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  1. Nurse pressing charges

    pixie120 replied to Girlygirl69's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why? His/her defense attorney will only show a jury of HIS/HER peers he was on pain meds, delirious, mentally absent or unstable, any number of things including infection could result in diminshed...

  2. Why does this stigma exist in relation to new nurses?

    pixie120 replied to VeraciousRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OMG ,what is wrong with me? YOU OBJECT TO TAKING A PATIENT TEMPERATURE? And your rationale for this belief system is? Ok, can you tell me in 100 words or less, WHY you want to be a nurse? It occurs...

  3. Why does this stigma exist in relation to new nurses?

    pixie120 replied to VeraciousRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ok, I thought you said you were told to clean it up, so, she only informed you she was thinking that you might have to clean it up.......and making a bed, did the patient need that bed to be made? If...

  4. Why does this stigma exist in relation to new nurses?

    pixie120 replied to VeraciousRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    well stated. excellent. and...experienced nurses...learn to cry on a dime...has helped me immensely, just kidding. i so agree with every word. additionally, when why when a new manager/dns starts, and...

  5. Why does this stigma exist in relation to new nurses?

    pixie120 replied to VeraciousRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    HOw can I take you serious until you SHOW me you want to learn, take the job, any job that I give you? How do you ALREADY have an opinion, I have been in health care 20 years and am never sure what...

  6. Why does this stigma exist in relation to new nurses?

    pixie120 replied to VeraciousRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Come over here, darling, sit down beside me and whisper in my ear,

  7. Why does this stigma exist in relation to new nurses?

    pixie120 replied to VeraciousRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    BAAAAHhhhhhhhaaaaa!

  8. Why does this stigma exist in relation to new nurses?

    pixie120 replied to VeraciousRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Dear Veracious RN, Are you for real? Seriously? Can I tell you athing or two? I am fantastic looking,(in my mind, lol) in every way, shape and form. I am at a very, very healthy weight for my size...

  9. Why does this stigma exist in relation to new nurses?

    pixie120 replied to VeraciousRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yep, sorry, I agree. Why WOULDN'T you help, in any way possible, in the ER, during a crisis? Seriously? THIS is the reason SOME people won't help OTHER people cus the PERSON who is suppose to be...

  10. Why does this stigma exist in relation to new nurses?

    pixie120 replied to VeraciousRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have hired, trained, mentored and built teams on new grad RN's and LPN's, however, in short, the answer, for me, to your question is...when I am training, and orientating and mentoring.... the new...

  11. Inexperienced DON

    pixie120 replied to bobbi119's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Thanks Cape Cod for saying what I was thinking. No idea how anyone could even FATHOM how to be DNS of a SNF, having never worked SNF before. I would truly consider giving notice before I drowned. I...

  12. Physician Orders

    pixie120 replied to miccay's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I understand it to be this: number of Physician orders that are NOT simply clarification orders on day of admit. The way I get around this, is make sure write new orders day of admission, not hard to...

  13. MDS 3.0 Use of Dashes

    pixie120 replied to andy3k's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Also, and I am sure a surveryor would argue on this point, no surveyors are MDS experts, not even the beloved QUAN, yet....and I just had a surveryor tell me, with a straight face, she/he had NEVER...

  14. Inexperienced DON

    pixie120 replied to bobbi119's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Do you at least have a strong, experienced RN in the Staff Development, or ADNS role? Or as an

  15. lpn as ADON?

    pixie120 replied to nd deb's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Excellent post, I too filled in and had every role, as an LPN. I supervised RN's all the time, and never had a complaint from the staff that I supervised. I agree, if the facility will allow it, why...

  16. Advice needed problem nurse

    pixie120 replied to Confused DON's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Union buildings scare the heck out of me, shocking lack of follow-thru cuz the union causes extreme paralysis..much like a black widow bite does.

  17. How did YOU make YOUR transition from Floor nursing to Administrative nursing??

    pixie120 replied to MiaRNoffduty's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Your career sounds a lot like mine, although I graduated 2002 LPN, nurse manager from 2002 to 2010, all nurse manager roles including ADON, and took a break and went to Assisted Living, got RN 2010,...

  18. Nursing Home Bad Behavior (vent)

    pixie120 replied to pixie120's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Sorry, addendum to my rant: 2 of the nurse managers act exactly like this, and the conversations go just like the above, non-exaggerated report, all the while BOTH are saying, as they get louder and...

  19. Administrators

    pixie120 replied to c.oconnor's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    HILARIOUS!!!! Great metaphor! SO

  20. Inexperienced DON

    pixie120 replied to bobbi119's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Yeah, in total agreement. USE your watermelon survey book if DON in LTC (and have a good relationship with your regional nurse) and look at the Assisted living regulations if AL. I also was just in...

  21. Motivating staff

    pixie120 replied to surfnbeagle's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I cannot stress this enough. I started in health care as a CNA. I had a 4 year college degree, worked as a CNA and went back to school very slowly to get first LPN, then RN. I was treated any of many,...

  22. Wound Care

    pixie120 replied to txdon's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Agree totally. I would say, and this is from my experience AS a treatment/wound nurse, it's about a one day per week job, so 8 hours. I worked 2 hours per day, M-F came in did all the treatments,...

  23. LTC/Sub-Acute Supervisors

    pixie120 replied to adoglover's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just wanted to add what I expect as a DON, for this position. A strong nurse manager that takes care of all of the "little" things, calls me when there is a concern/issue or difficult...

  24. Speedy med pass

    pixie120 replied to sbostonRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My question is,...as nurses...and as nurse managers...and DON's, we KNOW nurses aren't doing these things.....yet we do not act on FIXING the problem. If the medical director won't d/c meds, I would...

  25. Speedy med pass

    pixie120 replied to sbostonRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    While I agree for the most part, I do take exception to the time part, as the most crucial adjustment is change the times of the medications due, to match what is being done, and that means not all...