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  1. Working while sick!

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :bow: You have addressed the issue and formed a contingency plan, which is wonderful!! If I were to ever take a DON job, I'd want to be like you. I've thought about taking a DON position, but...

  2. Working while sick!

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, I understand about 'frivolous' call-ins - I would think as a DON, you would have some idea about staff that do that, and could deal with it. BUT, this isn't a case of frivolous calling in - and...

  3. Writing lots of incident reports each night, is this normal for you in LTC?

    banditrn replied to Elektra6's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    On my shift, 11-7, I only have 1 cna for up to 40 patients, and she's not lazy - in fact I can't point at any of our cna's as lazy - we just don't have enough of them, and that's the corporations...

  4. to give pain meds or not to give meds?

    banditrn replied to msnursekim's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :yelclap: :yelclap: Kudos to you!! I'd be more than a little furious at the bunch of them. Unfortunately, I see this sort of thing a lot - because the resident is quiet and doesn't complain, they...

  5. What were your funniest medical intakes?

    banditrn replied to UrNursePal's topic in Correctional

    Well, did you ask him how he got his nose down there to smell his

  6. Expecting too much???

    banditrn replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Capecod - I wish we had the staffing that you do at our facility - that said, maybe you need to review their duties, and as the DON, make it their job. I work 11-7 in a 40 bed facility - I get 1 CNA,...

  7. Complicated issue re: a fall

    banditrn replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I also think you did the right thing - I'd be a little nervous about pushing pain meds on a person who may possibly be a head injury - they don't always show up right

  8. Losing your skills in LTC

    banditrn replied to Cubby's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Rusty - you are my hero!! My facility doesn't do vents, which I used to be proficient in, but I have had a lot more experience in LTC with things like tube feedings, psychotropic drugs, etc. Every...

  9. The Today Show

    banditrn replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital where I worked had certain colors for each dept. ie: royal for nursing, tan for aides, etc. The first job I took as a nurse was in a LTCF - all the nurses still wore the caps - well,...

  10. "Honey"

    banditrn replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    I was also taught this when I went thru my nursing classes. Had a co-worker once who called everyone by their last name - it irritated me no

  11. 'Unhealthy' nurses...bad examples?

    banditrn replied to fifi2323's topic in General Nursing

    While I don't smoke 'I'd' be more likely to ask them to leave if they came in smelling of some of that foul lotion that some of them love to slather on - or aftershave - all that stuff makes me sicker...

  12. Co-worker hitting up the Dr.s for meds during shift?

    banditrn replied to babiesX2's topic in General Nursing

    :wink2: :wink2: I remember having shifts where my only break would be to go pee!! It always felt so good to actually get to sit down for a

  13. Expecting too much???

    banditrn replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And what are the other half? By sub-acute, do you mean skilled? Our 'skilled' patients need assessed every shift with vitals, and charting. Yes, it seems to me that the nurse could have called the...

  14. rant-the weekend

    banditrn replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In my facility, pharmacy ISN'T available 24/7 - and the main pharmacy that supplies us is 2 hours away. We have to fax them before noon for anything needed. And they don't deliver on the...

  15. Corporate Care

    banditrn replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How can they get by with feeding them that stuff and calling it a meal?!! What kind of dietician do they have? At least in my facility the food that I've seen them get looks and smells good. They...

  16. Wandering Resident advice

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, you are right - in my opinion, she should be in an Alzheimers unit but that's not going to happen until something significant happens and the other residents or their families start to complain a...

  17. Is there a doctor or nurse on board this flight?

    banditrn replied to Gompers's topic in General Nursing

    My first nursing instructor told us to NOT stop at accidents if the emergency people were there - she said they were trained to know what to do in those circumstances and we were

  18. Wandering Resident advice

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Really?! I have to say that I don't know a lot of the state regs and requirements. I seem to be the only one who charts things like this, altho I know that it happens with the other noc nurse. I...

  19. Males or Females

    banditrn replied to ex1140's topic in Correctional

    I feel kind of like a sexist, but I have to agree with you.:uhoh21: I've never worked in corrections, but I've worked in psych, and I'd rather have the men. Wonder why that

  20. Nightmares about work??

    banditrn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've always been a heavy dreamer - and occasionally I'll have them about work. Last night was a doozy!! I dreamed that when I went to start my morning med pass in the LTCF where I work, that they...

  21. Nightmares about work??

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, gompers, but I don't worry about them. I realize that they are reflections of my subconscious concerns. They still are pretty bizarre sometimes,

  22. 'Unhealthy' nurses...bad examples?

    banditrn replied to fifi2323's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that a person's outward appearence has anything to do with beauty - it's their spirit that makes them beautiful. And some outwardly beautiful people can have an ugly spirit. Sometimes,...

  23. rant-the weekend

    banditrn replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yep, that's the ONLY way to do it. I've never made a serious med error, but every one taught me something - mainly that I was becoming complacent and not paying as much

  24. Wandering Resident advice

    banditrn replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I heard of a facility that did something like this, but the one I work at now isn't likely to spend any extra money on something like this, unfortunately. I had been assured by days that she doesn't...

  25. LPN'S Supervising RNs'? How would you feel?

    banditrn replied to cowgirl4u's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, education is important - up to a point. After that, experience takes over. I don't care as much about the # of letters after a name as I do about a nurse's proficiency in what they are