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  1. New RN working Rehab/LTC Im overwhelmed. HELP!

    pixie120 replied to Jamie6RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Orientation in LTC should provide a good guide for what the expectations are. Passing meds is passing meds, the MAR is there, you open it, you do the 5 (6) rights of med administration, and then you...

  2. LTC/Sub-Acute Supervisors

    pixie120 replied to adoglover's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Only hourly, get job description in advance, ask expectations, set goals, if unitmanager/RCM then mostly supervision, paperwork, care conference etc. Supervisor usually just that, and pulled to the...

  3. Staff Nurse at Hospital or RAI -MDS Coordinator?

    pixie120 replied to Kookie2412's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I would really consider those things others have mentioned prior to leaving the hospital. First off, you may nevermake it back to the hospital and the MDS postion can and is quite political, sometimes...

  4. a state resurvey for an F tag?

    pixie120 replied to aiker31's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Ok, question for surveyors. I keep hearing, now, thru the grapevine, that my previous facility is going to be resurveyed. The QIS survey exited 7/8/2011, 2567 was recieved and the POC/AOC submitted...

  5. Advice needed problem nurse

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

    OMG, why would anyone want to retain such a liability, mind boggling, yet...not

  6. Call schedule

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

    LOL, when I was hired as DNS, I was told, seriously "YOu are hired to work 40, but the expectation is 80, and then.....". It is exhausting truth be told. My administrator left every Thursday at about...

  7. Call schedule

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

    You forgot Crazy MDS nurses, lol...plenty of them out there. Ihave a good friend who was one such one, perfect 2.0 MDS, flipped out, walked out, 3.0 and tried so hard to go back to floor, but had been...

  8. Call schedule

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

    I have to say that Assisted Living works very, very well this way...I tried to implement this at LTC as DNS, got shot down HARD by my Administrator, he claims there is a state law that says I cannot...

  9. 2 warnings at once

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

    As a DON, the only concern I have, for any nurse, is did they do their job? Did they make an med error? Did they take responsibility for that error? I DO have to proceed with legitimate patient...

  10. Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    pixie120 replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Side splitting, seriously. Still laughing. Best one is

  11. Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    pixie120 replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    " isn't it ok to lie? I mean, after all,I DID sign the MAR!" (didn'tgive the med, but signed the MAR)

  12. Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    pixie120 replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    What fun would I have if I couldn't be disagreeably disagreeing?

  13. Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    pixie120 replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHH! I haven't heard that one yet!!! Any husband hunters at your station? HA HAHA

  14. Orientation and Job NOT what was promised, want to quit!

    pixie120 replied to lpn2rn81's topic in General Nursing

    WHat kind of experience do you have previously as an LPN? Ask for more orientation, learn as much on your own as you can. Are you not already familiar with the IV pumps, Tele machines etc? It does...

  15. Really, really surprised...........

    pixie120 replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    Thank-you, I will no longer let an employer exploit me, then attack me. Learned my lesson. RIght from the get go, gonna set my standards of how I WILL be

  16. Really, really surprised...........

    pixie120 replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    New grad RN's take jobs all the time in LTC, quit the second they get a hospital offer, no hesitation, and don't seem tocare about a reccomendation, in fact, most don't even put down that they worked...

  17. Really, really surprised...........

    pixie120 replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    Thank-you for saying what I have been thinking for the last year. I am shocked at the new grads I have interviewed and inherited. Interrogate them re: why did you sign for a treatment when the Vagisil...

  18. The Plague of 1348-1349

    pixie120 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly and they are the CARRIERS of it, the vectors, not suseptible to it.

  19. The Plague of 1348-1349

    pixie120 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone else find it disturbing that we played this game as school children? When I grew up and learned what the heck "ashes, ashes we all fall down" (as I learned it) I was a little irritated,...

  20. Advice from someone who might have "been there"...

    pixie120 replied to tunafish1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, this is really bugging me, does everyone KNOW everyone elses grades? WHY? Is this he said/she said? or fact? And why focus on OTHERS when one should be focusing on learning the information? I have...

  21. Advice from someone who might have "been there"...

    pixie120 replied to tunafish1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, to be very honest, all of this energy could be and should be better suited to studying. ANd your outcomes would be more

  22. Advice from someone who might have "been there"...

    pixie120 replied to tunafish1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Answer

  23. Advice from someone who might have "been there"...

    pixie120 replied to tunafish1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have to say that I find it difficult to imagine that anyone could truly graduate being so close to "failing" either as a C or at the D level. I think it would behoove all involved to re-take the...

  24. Fired....What now?

    pixie120 replied to Traum-a-Rama's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I am interviewing you.... You tell me in writing and on your resume.... I received outstanding training and orientation for 6 months...I learned..... I have a strong skill set: (name these)......

  25. Textbook nursing vs. real world nursing.

    pixie120 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I like what you said here, it brought back memories of my fellow students who struggled all thru class, most did not graduate, but there were one or twothat made it to graduation. I was concentrating...