NorthernRose

NorthernRose

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  1. NY Mandatory Overtime Bill questions

    Laughs!! Yes that is indeed the difference! I have never been one to take being told I HAVE to do something without a bit of fuss (to put it mildly). The first weekend of the no mandation, a nurse called in, leaving day shift short. I volunteered to...
  2. NY Mandatory Overtime Bill questions

    Just out of curiousity, what has you facility come up with for their "Nurse Coverage Plan"?
  3. NY Mandatory Overtime Bill questions

    Metfan and kchochrane-Thanks for all the links! From the sounds of it you and I work for the same place! We (the LPN's) have asked repeatedly what the plan is come July 1st. There is no plan but to keep on mandating the LPN's for 4-8 hours of OT. ...
  4. Nurses eating their young? (not the same old rant)

    I also was lucky enough to have a wonderful mentor. She had been my LPN when I was a CNA and took me under her wing while I was in nursing school. She would show me procedures and explained so many different things before I even made it through sc...
  5. How many nurses want their children to be nurses too?

    I'm an LPN, and my daughter (22) is currently taking the RN course. I did not encourage or discourage her from this choice. But, now that she has made it, I support and help her all I can. I feel she will be a wonderful nurse. She has always b...
  6. No Respect for LTC nurses?

    How about when your brother who is an RN in a cardiac intensive care unit says to you....oh you work the other end of the nursing spectrum from what i do. you'll never know what its like to call a code or do what i do. I swear to gods..mine said ...
  7. "greener" health care?????

    I work night shift in a county run LTC facility, I try to turn off all the unwatched room TV's, the extra lights, the drippy faucets. If a faucet is drippy I make sure a maintenance slip is filled out for it to be fixed. Lights on in rooms/areas t...
  8. How Do I Get My Shoes To Stop Squeaking?

    It might be the wax they are using on the floors. I've worn various types of shoes over the years, and mine will squeak if they soles are wet and they've just waxed the floors. I know it can be extremely annoying!!! Especially at night when one is...
  9. Hourly Rate For LPNS

    I work in a county run LTC in UPstate NY. Been an LPN on the floor for a year, (I was a CNA for the previous 13 years at the same facility) am currently making 15.23$ an hour plus 40cents/hr differential. 5.00$ each day of a weekendor holiday. OT ...
  10. Clocking in

    I was just 'counseled' for this by my supervisor. We can punch in 5 min. before and up to 2 min. after the start of shift. Nurses are to be punched out by 15-20 min. after end of shift. Apparently, I don't seem to be getting out on time-not that...
  11. "Natural Cures"

    I got part way threw the book and left it. I found it to be very repetitive. If I'm capable of reading, I capable of getting an idea the first time its said. Don't need to tell me the same idea 8 times in the same chapter, and then re-peat it severa...
  12. Ny BOCES LPN Exam

    The entrance exam to the NY BOCES program is general knowledge. Reading, reading comprehension, general math with some easy algebra type questions. There are no nursing related questions on it. So leave learning the nursing and brush up on your rea...
  13. Activities on off hrs

    LTC facilities have off hours? 24/7 where I work. 176 beds...on night shift our minimum staffing can go as low as 9 CNA's, 3 LPN's and 1 RN. All the staff that don't have Dr.s notes limiting work hours are working 12 hour shifts to cover 3-11 wh...
  14. Sleep? What's that?! I try to make it to bed by 9:30, usually get a couple hours good sleep, then I'm up and down about every hour/hour and a half. hard to sleep with 2 grandbabies under 3 years old terrorizing the house!! My husband works night...
  15. Aaaaaagggghh!

    Itch Itch Scratch Scratch!! schoona i never had lice while in school either, but my daughters who both had hair to their waists got them...what a lovely time that was! I know it's not a proven preventitive....but after the first time of the nit ...