369Pelham

369Pelham has 6 years experience and specializes in Long Term Care.

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1. How to Determine Whether a LTC / SNF is Well Run

   369Pelham replied to vintagemother's topic in Activism

   There are good & bad SNF, just like anything else. You have to be careful. I recently got fired from a one, unfairly I believe. But I believe in defining my failures & not letting my failures define me. My former SNF almost closed b/c of ...

2. Learn from my STUPID mistake

   369Pelham replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the heads up. I have been a nurse for 5 years and take blood sugars quite often. Quite often instead of pricking a person again, if the glucometer doesn't give me a good reading I ALWAYS would make a second try from the same stick. Neve...

3. Paid Holidays

   369Pelham replied to 369Pelham's topic in General Nursing

   I have been working for this facility for 4 years, and I was working Monday - Fridays with holidays off. But I recently took a new position where I have a biweekly schedule, every other weekend rotation, with every other holiday off. Thank you ever...

4. Paid Holidays

   369Pelham replied to 369Pelham's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, am a full time, not per diem, working 40 hours. We get 6 holidays off only. And on New Years, my scheduled holiday off, the scheduler moved my normal day off so I only got the 2 days off, which put me into overtime, giving me time & half f...

5. Paid Holidays

   369Pelham posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is it common practice in facilities when a nurse is off for their paid holiday, the scheduler floats the regular scheduled days off to accomodate for the holiday. So instead of getting an extra day off, you get the same number of days, just differen...