I'm an RN at LTC. I work on the skilled hall, which is staffed with one RN and one LPN on all shifts. The ICF halls are only staffed with LPNs, the reasoning being if they need an RN for something on those halls there is one in the building they can ...
Agreed... I work in LTC (on a skilled unit) and my stress level at work is ten times as high as when I worked ICU-stepdown with art lines, chest tubes, post-ops etc. I only changed jobs due to needing 8 hour shifts.
emnicams replied to laurenicoleRN's topic in Humor
We have a doc that often signs his progress notes "Dr. SoandSo, Bamf." Type "BAMF" in on urbandictionary.com if you don't know what it stands for... and yes, it's well known that THAT is what he means. He's an egotistical guy for sure.
I went to LTC partly for the 8 hour shifts. I guess it's all in personal preference. I do Monday through Friday 7a-3p and love my hours. I despised 12 hour shifts at the hospital. Yeah, I got more whole days off, but I was so exhausted all the time. ...
emnicams replied to RescueNinja's topic in Geriatric
I got asked how would I handle a family that wanted to keep their dying relative a full code. Also, why did I wanted to work in long term care. They nitpicked my resume apart too, where I had listed my job responsibilities at previous jobs... "what d...
I used to, but I get so sick afterward that I finally stopped. The last time, I spent the rest of the day lying down on the couch, because anytime I tried to get up, I almost fainted. Not fun. I donated for years without issue, so it's strange.
Cell phone O2 sensor Med room keys Pens A few alcohol wipes Post its My badge is the clip-on kind. I am shocked at how much some of you carry! My pockets bulge as it is.
They return the rest back to your body. I also did this once while broke and in nursing school. Dirty, nasty looking people in the waiting room. Staff was incredibly rude. It took me four hours from the time I signed in until they took me in a back r...
I thought of another silly story, that actually had to do with a pt. On my old floor, we didn't have those awful phones we carry around now, so when we urgently needed to find a nurse we would page over the call light system "So-and-so, turn your lig...
Once near the end of a long and super-busy shift-- I was exhausted-- I was getting a couple of pills ready to give to a patient. I opened them at the bedside, put them into a 30ml plastic cup and got ready to pour the pt some water from his pitcher. ...