I accepted a job with an ALF and I can't wait! I've been working rehab for the past year and while my clinical skills are good, the workload is too high working eve shift (when all hospital admissions come in and it's pass pills, wounds, AND assessm...
I've been a nurse in LTC for 6 months now and am already burned out. I've had up to 33 pts max and usually run 25 per shift. I didn't know until I read this thread that the nursing ratio included nurses who are employed but not doing direct care. ...
You know, I see this where I work and have only been employed since this month! I already hate the atmosphere and time constraints, but don't want to job hop so soon. I hope I can stick it out for a year and get my "acute care exp", and go on to an...
I know for being on the floor for the first night alone and being a new nurse, last night's 23 pts really was too much for me! Not to mention, it's considered a "hard" wing by other nurses anyway. I guess this was my hazing!
Personally, as a former CNA (1 yr) and now LPN, I am glad I did it step by step. While I have aspirations for a higher degree (BSN or NP), I feel like learning "the steps" of healthcare was easier for me. I'm also a former social worker of six year...
anjoba replied to IlovemycareerRN's topic in Geriatric
I am still in orientation and started Jan. 5th. So far, I've had three days of classroom and three days on the floor w/ a preceptor. I'm a newly licensed nurse so the staffing coordinator said she wouldn't put me on the floor on my own until she AN...
anjoba replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric
You know it's going to be a bad day when you clock in on Friday the 13th (yea, yesterday's), on your third day on the floor orientating as a newly licensed nurse, and spill water for the med pass ON the med book. Yea me! Sheeshizle pete
Hello fellow nurses!--I'm a new nurse (I received license in Dec.) & I recently accepted a job in a LTC facility. I've been on the floor orientating on morning shift this past week. (My actual position will be evening shift.) My facility uses ...
Emmi7, Our clinicals started the first week. For seven of those weeks, we did SIMS lab and then the last four wk we went to nursing homes (in and around Indy inc. Avon, Brownsburg and Lebanon), and worked with CNAs. There were three sites since our...
Hmm...to a few classmates, I would say... "**** and listen!" "Grow up!" "Quit debating pointless ideas you can't back up that has NO relevance to what is being taught at the moment!!" "Quit texting or talking around me when I am trying to listen ...
I wanted to make the Dean's list but will settle for Honor Roll with a 3.64 GPA last quarter. I'm tootin' my own horn 'cause I think that's pretty darn good for working full-time, having kids to raise, and going to night school!
Well, I'm in my 2nd quarter of the LPN program at Indy Medtech campus. I posted to this thread in June the day before I started the program and thought I would update on my experience. Hmmm...well, it's a lot of work and effort!! I'm in the 3rd w...