach replied to nursey2008's topic in International Nursing

    crap..its late, so please spare me the flame citations from the grammar and spelling
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    to my fellow filipina/filipino nurses working abroad

    clinicalteach replied to nursey2008's topic in International Nursing

    Here is how I explain why different languages than that of what our patients speak is not condusive to a therapeutic atmosphere: Where we work, a majority of our patients have some degree of dementia...
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    Assistive Living Billing

    clinicalteach replied to Laurab14's topic in General Nursing

    I just started sitting down with family members for the biannual assessment of their loved ones, so that i could show them where the "point totals" that are used to determine the care levels come...
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    Targeted by psychotic, manipulative patient

    clinicalteach replied to HM7380's topic in General Nursing

    wow! great insight! I am in the midst of a passive agressive resident's blame others and lets get them fired game. She has bullied another resident prior to my joining the team. She is always with...
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    Kaiser Should Be Ashamed Of Itself!

    clinicalteach posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I won't blatantly say medicare fraud, but something sure looks like a duck and walks like one. I had a new admit who the kaiser hospice nurse told me during my initial report was completely unable to...
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    Kaiser Should Be Ashamed Of Itself!

    clinicalteach replied to clinicalteach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sorry using my phone to type. On the way to tge
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    Kaiser Should Be Ashamed Of Itself!

    clinicalteach replied to clinicalteach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    She passed away yesterday. She gave up because she said what was the use...she didn't want to sit around. I'm heartbroken. I'm moving how the food chain and going to make someone. Answer for
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    Kaiser Should Be Ashamed Of Itself!

    clinicalteach replied to clinicalteach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I totally agree with you, and have had two patients graduate from hospice in a positive direction! I have reported it to my ED, I sat down and talked with the family and then all of us had a meeting....
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    Need a Cranial Deimpaction of the Writing Kind!

    clinicalteach replied to clinicalteach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Dagnabbit! I thought the spelling police were on strike with the grammar police! point taken, and my spelling usually is quite decent. Thanks for the advice, I'm going with the physiological responses...
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    Need a Cranial Deimpaction of the Writing Kind!

    clinicalteach posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Okay, so I realize this isn't the pressing life or death question, but I'm just so mentally pooped, I can't come up with anything for Decembers newsletter for the Resident Care Directors column. Any...
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    Kaiser Should Be Ashamed Of Itself!

    clinicalteach replied to clinicalteach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you for the reminder! I discussed it with my ED who is going with me up the chain of command there and I am also going to call the number I just
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    Need a Cranial Deimpaction of the Writing Kind!

    clinicalteach replied to clinicalteach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ugggh!! perhaps i should have read further than the back of the lingerie drawer because I used a whole different divergence tool....and now for some reason I feel the need to write about sexuality in...