MichelletheRN

MichelletheRN

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  1. How Long Did It Take To Have A Good Grasp of MDS/RNAC Job?

    MichelletheRN replied to MichelletheRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I, too, will pray for you to be guided to make the right decision for you.

  2. How Long Did It Take To Have A Good Grasp of MDS/RNAC Job?

    MichelletheRN replied to MichelletheRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Thanks for your sweet words, friend. It truly is the most bizarre experience I have ever had. I would say 'in a work setting', but to be honest, it's the strangest, most horrible experience I can...

  3. How Long Did It Take To Have A Good Grasp of MDS/RNAC Job?

    MichelletheRN replied to MichelletheRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Possibly, one day, they'll learn. Apparently, I'm the third one ran off so far, with the exception of the lady training me, who has done it in between, and is good at it, but doesn't particularly want...

  4. How Long Did It Take To Have A Good Grasp of MDS/RNAC Job?

    MichelletheRN replied to MichelletheRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    You and me both, hon. It is beyond my experience and really seems like something from another universe. I am pretty well convinced I am done with it. They called the lady who is training me in to work...

  5. How Long Did It Take To Have A Good Grasp of MDS/RNAC Job?

    MichelletheRN replied to MichelletheRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Yesterday's fun included, among other things, the LPN who is the director of the Alzheimer's unit and the ADON passing notes back and forth at stand up and giggling, apparently thinking I'm too stupid...

  6. How Long Did It Take To Have A Good Grasp of MDS/RNAC Job?

    MichelletheRN replied to MichelletheRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Oh, and the certs are being done, by the medical records. It is no problem if they wanted me to do them...all I need is to be told what I am supposed to do, and shown how. The thing that makes me...

  7. How Long Did It Take To Have A Good Grasp of MDS/RNAC Job?

    MichelletheRN replied to MichelletheRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Thanks...I tried to pm you, and actually had a huge message typed up, but it says i don't have enough posts yet lol. Ah, well, i will make some more posts first. I dont know how to IM or anything, im...

  8. Interviewing for MDS

    MichelletheRN posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    So, I am interviewing for the position of RN MDS assessment coordinator. It is in this town where we have just bought a different house and are moving to. They took my application, resume, and...

  9. Interviewing for MDS

    MichelletheRN replied to MichelletheRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I did decide to go ahead and accept this position when it was offered to me. Despite a slight pay cut, the benefits package more than makes up the difference, and in actuality, with that, I will...

  10. Completed Non-Accredited Nursing Program, But Want Higher Education. Help!

    MichelletheRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in School, College Programs

    Wow, very informative. I had no idea. The first time I ever heard of any such a thing, a kid who used to work at the hospital with me, as an aide, had been going to go to some school because there was...

  11. Interviewing for MDS

    MichelletheRN replied to MichelletheRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    It went pretty well from what I could tell. To my complete suprise, the administrator used to run the home about 20 minutes from where we moved from, and was the one who hired our daughter who is a...

  12. Interviewing for MDS

    MichelletheRN replied to MichelletheRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    You guys, thank you so much, for giving me advice and suggestions. At least now i have alot more of a clue. I am stepping totally out of my comfort zone in considering it at all, but in some ways...

  13. Interviewing for MDS

    MichelletheRN replied to MichelletheRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Any more thoughts on this? Help lol! I am freaking out! If I tell them I would be more than happy to take the certification and class, as there is one being offered near me in about a month, do you...

  14. Interviewing for MDS

    MichelletheRN replied to MichelletheRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Oh, it is with a corporation which runs a chain of such facilities throughout the midwest. What I KNOW how to be, is a floor nurse or charge nurse, on a med/surg floor. I can put in an IV, stick an NG...

  15. Interviewing for MDS

    MichelletheRN replied to MichelletheRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    It's not a very big place, and is rural-ish....town has a population of 7500, with larger towns near it. They have not had an MDS nurse for awhile (how is that possible??) like the job has been...