emnicams

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1. Hourly rate for RN's, LPN's, CNA's in Your State

   emnicams replied to pirituba's topic in Geriatric

   I live in Tennessee. At my facility (nursing home), RN's start at 23.00/hr, LPN 16.50/hr and CNA's 9.00/hr.

2. New Grad RN in LTC, what can I do?

   emnicams replied to FocusRN's topic in Geriatric

   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 ...

3. Please tell me I'm not crazy...

   emnicams replied to mrf0609's topic in General Nursing

   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.

4. Funny doctor orders

   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.

5. Why aren't nursing homes doing 12 hour shifts???

   emnicams replied to GRAB1's topic in Geriatric

   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. ...

6. RN Interview

   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...

7. Do you donate blood?

   emnicams replied to pna2388's topic in General Nursing

   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.

8. How Many Residents Do You Care For On Your Unit?

   emnicams replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in Geriatric

   7a-3p on the skilled hall. 1 RN and 1 CNA for 10 residents. The ICF halls are 1 LPN and 5 CNA's for 32 residents.

9. What do you carry...

   emnicams replied to ilove2dce's topic in General Nursing

   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.

10. Took out wrong person's IV

    emnicams replied to jess17's topic in General Nursing

    This post should have come with a beverage warning!!!!

11. Oh MY GOD!!! I WANT TO WORK HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    emnicams replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    The one on the left or right?

12. Interesting morning....

    emnicams replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    My fear came from the general uncleanliness of the place I went to.

13. Interesting morning....

    emnicams replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    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...

14. Ah, the things we say when we're tired

    emnicams replied to ProBeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    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...

15. Ah, the things we say when we're tired

    emnicams replied to ProBeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    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. ...