PollyWolly

PollyWolly

New Member
  • Content

    6
  • Visitors

    3,021
  • Followers

    0

All Content by PollyWolly

  1. how to be an efficient MDS coordinator

    In order to help us answer this question, how many residents are you responsible for and how many of them are Medicare? Do you have any help? What else are you responsible for? Thank you!
  2. Am I freak for charting meds as I pull them?

    I sign for each med as I pull it. IF, and it is rare, a patient refuses the meds, I then circle each med and waste it. That does not happen often. After you get to know your patients, or in looking at the MAR you can see they frequently refuse, yo...
  3. Speedy med pass

    Some of the speed comes with experience and organization. The other thing I have found is often the nurses that pass meds the fastest are not giving OTCs, eye drops, or other meds where it is more difficult to catch than if it is coming out of a bub...
  4. frequent call in's or no shows

    I work at a facility in Wyoming where we used to have a great PRN staff of nurses and CNAs. The current DON and past to wannabe ADONs got mad at the PRNs when they wouldn't or couldn't work every single time they wanted them too. They expected the ...