vicki518

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1. Am I freak for charting meds as I pull them?

   vicki518 replied to Izzy11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I always sign out each med as I pull

2. Activities to do with residents?

   vicki518 replied to Innocentbones's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   play cards or a board

3. Do you have to count lyrica at your LTC facility?

   vicki518 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   yes we

4. How much training did you get?

   vicki518 replied to sue1000's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   5days

5. How Does Your LTC Facility Identify DNR Patients?

   vicki518 replied to agingnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   red dot on the name tag on their

6. med pass

   vicki518 replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I have 17 residents and it takes about 2 to 2 1/2

7. Progress Notes

   vicki518 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   we chart on any "skilled" resident once a day any incidents such as falls, vomiting, diarrhea, anyone on antibiotics chart

8. Bruise or ecchymosis?

   vicki518 replied to SneakySnake's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   same thing but I was told not to chart bruise but

9. How does your facility welcome new residents and their loved ones?

   vicki518 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   we find out what their favorite meal is and our administrator goes out to a restaurant and gets

10. Residents leaving facility with scheduled medications

    vicki518 replied to JBMmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We send the whole card but do a two person count before giving the card to the RP. Then we go over the count with the family and have them

11. Med Passes

    vicki518 replied to kcdunlap's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    we write on the bottom of the

12. Top medications used in LTC

    vicki518 replied to jkline18's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    neurontin, xanax, ativan, tylenol, miralax, benefiber, tylenol, tramadol,

13. how can our LTC save money???

    vicki518 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We just had a meeting and were told we had to come up with money savings. Can anyone help out????our census is about 40 residents, staff 2 nurses a shift, have a DON, ADON and administrator.3-4 CNA's...