NoahscoopsRN

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1. Transferring RN License

   NoahscoopsRN posted a topic in Massachusetts

   I'm a new RN licensed in Rhode Island but would also like to be licensed in Massachusetts however I'm not sure how to go about doing this? Has anyone else done this? Do I just go to the state board of nursing's web site? Thank you!

2. Advice please

   NoahscoopsRN replied to NoahscoopsRN's topic in Geriatric

   @ Dixie, I couldn't agree more! I would probably be swinging at someone if they tried to shower me at 5:30 in the morning too! I just don't see the sense in it. This facility is like nothing I have seen before (perhaps im a bit naive), they just don'...

3. Advice please

   NoahscoopsRN replied to NoahscoopsRN's topic in Geriatric

   Suz, there are a few patients that they get up in the morning, no they don't shower them in the middle of the night. I would have a serious problem with that.

4. Would you leave current job for a Mon-Fri less stressful opportunity?

   NoahscoopsRN replied to ooMissNurseoo's topic in Geriatric

   I'm in the same boat as you with your job (sortve miserable), I say, if you're able to withstand the pay cut go for it. Do what makes you happy!

5. Advice please

   NoahscoopsRN replied to NoahscoopsRN's topic in Geriatric

   Thank you for making me feel like I'm not crazy! I knew I was right but actually hearing it from another nurse is so helpful. When it comes to the showers I say to myself enough is enough, it's not worth it, if I get spoken to about it, so be it. One...

6. Advice please

   NoahscoopsRN posted a topic in Geriatric

   I'm a new RN working in LTC 11-7, 4 nights per week I work Alzh unit (weekend rotation) and 2 nights a week I work Medical/Psych with a lot of skilled pt's. (Rotating schedule). My question is in regards to Nurses working with Alz patients. When is i...

7. First RN job at LTC.. Please I need help badly!

   NoahscoopsRN replied to racs09_RN's topic in Geriatric

   I'm in a similar situation as you are. I'm brand new (as of Oct 2011) i'm in a busy LTC and like you, bounce from unit to unit. On my weekends on I am on the Alzh unit (4 nights) then one night a week a Medical/Psych unit and another night just a Med...

8. Problems with CNAs

   NoahscoopsRN replied to winnowill's topic in Geriatric

   I'm experiencing a sort of similar situation as you are. I'm 28 yo and a new nurse, some of the aides I work with (i'm 11-7) are, and I'm trying to be polite as possible, LAZY. I myself worked as an aide for 6 1/2 years prior to becoming a nurse (the...

9. Miserable at work

   NoahscoopsRN replied to NoahscoopsRN's topic in Career Support

   @ Dixie, perhaps at the facilities you have been around there were standing orders for straight caths, however at this facility, there are none. I'm not calling a doctor at 2am for just a routine urine spec, unless its a stat order, it can wait unti ...

10. Miserable at work

    NoahscoopsRN replied to NoahscoopsRN's topic in Career Support

    @Viva, I really think you are right, I mean I literally was sobbing one night before going in because I just did not want to be there, my fiancee said, "It's not worth it." I need to go to a job where I have fulfilled, and this place is just not doin...

11. Miserable at work

    NoahscoopsRN replied to NoahscoopsRN's topic in Career Support

    I absolutely do not do anything without an order and I don't care about the odd looks I get in the morning, but to me, it's common sense, Don't - do - without - an - order. But to these people, it's FOREIGN. For example, say we have an incontinent pa...

12. Miserable at work

    NoahscoopsRN posted a topic in Career Support

    I am a new nurse working in a busy LTC facility. This was not my first choice to begin my career, however I had been out of college for 2 years prior to my passing NCLEX (due to unforseen circumstances) and I did not feel confident enough to begin in...

13. Why do RN's avoid LTC positions?

    NoahscoopsRN replied to amyca's topic in Geriatric

    I'm a newly licensed RN starting out in LTC, I also was an aide in a very busy LTC facility for 6 years also and let me tell you it is HARD work and VERY VERY busy. Im lucky if I have time to go to the bathroom once per shift (HELLO uti!!!). I applie...

14. Assessments on 11-7

    NoahscoopsRN posted a topic in New Nurse

    I'm a brand new nurse starting out in LTC, I'm still orienting and have done so on 7-3 numerous times and last night being my first 11-7 shift which I will be working. The question I have is on assessments..some people do it some people don't...AT AL...

15. Assited Living: The new skilled care

    NoahscoopsRN replied to NJayne17's topic in Geriatric

    I currently work at an "Assisted Living" facility and I use quotations for a reason..90 percent of our residents should be in nursing homes, period. We have a paraplegic, lots of Alzheimer's/wandering issues and numerous residents with hoyer & ot...