baseballmama

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1. Staffing??? 2 licensed nurses on weekend night shift but only 1 on weeknights...

   baseballmama replied to baseballmama's topic in Geriatric

   I told them that I could not work without another licensed nurse that it wasn't safe. If they didn't want to assign another nurse then I asked them to kindly remove me from the schedule. I was assigned an LVN to work with me. :) I did get offer...

2. Spoke with the manager and feeling less confident with care..

   baseballmama replied to sn543's topic in Geriatric

   Tyvin, Thanks for the feedback. The DON was actually the one who wanted me to "amend" my charting. I never did. My poor co-workers rewrote their charting three different times and each time I kept entering the same entry!!! I think she finally ga...

3. Staffing??? 2 licensed nurses on weekend night shift but only 1 on weeknights...

   baseballmama posted a topic in Geriatric

   I've been blessed with an interesting experience of late. I work a night shift M-F. Yes, I know weekends off it's all great except you sleep all weekend! I am the only RN in the entire facility on night shift in a 145 bed facility. I work the ve...

4. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

   baseballmama replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

   Well after pins and needles yesterday, I did the "trick" today and got the "Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Please contact your Member Board for further assistance. Another registration cannot be made at this time."...

5. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

   baseballmama replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

   So, my computer decided it needed to reboot in the middle of the test which of course just made the anxiety worse! But...my computer shut off after 87 questions. Feel kind of "eh" about the whole thing. Came home to do the Pearson Vue Trick and go...

6. Spoke with the manager and feeling less confident with care..

   baseballmama replied to sn543's topic in Geriatric

   I feel your frustration! I am a new grad LVN working in a SNF facility. We have a "no overtime" policy without "prior approval"...and the people you have to call for approval never seem to respond. I've asked those nurses who have time to chat at ...

7. New Grads! There is hope!

   baseballmama replied to aellisrn's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you for the encouragement! I graduated in August 2010, took & passed boards in October (still waiting for license to arrive in the mail)...and have been looking for jobs since passing boards. Congratulations on your job and getting one wi...