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  1. Nursing Salary Facts - You need to know!

    km rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    The following are government statistics from October 2002 Contemporary Long Term Care. They represent average national salaries. Nursing salaries overall have remained stagnant in the past 10 years....

  2. Nursing Pay - Why So Low?

    km rn replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

    I think what we can do about it is educate ourselves and others about the stagnation of wages issue in nursing. Yes the starting wage in many areas seems comparable...but a nurse's wage will quickly...

  3. Nursing Pay - Why So Low?

    km rn replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

    Government statistics regarding nursing salaries. October 2002 Nursing salaries overall have remained STAGNANT in the past 10 years. Nurse's actual earnings have increased steadily from 1983 - 2002...

  4. Nursing Pay - Why So Low?

    km rn replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

    It is not so much the starting wage in nursing that is horrible - it is the fact that your salary will stagnate and you will forever be making within 1000 - 3000 dollars more than a new graduate. The...

  5. Nursing Salary Facts - You need to know!

    km rn replied to km rn's topic in General Nursing

    The information was in an article in Contemporary Long Term Care Magazine from 10/02. However, it was Secretary Thompson of HHS who made most of the comments and it might carry more clout if you...

  6. Nursing Salary Facts - You need to know!

    km rn replied to km rn's topic in General Nursing

    Actually it wasn't meant to start a teacher/nursing war. Secretary Thompson was pointing out that most people are aware of the inequity of teacher's wages...however, very few people are aware that...

  7. Refusing and safety

    km rn replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    I've only refused to float to a specific unit once. Instead of forcing me to go to that unit - I was pulled to another. I was working SICU and they wanted to pull me to the Bone Marrow Transplant...

  8. Broken Sterile Technique?

    km rn replied to nurse deb's topic in General Nursing

    Please check into why the catheter is being changed every month. We no longer change catheters every month - it increases the risk of infection. We change catheters if we need to get a urine...

  9. Feeling incompetent

    km rn replied to AnotherRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Actually it sounds like you are doing well - we usually have 1 nurse for 24 residents and 3 aides. So you are carrying a heavier load then we

  10. The more experience you have the less you are paid???

    km rn replied to TRN's topic in General Nursing

    We need to get the stagnation of pay issues out to the forefront of the nursing shortage issue. It is not unusual or surprising to find nurses who have worked at a facility for years to be making...

  11. What is your net take home pay every two weeks?

    km rn replied to JMP's topic in General Nursing

    1400 every 2 weeks, I am an RN working in a nursing facility as a QI Nurse/Nurse Manager. I have been a nurse for 18 years. Believe me - you pay stagnates the longer you've been a nurse and the...

  12. How many CNA's work

    km rn replied to RNIAM's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our staffing is as follows: Days: 2 nurses and 6 CNAs for 48 residents PMs: 2 nurses and 6 CNAs for 48 residents Nights: 1 nurse and 2 CNAs for 48

  13. MDS - SURVEY DEFICIENCY

    km rn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We had our annual Medicare/Medicaid Certification Survey last week. The survey team cited 278 - Accuracy of assessments because 4 items were coded incorrectly. 3 residents were involved. ERROR #1:...

  14. Ques. about presetting up of meds

    km rn replied to mondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How about looking at the 6am meds and weeding out the ones that should be given at a later time. I agree that it is very hard to get resident awake and in proper positioning for swallowing pills....

  15. MDS - SURVEY DEFICIENCY

    km rn replied to km rn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for your kind replies! Our state survey agency believes that every regulation demands perfection. As such, they cite anything they see regardless of what you can show them from a QI...

  16. TO ALL NURSES

    km rn replied to hanginginthere's topic in General Nursing

    I agree Hepatitis presents a bigger threat than AIDS, etc. However, also look at disability issues - neck, back, shoulder, etc. injuries disable many nurses every year. Recognize the risks and do what...

  17. cna assignments

    km rn replied to catskillrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in a 192 bed facility. However, there are 4 units in our facility On day shift and pm shift, each 48 bed unit is fully staffed with the following direct care staff: 2 charge nurses, 6 CNAs, 1...

  18. Having your water turned off

    km rn replied to woodyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I hate this topic - I know how hard it is to get away for a decent break and how easy it is to run...run....run...and need water to help you function better. Unfortunately, OSHA has taken a very rigid...

  19. tattle tell

    km rn replied to daisie's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes...what an awfull way to spend your work days - afraid of the spy. I also work in long term care - I am the QI Coordinator for 192 bed facility. It is too bad your administrator has become...

  20. What do we really think we are worth?

    km rn replied to swmn's topic in General Nursing

    My biggest problem with nursing is stagnation of your salary. I started nursing in 1984 at $12.00 per hour. I thought this was a fair wage - it seemed midline between what my nursing and non-nursing...

  21. Cover-ups aka bibs versus cloth napkins

    km rn replied to km rn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for your replies - any additional replies, responces would be appreciated. The terry cloth like coverups we use work well BUT it looks and feels so institutionalized. Even residents who eat...

  22. Cover-ups aka bibs versus cloth napkins

    km rn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We currently are using cloth coverups made of an absorbant terry cloth type fabric. These cover-ups can be tied around the resident's neck. We have ordered and looked at some cloth napkins...but...

  23. advice for preceptorship in LTC

    km rn replied to Stefani's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Parkinsons, COPD, CVA, Arthritis, CAD, Osteoporosis, Orthostatic Hypotension, Anxiety Disorders, Quadriplegia, Depression, Bi-polar Disease, Depression, Asthma, Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma,...

  24. advice for preceptorship in LTC

    km rn replied to Stefani's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Parkinsons, COPD, CVA, Arthritis, CAD, Osteoporosis, Orthostatic Hypotension, Anxiety Disorders, Quadriplegia, Depression, Bi-polar Disease, Depression, Asthma, Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma,...

  25. Where is JCAHO in all of this mess??

    km rn replied to RNSue's topic in General Nursing

    JCAHO is a voluntary accredidation agency - hospitals etc. pay money for the luxury of being surveyed by JCAHO. I agree with the others - it is very easy for focus on paperwork compliance - it is...