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  1. How many residents is too many for one nurse?

    arabstarRN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How many residents is too many residents for one nurse to safely and adequately take care of? Where I work, the nurse has anywhere from 15-25 or 30 residents, depending on what floor/hall they are on....

  2. Just hired at a Skilled Nursing/LTC Facility

    arabstarRN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well I am excited to say that I got a job today! I will be working for a skilled nursing facility that is within a corporation here in Michigan that has 15 branches throughout the state and will be...

  3. Is it wrong if I....

    arabstarRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    is it wrong and a HIPPA violation if I were to call the hospital's ICU and inquire about a patient I transferred down there earlier today? I am very concerned for this little lady and really want to...

  4. Is it wrong if I....

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I can only imagine the calls ER nurses can get!! Definitely some people have ulterior motives or just are so nosey and think that everyone's business should be their business... I had a guy...

  5. Is it wrong if I....

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that a simple "hi, how are you doing and how is your dad/mom/brother/sister/etc?" shouldnt be a bad thing, but sometimes you just never know how a facility or someone else is going to take...

  6. Is it wrong if I....

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

    I knew what was meant, but it still prompted that slightly funny picture... maybe its the exhaustion of the week

  7. Is it wrong if I....

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

    This just brought a somewhat funny picture to my mind. I can just picture seeing a patient on the street and trying to avoid them because of the facilities policies. Talk about looking like you don't...

  8. Is it wrong if I....

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

    The son was very grateful to me the three days I cared for her and kept thanking me for giving his mom such good care and keeping them up to date on her condition each day he called or physically came...

  9. Is it wrong if I....

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

    Now here's another question: Say I am at work, but for whatever reason, am not scheduled to that set where a patient I had taken care of for several days was still in the hospital. Is it wrong to go...

  10. Is it wrong if I....

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am not at work, I am home since I am currently on first shift and I transferred her down there after she went into respiratory distress this morning before noon. I do care, and I haven't called yet...

  11. Thanking your preceptor...

    arabstarRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am starting a job in a good hospital and will be with a preceptor for at least 8 weeks, if not 12. She seems really nice as I met her the other day and after all the hard work she is more than...

  12. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    arabstarRN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    While in nursing school, we had rotations through the ER at a local hospital. One day, a girl came in because she was bleeding from the southern region and was freaked out. After thorough workups,...

  13. abandonment issue

    arabstarRN replied to erbs's topic in General Nursing

    it was my last day and I had already put in my two weeks notice, so if I had walked out, wouldn't have mattered to me if this place wanted to say they fired me or not... I did work the shift, even...

  14. abandonment issue

    arabstarRN replied to erbs's topic in General Nursing

    I have a question, in regards to patient abandonment - if you come to work, and are assigned to one unit ALWAYS, and were only trained on that unit (I am a new nurse), and then you come in to work and...

  15. Need some advice please...

    arabstarRN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, first solid week on the unit that I have been requested to work... still supposed to be on orientation, yet I had two shifts by myself this week alone... and I am quickly finding that this unit...

  16. Need some advice please...

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is the biggest reason I left. Some staff had the attitude of give them their prn Med, and I do not agree with shoving meds at someone like that. Redirection for more than 3-4 is almost impossible...

  17. Funny things they say....

    arabstarRN replied to joanna73's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LMAO that last story made me bust out laughing. Thanks, I needed

  18. Neuro or cardiac out of school

    arabstarRN replied to bumblebee2010's topic in Neurological

    Congrats!!! I wish I could have had an opportunity to get into Neuro right out of school! I graduated in March, but all the Neuro units around me want at least a year experience before they even...

  19. HIPAA question

    arabstarRN replied to SneakySnake's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Facility I just left violates HIPPA every shift... they have residents who go behind the nurses station and take paperwork from books/charts/whatever they find, Mar books have had pages pulled out of...

  20. Need some advice please...

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was honest with the unit manager TWICE and got nowhere both times. I got "You will fit in in time" and "you just aren't seasoned yet." and "every new nurse feels overwhelmed and like they can't...

  21. Just a rant

    arabstarRN replied to SneakySnake's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Seriously?? Just because someone is "hospice" doesn't mean EVERYTHING stops being treated or NO medications are given! That nurse obviously doesn't understand what HOSPICE is or does!!! Wow... scary....

  22. Skin tear in Assisted Living

    arabstarRN replied to MommaRN86's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    triple antibiotic

  23. Walk away or work one more night before telling them to shove it?

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I de go in last night and worked my shift. I also left written letters of resignation for my manager and the DON. one of my preceptors said "good for you, get out before this place ruins you." The...

  24. Walk away or work one more night before telling them to shove it?

    arabstarRN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

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  25. Walk away or work one more night before telling them to shove it?

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Resignation letters turned in... looking forward to starting at the new facility