Sam J.

Sam J.

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  1. Here's a new one: chart assessments before midnight.....

    Sam J. replied to mom-wife-nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Great observation on your part. One reason may be that, rather than considering the actual date of a note, some places are stuck, as noted previously, on the belief that night shift is 'yesterday's...

  2. Calling off-what are your company's policies?

    Sam J. replied to mclennan's topic in Case Management

    On another note- how would the manager monitor or assess a casemanager's productivity, not being able to access that casemanager's files? Call the other regions, ask them how they maintain work flow...

  3. Calling off-what are your company's policies?

    Sam J. replied to mclennan's topic in Case Management

    If that's their thinking, then it would follow that only one nurse should be allowed to access a hospital chart? Makes zero sense. What to do if a casemanager dropped dead? Went on a month vacation?...

  4. Atheism in nursing

    Sam J. replied to pugmom79's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Walking into a church makes me dumbfounded that people actually believe in god. But I love the architecture and art. If it's not OK to claim to be atheist, it's less OK for anyone else to claim to be...

  5. med questions

    Sam J. replied to spokath's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Around the clock. I've seen it used only to mean to give the med (Q6HRS, or whatever) as ordered, and not to hold a dose, most often written by hospice to be sure the patient remains comfortable...

  6. PRN hours decreased because of the ACA

    Sam J. replied to kdhunley's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is the typical, 'extreme' right response used when conservatives get flustered, and want to deflect the topic away from the sole topic at hand, healthcare access, and shows your real feelings...

  7. PICC and Portable X-Ray Billing

    Sam J. replied to Asystole RN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Here is some general information:

  8. Here's a new one: chart assessments before midnight.....

    Sam J. replied to mom-wife-nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds like they want to be sure every patient has documentation to justify daily skilled need, and the day ends at midnight. If nights has a schedule to chart on skilled patients, then technically if...

  9. Federal loans being cut for online students?

    Sam J. posted a topic in General Students

    A friend was just informed (with no warning) that her school loans had been cancelled by her school, the day after the semester started. This was a couple weeks after her school informed her (in...

  10. How do we support our mentally ill

    Sam J. replied to MatrixRn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It IS a sad situation that the health care system 'refuses' to manage this population.

  11. What do you think can be done to improve access to mental health care?

    Sam J. replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm a a road trip for months, been all over CA and was (I thought) shocked at the numbers of mentally ill homeless people 'all' over that state (even sleeping under trees on the grounds of the capital...

  12. Preventing spider veins?

    Sam J. replied to Manda92's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Varicose veins and spider veins fact sheet | womenshealth.gov Possibly strange, but true: I wore TED hose in my 40's when I worked 16 hour weekends, as an attempt to keep my leg muscles from becoming...

  13. Dementia resident hoarding, shredding, destroying toilet paper

    Sam J. replied to MemorycareRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You say no offensive, then continued on to offend all of the posters, and even a fellow coworker, as in nobody knows else what dementia may or may not be? Also, I wonder what happened to allow your...

  14. About That Avatar...

    Sam J. replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Google Image Search allows you to upload or copy/paste a photo from any site (that doesn't block such actions), then Google scours the 'net to identify the origin of that photo. It's not perfact yet,...

  15. Lower pay during orientation months?

    Sam J. replied to leekaye's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    One could also argue that if new nurses shouldn't be paid full salary because they aren't 'really working', then nurses on vacation sholdn't be paid at ALL (or even better, be forced to pay for their...

  16. IV certification - help!

    Sam J. replied to mowebs's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Do you need an IV certficate, or do you just want one? Are you employed? Do they require it? If yes they ought to be able to advise you how to get that. Read your BON site to determine what is...

  17. Feeling so lost! NEW GRAD RN THROWN INTO A SUPERVISORY POSITION

    Sam J. replied to armyinfantrywife's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Way back when, in LTC, the RN supervisors 'were'. They walked around with clipboards, checked a few diapers (the ten-pound plastic and cloth things that were closed with diaper pins), and gave the...

  18. Tips for med pass followed by state

    Sam J. replied to anonymous09's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    -Make sure it's all date stamped. And be sure your water/juice pitchers don't have crud in or on them.And don't crush meds that aren't ordered or appropriate to be crushed. And on this idea, don't...

  19. Is anyone else losing spouse coverage?

    Sam J. replied to Palmtreegirl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Never knew that, I thought EBT was just a food stamp card, probably like many people were thinking. Now we know that even if an EBT card is used to buy a TV, not to make

  20. Lower pay during orientation months?

    Sam J. replied to leekaye's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I've only heard of that in trade jobs, as in being an apprentice. In over 30 years, and in many states from coast to coast, and in all kinds of health care arenas, military and civilian, I've never...

  21. Is anyone else losing spouse coverage?

    Sam J. replied to Palmtreegirl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow. Again. Not only are you assuming that yet another nurse in here doesn't seem to know what health care options are available to her, or are not- you are giving information based on not knowing her...

  22. Your Starting Salary?

    Sam J. replied to x_factor's topic in First Year After Licensure

    $16 per hour in 1999 is the equivalent of about $21.50 per hour now, so you were doing pretty good, back then. But that doesn't take into consideration the fact that today's nurses might have $50,000...

  23. Lower pay during orientation months?

    Sam J. replied to leekaye's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Even if it's not a new policy, the idea is a cat 'out of the bag', and every health care executive snooping around this forum has a great new idea to work on, tomorrow

  24. Lower pay during orientation months?

    Sam J. replied to leekaye's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Wow. After spending possibly years preparing for nursing school, and then years in school, and jumping through hoops to obtain a license, and I hear this, from a nurse? Small wonder the powers that be...

  25. I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

    Sam J. replied to LVN_Soon2Be's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    "Eloquent" comes to