QuigRN

Hi. I am a disabled RN due to a lung disease. I am on oxygen 24/7 and have a part time job teaching CNA students. I do the classroom stuff and don't have to do anything strenuous. It's a great job and I get a lot of satisfaction knowing that I ha...

I was wondering if there is any circumstance wherein a CNA would be allowed to do an accucheck? Is this something that they would ever be allowed to do if trained? I oversee a nurse aide training program and boy, those students ask a lot of guesti...

I agree! Document, document, document. Follow your policy because this is a dangerous situation, and if it should happen again the DON will blame YOU and say that YOU did not follow the facility protocol for elopement!!!! Go to the administrator wi...

Thank-you so much for your replies! You guys are the greatest! Because I'm an RN, I've always believed that the more we give away, the more we have to worry about techies coming in and usurping licensed positions. But I have no problem if CNAs are...

I'm 56 and thought I'd be nursing forever. I've worked over 30 years in most areas of nursing, and the last 15 years or so I've been an ADON and a DON and loved it for the most part. The stress is killer in LTC, however. My body finally made the d...

I am an RN who also has COPD. I have worked in all areas of nursing; the past 15 years in LTC, going from supervisor to nurse manager to Director of Nursing. I recently had to resign my position as a DNS due to my illness and of course, the extreme...

Thank-you all for replying. Daytonite, those are great links and will be a good resource for me. I know that positioning is key when you can't get air in and some people just don't even think of that as an intervention. And I have tripped more time...

By regulation, any suspected or witnessed sexual abuse of a resident by "anyone" has to be reported, thus including resident to resident. It can also be considered a form of exploitation of a resident. Usually an investigator doesn't go to the faci...

I resigned my position as a Director of Nursing late last year because I felt like you. I had been the DON for 7 years in a small SNF and the stress was unrelenting. I was awake at night trying to figure out how to keep us in compliance and how to ...

that's a good idea, i will. thanks!

Last year I quit my job as a director of nursing and I am now the director of a CNA training program. My question is this: how do you reconcile what we teach them about bathing the correct way as described in their books, to what reality in a nursi...

Happy to oblige!!! Keep up the good work.:cheers:

Try a google search. I came up with several like this one: http://www.skillpath.com/ and I'm sure there are lots and lots to choose from! Good luck!!

As a DON in the Massachusetts LTC system, I would have had to report this incident to the state Department of Public Health and THEY would have to come in to investigate the allegation of abuse. (the facility is also required to do their own investig...

Hi TIA, I've was a DON for many years and it seems to me that they are protecting you from her. The DON is mandated to investigate any allegations brought to her/him and if they are not telling you, and not investigating, then they do not give her a...

As a DON, I always felt the need to be really personal with my staff. For the 12 nurses, I would take them out to lunch (provide agency coverage so all could go), give a little nurses's day card with a personal message, a flower or plant for each an...

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Hi, I had just that experience with my mom a few years ago. It was so embarrassing!! The aides would tell me how she 'demanded' certain things and she even said "you are here to wait on me!" OMG! I went right to her and gently told her that no on...

I just have to put my .02 in here. I worked in a hospital where the nurses were always dating the residents. They always kept it off the floor. I worked in another place where a nurse and a PATIENT were hot and heavy and he was long term (ALS). T...

I have a recurrent dream where I'm always late for work and can never find a phone to call them or can't make a phone work etc etc. LOL I am such a chronic early person to appts and work!

I would definitely call back. When I was a DON and hiring staff, I always smiled at the enthusiasts. They wound up being the BEST employees! Good luck!

I'm sorry that you are going through this. Maybe after 24 hours she will have settled down a little. There are so many employees who see their jobs as their own time. I agree cell phones should not be allowed at work. I think if I were you, I wou...

Like Earle58 said, each comfort care is standardized to the individual. One consideration might be a scopolomine patch for what you described as gurgling; it helps dry up the secretions. Some people enjoy soft music in the background. I always try ...

I am both a nurse and have been a patient. I know that noise can be controlled. The most annoying thing for someone trying to get better is the loud and rambunctious (oh my goodness that's my mom saying that) nite shift communicating with each othe...

As someone just said - you ARE fine. I've been in nursing for a long time and will leave the day that my life isn't affected by someone. I also thank my God that I might have some effect on someone whose well-being can be ensured by my touch or hug...