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  1. Nursing Home, chronic understaffing, and dealing with profit driven business owners?

    NFuser replied to AnOldsterRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You have my best wishes for long-term success and fulfillment, Fashionably L8. Be that Good Nurse, be true to your patients AND yourself.

  2. Nursing Home, chronic understaffing, and dealing with profit driven business owners?

    NFuser replied to AnOldsterRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Bless you. I appreciate your thoughts, garciadiego, and I still believe in those things. Had I spent one more moment in the environment we are discussing, I no longer would believe those things. There...

  3. Immunocompromised Loved One

    NFuser replied to lillianbenders's topic in General Nursing

    I worked inpatient oncology nearly the entire 12 years my hub had CLL, and he was immuno-compromised the entire time. Medical oncology is filled with the stuff you see only rarely in any other...

  4. Nursing Home, chronic understaffing, and dealing with profit driven business owners?

    NFuser replied to AnOldsterRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The post I am quoting was well over 2 years ago. I am humbled beyond words to admit that I retired before my time (and may, at some point be faced with homelessness) because of what you faced. Perhaps...

  5. The ridiculousness of LTC/SNF

    NFuser replied to YUKONrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Nodding my head with enormous respect for all of you. The straws that finally broke this camel's back were: 1) having to "fix" something....the phone, the fax, the computers, the orders, incorrect...

  6. Nursing Home, chronic understaffing, and dealing with profit driven business owners?

    NFuser replied to AnOldsterRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As few as 2 years ago, I thought I could do anything nursing-related....but LTC broke me. I feel fortunate to have retired (much earlier than planned) with my integrity (and license!) intact. LTC...

  7. One more day closer to retirement

    NFuser replied to egglady's topic in Retired Nurses

    Thank you all for posting on this topic! I just made the decision to retire from bedside nursing....a profession I was proud to be in when I started so many years ago. There are many fond memories of...

  8. What song describes your workplace environment?

    NFuser replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    "It's The End Of The World As We Know It" by REM If not the end of the world, the end of my

  9. I Quit Nursing.

    NFuser replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Bluegeegoo2....GREAT!!!! You have my respect, and best wishes for a happier, more fulfilling life. I am still stuck in the insanity of LTC/Rehab - and given the fact that the ENTIRE administration in...

  10. Long Term Care Nursing is Lame

    NFuser replied to purplegal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Purplegal, it intrigues me that - a year into it - you continue to be concerned about the "status" of your position. Or is it your career in general? IMHO, the "status" of a nursing position - or...

  11. facility implosion post-takeover

    NFuser posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The rolling tide of SNF Takeovers hit my 5-star facility well over a year ago, and we became LT and PAC. Since then, our once-happy little organization has been afflicted with several maladies: vendor...

  12. "You can't call off!"

    NFuser replied to snow22's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Having been a victim of "extenuating circumstances".... I recall allowing myself to be swallowed by the Guilt Monster once, over this. Called in a "I might be a little late" alert, four hours before...

  13. facility implosion post-takeover

    NFuser replied to NFuser's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    To kbrn.... I hope clarity re: benefits has reached you by now. Our takeover actually got us better health insurance choices and other benefits (some of the Mother Ship's Right Coast facilities'...

  14. facility implosion post-takeover

    NFuser replied to NFuser's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    HA! Just when I thought it couldn't get much worse....(kinda like using the Q word )...it has, with Mass Staff Defections. Our core nursing staff is down to 3 RNs and 2 LPNs (ALL part-timers), MDS and...

  15. My DON came to my house today

    NFuser replied to mtjoanna's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for the update, mtjoanna. Big Fish In A Small Pond/Small Town Mentality Nepotism Blacklist Blues here, too. Relocation isn't an option for me, but as I've reached a point eerily similar to...

  16. Survey

    NFuser replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The BEST "thank you" I've received (in my current position) was a hand-written note from my NHA, praising a unique strength I bring to the team. Granted, I'm old-fashioned, but that simple note beat...

  17. Jack of all trades but a master of none

    NFuser replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear OP, As a (now) curmudgeon, who was in a similar spot in her career as an RN about 2 years in, I have to agree with Nurse Beth. Co-workers you trust acknowledge your skill and ability - in...

  18. You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    NFuser replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    No matter what setting, this has ALWAYS been a bad omen for me. That, and someone using the "Q"

  19. LTC's are a joke

    NFuser replied to baygrl11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow. Just. Wow. When I transferred to current from facility from an equally good 5-star sister, we had a hard-working but caring, cohesive facility. A new EMR sent a few staff into retirement, then a...

  20. Doctor stole my stethoscope

    NFuser replied to ayejay09's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I collected several "scope coats" in bright colors and flowery patterns before the company stopped selling them. Not only do they keep the skin oils away from the tubing and my neck rash-free, but I...

  21. Age Discrimination in Nursing

    NFuser replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Did all the right things. Mentored the youngsters every chance I had. Carved myself several 'niches'. Became a Super User for the new EMR From Hades (and was one of the few SU's patient/dedicated...

  22. I want to be an RN, but I am getting divorced, single mom and need to work right away.HELP

    NFuser replied to annaliz04's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with posters who discouraged MA to RN (although the skills training helped me significantly). CNA to RN, at least in the states I have practiced, offers more easily accessible options for...

  23. Bedside reporting as a management tool of humiliation

    NFuser replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sad as this is, I think another tactic to "influence" new staff (of course, I am being kind). Lots of deadwood being pruned lately (AEB a 30-year nurse in uncontrollable tears over this), and...

  24. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    NFuser replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Respectfully and in good faith, if subjecting myself to abject poverty to obtain an MSN causes me to consider those who don't "victims", I have no desire to do so. I happen to love bedside nursing,...

  25. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    NFuser replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Tru dat. I'm still uncertain if it was my age, my wage, or my disabled spouse's drain on the corporation health plan that got me