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Check with Goodwill Industries in Knox or Morristown...... They both offer classes!

Thanks everyone! You have helped me narrow it down pretty much!.... Like many of you, I feel there are so MANY issues to choose from that it is really difficult to just pick a few, when I know I...

Hey Guys........ LPN here taking classes for RN...... Have to write a speech about issues in health care.....  Can be any issue.. So as a fellow LTC nurse, I would like to take a poll from here...

Hey Guys........ LPN here taking classes for RN...... Have to write a speech about issues in health care..... Can be any issue.. So as a fellow LTC nurse, I would like to take a poll from here and...

If you are looking at the Tri Cities, I would go to the VA Med Ctr.........

First of all...... Take your breaks!! If you don't take care of you, you can't expect to take care of anyone else.. ... The first thing I would do is get your med times changed... This will be a...

Have worked for LCC for 2 years, Its like any other facility... its a tough job.... Biggest complaint is always under staffed, they take residents that should be placed in other facilities, and it is...

Have worked for LCC for 2 years LPN charge nurse, they have some great "perks" but the staffing ratios sucks! CNAs most times have 20 residents, LPNs have 30. To be in compliance with my med...

Okay as a nurse in a LTC facility, I have to respond to this post. I work wkend baylor 7a-11p, my facility has 120 residents, and a staff of 1 RN, 4 LPNs and 8 CNAs, (however, with it being...

The answers you see here reflect all of my hours upon hours of research..... Texas seems to be the best place for nurses to live!

Started out as 3-11 charge Its not that bad, until you need an evening off... Chin-up gave a pretty good basic over view.. Hopefully you will have an RN supervisor to help with admissions and dealing...

Hosp vs LTC totally diff. In LTC there has to be team effort, there are far too many residents on a unit to otherwise give proper care. As an LPN, I could never do my job without my CNAs nor could...

In LTC we often have to get orders for increased respirations, the drug of choice is usually liquid morphine the order will state "for pain" or "air hunger" even though I called d/t respirations not...

We all agree that it was very unethical that the nurse accepted this gift, however, if the Resident and the POA, are both saying that it is okay for her to accept it.. I don't see where it needs to...

Just a few things I try to include.. If Resident complains of anything.. ie: headache.... chart what you did to fix it and when it was effective.. Res complain of headache pain 4/10, PRN pain...

I have 30 residents, 16 of which are diabetics, work 3-11 so I have the 4p and hs finger sticks, as well as 2 med passes, It absolutely takes me all 8 hours to complete everything, and thats with no...

Just curious, but have they checked his glucose levels? You stated that this will often start if he doesn't eat. If abx are not clearing this up. His blood sugar may be dropping and this can also...

As we all know HANDWASHING is the most effective way to prevent the spread of infection... If given the choice, I would choose the caregiver with fake nails that washes her hands each...

...I did nursing as second degree...i started as pre-med and then finally switched to accelerated nursing. Seems to me that you never really wanted to be a nurse to begin with.

After long period of reflexion...that is 4 years or nursing...i am finally realizing that nursing is eehhh...I did nursing as second degree...i started as pre-med and then finally switched to...

I have an interview for a D/A treatment clinic.. looking for pointers and also what is it like... the position is 5a-2p so I would assume that it is for the meth clinic, but not sure.. My...

After seeing 2 of my diabetics with bandaids on their toes, after the pod visited them a couple of months ago, I asked the facility to replace her, their reply was for me to do incident reports......

East TN... NEW GRAD RN = $20 ph LTC / $18 ph HOSPITAL NEW GRAD LPN - $14 ph LTC / $12 ph HOSPITAL CNAs = $8 - $10 ph $1 - 1.50 ph for shift diff. You can generally add 3% to the above...

Uninsured here as well, I work full time but the insurance is too expensive, and it only pays 70%... I have not had insurance in over 5 years, nor have I been to the Dr. But I think most Dr. offices...

hand washing / infection control, expired meds, insulins, eye gtts, etc. on med carts, During med pass, make sure you check the mar, pull the med, give the med, then sign the MAR. holes in the...