LHH1996

LHH1996

Acute Care/ LTC

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About LHH1996

LHH1996 has 13 years experience and specializes in Acute Care/ LTC.


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  1. Long Term Care to Hospital

    I need advice on how to transition from working in a SNF for 13 years to a new career in a hospital. My first 7 years was in a ECF that was attached to a hospital and we would get pulled all over the hospital. So i have some experience on other units...
  2. i may seem alittle off base...but who cares what they wear!...i know some veterinarian staff (who aren't nurses obviously) that wear scrubs...so when they go out in public does that mean they are confusing people? When i am out and about i don't pay ...
  3. EXCUSE ME!?!?!?!

    don't let that stupid doctor stop you from helping out your fellow nurses they do appreciate you! ....besides..nurses are smarter than doctors anyway...LOL
  4. when i worked at a SNF attached to the hospital, it was a much higher acuity. There was no sending patients to the ER for uti, blood, etc etc. When someone coded we did it,when someone needed life flighted we did it, there was a wider age range of pa...
  5. that is what i was trying to relate to in another post when i said that "health care is messed up" (about going to ER for non-emergancies)..at least you understand what i meant...people who go to the ER usually have a copay but testing etc is covere...
  6. new to Long term care...some questions

    the F-tag (LTC regs) manual explains that well..plus check your facility's policy. depending, there are lots of things that can be considered a restraint in ltc. so it would help to know what kind you are talking about and the reason for it. otherwis...
  7. i heard today that one of the hospital here is down 150 beds...
  8. last time i called off was for a horrible toothache in January 2008..i actually went to work that day , but left because i couldn't take it anymore..the DON counted it as a call off...
  9. Don't Cry

    try not to beat yourself up! i know it was upsetting at the time, but we all have done something at one time or another. the fact that you cared shows that you are compassionate about what you do. Hang in there! you are still an awesome nurse!
  10. oh..dear...i would hate for you to give up a career that can be rewarding even if it doesn't seem that way. i realize you are frustrated but don't give up. REally! as an earlier post said, get help for the attention problems. you haven't been doing i...
  11. Nursing Instructor from hell

    one of my nursing instructors i had, i also thought was a nightmare until i realized she really truly prepared me better than i ever imagined..
  12. Nurse Practitioners at SNFs as huge health reform tool

    We always have had Np's "come" to the facility also..i think the question was for the SNF to actually "employ" a NP...
  13. Racist Patients

    ok..thanks. still don't see what that has to do with anything though..lol
  14. oh my goodness flightnurse2b...i am so sorry you had to go through that...."Hugs"
  15. Racist Patients

    i feel completely stupid, but i don't know what "lip gloss poppin means"?