chinacatRN

chinacatRN has 2 years experience and specializes in None - yet ;).

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1. Never before have I been so disrespected by co-workers in the workplace

   chinacatRN posted a topic in Relations

   I work in a rehab facility. Many of our patients are LTC and many are there for PT/OT and sent home. We also have patients on ventilators and those who have trachs. Our patients are more critical than those in a typical LTC facility and many of them ...

2. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

   chinacatRN replied to Jenni811's topic in Relations

   Ok, so now I hate my job even more. I left a job I mostly liked because I wasn't getting enough hours to survive on. Then I end up with this turd of a job. Then I find out that there's this night nurse (at my current job) who knows someone at my prev...

3. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

   chinacatRN replied to Jenni811's topic in Relations

   I currently work in a LTC. The facility is a little different - we're not your typical "old folks home". We have a ventilator unit and most of our patients are there temporarily for SNF and pt/ot. I've only been there a month and I frickin HATE it. W...

4. Newbie with mileage

   chinacatRN replied to ZenLover's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked LTC for the past 2 years and many times I've felt like a servant. In nursing school, I felt like you do - and there are those nurses you can tell who are on the verge of burn out and they're having a bad day and everything is making them ...

5. First Nursing Pay

   chinacatRN replied to nurse_student1's topic in General Nursing

   I was an LPN when I got my first nursing check in June 2011 (yes, I'm new ). I used it to buy school clothes for my little girl, pay for daycare, and put it savings for when I started the RN program later in the summer.

6. new nurse anxiety/mistakes

   chinacatRN replied to shipsahoy's topic in New Nurse

   Everyone forgets things. Life happens - especially on a hospital floor or LTC facility. Pts are demanding. Things need done. Sometimes things get missed and no one is perfect. What works for me is getting into a routine. After report, go through the...

7. How do you get everything done on time??

   chinacatRN replied to LaceyRN12's topic in New Nurse

   I know EXACTLY how you feel. I worked in LTC for almost 2 years before burning out - I'm not a burn out as a nurse but the only way I will go back to LTC is if my life depends on it. My school required we get our LPN before we could move on to the RN...

8. Have you ever been asked to bring something to an interview?

   chinacatRN replied to pbuttercups's topic in Job Hunt

   Glad it went so well! Would it be possible for you to post a photo of this box? I'm friends with someone who just became a part-time nursing instructor and she's looking for project ideas. Thanks!

9. Cant believe the nurse did.....

   chinacatRN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

   When I was working at a LTC facility, a new employee, an RN, was hired on for nights - she had been an RN for 20+ years and it was obvious she was burnt out. Very negative about orders, saying things like, "Why the hell did they order THAT? That's st...

10. Sign on bonuses

    chinacatRN replied to Yuvonne's topic in General Nursing

    There's only travel agencies and LTC facilities offering sign on bonuses in my area. I haven't seen a hospital offer a sign on bonus in I-don't-know-when. And the LTC facilities that offer them are NOT worth it. They are severely understaffed (thus t...

11. Do you think my boss is going to fire me? Advice please!

    chinacatRN replied to chinacatRN's topic in Career Support

    Well...the DON said she wouldn't report that I was terminated to the BON. I guess my state (Iowa) just requires you let them know when your employment ends. I went online to the IBON website and filled out a form to let them know I was no longer empl...

12. Lost my job, my husband went off the deep end, and I can't stop crying

    chinacatRN replied to chinacatRN's topic in Stress 101

    Thanks for all the support, everyone. We have seen a therapist as a couple twice now and it has helped me but he says he doesn't "like someone telling (him) how to act or feel". Don't know where he's getting this, as the therapist has never told eith...

13. Job Interview help!

    chinacatRN posted a topic in Job Hunt

    I have a job interview on Thursday and need advice. It's at a small town hospital (in the town I live) but even so I'd like to be prepared as possible. I've had my LPN since June 2011 and my RN since September 2012. I've worked in long term care pre...

14. Was reprimanded and told to resign. Advice or thoughts would be appreciated.

    chinacatRN replied to nurse20011's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't get a chance to read all the responses, but I can tell you I know how you feel. Something very similar happened to me. I worked as an RN charge nurse at a LTC and rehab SNF facility for almost 2 years with nearly perfect attendance. I nave h...

15. just venting out.I know lots of you can relate.

    chinacatRN replied to anne919's topic in Stress 101

    Believe me, I know how you feel. A lot of it depends on the work environment. I feel like nursing homes/long term care facilities breed more gossip. In my last job, I worked at a nursing home and the CNAs ran that place. They would seriously make up ...