Mn nurse 22

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1. hygiene products

   Mn nurse 22 replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

   Our PTA just started a Care Closet. They have donations for personal hygiene supplies and $$ to help keep it stocked. They have coordinated it and plan to do the work of maintaining it. It has been...

2. Scary commute for work?

   Mn nurse 22 replied to Kat12340's topic in General Nursing

   I've drove over an hour for 2 years and it wasn't too bad. I decided I wasn't going to get upset every day and used the drive to review every day and think about how I could be a better nurse. I would...

3. Team nursing - Anyone still doing this?

   Mn nurse 22 replied to KrysyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, but our teams are 8 patients and if short on nursing aids our teams are 6 with just an RN and LPN. I love having the extra help and the team approach means that even if one patient is tanking the...

4. Over using sympathy card

   Mn nurse 22 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Darned sweaty eyeballs! I thought I'd cried that out a long time ago, but obviously I haven't. I hope you're doing all right...according to my psychiatrist, it takes around three years for life to...

5. Over using sympathy card

   Mn nurse 22 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   This topic hits home with me, my husband died in 2017 and I have had days when I really struggled at work (and at home). I have tried very hard not to use my grief as an excuse not to be a hard...

6. SNF/LTC new nurse needs advice

   Mn nurse 22 replied to Bunnybop's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   We have an ekit and local pharmacy that we use for the first few doses of meds or we specifically have the md write "when available" if it is something that can wait for a few days. If that doesn't...

7. Lessons on why not to "Assume" things.

   Mn nurse 22 replied to TigerxLiLy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Even an ER nurse is not allowed to look up a patient they admit to see if they are doing OK or if they did the right

8. CNA before RN?

   Mn nurse 22 replied to golson's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   You can learn a lot as a CNA, and the nurses who you will be working with May be able to show you/teach you things you can only read about in nursing

9. Residents that need constant supervision

   Mn nurse 22 replied to Anne36's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   We have found that organized activities, even for a few minutes can keep residents busy for a long time after the activity is done. Mating gripper socks, washing tables in the dining room, folding...

10. Tying Patient Satisfaction to Medicare Reimbursement is Problematic

    Mn nurse 22 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Patient Satisfaction Survey Study Halted; Mortality Increased 238% with Patient Satisfaction | GomerBlog Did anyone read

11. Non-Pharmacological interventions prior to distribution to PRN medications

    Mn nurse 22 replied to gamedoc14's topic in Patient Medications

    Our facility is asking the same thing but I guess if someone is telling me they are having 10/10 pain and they have an order for narcotics that I am not going to offer a warm blanket, toilet them,...

12. UA/drug test failed

    Mn nurse 22 replied to neuron's topic in General Nursing

    All of the rapid drug screen have specific criteria to read the results after 5 minutes but within a certain amount of time the results are no longer valid, AND can often produce false positive...

13. Statements post fall

    Mn nurse 22 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have a post fall form, plus everyone's favorite the mandatory post fall huddle. Our form asks what the surrounding area looked like, when was resident last observed, last toileted, med changes,...

14. Down time

    Mn nurse 22 replied to garciadiego's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    "If there is time to lean, there is time to clean". I try to find a project or something to clean and

15. prn med help

    Mn nurse 22 replied to EricaRN2015's topic in Patient Medications

    Is the facility also investigating why the day nurses are giving scheduled medications long before their earliest possible administration? They are setting you up for failure when they are giving it...