mtjoanna replied to idreamofnursing17's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I started my nursing career in a psych hospital, so became pretty adept at documenting "exciting" events very factually. Unless two patients/residents had an encounter/altercation, mentioning another...
At my previous facility, I was the only nurse in the building from 1800-0600 and had up to 54 residents at one time. The 1800-2100 med pass was brutal as most of the residents had multiple meds and...
My facility actually has 2 transitional care units, each with 16 beds. During the day, two nurses staff each unit with a max of 8 patients while at noc, there's one nurse to the 16 residents. Now, the...
I'm currently working transitional care. I started my career in psych, moved to long term care--which I very much enjoy--but because of the need for full time hours, moved to the transitional care...
I have had a few instances of people asking me about stuff--the greenish chunky discharge from her ear, what this color of poo might mean. My advice generally consists of "that sounds like an...
So, a year has passed since this incident. Six months ago, my husband and I moved to another town and I am working in a different facility. This facility is non-profit, owned by a church denomination...
mtjoanna replied to Beautiful_Soul's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I did that with mixed results. It was good with all the nurses and most of the CNAs but I did have some issues with a few of the aids. One of them specifically told me "I'd be just fine if you showed...
It's a long-term care facility, not in a hospital, though they have PAs and NPs that round daily from both local hospitals. There are actually 2 transitional care units, both set up very similarly to...
I am currently in orientation in transitional care. I've worked at this facility for 6 months in one of their long-term care units and have loved it but they didn't have full time hours for me there...
I couldn't find whether or not video links are allowed (via youtube). I suppose I'll find out if it's not allowed I saw this on my facebook today(my facebook info is NOT in the link) and ended up...
So I've just completed my first week of solo nursing at my new position. This week, I had a fall, a death and our wing went under quarantine, as 4 elders ended up with diarrhea within an hour of each...