Lovethenurse2b25

Lovethenurse2b25 ASN, BSN, CNA, LPN, RN

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  1. Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Im a recent nursing graduate i just one the job because of that without realizing the red

  2. Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    I asked myself the same question

  3. Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately no online access this Ltc is not up to date. We don't even have direct deposit because they say its too expensive. Same for nursing no online software or access to nursing policies...

  4. Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Without PTO you wouldn’t be able to take personal time off at all. Unless you call out or have someone switch days with you. The DON explained that to me during my

  5. Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    I will update you as soon as i find out more but as of now. No one wants to show me the written

  6. Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Yes per diem workers can still work full time hours. But in my case im not per diem i work full time so i cannot work under 5 days a week. I did do the math is doesn’t add up i would lose a lot of...

  7. Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Im not a per diem worker I'm actually a full time staff member working

  8. Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Also keep in mind that many jobs offer pto without even tampering with your hourly wage. Now if i work 2000 hours and have PTO and benefits that drops me down to $32 hr i will be bringing home...

  9. Does your employer charge you for PTO?

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    I am a full time employee 40+ hrs a week. The benefits that they offer are not completely clear to me I have asked for an employee policy and procedure books weeks ago and was told there wasn’t one....

  10. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    Lovethenurse2b25 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently got hired at my first nursing job which is a ltc facility. I an extremely overwhelmed and want to go and find another job. The most confusing think about it is the system for passing meds....

  11. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. It sounds as if you have a lot of down time where you work. To be able to sit down and go through the

  12. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. Yes being an RN does give me many opportunities to choose from. In fact everyone i have worked with in the ltc facility is an lpn that attended vocational school. Most of them either...

  13. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Yes many of the nurse have been there for years some before the company was sold 3 times. But we are short staff no nursing supervisor at night and have agency nurses on the daily

  14. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the advice. I am trying to get use to the system they have in place. At my facility we have binders for everything it just a matter of remember to check the mar, tar, and patient...

  15. Permanently Kicked out of Practicum

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to FrustratedExStudent's topic in General Students

    If there is one thing i learned about nursing is that we learn from our mistakes. Although i believe the school could have taken a different route to handle the situation it is not the end of the...

  16. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you many people i have spoken to told me to leave after 3 months. Thats if i can withstand it. I have gotten other offers at different

  17. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you i will definitely try my best. I utilized a spreadsheet

  18. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it is. I couldnt imagine working that

  19. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    I wish it was this simple. The med times are just about every 2 hours or less for some. Couple of hospice pts require hourly morphine. Blood sugars at 4 and 8. Carbidopa every 2 hours, bolus gtube...

  20. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Will do. Believe it or not the senior nurses don't even perform the checks or use the mar many of them go off of memory. I got laughed at for asking about the med checks before

  21. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. They don't wear arm band at all. Not even for DNR because of HIPA. And most of them have dementia so it is difficult to know who is who without the photographs. Many of them end up in the...

  22. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you thats good to know i wasn't sure. I want to ensure that everything is done by the book so i don't get pulled into any legal

  23. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Also i want to add is it normal for an ltc facility to only count narcotic medication ? For example we have a draw full otc bottles of meds like Tylenol vitamins etc and we also have 30 med cards with...

  24. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your words of encouragement i am a firm believer in thinking positive and praying. I just cant phantom making a mistake after working so hard to obtain a

  25. I should be happy with this new "dream" job

    Lovethenurse2b25 replied to proudRN's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like a great promising job. I would stick it out and continue to grow with the company. I actually started a busy ltc facility working 3-11 i am on my feet from the moment i walk until its...