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  1. Always finishing late, but is clocking out on time OK?

    donmomofnine replied to wishingmary's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Give yourself some time! You are going to do just fine!

  2. Long term care nursing

    donmomofnine replied to ParrotHeadRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree. Ask if you can shadow someone. Each facility is different and you need to see first hand what this place is like. LTC facilities can range from wonderful to awful. In our area, the pay is...

  3. Always finishing late, but is clocking out on time OK?

    donmomofnine replied to wishingmary's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It is illegal to work off of the clock. Your facility will face huge fines if this is a practice

  4. Ready for full-code residents?

    donmomofnine replied to Betty_SPN_KS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We do not do CPR in our facility for our residents. We strongly encourage honest discussions, advanced directives, etc. If families don't budge, then we offer that we will call 911 and we try to...

  5. Taking Kids to the Job is it OK?

    donmomofnine replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What a wonderful experience! Of course, as an administrator, you had to also jump through many hoops to make this happen. I am sure that one of them included obtaining liability insurance to cover...

  6. Taking Kids to the Job is it OK?

    donmomofnine replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I guess I cannot even imagine this happening?! What about the nursing assistants who see professionals with their kids at work? Don't they deserve the same consideration? They can really cannot afford...

  7. Taking Kids to the Job is it OK?

    donmomofnine replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Julie, I understand what you are saying about the children being beneficial to the residents! I did those things with my children as well, however, I did them when I was off duty. The children and...

  8. Bailing out of LTC

    donmomofnine replied to RN4ustat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I really do feel fortunate. I really think it has to do with resources, financial and staff. I am sure you experienced tremendous amounts of pressure and I don't blame you for getting out! You will...

  9. Did you get any training on elder abuse?

    donmomofnine replied to military girl's topic in General Nursing

    I go to an all day seminar on elder abuse every year. I then do that training for staff once a year for their annual inservice and for all new employees at

  10. Bailing out of LTC

    donmomofnine replied to RN4ustat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have found being a DON to be compatible with family life! It depends on where you work and the administrator you have, as well as support services~ such as administrative assistant, etc! I do...

  11. Where did you start?

    donmomofnine replied to beccaleigh72's topic in General Nursing

    Labor and delivery. Never worked M/S unless pulled there. Then worked at federal prison, then

  12. Do more forms = better pt. care

    donmomofnine replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I was a floor nurse, I used to ask, "Do you want me to DO it or just WRITE about it, cause I don't have time to do BOTH!" Of course, the reply was the same old song "if you don't chart it, you...

  13. Do more forms = better pt. care

    donmomofnine replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think we do it for the regulators! Last year, we started putting everything in the Caretracker (computer) system. Surveyors were mad because we could get the info (meal consumtions, bowel...

  14. Recommend Spanish litterature?

    donmomofnine replied to susanna's topic in Nursing Career

    Yep, in the seventies for me! Spanish iv. Be amazed that I remember ANYTHING from the

  15. Recommend Spanish litterature?

    donmomofnine replied to susanna's topic in Nursing Career

    Rimas Y Leyendas, I think it is by Unomuno. Miguel de Unomuno? It was beautiful to read and easily understood in the spanish language ~ you don't "translate" to enjoy

  16. Advice re. Demanding Resident

    donmomofnine replied to mary761's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Can you get social services involved? At my facility they are super helpful when if comes to stepping in on this type of situation. They would probably meet with the resident, doc, and family and...

  17. Need advice-Night shift LPN at LTC

    donmomofnine replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    At the facilities I have worked, the main problem seemed to be that there were more call offs than for other shifts. It was harder to replace the call offs also, and staffing was sometimes minimal to...

  18. HIPPA Laws

    donmomofnine replied to robin_mds_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I love it when we are doing an admission assessment on a resident in a two bed room! The resident is hard of hearing (of course) and the nurse is in the room. with the roommate present, shouting "Do...

  19. HIPPA Laws

    donmomofnine replied to robin_mds_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

  20. HIPPA Laws

    donmomofnine replied to robin_mds_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I always have the abbreviation screwed up because I was first taught that it was the health information portability and PRIVACY act! GEEZ! That was just the beginning of all the confusion, it would...

  21. HIPPA Laws

    donmomofnine replied to robin_mds_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We are electronically hooked up with our local hospital. Our admissions coordinator can access any of the medical records for our residents via the computer and it's HIPAA compliant and we get the...

  22. HIPPA Laws

    donmomofnine replied to robin_mds_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We are electronically hooked up with our local hospital. Our admissions coordinator can access any of the medical records for our residents via the computer and it's HIPAA compliant and we get the...

  23. Smoking

    donmomofnine replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I guess my point is that no one is "forcing" people to come to our non-smoking LTC! People do have a choice and they CHOOSE whether or not to live where I work! Smokers have freedom to live where...

  24. Smoking

    donmomofnine replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I guess my point is that no one is "forcing" people to come to our non-smoking LTC! People do have a choice and they CHOOSE whether or not to live where I work! Smokers have freedom to live where...

  25. Diapulse For Wound Healing

    donmomofnine replied to nurseygrrl's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    We just started using a similar thing, Provont, on a resident who came to us with a huge sacral wound. In just three days time we have noted improvement to a nasty wound! We were using the wound vac...