felixthecat99

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1. New director is saying we don't get paid for taking "required classes" at the assisted living facility?

   felixthecat99 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work at an assisted living facility. In the past, we were always paid for taking these required classes that the assisted living facility said we had to do. However, now we have a new Executive...

2. Two job offers....trying to make a decision

   felixthecat99 replied to nrsval's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Take the job that is 5 minutes away from your

3. Jails without correctional officers walking with you?

   felixthecat99 posted a topic in Correctional

   I went on a "jail tour" awhile back when I applied for a "jail job". The nursing supervisor and I went on the tour by ourselves. I rarely saw any correctional officers. She said everyone is being...

4. Back problems-unable to do heavy lifting

   felixthecat99 replied to felixthecat99's topic in General Specialties

   Yes. At this place, anything goes. The only requirement is that they have a pulse in order to be admitted. We get 3 person assist residents all the time. We get residents who need to be in either a...

5. Back problems-unable to do heavy lifting

   felixthecat99 replied to felixthecat99's topic in General Specialties

6. New DON

   felixthecat99 replied to bbrown74's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Exactly. The staff know they won't get fired because they are already short staffed so they will continue to "do nothing" and there are no consequences for them. There are certain staff members who...

7. Back problems-unable to do heavy lifting

   felixthecat99 posted a topic in General Specialties

   I am an elderly LPN -assisted living who can do most of the usual nursing duties such as giving meds, charting, incident reports, calling the doctors etc etc etc. However, the new inexperienced...

8. Questions about working as an agency nurse in a correctional job

   felixthecat99 posted a topic in Agency Nurses

   I have a bad back. Lots of nursing experience-LPN. The job I have now(assisted living)is telling us nurses that we are going to be assigned to our own residents in addition to being the pill nurse....