adamsmom2

adamsmom2

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About adamsmom2

adamsmom2 has 4 years experience and specializes in LTC.


I am a second career RN. Worked in med/surg, then 2 years in Home Health. Now an assistant in a personal care home in PA

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  1. Accepting a CM job at a SNF

    I will be the CM. I am currently a ADON in a personal care home. Get stuck covering call offs a lot and not paid for it. Every date I want to take off my DON has something she wants to do so I get stuck again. And she takes a lot of 3-4 day weekends....
  2. Accepting a CM job at a SNF

    Think I am going to accept a position at a SNF which is next door and a division of the personal care home I work as a Assistant Director of nursing. It pays 19k more a yr and no on call no weekends no holidays. Have to give 4 week notice.
  3. Know I often post about this issue and do not do anything about it. But today was the last straw. I am a ADON in a personal care home. We do not have nurses at facility 24/7 but either me or the DON is on call. Lately we have had many call offs and o...
  4. Level 2 background checks at LTC

    We have been interviewing for care aides. Recently we had 2 good prospects that had experience. But when we told them we will be doing a background check using KROLL they both said they had a retail theft a few years ago. Our policy is not to go any...
  5. How many hours do you work as a ADON?

    I am a ADON I work about 45-48 hrs a week. Does not include on call hours.
  6. DON works 40/wk.

    Does anyone else have this problem? I am ADON at a personal care home, I work 9-10 hours a day. I help out on the floor when aides call out and No one will come in. My DON works 6-8 hours a day. She does not fill in or help much on the floor. Of cou...
  7. ADON feeling alone

    I work at a personal care home as a ADON. My DON is on vacation for 2 weeks. So far I had 2 aids give notice. Have a cold starting in one of our buildings. The day before she left on vacation I left her a message about one of the aids leaving she tol...
  8. PVD/long

    That was what was written on a previous progress note. But we are a personal care home and we do not have a Doppler to check pulses or do skin assessments routinely.
  9. PVD/long

    Hi I work at a personal care home that is not a SNF. Resident went to regular every 9week podiatry appt since she has PAD no diabetes. No c/o of foot pain, walking with walker, no odor, no drainage on socks. After examining the left foot twice MD fou...
  10. Life Vest

    I am a ADON of a personal care home. We are getting a resident that wears a life vest defibrillator. She will be discharged from her SNF. Has anyone ever worked with a life vest? We do not have nurses 24/7 but have aides that have CPR training but a...
  11. Tired HH nurse

    I worked for 2 different agencies and ended up working 7 days a week for both. I gave up after 2 years.
  12. Mandatory overtime/on call

    NASCAR nurse I totally understand. I took a large pay decrease from my home health job where I was working 7 days a week and hours of paperwork every night. But now i mainly work 5 days a week. I have covered many hours on the floor and as you said w...
  13. Mandatory overtime/on call

    I am a ADON at a AL/personal care home. I have had to come in a few times to cover the floor due to call offs. I do not get paid for it. We call everyone to ASK if they want to come in. We do have a few that sometimes will come in. But when no one co...
  14. home health paperwork

    Agencies are different. But you will be doing at least some paperwork on your own time. You may get doctors returning your call in the evening when their office hours are finished. But every agency is different. You can see 6 pts a day or 8-10 like ...
  15. Week one of orientation done

    You are very lucky to work for. I had one week then was on my own. I worked 6-7 days a week saw 6-10 pts mon-fri then saw a few on sat and sun and since we are paper finished up my paperwork on sat then set up my week on sun. I lasted 2 years. Took v...