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so true to real life

I have been playing the same game only a few times will I win, most of the time the clock wins:mask:

Yeah nowdays if a DON or ADON calls you for an interview it must mean they are really low on staff or they generally liked your application/ resume, however this is not a common occurence you have to...

Yeah only when the state is there do our higher ups actually follow the rules and let us focus on med pass, otherwise we get our butts kicked for not helping

how sweet!

quick question what does SNF stand for?

The place I work at now has a history of cutting hours and layoffs. I know not to expect anything from them, I will continue to do my job as long as I have one.

agreeed lol

I have gotten a bunch of those automated emails in the past year, but I am still trying because I want a job where I can learn and enjoy my work. So my advice is keep trying!

Yeah I work in LTC you really have to figure how to manage your time with doing admissions, med pass, answering calls and making calls to doctors, writing orders, charting along with treatments. In...

Hi my first job was in a telemetry unit, not all were welcoming and the adminstrators had no idea I was a nurse and not an aide anymore. I got blamed for things even when I was never quite trained or...

I agree with you totally I learned more my first year as a nurse than the over five years it took for me to finish my degree, it was a tough road, some days I want to run screaming from a patient's...

great topic, I try to be careful and not use names, and I don't tell people the name of the places I have worked. It is important to be wise about what you share here.

i agree I am in LTC and I sometimes get scared that if I ever went back to acute care I would be bad at starting ivs and stuff. However here I have learned to do trach care, adminster breathing...

very informative article, thanks so much for the tips! I am taking your advice and going to go to bed now so I am energized for my next shift and can get some things done before my next shift....

kudos to you, your story is very inspiring story

I agree with you! In fact in our facility those of us who work on the floor and have nothing to do with management wonder what is outdated and what is current. I think we should check ANA's site if...

LTCangel good for you! i guess as long as we get to be nurses and care for our residents doesn't matter where we work.

Every time a patient or family member smiles or says a kind word to me I feel like i did something good that day. For all my moody residents who are upset about their current situations, I take it as...

all the best and I agree with others its the suits that ruin it for us and the patients we are trying to care for:bow:

Wow the other day my patient watched as I did her breathing treatment, then her bolus feeding along with her medications. When I finished everything and started to wheel her out to the hallway, she...

yeah I totally could relate to this article but my supervisior isn't as nice. I have dinning room duty like every day that i work so I lose time with that too, so I am always running behind. It is...

our alarm system in our facility along with our call bells have been down for about a month, so much for safety being first priority. If the employees aren't safe how are we supposed to protect our...

I am glad I did my BSN as my ulimate goal is to become a NP.

i agree with you, I felt my first year as a nurse I learned more than I did in the four year program( which due to an exit exam and lack of decent support from some professors took me over five years...