Spooky
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I'm glad you found something! Good luck with your new job!
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Hi! I'm in the same boat! I just sent you a PM.
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Nailed it on the head! I agree.
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Hey, there. ? Thank you for your reply. That's exciting (and scary) to start something new, but it's a change! Change is good! I would definitely take the home health gig to try. I have personally never worked HH, but it was a interest of mine after dealing with my first SNF experience. I had moved to a different state/bigger city (an additional 65,000 estimated population from my small town!) from home and I was nervous to do HH. Driving around in a bigger area scared me and I wasn't adjusting well being away from home, so starting something completely new wrecked my nerves. I just started my second (maybe last) SNF there. Well, obviously it wasn't any better in most cases... Also, I have no idea if they're allowing family members in the SNFs now. Last I heard from a nurse buddy (beginning of April) in my area near DFW Texas, they're not allowing visitors. Temp checks of all employees clocking-in/out, locked doors, no dining room services (all room trays). I can't remember what else, but I feel so bad for the residents and their families. We've had cases in our local SNFs where I stay. ☹️ Anyway, I wish you lots of luck on a new job of your choosing and hope the change is better for you! ? Stay safe! Oh! By the way, I have never tried agency/staff nursing, but just because they pay significantly higher than regular hourly pay, I would be cautious about it, especially during this time. You never know what you'll sign-up for just for higher pay. I'd rather not completely stress myself out for high pay. Quality of life comes first. If I can help it, I just "do" without all the money and stress!
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The burnout is real. LTC for 4 1/2 years and I don't ever want to go back. I went to a clinic and actually enjoyed it better. The hours were on weekdays only, weekends off, holidays off, no stress of in-patient care, I had my own clinic space/office. Every now and then there were emergencies, but the schedule was pretty strict on appointment-only basis. The only thing was the significant pay difference and I ended up having a burnout as well. 5pm was no longer the norm after a while. It was 8-whenever if I was behind. I'm talking 8-7pm at least one day out of the week. Change. That's the beauty of nursing. Find a different specialty and learn about it. If you get burned out again, leave and go somewhere else. Change is what we need every now and then!
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2011 grad here. Well, I started at $18.50/hour ($0.50 shift differential for evening). Made it up to $20/hour in 2015. Moved to a different state and started at $18.50/hour again in 2016. Went to a clinic in 2016, had the "beautiful" 8-5pm job (not really beautiful to me) and got around $15.50/hour. ? Just depends on where you go, what convenience of hours are worked, etc., etc... I found LTC to be challenging compared to the clinic, of course.
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Do your damn hardest in the LPN-BSN program! CONGRATS and good luck to you! ?
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Texas here! Well, left my last SNF around 2015 at 1:28 residents. Pay was $20/hour. I didn't care for that. Left a Louisiana SNF (2016) when I had 31 residents... Yeah... NOPE. Pay was $18.50/hour. The norm seems around 1:30. I had mixed halls of skilled residents with long-term for both facilities. Home health is constantly hiring. Our booming cities are San Antonio, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston (probably the best in medicine). Maybe avoid those and find a place outside of them if anything. There's plenty of rural towns and you can always travel to the city when you're in need of fun. I love my Texas! Good luck and happy travels when you're ready! ?
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When I started in 2011, my max was 23 residents for the hall with an average of 18-20 most of the time. Changes happened around 2015. Nurses and CNAs fired purposely (nit-picking paper trails), they refused to hire anymore staff and state "low census" was the reason. Gave me the keys and now I had 28 residents. The other hall had maybe 32. We didn't adjust well since we hardly ever cared for more than 20 residents at a time. Next SNF, I was given 26 (still not easy for me). The last straw was 31. I pledged to not ever go back to LTC even though I miss it. I felt the same way about their care. There was never enough time to care for all of them properly. Sometimes (probably more than sometimes) a CNA didn't show up. Either I had to help on top of my work or luckily they would find help from other halls. The thing is, I know we're not supposed to complain about "CNA work" and there's "no such thing as CNA work" in the nursing world, but what is the reality of that? The CNAs would clock-out right on time and just head home. I was stuck finishing up paperwork that I didn't get to do. My shift would end by 10pm and I didn't finish up till midnight most rotations. And there goes management... "What were you doing?! Why are you staying so late?! That's a write-up if you keep doing this." Blah, blah, blah... Enough was enough. Good experience, but not worth it in my opinion. I never found the "golden egg" of a nursing home where staff ratios are beautifully 1:15-20. Don't stress yourself out. Make sure to find out about ratios and staff availability before hiring on.
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Dang... ? Well, it's just a matter of time when we'll find out the same thing with our school district.
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My RN Bridge program starts in June and we have three hospital orientations lined up ahead of time. Official orientation to my program is next month and I'm assuming we'll hear more about what to expect concerning cancellations or classroom closures. As of now, my community college extended their Spring Break holiday. My only solution would be simulation lab days to substitute for clinical hours. Poke and prod each other? ?♀️ LOL. I have no idea...
