Can you be fired for not taking a lunch break during an 8 hour shift? I know it is the law that you need to take a 30 minute break. My employer has recently cut back on staffing causing the nurses to be extremely overwhelmed. There is only one nurse ...
Does anyone consider it to be either abusive or neglectful for a LTC facility to not have enough staff to care for the number of residents? According to the state regs the staffing ratio is ok, but the acuity of residents is very high and not providi...
I work in LTC and we have been told that we are NOT allowed to wear gloves in the dining room, this includes while clearing dirty dishes/napkins. Reasoning: it is not conducive to creating a "home like" atmosphere. We don't wear gloves at home when s...
Just wondering if anyone has ever made an anoymous complaint against your employer. I feel there has been a huge issue regarding patient safety at my place of employment that resulted in a patients death that could have been prevented. I know I am pr...
The 3rd one does not really seem like an ethical dilemma to me. It seems to me that you were just using good nursing judgement in checking the sugar again. Something as simple as the alcohol not drying before you take the blood sample can cause an ac...
luvmy2angels replied to lorpu 2012's topic in Pennsylvania
I started applying for jobs about 4 months before i graduated. Most places i applied to (both hospitals and long term care facilities) were very willing to hire me with out having taken the boards yet, as long as i had my temp to practice permit. Mos...
luvmy2angels replied to Isitpossible's topic in Geriatric
I agree with dietary consult, does your facility have a wound Dr or wound team?? If not and this is something you are interested in you can always get more education in wounds and start a wound team at your job. Once they got a routine wound Dr and w...
luvmy2angels replied to toocrabby4u's topic in General Nursing
Thanks for the replies. I myself am not interested in an getting my MHA. I am a nurse and my dept is run by someone with their MHA and has no respect for us as nurses. she has had no formal nursing training but likes to act like she is a nurse. she ...
luvmy2angels replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing
I went back to night shift after working days for 15 years or so. I got off at 7, would come home and get the kids up and ready for school and would go to bed around 9 am. I would get up at 3 pm to get my son from school and then was usually up until...
luvmy2angels replied to luvmy2angels's topic in Geriatric
Just an FYI...I would NEVER consider a CNA or any other member of my team a "peon". And I certainly don't feel the chart is a "magical book". My concern is that information may be written in the chart and not given to me directly therefore interferin...
I am just curious if anyone else has an employer that says it is okay for anyone to document a nurses note in a resident's chart?? I work in personal care but I know when I worked in skilled nursing the CNAs were not even allowed to look in the chart...
luvmy2angels replied to LFalcon's topic in Geriatric
Once you get a routine down it may not seem as stressful. One question...can't any of these things be delegated to the aides?? I know where i work there are 2 nurses on dayshift and one aide so the nurses get all the accuchecks and vital signs, but t...