Lissa,RN

Lissa,RN has 3 years experience.

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1. Help! Cute Visitation Sayings in LTC facility....

   Lissa,RN replied to shell1977's topic in Geriatric

   I don't think the sign has to be cute. Ours reads something like "For the safety of our residents and the staff that care for them, please do not enter this facility if you have a fever, sore throat, cough, runny nose, or other cold/flu symptoms. If ...

2. Direct care staff incentive bonus

   Lissa,RN replied to Lissa,RN's topic in General Nursing

   I am a nurse, so I obviously know that nurses provide direct care....that was why all the! ! And?? after that statement. XTX, I don't know, but really can't imagine my employer giving anyone a red cent that t...

3. Direct care staff incentive bonus

   Lissa,RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm just curious. Where I work all the direct care staff get a quarterly bonus. We are told that this bonus comes from the federal government and is to be disbursed as described above, meaning managers, MDS nurses, kitchen workers and the like do not...

4. Who else love's their 12's?!

   Lissa,RN replied to jnfRN's topic in General Nursing

   I too love my twelves. Our schedule is a little different. We work 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off...so have to work every other weekend. On my weekdays off I clean and take care of the household. That leaves every other weekend for camping, fo...

5. Med errors: subpoena, copy of incident report

   Lissa,RN replied to nursing.mypassion's topic in General Nursing

   LTC nurses dont do incident reportd because we have "extra time". We do what we have to because management says we have to. I can see how it seems dumb to fill one out for a bruise caused by a lab draw, but you know what's not dumb? NOT getting fired...

6. money

   Lissa,RN replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

   "I'm glad you'd rather be rich and miserable :lol2::loll:... you may just get what you settle for!! If you don't define quality by possessions, you never 'settle'...you're always ahead ! You sound very young... (that's not an insult at all- just an o...

7. Pregnancy and... the floor?

   Lissa,RN replied to vwde's topic in General Nursing

   I work the floor in LTC. My pt. load is 28-32 (usually on the higher end). We don't have treatment nurses or wound nurses, etc..We usually don't have enough CNAs. My job is fast paced, busy, busy, busy, and I am currently 38 weeks pregnant. I have ye...

8. Nurses as primary breadwinners?

   Lissa,RN replied to learning08's topic in General Nursing

   Nail on the head! That is my predicament. I work slightly more hours than hubby, but still have to do almost everything at home. I can barely keep my head above water..

9. Need help adjusting. Any advice?

   Lissa,RN replied to A&OxNone's topic in General Nursing

   "seriously, though, an older ad new grad can bring things to the table that a new bsn grad age 20-21 can't. you will both even out in psychomotor and working social skills in your first year out of the gate, but you will have more life experience tha...

10. Need advice for tracking weight changes in my residents

    Lissa,RN replied to dhsieversRN's topic in LTC Directors

    I would have the aides chart weights in the resident charts, but also have them put weights on a flowsheet somewhere. I keep mine on a clipboard that I can quickly and easily pick up and just check over. That way it's easy to add a new list just righ...

11. Nurses not making enough...wait what?

    Lissa,RN replied to Reese2012's topic in General Nursing

    ...and the statement that "Any other job out there doesn't pay that much to start" is just silly. "Any other job" may or may not. We're not doing any other job. We are trained professionals with a degree doing a highly specialized job. I do understa...

12. Is it possible to work as a practical nurse once I finish my ADN degree?

    Lissa,RN replied to Enza's topic in General Nursing

    "LPNs do not have degrees" is not an accurate statement. Neither is "LPN=certificate". Not all the time anyway. I went to a two year associates degree in nursing program for my LPN. Lots and lots of LPNs have associates degrees. Just wanted to clear ...

13. The Ethics of Managing Your Personal Time

    Lissa,RN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    While I do not endorse lying, I can honestly say that there have been times that I thought "really? Couldn't come up with SOMETHING better than that?" when staff at my facility call off. I have gotten the old "I have a headache" call off six hours b...

14. my problem with allnurses...why so pessimistic?

    Lissa,RN replied to pymschrs's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, allnurses members! Quit whining and always "remember your common since rules" lmao

15. Would like to hear from nurses

    Lissa,RN replied to BeepingIV's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain. Where I work speaking the words short or understaffed will get yah fired. What a joke. We're perpetually "staff challenged".