Newgurl17

Newgurl17 CNA, LPN

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  1. How is everyone's first year going?

    Newgurl17 replied to Purple_roses's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yup! Just barely! I'm almost at my one year month myself! Has anyone ever felt like, "there's never enough time to do anything!" i got hired a couple of months ago at another long term care facility...

  2. Orientation for LTC Nurses

    Newgurl17 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What has been your experience being oriented in a long term care facility and how did you feel being on your own after orientation? I got hired into an ltc facility last month and it was a different...

  3. Palliative Residents

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Started reading this

  4. Palliative Residents

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just out of curiosity, for the people you say you've seen die in a day or two, what were their

  5. Time Management Help!

    Newgurl17 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I got hired into a long term care facility and have started to work nights. For the most part, it's just me and a cna with about 52 residents. Rounds start from 2330 and occur every couple of hours....

  6. Time Management Help!

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And if there are things to file, I have to do that as well. On my second night shift at this facility I had to file a few lab results and a stack of papers for tamiflu orders a centimeter thick! I...

  7. Orientation for LTC Nurses

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow!! You must be working there full time? That's awesome! I feel like being "thrown in there" helped me as well... but with the medications. By the end of my day and evening orientation, the nurses...

  8. Orientation for LTC Nurses

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow, after orientation at my new job, running and screaming from the building was pretty much exactly what I felt like wasn't just the orintation that made me feel that way

  9. Having to teach yourself?

    Newgurl17 replied to JJL618's topic in General Students

    I used the textbook resources, so there were videos on it that I could watch and quizzes that I could do on the textbook resources as well. I used cuecards and also used the quizzes with my classmates...

  10. Having to teach yourself?

    Newgurl17 replied to JJL618's topic in General Students

    The school that I went to was like yours too. Instructors say that there isn't enough time to go over everything in

  11. Why is medsurg seen as a bad thing?

    Newgurl17 replied to guest545900's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Where I'm from, I think med-surg is actually the place to be because you use all the nursing skills you learned in school. Never the same thing you experience every day, so good learning experience....

  12. Time Management Help!

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well,every day we have at least 2 or three tasks that we have to complete, for example, monday we have to put all the meds away from pharmacy but we have to scan them in with a barcode which takes a...

  13. LTC Facility Nurse Interview

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The receptionist/scheduler gave me a hug when I first met her.... I thought she was just super friendly or

  14. LTC Facility Nurse Interview

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Same! My mindset was that I just wanted to work and thought that because the facility was newer that it would be better than the facility I'm currently at. They were also hiring at their assisted...

  15. Barcode EMAR

    Newgurl17 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi everyone! I am looking for what your experience has been using a barcode emar? I recently got hired into an ltc facility that is implementing this sytem. We are using Catalyst EMAR. I am personally...

  16. Just Got Hired But Already Feel Like Quitting

    Newgurl17 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I recently got hired at another long term care facility on December 20th. I wanted to work at this facility because I was hoping for a change. I didn't like my facility for a number of different...

  17. Just Got Hired But Already Feel Like Quitting

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thankfully I also have my other ltc facility job that I've been at for nearly a year now. I'm hoping that my manager approves of me getting orientation to another unit so I can get more hours! The...

  18. Just Got Hired But Already Feel Like Quitting

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm not sure if I want to apply to another nursing home after this one. After working in a nursing home for almost a year, I thought that it was just weird for me going into resident's rooms while...

  19. Just Got Hired But Already Feel Like Quitting

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Also, at my other job, on my first orientation day I was already given my hand scanner information but at this new job i dont even have that yet because the administrator isn't there very much so now...

  20. Want to Change Locked Unit. What Do I Say?

    Newgurl17 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hey all! I work on a locked unit in ltc and have been for nine months on an on call basis. I worked last Saturday and was talking with my CNAs who had reported that a resident had a wound on her heel....

  21. Shift Preferences?

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Work just called me in for january to work a blcok of 4 0800's-1300's :/ the other company I applied offered me an on call position so I have yet to be scheduled working

  22. Shift Preferences?

    Newgurl17 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hey everyone, i've been working in long term care for 10 months now on call. I currently only work in 1 facility and have preferred working evenings over mornings because in the morning residents have...

  23. Shift Preferences?

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When i first got hired, i gave them my availability for all shifts, thinking that I could handle working in the morning one of the cna's I worked with on one unit wanted me to apply for a part time...

  24. Shift Preferences?

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is also why I like evenings! I'm lounging around right

  25. Shift Preferences?

    Newgurl17 replied to Newgurl17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah i just don't want to do a lot of mornings because it also feels like a lot of pressure and I just want to build my confidence up with the evening