LTCNS

LTCNS LPN

Clinical Documentation Specialist, LTC

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About LTCNS

LTCNS is a LPN and specializes in Clinical Documentation Specialist, LTC.


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  1. Weight and reduced chances of employment.

    Many people associate obesity with laziness as well, but that's just not the case. I'm overweight and far from lazy, and many of my co-workers who are overweight run circles around their thinner counterparts. I have been overweight my entire nursing ...
  2. Do I give up? Dreadful wait after job interview.

    Four months lol! But that was because they had put a hold on the position until after the first of the year so I didn't get an offer until four months after my first interview. I had one interview in October of last year, a second interview in Novemb...
  3. New Nurse Exhausted from Extremely Long Shifts? Help?

    OP, I was exactly like you when I got my first job in LTC with 4 whole hours of orientation because the facility was horribly understaffed. I was always the "go to" nurse because I too worked 80+ hours a week because I couldn't say "NO." I worked 21 ...
  4. Telling Patients/Residents You Love Them?

    I can count on one hand in my 20 years of working in LTC how many residents I told I loved them, because I truly did. I had formed a bond with those particular residents and was, in most cases, the only "family" they had. I was like a daughter/grandd...
  5. Lvn = working w/stable pts??

    As a LPN of 20+ years, I have had many, many skilled nursing home patients go "bad" on me. Taught me how to think on my feet and with experience I learned how to care for critically ill patients. Now as a Clinical Documentation Specialist and still a...
  6. how serious are HIPAA violations taken?

    At the hospital I am employed in HIPAA violations are taken very seriously. I was reprimanded by the Privacy Officer for taking a picture of some training books I had piled on my desk. Just the books...No titles or pictures showing, no patient info. ...
  7. Sometimes people have things going on outside of work we have no idea they are dealing with, so they may come across as overly dramatic and over reactive to every little thing. You never know.
  8. knowing when to take a job offer..

    If I turned down every job offer I have received as a LPN over the past 20 years based solely on hearsay about the SNF, clinic or hospital, I would be a housewife Give it a chance and find out for yourself. Every place has it's "issues." You just m...
  9. Coworker physically abusive to patients

    Think of it like this. If someone else witnesses his disgusting, twisted behavior and you are in the room with him & making no attempts to stop him, then he gets reported, you will go down with him because it would appear as if you are condoning ...
  10. How much do you make 2016

    I'm in MS. and have 20 years experience. I make $52,000 per year. No longer at the bedside. I work 7am-3:30pm Monday-Friday.
  11. How much do you LPN's make?

    $27 an hour in MS. with 20 years experience, no longer at the bedside.
  12. Job interview, waiting and need advise

    Patience grasshoppa' :) It took me almost 4 months to hear from HR with the job I have now and it was worth the wait. I doubt it will take that long for you to hear anything. Just echoing the PPs
  13. All that and the judge didn't sign his papers on Thursday. They were backlogged with emergency commitments and he was on the bottom of the pile. The next pick up is on Wednesday. I'm devastated. Because he hasn't hurt anyone he is not an emergency. I...
  14. Long story short, I have a 30 year old son who had everything going for him, then lost everything over a year ago. Since then he has become increasingly depressed, refusing professional help. He hates my husband and holds a grudge against me for marr...
  15. LPN in hospitals

    In my area there are 2 hospitals hiring LPNs in med/surg & telemetry, but the majority hire LPNs in hospital affiliated outpatient clinics. I work in a hospital as a Clinical Documentation Specialist, but it is strictly non-bedside with about 80%...