Getting out of LTC??

Good luck to you! I know how you feel. I just accepted an offer yesterday at a LTAC Hospital and am excited to get out of the nursing home. I've always wanted critical care and it's hard to get your foot in as an LPN. I also can't post to my FB friends because I'm not sure what my plans are for my current job as of yet and many of my coworkers are my friends!!

Good luck with your interview! I'm sure you will do great!!!

Best of luck to both of you! I know exactly how you feel - yesterday I went round and round with our pharm consultant - Not sure what color the sky is in his world, but he truly expects our nurses to get diagnoses from the docs for all of the meds they verify vs using thier best judgement. Yeah, right. Meanwhile admissions dept gave us a 450 pound pt with a stage IV wound which is about 40 cm in diameter who keeps them in his room for an hour at a time (did I mention he has psych issues as well?) while the other 19 patients wait (not patiently of course) for their meds, the MDS coordinator's complaining about documentation, Med Records is handing them back charts left and right, the new DON is wanting them to attend 40 minute inservices just about every day, and the administrator is screaming at us about incidental ot. Is there no end to this crap? Wish I could find something that paid halfway decent in our area and I would leave too. Problem is, I'm not willing to put my daughter in the public school in our area, & we're stuck here til we can sell our house. Even if I could find something that could pay OT or 50+ hours (thats what im doing now . . . oh well. At least you two are getting out, . .

Are you equiped to handle bariatric patients? Our facility is not and it is just not fair to put that work load on the staff. We have a weight limit at our facility . I think we don't take anyone who weighs more that 250 pounds. This isn't meant to be cruel, we just don't have the staff or equipment to handle these residents.

It's sad because there are not very many facilities in the area that do. I can think of only one in about five counties!

I completely understand your reasoning for getting out of LTC! I just accepted a position in a correctional facility. I have been in LTC since I came out of nursing school and recently saw my stress level rise significantly over the past few months. I desire a change of scenery and I am very glad I did this!!! Good luck!

So excited.. I have an interview for a home health case management position tomorrow morning. I can't post this to my friends on facebook as I have too many co-workers there, so I decided to share my excitement with my allnurses friends.

I'm just feeling burned out with LTC in general. It seems like a game that can't be won and maybe a break away from it all will help.

Wish me luck!

:) Good Luck with your Interview, Nascar Nurse!

You are exactly right.....LTC is a game that can't be won.......

LTC gets worse by the minute......And no thanks to "The State."

Let us know what happens......:)

Good luck!

What is LTAC?

Thx

LTAC = Long term acute care. Generally, it is the in-between for the hospital and skilled nursing facility. Someone who is still really sick, but the hospital just can't keep them any longer.

Also as an FYI, this is an old post but since someone dug it up let me give a rewind on the topic. I was very excited about this home health job but the agency just kept screwing around with what position they were actually offering. Interview...wait a week...they call & offer to send me on a "ride along which I did...wait another week...call me again...offer me an office job rather than an actual field nurse job. I declined this & reminded them I applied for and was only interested in the field nursing & wasn't that the point of going on the ride along. Said they would look into staffing needs and get back with me...wait another week before they call back at which time they offer me 1/2 office & 1/2 field position but a $2 or $3/hr pay reduction from original quote. Finally told them to forget it!

Have recently started job as DON..talk about from the frying pan to the fire. Yikes (but I'm loving it so far).

Lots of luck, if anyone can do it, you can- just keep your fire proof vest on....