betweenus64 LPN

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   How to juggle as an LPN

   betweenus64 posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I need help. I want to be a better nurse, be able to handle responsibilities and be able to juggle it all and do it in the time frame I need to. So how? I recently quit a job before getting fired. Here is the reason: I am an LPN working in skill...
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   Let's encourage each other.

   betweenus64 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   I want to take the time to say how sad I have been the last 2 1/2 months from working at LifeCare Center in Blount County, TN. This is a beautiful new building, but the administration staff are horrible to work for. If you don't suck up then you ar...
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   Vanco peak & trough times

   betweenus64 replied to alarla's topic in Infusion

   Again here I am about to be fired...I have written on more than one occasion the stuff that I have either learned or did wrong and learned from. I am here to tell you about hanging Vancomycin. Okay, 2 days ago I was told "verbally" a trough would hav...
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   Supervisor nit picks again

   betweenus64 replied to betweenus64's topic in Relations

   Well, going on to being great nurses, it takes a great supervisor to guide us as well when we don't know the exact answer, yet having the kind I have, the kind that likes to try to make you feel horrible about being a nurse, speaks to you as if you a...
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   Broken Spirit from boss

   betweenus64 replied to betweenus64's topic in LPN/LVN

   Thank you for that comment. I really don't get it, why have supervisors that don't want to get off their asses to help when we ask for help? I could not find a vein and poked like 3 times before going to the sup which by the way did not get up off ...
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   Broken Spirit from boss

   betweenus64 replied to betweenus64's topic in LPN/LVN

   Oh my gosh....I just want to say thank you. I needed to have all that broken down just as you did, it totally gave me a new perspective on things and I had no one tell me this. Thank you again. Maybe a little thick skin with better nursing is what...
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   Supervisor nit picks again

   betweenus64 replied to betweenus64's topic in Relations

   So after reading this, do you think its me or do I truly need advice on how to sort this out. If its me and I really need to do better, then I need to hear it, but if you have read this and feel there is more to the issue, please say so....I don't k...
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   Broken Spirit from boss

   betweenus64 posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   Here are the issues that I have been told about, in public, with others standing around, yet I know some of this stuff could have been handled better, went over my supervisors head, yet I am still am still the bad guy. Really? Bullying has to stop ...
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   Supervisor nit picks again

   betweenus64 posted a topic in Relations

   I'm only writing because I have gone over this time and time again. I'm an LPN and feel like I need to throw the towel in only because one of the supervisor has it in for me and how much can a person take? How much? I have gone over this persons h...
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    New grade LPN first job dilemma, advice please

    betweenus64 replied to Fireflynurse's topic in LPN/LVN

    Hi there, I have been a nurse since 2011 and I understand all of what you are saying. I too have waited a long time at different times to get a job., but what are you losing by calling them back and speaking to the scheduling dept or whoever it is a...
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    LTC has changed-How do you give out 5pm meds now?

    betweenus64 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric

    Hi RLtinker, thank you for your response, and yesterday I went in and spoke to the ADON, I was informed there is no policy to giving meds in the dining room, yet I can bet they did not say anything to this girl continually getting on my case about ev...
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    Problem with a problem-co worker

    betweenus64 replied to vbarger28's topic in Professionalism

    Wow! I feel like you do when you first started, our issue is not racial or ethnic related, I am new and I just don't fit in, guessing. My sup hates me, she tries every way in the world to find things I do wrong, I am new still in orientation and sh...
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    LTC has changed-How do you give out 5pm meds now?

    betweenus64 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric

    Hi there. I work in a facility where the sup is hard to get along with. I want to try to learn more from this place I work, but she is making my life hard and am now feeling I can't do anything right, always trying to find stuff i do wrong and blur...
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    Is this acceptable?

    betweenus64 replied to betweenus64's topic in General Nursing

    Darn, I didn't mean to hit a nerve with some of you, was just concerned, and before going into this clinic to work again, note: I have been off for a few days in between shifts, and the day I go back, what happens......shards of glass left on the co...
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    Is this acceptable?

    betweenus64 replied to betweenus64's topic in General Nursing

    NO! They are NOT! NOT even a CNA.....just saying... rose