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Most popular at our facility is bingo and trips to the Dollar Store. Everybody loves the Dollar Store, LOL!

All I really want is that everybody who wants to pick up Granny for a home visit on the holidays, CALL AND TELL US, before showing up with no notice!! Since we have 55 residents on my hall, it is...

remember, its never "just" a 12 hour shift (or rarely). I usually tack on 10 minutes before my shift and at least 20-40min after my shift for report and finishing paperwork. I work 4 minutes from...

Thanks for all the thoughts everybody!! I was off all weekend (going back tomorrow to work 3 in a row), so I will try to give a HIPAA friendly update :) To address a few of the questions.... 1)...

I work long term care, and we recently had a patient return from the hospital on palliative care (family did not want to pay for hospice until medicaid kicked in... also would not pay/consider having...

Here is my thoughts on 'helping'..... I really try to be a team player, and if a CNA ever specifically asks for help, I will do my best to assist them. HOWEVER, the helping does not go both ways....

I would stay in my city, and work L&D/PostPartum at the hospital 5 minutes from my house!

Some things I wish I had done in nursing school (and would have, if the opportunity was presented!): Taking care of a vent or a trach patient Starting more IVs (I got do about 5 in school, and I...

omg, no I would never work as a RN for $12!! They pay CNA's more than that around here!

I work in LTC and have several confused/dementia patients. One of them is a sweet old lady who once in her bed, does not want to leave her bed for ANYTHING. Yesterday I came in to work and I guess...

9 hours will be MORE than adequate ;)

I am a new grad RN, and LTC is my first job. My job title is technically "RN Charge Nurse", but I try to avoid being in charge because of my inexperience! I am the only floor nurse RN with a...

After graduating, I moved to Texas. While job hunting in Texas, almost every application asked for license number and state. I never received a call on any application that I listed my former-state...

I work LTC and I have encountered this a few times. We have med aides, and normally they just borrow from another patient. This creates problems though, because then you have to borrow back since...

I wish!! I work in LTC, so usually this horrid handwritten notes are addendum's to the discharge paperwork from the hospital. Often, this means a change to the typed orders :uhoh3: Plus, since I...

Okay, I have heard this is one of those skills that you develop as you grow in your career.... but for the life for me, I cannot read physician handwriting!! To me, it all looks like random loops...

Seriously?!?! A bad check!?! Wow! In my younger days (when I was under paid and loved to spend money), I bounced several checks and none of them have come back to haunt me.... except perhaps by...

At my facility, we have 2 med techs for our hall- and one of them is shared with another station, so she is frequently off the floor. When my residents complain of pain (which is ALWAYS 8-10/10!),...

"no voiced complaints" "no apparent distress", vocalized "blah blah blah" and my favorite... faxed pharmacy, updated MAR, completed lab requisition, contacted family, family acknowledged, initial...

Pro: I always know what time it is, I never have to look for a clock. I can easily do resp/pulse counts. Con: Infection risk?

My 3yr old crawled in my bed in the middle of the night. In my dreams, I was actually asking the CNA to remove the patient from my bed and return her to her room!! LOL I also check blood sugars...

Im sure I interpreted this wrong... however last week, I actually worked with an agency nurse who was painting her nails at the nurse's station, WHILE on duty :uhoh3: :eek:

I recently accepted job in LTC as a new grad and I learned quickly that if you want supplies, you provide your own. The facility has one BP cuff for all 80 beds. The facility provides an old...

I work 12's in LTC and I either have 25pts as a floor nurse, or 50pt as a desk nurse. I actually LOVE working 12s! The day goes by really fast (Because we are always super busy) and I feel like I...

New grad RN here.... LTC worked for me. At least I am working, as a nurse! Not my dream job, but my reality job!