Maremma

Maremma

Member

  • Content

    78

  • Visitors

    3,526

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    3

All Content by Maremma

  1. RN partner nurse problems

    Maremma posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am a rehab nurse. In our facility we are suppose to have 2 nurses on my unit for both first and second shift due to the high acuity of these patients. Unfortunately more frequently I do not have a...

  2. RN partner nurse problems

    Maremma replied to Maremma's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow that is sad. I wonder if this lady has something like that going on. I actually feel bad for her. I can't begin to imagine what it is like to be the way she is making one enemy after the other...

  3. Getting put as an nurses' aid on shifts.

    Maremma replied to hybr1d's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I get "pulled" to work as an aid too. Where I work though it is hardly "fair" and certainly not very smart how they decide "who" is getting pulled. (It is ALWAYS me if I am there that day. If I am...

  4. Employer resonsibility?

    Maremma posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    What is the responsibility of a Nursing home/ rehab facility to protect staff from sexual harassment by a patient if the patient is also bipolar with dementia involved? I can no longer take the abuse...

  5. Employer resonsibility?

    Maremma replied to Maremma's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I most certainly do document everything he is saying and doing. Sending him out is useless. They give him a shot of IM haldol and send him right back. They "can't" admit him. No other facility will...

  6. Choked by a patient. How do you deal with this trauma?

    Maremma replied to 222mom222's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am so sorry this happened to you. I am glad to hear you are doing better. I have just very recently been pondering this type situation and the effects it has on not only the individual staff in an...

  7. Hate hate hate my job

    Maremma replied to eelise11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Is it possible that the part time job will eventually go full time? Rather than pick up any extra hours where you are at maybe you could work both jobs to get your foot in the door and as soon as its...

  8. Resume question... How should I write this?

    Maremma replied to BolBol's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Are you sure the license number wasn't also available when you checked with the quick view thing? Mine was immediately assigned. Check your nurse registry website and see if you aren't on there to get...

  9. I understand why people go the LPN route

    Maremma replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You know when I was in my LPN program every single one of my instructors had said that when the time comes that they or a loved one would need an RN they want one that worked as an LPN first. They...

  10. chemotherapy through a port?

    Maremma posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I am a relatively new nurse. I am working a "rehab" hall (but not always rehab patients) Anyway I have a very sweet lady that had breast cancer metastasize to her bones. She has a port in her chest....

  11. New to LTC- new charge nurse, advise please, how can I be a good charge nurse?

    Maremma replied to JLL41183RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow, your situation is similar to one of our RN supervisors at our facility, except we only have one RN super on the second shift at a time. She was an ER RN for years and now works the 12 hour shifts...

  12. What is the first thing you do when you put a fall-risk pt in the bed?

    Maremma replied to Tyris's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Wow, we aren't allowed to have ANY side rails. Beds cannot be against the walls. We are no longer even aloud to have bed or chair alarms! EVERYTHING is a restraint in our facility. They have cut us...

  13. Opinion, how would you have handled this?

    Maremma replied to beeker's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well Holy Smokes! Wow I can't even imagine the nerve it took for them to pull that! I sure hope I never wind up as a patient on their floor! I am so sorry that happened to you and I sure hope they get...

  14. I BLEW MY CHANCE !!

    Maremma replied to Bigmaine33's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I understand your frustration and desperation but trust me when I tell you that you are better off NOT working that job and still having your license to get another job with than to have gotten that...

  15. New nurse, new job....HELP!

    Maremma replied to TraceyDiane's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well congratulations becoming a new nurse! I am not a very old nurse myself. I know how you are feeling. I promise you will pick up speed. The most important thing to focus on is accuracy. Speed...

  16. I BLEW MY CHANCE !!

    Maremma replied to Bigmaine33's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Honesty is ALWAYS the best policy! 49 patients? Really? How heavy are the med passes? How many chem sticks? How many g-tubes? How many crushed med patients Etc? Could you REALLY safely and accurately...

  17. chemotherapy through a port?

    Maremma replied to Maremma's topic in Patient Medications

    I attempted to call the oncologist but he was already out of his office. (I work the second shift). Her attending from our facility had referred the issue to the oncologist. (as he does with...

  18. reporting to state?

    Maremma posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We are having a disaster at my facility with the flu and norovirus right on its heals. We were all confused and upset because quaratine was not implemented fast enough, when it was it was half...

  19. Hospitals illegally firing nurses for refusing flu vaccines

    Maremma replied to AQEELSMOM's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well this topic is certainly a hot one. Quite ironically my facility is still one that does not require the flu shot to maintain employment but for anyone that does not accept the shot must wear a...

  20. Patient fx hip after family refused alarm

    Maremma replied to Emilyinsc's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well geeze! In our facility they have removed all bed and chair alarms. We are not allowed to have them! How do you like that? They said there are complaints (not sure from who, state maybe?) that...

  21. Obamacare affect on LTC

    Maremma posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I was sent to a training seminar this week. "assessment training". Some of this training was the trainer talking about obamacare and what it means to "us". I am wondering how many other facilities are...

  22. Obamacare affect on LTC

    Maremma replied to Maremma's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't mean a provision to build more LTC facilities. I mean some other kind of provision that would provide incentive for facilities to continue to take medicare patients in or increased funding for...

  23. Working outside the nursing field?

    Maremma posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Has anyone gone out of the nursing field for work while looking for another LPN job? I am wondering if that hurts your chances of getting a new LPN position as they come open? I am now even more...

  24. Working outside the nursing field?

    Maremma replied to Maremma's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am in PA. I have also wanted to be able to do home health care at some point. I used to do that as an aid. I have not seriously thought about that yet because I had to get my magic "one year...

  25. Low dose antibiotic for chronic UTI?

    Maremma posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Can any more experienced nurses help me with an issue with one of my patients? I have a 95 year old patient. Diabetic, dementia, going into kindey failure. I have noticed a pattern with this patient....