anndoodle

anndoodle

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  1. LTC staffing problem - may I have your opinion, please?

    anndoodle posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in LTC in Arkansas. Not long ago, I started working 11-7 because we had 3 nurses to quit. I was working 7-3, and I like the increase in pay and the less-stress atmosphere. My problem is this:...

  2. Are side rails considered restraints?

    anndoodle replied to Sassy1's topic in General Nursing

    In my state, siderails are considered a restraint unless the patient is able to let them down themselves. Basically, anything here is considered a restraint if the person is unable to "undo" it. For...

  3. Dilemma: FORCED to float to med/surg - advice please!?!?!

    anndoodle replied to anndoodle's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    thank you all for your kind words and encouragement - means a lot to know that there are others out there who have "been there, done that" and survived. my monday went by slowly, but i looked at it...

  4. Dilemma: FORCED to float to med/surg - advice please!?!?!

    anndoodle replied to anndoodle's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One other thing: yesterday, my nurse manager presented me with my 90 day evaluation. I received all high marks - a very good eval, so she said!!! The nurses I work with on our unit are all very nice,...

  5. Question on contact hours - anyone????

    anndoodle posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have a question about contact hours that we must have when it's time to renew our license for nursing. I just renewed my license in December, so now I am starting over with my contact hours and in my...

  6. gero-psych...nothing but a nightmare!

    anndoodle replied to MisPlacedTexan's topic in Psychiatric

    It takes someone special to work in this line of nursing - and not everyone is cut out for the job. I've dealt with everything from dementia to schizophrenia to alzheimers and each diagnosis is...

  7. Question on contact hours - anyone????

    anndoodle replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your input! Do others agree with this? I was asking my nurse manager about this situation today, and she wasn't sure herself about whether the computer hours would count....I think I'll...

  8. Expectations of agency nurses

    anndoodle replied to mattsmom81's topic in Agency Nurses

    One of the hospitals close to where I live is "doing away" with their pool nurses and hiring in agency nurses to replace them. This makes no sense, because the pool nurses get around $28 per hour and...

  9. Anyone from North Central Arkansas???

    anndoodle replied to CarrieRN2006's topic in General Nursing

    Not currently in school - am looking forward to going back after my daughter graduates high school, tho. She's a Junior this year - I have a son who is a freshman in college, too. Our local college...

  10. Anyone from North Central Arkansas???

    anndoodle replied to CarrieRN2006's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I'm Ann from Northest Arkansas, nice to meet you! Are you both in LPN or RN

  11. Owww! She bit me!

    anndoodle replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    I work in a geriatric/psychiatric unit where this can be common occurances. But then again, we are where they send those patients who beat up on the staff, bite, kick, scream, etc. and we're who they...

  12. Tube feeders and the state inspectors

    anndoodle replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I worked LTC, I went on a med pass with state and had ALL tube feeders. I got out the meds, crushed the ones that were pills - made sure I had the order to crush unless contraindicated - mixed...

  13. LPN LTC Workloads and too little time

    anndoodle replied to Silverhawk's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Been there, done that....my answer is to get out while you still gave your sanity. May I ask how the staffing is? I was being left on 11-7 shift in LTC with 88 residents to care for...which is too...

  14. New to "BIRP" charting....anyone?

    anndoodle posted a topic in General Nursing

    The geri-psych unit I'm working at is great, and all is going well. But the charting they do is "BIRP" charting ) behavior/intervention/response/plan. This is totally new to me - does anyone know of...

  15. Vote here! allnurses presidential race poll

    anndoodle replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! This race is close even on the website! When I cast my vote here on this poll, it was 67/66.....this is gonna be

  16. Nursing shortage???

    anndoodle replied to jbrum's topic in General Nursing

    How did it affect my job? It made me have to quit a job that I thoroughly enjoyed. I was an LPN in LTC working 11-7, but the facility I worked at kept putting me in the position of being the only LPN...

  17. CNA's/PCT's how much do you make?

    anndoodle replied to Karen06's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In Arkansas, where I am, CNA's fresh out of school start out at $7.50...but at the LTC facility where I used to work, since they were so short staffed, the CNA's who worked extra shifts made $18.oo...

  18. Overdue baby testing?

    anndoodle replied to burger914's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was 2 weeks overdue with my son before my doc decided to do a c-section. Had CPD and baby weighed 9# 9 1/2 oz. I did a stress test each week beginning at my due date, and was checked each time -...

  19. vaccine shortage foreshadows future where healthcare is rationed?

    anndoodle replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm....there's apparently no shortage here in Arkansas. We've all had our flu vaccines

  20. I just resigned my position! Would you?

    anndoodle posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in LTC in Arkansas, and lately I have been put in the position of being the only LPN in the building on the night shift for periods of time, due to short staffing. We have 2 nurses stations,...

  21. nurse's aides doing accuchecks

    anndoodle replied to panurse101's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I can see two sides to this: first, if I'm the one giving the insulin, you better believe I'm going to be the one to check that sugar for the sliding scale. When I worked LTC, many diabetics got...

  22. Anyone ever feel like there license is in jeopardy?

    anndoodle replied to RN123456789's topic in General Nursing

    It's mostly all the support and good thoughts I received from this website that help me make my decision. It really helps when you've got other nurses to "back you up" in your decisions... means more...

  23. How to handle cussing nurses?

    anndoodle replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Only thing I can say is to never think that all the 11-7 shift nurses do is "sit on their butts". Trust me, those call lights can go off just as frequently during the night as they do on the days....

  24. Anyone ever feel like there license is in jeopardy?

    anndoodle replied to RN123456789's topic in General Nursing

    i went through this just recently!!! worked 11-7 at ltc, where they kept putting me in the position of being the only lpn in the building on the night shift for periods of time....with a census of 88...

  25. LTC staffing problem - may I have your opinion, please?

    anndoodle replied to anndoodle's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The admin is the one who told me they only had to have 1 lpn for up to 120 residents. But I anonymously contact the OLTC and they emailed me that it's 1 lpn for 80 residents, 81 res. and you must have...