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I'd suggest going straight for your RN, LPN's have limited roles in hospice and many aren't hiring LPN's anymore.

At our hospice, the patients with G-tubes were admitted with them. We won't make them stop using the g-tube but will only pay for the formula if it is the patient's only source of nutrition. If a...

I hate it when they run!

The theme song to Mission Impossible

Reminds me of when I was a CNA, I found a gentleman on the floor under a table in the dining room. When I asked him what he was doing, he told me he was trying to fix the thing-a-majig on the train....

The job of a hospital or other healthcare facility is to provide an environment of healing for the patients. This includes protection against facility acquired illness. Influenze can be particularly...

Look up your facility's protocol and follow that. It doesn't matter what the regulation says. If you violate your facility policy, you will be cited. This happened at our facility when one of the...

Been there done that. Generally I'm pretty good at getting out on time, even with the charting. Sometimes though, I have one of "those" nights and just can't get out on time. I've found that if I...

It really depends on your long term goals. If you want to work in geriatrics/LTC, go with that one. If you see yourself in the hospital in the future, it would be better to take the hospital job.

Well, not a patient, but a family member. I work in LTC and the daughter comes running up to nurse's station yelling "Call 911 she can't breath!" Knowing this family and patient, I did not pick...

One more thing - when you get on shift, go through your cart and pull any expired meds and make sure everything opened (insulin, neb meds, eye drops, etc.) has a date on it.

If in doubt - wash your hands! We had our survey last month and the big thing they dinged us on was infection control, mostly not washing hands enough. Also, remember - no gloves in the hallway. If...

I agree - you need your days off. Be protective of your free time.

Not lies, but I do have an alternative perspective from your situation. I work as a float at an LTC. Recently, we got approval to increase staffing (I know, amazing). I asked at that time about...

That sounds like a terrible night. I've had those too. It's very frustrating. After all, there is only one of me. I've learned that I have to prioritize. Although every task is important, all tasks...

I work in LTC and yes, it can be stressful and too much. Generally, after some time working with the same patients, things get easier. I am better able to prioritize. Yes, everything is important,...

I work in LTC and our administrator told us that our facility should be comparable to a nice hotel. Really? I've never been to a nice hotel that had staff to toilet me, get me up and dressed in the...

I work in LTC. As another poster noted, there is a familiarity with the residents. I like the continuity. I know my residents. I know what they like and dislike, how they take their medications,...

The order as written is not complete. The doctor needs to be told that any incomplete order will result in a call to clarify and complete the order. The complete order should contain medication,...

When I was a CNA, I worked in a dementia facility. We had to take a dementia training course. As part of the course, we learned that reorientation, while it has its place (like a previous poster...

We have a nice hispanic gentlemen at our facility whose wife died a few years back. He asks about her all the time. When his family is here, they "remind" him of her passing. When they leave, we are...

As a nurse in LTC I would have approached the situation exactly the same way. After assessing, I'd call the MD to notify of the situation and get an order for transport to ER and O2 in the interim....

Well of course not - they're all sound asleep in bed! Don't we wish!!

I don't care if you both claim to be turkeys! You're not getting Thanksgiving off!

When I first started at my current facility I too was overwhelmed. Although I had worked in LTC before, I did not know these residents and seemed to always be behind. It took months before I didn't...