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  1. Help me set boundaries

    RRRNNN posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Hi. I'm an RN with 17 years of experience in ICU, ER, rehab, and home health case management. I just finished my first week in my new position of Risk Manager at a 90-bed nursing home that is...

  2. Internet requirements for working at home?

    RRRNNN posted a topic in Quality Improvement

    Hi I'm considering getting out of being a LTC DON and working from home. My cousin works in an at-home QI position for Humana now and she loves it. Unfortunately, I live in a rather rural area and...

  3. Too ugly to be a nurse..?!?

    RRRNNN replied to RandomNurse2b1's topic in General Nursing

    When a person is in need of care, the care we provide and the way we treat them FAR outweighs our appearance. People would rather receive good care from an "ugly" person than bad care from Ms

  4. What's utilization management like?

    RRRNNN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm currently DON in a LTC and can't take the stress and long hours any more. Don't get me wrong, I'm doing a great job. Just passed survey with flying colors. But in the past 3 weeks I've had 1...

  5. What's utilization management like?

    RRRNNN replied to RRRNNN's topic in General Nursing

    So it sounds like there is a lot to learn and probably a lot of stress while at work, but there is possibility of work life balance? Right now I never know when I will have to go into work. I went...

  6. What's utilization management like?

    RRRNNN replied to RRRNNN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your response. It's for a payer. I'm wondering how the stress level would compare to my LTC DON position. The same corporation has a utilization review nurse position open and, although...

  7. Should I go to HR?

    RRRNNN replied to 8daysaweek's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If you ever find a nursing job where you don't have to deal with ******, snarky, petty, ridiculous bosses and coworkers, too much work, and abuse.....send me the address and I'll move there! I've...

  8. HELP!!!! Resume NEW GRAD

    RRRNNN replied to Lilym27's topic in Nursing Career

    The applicant I would be most likely to hire would say something like "I have a car that works and a backup plan if it has trouble. I either don't have kids or if I do have kids I have a babysitter...

  9. What happens if you are injured on your way to clinical due to weather?

    RRRNNN replied to invitemeplz's topic in General Students

    You seem to be having anxiety over the requirements of nursing school. Are you over the age of 18, or are you a minor? Is somebody forcing you to go to nursing school? Are you sure you want to make...

  10. Internet requirements for working at home?

    RRRNNN replied to RRRNNN's topic in Quality Improvement

    What are co-working spots? That sounds

  11. Housekeeping vs Nursing and poop Oh My

    RRRNNN posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    When I imagined all of the hardships that would be associated with DON, I thought they'd be over more important things than poop and "who's better, nursing or housekeeping." Good Lord. I've got...

  12. Housekeeping vs Nursing and poop Oh My

    RRRNNN replied to RRRNNN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    And it's not as if there's a nationwide shortage of housekeepers! They keep driving off my staff. So then the CNAs will be working short because we're fresh out of CNAs, and the housekeepers,...

  13. Internet requirements for working at home?

    RRRNNN replied to RRRNNN's topic in Quality Improvement

    Hmmm I wonder what I would have to pay for an office

  14. What's your "normal" day like?

    RRRNNN posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    So today I had to talk to a CNA about her attitude. I reheorificed the conversation before having it - made sure to emphasize her many positive attributes before asking her to please "reign in her...

  15. Housekeeping vs Nursing and poop Oh My

    RRRNNN replied to RRRNNN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Yes - I would think people would act like we're all on the same team, and work together to get the job done as efficiently as possible. Instead, it's a constant war between departments. I guess I won...

  16. being fired by patient's family member

    RRRNNN replied to GS ED RN's topic in Emergency

    I've been "fired" by patients and family members a few times in my 18 years of nursing. I'm working LTC now (after ER, ICU, then home health). The most recent time I got "fired" was when I was...

  17. New LTC DON - need support!

    RRRNNN posted a topic in Nurse Management

    Tomorrow makes 2 months since I accepted DONship at a facility that had been let go for years. Before taking this position I had been risk manager there for about 7 months and that was my first long...

  18. Low Diastolic Pressure - I mean REALLy Low

    RRRNNN replied to AlabamaBelle's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    When I was working cardiac ICU I asked one of the cardiovascular surgeons what very low diastolic blood pressure meant. He said if it was non-invasive (AKA using a blood pressure cuff), a very low...

  19. Hypothetical situation, thoughts?

    RRRNNN replied to ladysyrah's topic in General Students

    I've seen some pretty bad harm, including death, done by "Good Samaritans" who truly thought they knew what they were doing, but who were working out of their scope of practice. Some were even within...

  20. I need a change nursing homes are full of drama

    RRRNNN replied to Mfrazier73's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh, yes - the drama is intense in nursing homes!! I've been an RN for 18 years and only the past 8 months have been spent in the nursing home setting and oh. my. goodness!!!! I've mentioned it to...

  21. Racism in Nursing

    RRRNNN replied to eastcoastrn586's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Honestly, nursing is extremely hard work. Unless a unit is over-staffed (and when does that happen?) I can not imagine that anybody working hard and willing to help out their coworkers would not get...

  22. Workplace Bullying

    RRRNNN replied to blc00's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Bullying is a subject near and dear to my heart. When I was a staff nurse I often found myself the victim of bullying. Over the years I've realized that the stereotypes about bullies are actually...

  23. A bunch of hypothetical questions about DONship

    RRRNNN posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Just hypotethically - What happens to DONs if their facility gets an IJ and they lose their jobs? Do they remain employable in management positions? If a person were to accept the position of DON...

  24. Catch 22 situation

    RRRNNN posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I'm risk manager at LTC facility in KS. We have a resident with advanced dementia and schizophrenia. She has a BIMS of 3 and is strong, violent, and resisting cares. We have attempted, without...

  25. Catch 22 situation

    RRRNNN replied to RRRNNN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Thank you so much for your support. I was feeling insane because I was the only one in management who saw the seriousness of the situation. I was starting to wonder if I was over-reacting. I had to...