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    How Many Residents Do You Care For On Your Unit?

    SitcomNurse replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    For me, 30 residents, 1 RN, 1 LPN, 3 CNA Days: 1 RN, orders/labs.pharmacy dealings...consult prep, therapy prep, MDS2.0 (presently). care plans, chart audits, deal with families, mediary, 2nd person...
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    Admitting a med error on Facebook??!!

    SitcomNurse replied to DLS_PMHNP's topic in General Nursing

    she is definatley going to hit a wall, and if she was your friend before this job, its nice if you can be there, but as my father says... you are judged by the people around you. her...
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    How Many Residents Do You Care For On Your Unit?

    SitcomNurse replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    42 residents for 1 LPN with 2 CNA's, at one facility. Nights. 30 residents for 1 RN with 2 CNA's at another. Nights. Days has 2 LPN, 5 CNA for same 42 residents, Days has 1 RN, 1 LPN, 3 CNA for...
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    restorative nursing

    SitcomNurse replied to gale54's topic in Rehabilitation

    thats great! i already took a peek at the cirriculum, it is different from what we work from, we have actual minutes of discussion on our cirriculum. it is not accessible on line, but suffice it to...
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    restorative nursing

    SitcomNurse replied to gale54's topic in Rehabilitation

    anything??
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    Feeling down and losing hope.

    SitcomNurse replied to sayang87's topic in New York Nursing

    i can only say what i did to get a job, when i started... i worked a shift i didnt like, in a place i didnt want to work. im sure you are not being picky about what / where since you are looking so...
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    restorative nursing

    SitcomNurse replied to gale54's topic in Rehabilitation

    nc29, welcome to the post! i check back every once in a while, i am notified by e-mail too when someone posts. ) anyway.... i was wondering if anyone out there can do a little research for me....
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    resident roster matrix and census report

    SitcomNurse replied to babiesbreath's topic in General Nursing

    i know it looks scary, but it is really not all that bad. there is a "key" that goes with it, and tells you what sections of the mds are affecting that question you are looking at. they are printed...
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    Nursing attire for an open house

    SitcomNurse replied to jentswain's topic in General Nursing

    i would e-mail for input. there is nothing wrong with being proactive, and showing that you are an information seeker. you are demonstrating that in new situations, you like to be
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    Information needed Please.

    SitcomNurse replied to SitcomNurse's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Where in NY are you? I thought there was a 100 hour across the board in
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    Information needed Please.

    SitcomNurse posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Where on this board can I get information and assistance from Nurse Educators that teach Nurses Aide classes, either in-house or at a technical college. I am only tring to trrack down some basic...
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    MDS Tools

    SitcomNurse replied to NJMDS's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/omap/provinf/ltc/rug/rugtool.pdf That is the link for the RUG classification tool. It tells you how scores are made, and lets you figure out BEFORE LOCKDOWN where an ADL...
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    Scared to float!

    SitcomNurse replied to Vanny919's topic in Rehabilitation

    I agree with everyones post, floating is learning. I worked with another RN who loved my floor, loved the convience of everything, and felt totally disorganized when asked to float. She decided the...
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    restorative nursing

    SitcomNurse replied to gale54's topic in Rehabilitation

    I guess you would call it a combination restorative/activities. We are about to reopen our new solariums/day rooms and they want something to be doing at all times. Any suggestions? We have come up...
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    LTC Nursing Rehabailitation

    SitcomNurse replied to SitcomNurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    bump.
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    LTC Nursing Rehabailitation

    SitcomNurse posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i am looking for resources in rehabilitation nursing, that apply to geriatrics. i work in ltc, and run the nursing rehab. dept. i need a group or local consortium of people who work in this arena,...
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    RN in a small town private- Long term care facility

    SitcomNurse replied to ee5620's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Imnot so sure I would take a job where i didnt know what the residents responsibilities, and my legal obligations were. I am all for making the $$ where ya can, and an extra $200 a week is great. I...
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    restorative nursing

    SitcomNurse replied to gale54's topic in Rehabilitation

    Cass, Welcome to the NR thread!!! we all pertty much started out with the same thing.. What am I doing??!! But, im sure you can go to the beginning of the thread for the places we refrenced, online...
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    restorative nursing

    SitcomNurse replied to gale54's topic in Rehabilitation

    WOO HOO!! Congratulations on getting through survey. We just had a VA survey, and did relatively well, NR not yet fully on the radar, but the surveyors did say.... if it continues in this vein, other...
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    Rehab Nursing Documentation

    SitcomNurse replied to ndyclh's topic in Rehabilitation

    for more accurate rehab documentation, i you should 1. know what the person is in the unit for. 2. read the pt/ot/st evaluations and treatment plan(stg/ltg) 3. document if the "independent exercizes'...
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    restorative nursing

    SitcomNurse replied to gale54's topic in Rehabilitation

    keep in mind i have a 350 bed ltc facility, and we are all rna's. i hope some of this helps. i have questions about documentation.. like.. for toileting.. since for the mds, you need 2 modalities...
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    restorative nursing

    SitcomNurse replied to gale54's topic in Rehabilitation

    im back. my program is still running nicely. we have had a few significant changes 2* to nursing rehab., increasing the cmi, changing the lives of a few residents,and sent a couple home. a few...
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    CRRN exam

    SitcomNurse replied to heidiann25's topic in Rehabilitation

    There are disks, books and all that.. check AMAZON for the books, then search the titles in your local book store and library for govt. refrences. They carry the NCLEX, they may carry a CRRN exam, or...
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    restorative nursing

    SitcomNurse replied to gale54's topic in Rehabilitation

    Buy a book, Restorative Nursing Made Easy by Kate Brewer, PT MBA, CGS is a good easy guide, simple language. this book has guides, care plans, information to start with. Also, found a link,.. it is...
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    restorative nursing

    SitcomNurse replied to gale54's topic in Rehabilitation

    Check out the CRRN threads, and http://www.rehabnurse.org good