birdietiel

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1. "I Don't Care if You are Sick...Come to Work Anyway!"

   birdietiel replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric

   Where I work, if you call in sick, you have to find a replacement. I was sick last sat. I had been in the ER friday night. My boss didn't care. She said if I couldn't find a replacement, I would have to come in. It didn't matter I had chest pain, sho...

2. need your opinion

   birdietiel posted a topic in New Nurse

   I work in a SNF, have been there since August. It was really rough at first, took a while to get used to all the things I have to do. I pretty much have a routine down. Sometimes I run late if I have an admission. I work on the rehab/medicare hallway...

3. Chicago! hospitals hiring new grads?

   birdietiel replied to Shemme-Battles's topic in New Nurse

   I live in a rural part of IL about one hour west of Chicago. I know there isn't much available where I am. I work in a SNF. I'm not sure about Chicago. Good luck.

4. I want OUT!!!!

   birdietiel replied to shoegalRN's topic in New Nurse

   Hang in there. Because you care about your pt safety, and worry about how you're doing shows you are a good nurse. Many people are too confident and think they know everything. I also have nurses talk about other nurses behind their back, and I know ...

5. New Grad SNF work... I am just exhausted and shocked

   birdietiel replied to Bre14's topic in New Nurse

   I graduated in May, and have been working in a nursing home since August. Some days are rewarding, some are awful. It took a while to get faster at the med pass. Once you have the same residents for a while you get to remember which meds they take, s...

6. Can't even spike a bag!!

   birdietiel replied to ibambamama's topic in New Nurse

   I feel the same way you do. I'm a new grad working in LTC. I had to straight cath a woman. Here urethra was all sunken in, in her vagina. I couldn't find it. There wasn't enough light to see, and I tried it without anyone helping to hold her leg. She...

7. Depressed about my job-long

   birdietiel replied to birdietiel's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks for your replies. I need to remember why I am there, for the residents! I'll try to let the other stuff not get to me.

8. I hate being a LPN in LTC. The horror!

   birdietiel replied to Plagueis's topic in Geriatric

   I am going through the same thing. I was thrown on the med cart. I have seen other nurses combining meds for 4 and 8, and other things that shouldn't be done. I am always out late because I do things by the book. Half the time the med isn't there. We...

9. Depressed about my job-long

   birdietiel posted a topic in New Nurse

   I graduated in May with my RN. The only job I could find is in a nursing home. The area I live in is rural, so there weren't many jobs to even apply to. I can't relocate. My husband is a professor and has tenure now. I have been at my job since Augus...

10. New RN Grad's First Job - $23/hr. Is this a rip off?

    birdietiel replied to mfr69's topic in Illinois

    I just started as a new grad at a LTC facility. I make $22/hr and no shift differential. I live in a fairly rural part of Illinois. I have about 25 residents to myself to pass meds, do assessments, charting(lots of medicare), admissions, and treatmen...