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    8hr daily sched of a rn

    SuzieVN replied to soonrn2527's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    More points to ponder- if you DO have med nurse or tretament nurse or whatnot, are they replaced if they call in sick? I'd ask about that. It could really throw you for a LOOP. Also, does the place...
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    failed lift test, may have lost job offer..

    SuzieVN replied to lovescapeRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I've never 'heard' of a lift
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    Have you ever performed CPR? Results?:

    SuzieVN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Wow. What to say. I've never seen a dead baby, and that's a good
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    Have you ever performed CPR? Results?:

    SuzieVN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Good point. It appears the cops in Philly don't do CPR,
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    Am I being discriminated at my job? Please HELP!!!!

    SuzieVN replied to pinkdustmagic28's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If she resigns, she will forfeit any chance at unemployment. If the market didn't sukc so bad, that would maybe not be an issue. And either/or, she's not going to get a very nice reference. Lot to...
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    Letters of recommendation.

    SuzieVN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Well, I understood part of that anyway, thanks? What is the letter writer is dead? A favorite supervisor killed herself after a bad affair with the medical director. She wrote a very nice...
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    8hr daily sched of a rn

    SuzieVN replied to soonrn2527's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Get report Make rounds Prep people for BKFST, assist as needed Med pass, 2-4 hours Treatments Charting throughout the shift, on various forms Admit patients Discharge patients Take calls all day Call...
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    Does your SNF use EMR in any capacity?

    SuzieVN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    But Obamacare provides $ incentives, such as via HITECH. Sounds like your place is from the
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    8hr daily sched of a rn

    SuzieVN replied to soonrn2527's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What RN? you didn't mention what the job is. DON? Charge?
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    RN needs work in VA w/ disciplinary action

    SuzieVN replied to tellmywhy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I feel for you, and for me, and for the millions of other Americans that are becoming 'beyond redemption' for past transgressions irregardless of the severity of
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    Are you a nurse with "alternative" spiritual beliefs?

    SuzieVN replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    "Any god that would allow such misery to exist cannot be GOOD, and any god that is powerless to prevent it cannot be GOD." -The Buddha "You are your own god." -The
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    Has this ever happened to you?

    SuzieVN replied to jchilds's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My stool does not stink, no. And it floats, like it ought to. I found the magic bullet. By watching TV, though, it's eveident lots of Americans are not so
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    New Grad in Cali just saying hello!

    SuzieVN replied to lvn272's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    There are two million people unemployed in California. Sad
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    Letters of recommendation.

    SuzieVN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    More clearly, do letters require verfication by phone call, etc. Any of you have a situation where you can't locate the letter writers? Seems every time I track one down, and call, the voice on the...
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    Kardex

    SuzieVN replied to LTCRN4LIFE's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    That is being on the ball. Few places are so organized as to update 'anything' daily. And I've been in places that have flat out determined, for whatever inane reason, that nursing assistants 'don't...
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    Untrue formal complaint filed with state

    SuzieVN replied to mixanplay2013's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Welcome to LTC. Pray tell, however- how DOES one keep a mask, of any kind, on the face of a demented
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    Lvn or treatment nurse?

    SuzieVN replied to imaLvn2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Meaning do you want to take a hall, or do you want to drift around the places doing treatments all day? I've never, ever had a treatment nurse- even so, I wouldn't care to have one. I wouldn't trust...
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    Have you ever performed CPR? Results?:

    SuzieVN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was thinking a thread of the 'most gruesome' situations anyone has encountered. I listed my own under 'burn
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    Have you ever performed CPR? Results?:

    SuzieVN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks for that. For what it's worth he had an interesting career. When he worked in NYC, he was assigned quite a few celebrity patients, some because he was the only 'male nurse' in the place. He was...
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    Misuse of insulin pens and patient safety

    SuzieVN replied to PACURN1956's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Aren't insulin pens prescribed to a single patient? Is there any way to know if they are at least changing the needles between patients? In LTC, I've been at a couple places that required every...
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    Have you ever performed CPR? Results?:

    SuzieVN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'll clarify- he was not warned not to enter, he entered unknowingly, and started CPR, then then he was ordered out, and arrested. The police made no attempt to assist the man on the ground, they...
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    AM PM Med Pass

    SuzieVN replied to LTCRN4LIFE's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Post made me
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    Marijuana posession arrest. What disciplinary action from the board can be expected?

    SuzieVN replied to Newshoes87's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Well, it's not going to be done with quickly, that's a fact. In Texas, for example, your state legislative body only meets, what- every two years, for two months, something amazing like that? So it'd...
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    Have you ever performed CPR? Results?:

    SuzieVN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sweet alternative comment, thank you. He just happened to be walking home, and saw a bloody human on the sidewalk. He was so shocked he was unaware of the crime scene, the yellow rope, and whatnot. He...
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    Have you ever performed CPR? Results?:

    SuzieVN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks anyway for your compassionate nursing attitude, but he's dead by suicide. I especially like your 'when the shift is over I forget everyone' frame of