River&MountainRN

River&MountainRN ADN, RN

Primary Care, LTC, Private Duty

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  1. Is the Baby Boomer Generation not going to get good care?

    River&MountainRN replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think anyone who has worked LTC/SNF or been involved personally (such as with family) would agree with you. I would rather have fewer, high-quality years than to exist in some sort of limbo until...

  2. Tell me why you regret about becoming a Nurse

    River&MountainRN replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a Type-A perfectionist and will always to to do my very best in whatever I'm attempting. However, one's very best means absolute jack [deleted] now that nursing is nothing more than a customer...

  3. superstitions/things you always do before work?

    River&MountainRN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    Listen to music on the way to work, get there early enough to find a decent parking spot (the decent, closer lot is very small and fills up quickly), focus on my breathing, and remind myself that it's...

  4. What was the REAL reason you called off

    River&MountainRN replied to Orion81RN's topic in General Nursing

    Anxiety, though I wasn't entirely untruthful when I called out for "GI Symptoms" because I was experiencing them...they were just due to psychosomatic causes. But that's what happens when a toxic work...

  5. "You can't call off!"

    River&MountainRN replied to snow22's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh, and lest our more southern neighbors feel left out of the conversation: I called out for weather in Florida one time when I was working days and had a tornado, embedded in a thunderstorm, rip...

  6. How long do you stay at work after your 12 hour shift is over?

    River&MountainRN replied to Eeramsey's topic in General Nursing

    Let's put it this way: after a 12 hour shift, I am done with my work (and usually any extra busywork that was seen fit to dump on the overnight) at change of shift. I think I've only been playing...

  7. Slow nursing jobs? So I can go back to school.

    River&MountainRN replied to countrygirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    Do you need full-time hours? Otherwise, per diem---where you're able to set your schedule around classes/assignments---might work. Or the weekend-only option. Otherwise, someone else's suggestion of...

  8. "You can't call off!"

    River&MountainRN replied to snow22's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The only time I have actually called out is when I was skidded into by a yahoo (we all know the type!) who insisted on speeding, trying to pass me, skidded on the ice, and knocked me off the road and...

  9. Preventing call-ins

    River&MountainRN replied to Brandi,RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hello! Long-term lurker here, but I have to second (third? fourth?) what so many others have said about staffing morale. I've seen this happening at my facility. When I first came here, there was...