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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 caregivers with preventing Alzheimer's and other c...

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, and facebook groups that this is becoming an increas...

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 me high and dry on my pay still. it wasn't until I...

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 the vp of business process and then the head of rec...

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 device.

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 marketer at my former AL, he brought in the money, i co...

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 was severely under the barr for what state would sa...

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 came to me after this all occurred and was told th...

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 staff. Made my boss put it in the budget for this...

Congratulations on only having one more week!I'm rooting for you!

Lol!but you can admit it which almost turns it endearing

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 students out iwth it!)

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 exacerbate it and of course define what type of scale you u...

crap..its late, so please spare me the flame citations from the grammar and spelling police.

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 or alzheimers, one of the typical manifistations i...

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 from. Service plans and care levels are much like the...

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 this one gentleman whose family has asked (they hav...

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 use her right side, and could not walk. When i m...

Sorry using my phone to type. On the way to tge family.

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 this.

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. We tried to get in touch with the higher ups at k...

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 to physical touch etc..and tying it in with the h...

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 help with my cranial deimpaction to re-establish my...

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 found.

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 the elderly and have a ho! ho! ho! xmas! . Serio...