HawaiiGuy

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1. LTC facility trying to fire me over refusing to take on 50 residents

   HawaiiGuy replied to NurseGeorgiapeach's topic in Geriatric

   We had a similar situation in our facility a few years ago. On the night shift 6pm-630am we have 34 Residents on one unit and in a locked down Alzheimer's/Dementia unit we have 20 Residents. In the past, whenever the Dementia unit nurse was out, th...

2. Here's a new one: chart assessments before midnight.....

   HawaiiGuy replied to mom-wife-nurse's topic in Geriatric

   At our facility the NOC shift is required to chart on all the Medicare residents + any additional "alert" charting for LTC residents on ABX, etc., each shift is required to do complete charting. There are 2 nurses on my unit during the day (34 resid...

3. Inefficient training at first job, considering quitting

   HawaiiGuy replied to CaliforniaRNnow's topic in General Nursing

   As many have said, your situation is not uncommon for LTC facilities. I've been working in a LTC facility for almost two years. Right out of school, it was the only job I could find. I received about 5 days orientation to the NOC shift, and I have...

4. Need some Info

   HawaiiGuy replied to tookewlandy's topic in Educators

   Hi, I was wondering the same thing -- I just received my scores today. This is the second time I took the NLN test. The first time I took it, my counselor said my scores were too low. We only have less than 20 nursing spots here in Hawaii for my Comm...