14 years ago when I was 12 weeks pregnant I had to have an emergancy appendectomy , half way though the surgery I woke up crying . Luckily I knew the nurse that was working that night and she came running over and comforted me untill they could get ...
The LTC I work at usually gives 2-4% raises each year. Most of the nurses get a 3% raise . The other staff are unionized and in their contract they agreed to a 2.5 % raise the first year (last year ) and a 2 % raise the next 2 years.
21 years ago when I took my state board test ... everyone was in a "barn" at the state fair grounds. one minute late and you couldn't test... 6-8 weekslater was when I found out that I had passed. though at that time you could work as an LPN with a ...
Does EC have a web site that I can look at ? I'm considering going back for my RN ,i've been an LPN for 21 years . I can't take time off work right now to go to the Community College. College network called me yesterday and according to them i would ...
This one nurse, that claims to have been in LTC for about 8 years was trying to convince me that it's better to be "selective" in which events to chart and which not. For example, if someone BS was too low in the am, but you were able to bring it bac...
dotty865 replied to pensacola_LPN's topic in Geriatric
Here in Ohio this past winter we had an ice storm that lasted for 4 days . Some were without electric even longer than that . Our DON , ADON and Administrator came in to work and asked several of us if we would stay . As long as we were working we w...
dotty865 replied to Happytocare's topic in Geriatric
I work in a LTC facility . The last 2 days I worked I found a med error each day . The first one wasn't too drastic but none the less a med error. The doctor faxed an order for a multivit , the paper that was recieved in the fax machine was laid with...
My oldest sister was in nursing school when she passed away . I was 6 years old and from that time on I told my parents that I wanted to be a nurse. That I wanted to be like my sister Diane. During my nursing schooling I was the same age of my sist...