Danirenee2009

I left a LTC facility about month ago after 5 years. It was hard choice but several factors contributed to that decision. The corporate DON reach out to me last week and asked if I would want to come interview for the DON position as it was suddenly available. I went in today and had an informal chat about the position and requirements etc etc. I go again in a few days for a formal interview. It's a large 170 bed facility that has MANY issues. I am aware of so many of them with a genuine first hand knowledge. I am stuck on what to ask for as far as salary. I know it's gonna take alot of time and effort in this position. I don't want to short change myself. I have no experience as a DON. Any help/ advice/tips are very appreciated.

I contracted COVID in December. It was the worst headache of my life for 3 days. Body aches and malaise for 10 days. Lost taste and smell which still haven't returned totally. The joint pain was bad for about 3 weeks after. My mental health has been the most difficult to deal with. I have been slowly changing things around to help my emotions heal. I work in LTC and it has been debilitating to watch my residents suffer.

It's OK.I had orientation to my unit and all the things that go with that. And as far as getting my groove back it took a couple weeks but it all click right in. All in all the transition back in was easy.

I just updated my resume to include my time off. Spoke honestly to potential employers. I was very ready to get back into working and showed appropriate enthusiasm related to returning to nursing.

I took 3 years off and re entered nursing with no issues. Good luck!!

This is a very good question that I have been asking myself ALOT recently. I have been in LTC for 12 years first as an LPN then as an RN. I tried my hand at the hospital as soon as I received my RN but ended up back in LTC. This past year has me wondering if this is really what I want to continue to do. I used to feel very passionate about what I was doing. Like it was an integral part of who I was. That feeling of passion has been replaced with a feeling of disgust. Yes, I still have a love of geriatric nursing but I just don't know how to come to a peaceful place within nursing at the moment. So to answer the question I just don't know.

I am a Christian, working a recovery program, a wife to my best friend, a mother, a sister, a daughter, a lover of the outdoors, avid reader, a student of life. I am a nurse of 12 years but that is something I am grappling with at the moment. I feel an insurmountable amount of disappointment within my profession. I am incredibly proud of what I have done within my career I am just not sure if I want to keep doing it.

36. 10 years as an LPN. 1 year as an RN!!

I started my first day on med surg yesterday. I have been an lpn in long term care for 10 years and graduated with my rn in May. I am amazed at the difference. The way that I have taken report /organized my duties for all of my nursing career is not gonna cut it in this setting. So I understand the need for a " brain sheet". I found a ton of options on Pinterest actually. There are so many variations for every possible specialty. I printed a few to try out next week. Here's to hoping I can find a new way to get it done.

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