CathRN

CathRN has 15 years experience and specializes in everywhere.

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1. Any Registered Nurses that are state surveyors???

   CathRN replied to 1964nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   go to Florida's state page, google florida regulatory services for nursing

2. Any Registered Nurses that are state surveyors???

   CathRN replied to 1964nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   www.cms.gov then appendix p, pp and q. PP is the regulations (tags), P is the survey process, and Q is the Immediate jeopardy

3. How much trouble am I in?

   CathRN replied to Tropicalsun's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   My mother was a heart transplant recipient, had implanted medi-port due to being a hard stick from so many previous surgeries prior to transplantation...Anyway.......when I would take her for her...

4. Aging Nurses - Where do we go?

   CathRN replied to TamDar429's topic in General Nursing

   Try State Surveyor jobs, lots of travel, but easier on the body, but it is stressful. How about home health, hospice or MDS coordinator for a nursing facility? Weekend RN supervisor for nursing...

5. Abuse Allegations

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

   Actually, I would cite it as Neglect. They are neglecting to provide proper care for the resident by refusing to use the lift. They are also neglecting to follow the plan of

6. Lets talk about $$$

   CathRN replied to russki1313's topic in Home Health

   For the posters who didn't know what SOC was, you can go to www.cms.gov and type in OASIS, and it will take you step by step on OASIS. In Texas, there are seminars everywhere that you can go to for...

7. What is your crazy?

   CathRN replied to mikethemurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   Oh my, it seems like I'm OCD and share traits with most of the posters here. Even though I don't work in the hospital setting, my brain sheet is a MUST! I can't function without it. And yes, I...

8. Impossible Family Member

   CathRN replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I am a new DON, previous surveyor and investigator. I'm very upfront and blunt. I also had one of "those" family members which every other sentence was "I'll move him (her husband who was very...

9. Federal Regulations for Nursing Homes

   CathRN replied to OvertimeMom's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   www.cms.gov. That will take you to the main webpage. On the right upper side there is a search box. There you can type in Appendix P, which is the survey process - what the surveyors look at and...

10. Federal Regulations for Nursing Homes

    CathRN replied to OvertimeMom's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    As a new DON and former surveyor, www.cms.gov. I saved mine to my Ipad under IBooks. Download appendix PP (the regulations), appendix P (the survey process), and appendix Q (the Immediate Jeopardy...

11. Abuse Allegations

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

    As a state/federal investigator, I have seen this all too often. And yes, I do call IJ's when this

12. Personality At Work vs. At Home

    CathRN replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Were we separated at

13. Bending and Breaking the Rules in Nursing

    CathRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I forgot to add that I did speak with the attending physician and he said to go for it! He told me years later that he appreciated they way I treated his patients, that his patients and/or family...

14. Bending and Breaking the Rules in Nursing

    CathRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have "bent" the dietary rules for my patients in the past as well. On my unit in the hospital we regularly received overflow oncology patients. I did get written up several times and many verbal...

15. Coffee Is My Medicine

    CathRN replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL SummitAP, the same goes for me. "I have some blood in my caffeine stream." So