mothertrucker

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1. Dirty little secrets to managing LTC

   mothertrucker replied to Kashia's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I agree. I love working with medication aides. I was the "med nurse" for a couple of years before we switched to CMA's, mainly because we didn't have enough nurses. We had 54 residents then, and we...

2. acceptable catheter diagnosis

   mothertrucker replied to Txnursekristi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I received a call from our billing dept a couple months ago. They wanted to know what the diagnosis was for one of our residents who has an indwelling foley. I wasn't near the chart at the time, but...

3. Why aren't nursing homes doing 12 hour shifts???

   mothertrucker replied to GRAB1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I love 12's and will never work 8's again if I can help it. Every 3rd weekend and every 3rd holiday is nice too. Oh, yes I work in LTC. Most of the nursing homes in my area work 12's. I also do...

4. what type of socks do you use??

   mothertrucker replied to ct1tx's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I wore Nursemates pantyhose for several years until I got C.Diff and can't wear anything that binds on my tummy now. Boy can I tell the difference! My legs hurt a lot more than they used to, but it...