Hi everyone, I am interviewing for a Hospice nurse position on Tuesday. I currently work long term care and have no real Hospice experience. Hospice is really, really what I want to do. Any suggestions on "aceing" the interview so I can finally h...
Interesting question as this just happened to me on Sunday night. My CENA (Bless her heart :redbeathe) came to me and said "____ don't look good". I walk into the room and the resident is pale and diaphoretic. O2 sat is 60% on room air. I yelled ...
Hi everyone, I would like some advice on a sticky situation. I have been working at this extended care facility for 4 months now. They are trying to clear 12 citations from the state. So, the big push now is to make sure that all the medication an...
When I was in school (graduated 4 years ago), I had classes/clinicals Monday-Thursday during the day. I then worked from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday-Sunday as a transcriptionist, all with 2 kids and a husband as a truck driver over the road only home ...
DianeS replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in General Nursing
Where I work, even looking like you are sleeping on the job is immediate grounds for firing. Do what your heart says, but I would be looking for another job. This is a patient safety issue and I don't think I could work for a place like this.
As someone who used to work in LTC, I can say that you did the right thing. Any DON who would expect 1 CNA for 50 residents obviously does not care about the residents one little bit. Way to go!
DianeS replied to nursebetty74's topic in New Nurse
It will get better. I work on a cardiac telemetry floor and we often get very serious pnts with CHF, a-fib, confusion in restraints, etc. and many times we have 7-8 pnts per nurse on night shift. And usually supervision isn't a whole lot of help. T...