tmaca

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1. What Is the Problem???

   tmaca replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   But apparently some places are still operating in the 1980s. You don't even need a VPN. They could just create the pay statements in PDF format and email them to

2. When do you throw in the towel and call it a wrap?

   tmaca replied to lilura's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Y'know, last job references, if the person is still working there, can be weird. I remember when I was working for the feds, and everything was civil service. A lot of the time budgets were nasty...

3. What Is the Problem???

   tmaca replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Yes, I was talking to the OP, but all businesses of any kind have access to the internet nowadays, as do all employees, and paystubs (more accurately pay statements if you don't receive a paper check)...

4. When do you throw in the towel and call it a wrap?

   tmaca replied to lilura's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Don't quit without notice, it could bite you in the butt later in your career. Actually, I think you ought to start looking for a new job. You might try to get prospective employers to agree not to...

5. What Is the Problem???

   tmaca replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Don't quit without notice, it could bite you in the butt later in your career. Actually, I think you ought to start looking for a new job. You might try to get prospective employers to agree not to...

6. LPN LTC Horror Story

   tmaca replied to elfin1871's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   What I'd do is check requirements. Does your state require a DR's order for OTCs for LTC residents? Does your facility have a written policy, like maybe "no meds administered without a DRs order"?...

7. Can someone teach me about Hep-Locks?

   tmaca replied to nycNurse2b's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Uh, not exactly. It's kind of confusing, really. Yes, heplock is kind of an old term, from when a patient got a semi-permanent IV which wasn't going to have fluid running through it most of the...