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You shouldn't have to give up your scheduled hall. That nurse works for the facility not 'hall 3'. A per diem nurse should be familiar with all halls, units, etc. because that nurse is there AS NEEDED and she was needed on hall 2! The same thing happens routinely at my facility. You stood your ground and it shows you can not be pushed and bullied around. If you did have the time it would've shown class and team work if you did help her out. Who cares for evil eyes? Evil eyes aren't the ones on your residents smiling faces after your care, and evil eyes do not put food on your families table.

My facility uses the Sigmacare program, and I think it is fantastic. It has a simple layout and easy to use functions. Transferring a resident out to the hospital takes me 5 minutes flat with "paperwork". The program has a Patient Intake/Transfer assessment, and just a click of a button you're printing out labs, orders, and transfer summary. The only thing I have to really physically make copies of are the face sheet, immunizations sheet and advanced directives. It calculates our bowel protocol every day. I can schedule a head annual PPDs and History and Physical's for the year. X-rays, EKGs, Ecchos, ect.. are ordered through the program without having to make a phone call. And no more writing out physician order forms, MAR/TAR forms during admissions! I think computer charts are fantastic and I can finally read the orders our holier-than-thou doctor's give!

I feel your GDR pain! I hate when this happens to some of my resident's. It's like the change is almost immediate. We (resident and staff) suffer for a few weeks then they're back to their normal dose until the next GDR. It's a super annoying process especially when you have more than one resident on psychotropics.