We had our annual survey a couple of weeks ago. We got 2 J tags. They came back and today they issued the facility a 30 day notice. We have 30 days to find placement for all of our residents. I am so sad. Who is going to take care of our people? Most...
Where I worked recently changed our colors to all purple or all white or a combination. No prints. I own many,many print tops and different colored pants, and I am not going to let them go to waste. I wear them when I am off. I wore a print scrub top...
I am on a weekend program. I work 24 and get paid for 36, but we have to pick up an extra day during the week to be considered full time. I work 10 hours on Friday and 12 Saturday and Sunday. Most of the time I work about every day for the overtime.
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I work in a LTC facility and have for 16 years. I have a ruptured disc (L5) and also have a bone fragment lodged in a nerve in my left leg. I was diagnosed in 1995. My left leg has some numbness in it. It doesn't stop me from working. If I have pain,...
Years ago, I took a day off to take my Yorkie for an ultrasound. I found my own coverage. When I had her put to sleep, they gave a night off (without pay), they gave me flowers and got me another dog for my birthday, two months later.
Speaking of night shift nurse who leaves things undone, last night one of our resident's catheter came out. The night shift nurse said she didn't know how to put a catheter in, since she had only been a nurse for two years.
We had a VA survey team in our LTC facility yesterday. The surveyor touring with our DNS kept me busy for about an hour asking me all kinds of questions. The facility doesn't know how we did on the survey yet. I hope we did ok.