UpTheLadder12

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1. And the survey says? To all home care nurses who switched from hospital.........

   UpTheLadder12 replied to babynurse73's topic in Home Health

   I do home health and hospice, and even though I love the nature of the work, I was at first very miserable, broke, and fairly certain that I was going to have a stroke before I was 40. I have learned some valuable things, and here's my Ultimate Guide...

2. Question for current Hospice nurses

   UpTheLadder12 replied to bugaboo848's topic in Hospice

   Our company has one person take on call from Friday night until Friday morning the next week, and not just case managers but LVNs too, for a flat weekly rate. It involves handling all distress calls and scheduling cc if needed during the weekend and ...

3. Company Dynamics, Family Dynamics, Burnout

   UpTheLadder12 replied to UpTheLadder12's topic in Hospice

   I should add that we serve the greater Los Angeles area, my route averages 90 miles a day total driving, there is no "rush hour" here, freeways and major streets are jammed from 7am to 7pm and sometimes later, and finding parking for patients in apar...

4. Company Dynamics, Family Dynamics, Burnout

   UpTheLadder12 posted a topic in Hospice

   I'm an LVN, 2 1/2 years in hospice as a visiting nurse and continuous care nurse, and I also occasionally take the On Call phone on weekends. I'm finally morphing from the bright-eyed bushy tailed new nurse to Hospice Hulk. I'm really having trouble ...

5. How to determine fair pay????

   UpTheLadder12 replied to LVNIAM's topic in Hospice

   I'm a CC LVN in California. Here, any RN or LVN can do the death visit and/or call the death if it occurs during CC. I don't know if that is only for California, but I know that in hospice we can call the death and it isn't even a physician's order a...

6. Stressed and Depressed

   UpTheLadder12 replied to UpTheLadder12's topic in LPN/LVN

   Thanks for the input! I have family in AZ and am seriously starting to take the idea of moving out of state seriously. At first I thought it was off the table to uproot because my kid's dad does make an effort to spend time with him a couple days a w...

7. Stressed and Depressed

   UpTheLadder12 posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I know the job market is tough right now, what are you all doing to cope with it? Right now I'm working 50 hours a week at a low wage job that I absolutely hate, and I often have to go to the bathroom because I break into tears spontaneously. I sooo ...

8. Am I unsafe to practice?

   UpTheLadder12 replied to Need2Care's topic in Safety

   I'm so sorry to hear that it went down like that! But don't let it get you down too much. Did they OK you resigning instead of being fired? If so, it should be relatively easy to find a new job. You can always spin your choice to resign at future int...

9. Am I unsafe to practice?

   UpTheLadder12 replied to Need2Care's topic in Safety

   Wow! I am not working yet but in clinicals I saw these things happen OFTEN, and the nurses often had a careless attitude. In fact, this happened more in the hospital than LTC, which I would think is worse since those patients are acute. Did you have ...

10. Did I make a mistake? Please comment :)

    UpTheLadder12 replied to UpTheLadder12's topic in LPN/LVN

    Thanks! :) I definitely learned my lesson about starting with home care! It's true, I need to hone those clinical skills. I did good in school academically, but nothing replaces experience when it comes to actually performing the tasks related to nur...

11. Hospital Won't Hire Obese Workers

    UpTheLadder12 replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not saying that its specifically discriminatory to not hire new grads, I'm saying it's lazy to use a blanket policy. You might have a new nursing grad with 10+ years of experience in fields that contribute to being a good nurse, and references th...

12. Hospital Won't Hire Obese Workers

    UpTheLadder12 replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

    Thinking more about it, the idea of a hiring rule based on BMI is similar to the "No New Grads" blanket policy that is rampant everywhere. Lazy, incompetent management that can't figure out how to size up a good candidate, so they make broad generali...

13. Hospital Won't Hire Obese Workers

    UpTheLadder12 replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

    I think if someone's primary duty is going to entail a lot of lifting and transferring and physical work, they can do a fitness test to make sure that the employee can do the job related tasks BUT a blanket BMI rule is totally unacceptable. That real...

14. I'm a nurse...for animals?

    UpTheLadder12 replied to trauma_lama's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly I would be more freaked out to work with animals than people. I don't know why exactly. i love animals and I'm a vegetarian, but the thought of starting an IV on a dog kinda makes me want to vomit. If I had a choice between working in a peop...

15. Did I make a mistake? Please comment :)

    UpTheLadder12 replied to UpTheLadder12's topic in LPN/LVN

    The chart is there but i was told that since I'm not from the agency I "don't deal with the chart". I know that parents can give herbal supplements themselves, but to have the nurse give it, they need to mention it to the doctor to have it added to ...