cinnybug

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1. Pay grade: experienced nurse vs new grad

   cinnybug replied to rehric00's topic in General Nursing

   I was with my previous employer for 5 years. During that time I consistently received the highest pay increases that the company would allow. I know this because part of my responsibility was to do...

2. How would deal with these type of CNAs?

   cinnybug replied to Born_2BRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   The Mr/Ms was in relation to the patient not the aides. My aides and I do call each other by our first names. Sharing meals or celebrations as a group is acceptable. What i was referring to is...

3. How would deal with these type of CNAs?

   cinnybug replied to Born_2BRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I was fortunate to have decades of management experience prior to becoming a nurse. So I came into the situation with the foreknowledge that employees listed as my responsibility (Aides) are members...

4. LTC Charting: A Beginner's Guide

   cinnybug replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Lol.you're right! We do use EMAR and PCC. Even so management still dictates that we have to do additional charting in our progress notes on what we charted in EMAR or PCC so that they can see it...

5. LTC Charting: A Beginner's Guide

   cinnybug replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   At the facility that I work at we chart all of the aforementioned as well as weight increases/decreases of 5lbs or more. We also have to notify the MD and RP and chart that as well. We also chart any...

6. Non-compliant Manipulative Patient

   cinnybug replied to cinnybug's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Many, many meetings and many, many care plans lol. And you are right...she continues with her manipulations at the new facility. Her PCP told me that she was telling all of the nursing staff in the...

7. Non-compliant Manipulative Patient

   cinnybug replied to cinnybug's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Thank you so much. I was seriously considering therapy for myself! Lol...but instead I joined a gym so I swim laps and take Body Bootcamp classes to work off the stress. I am trying to give myself a...

8. Non-compliant Manipulative Patient

   cinnybug replied to cinnybug's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Thank you. Today I am trying to deal with some guilty feelings as I truly believe a good nurse is patient, empathetic and compassionate. What I wrote above is only a small portion of what I have had...

9. Non-compliant Manipulative Patient

   cinnybug posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   For the past year I have been taking care of a patient who is a paraplegic due to spinal stroke resulting from pain injections to the lower spine. To list all of the diagnoses she has would take more...

10. Aging Nurses - Where do we go?

    cinnybug replied to TamDar429's topic in General Nursing

    I will be 56 in January and I am a day shift charge nurse at a SNF. I frequently do 12 hour shifts and rarely do I have a "regular" 8 hour shift. In fact, I just did a double yesterday. Granted, I am...