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Try one of the home health agencies in your area. You may also try seeing if there is a nurse in your church or placing an ad in the paper (make sure to get references if you do this though). Also, if there is a nursing home in the area you might w...

When I first worked as a nurse in '95 the place I was employed at required us to wear caps. I was sooooooooooo happy !!! My cap was beautiful with the stripe that represented the university I graduated from on it (dark green with a gold overlay) - ...

Unfortunately that does happen. However, is your grandmother's roommate of sound mind? At times there are residents who sound perfectly logical and "with it" who actually aren't. Sadly enough though, many people are never visited by family once th...

Most cities have Jehovah Witness places of worship or there are people who are of that belief around. Maybe you might want to interview one for their input? I've always found that to be a great way to get information and they can answer questions l...

Most men in the field gravitate towards ER, ICU, etc. get experience in trauma and then go forward into something else such as CRNA, PA, etc. It's been my experience anyway....

ENFJ - seems to be a lot of us....

Dear First Year Student: It's great to strive for all "A's". However, when you graduate you take the same board that everyone does, and I've never applied for a position where they asked my grade point. I heard an old saying once - "What do they c...

Good luck to you....it took me eleven years to finally hit on a job that I liked in the medical field. Too much politics, stress, ungratefulness. I love the "Nurses Creed" I found the other day: "We the willing, led by the unknowing, are often doi...

OK - Career advise here....First of all, as someone so wisely stated before - you are too old to go to school when you are DEAD !!!! Other than that you need to go for it. However, you might want to consider down the road, after you have received a...

DusktilDawn is correct - please ask management if they have spoken with the nurse involved. Have they given her proper warning (ie: verbal, 1st and 2nd notice?) and does she have a copy of the policy and procedure related to the infraction? Once t...

First of all, congrats on graduating and on choosing LTC. Please remember that LTC is usually a skilled nursing facility. Geriatrics is a unique specialty onto itself - like peds, med/surg, ortho, etc. I wish people who are in this field would tak...

Try getting ahold of whomever wrote the ad and ask what experience / training they are looking for. Follow up on it. Or if you can't get them, go to a local college nursing department and ask what information they may have on the field.

Hi Ruffles - Congrats on your upcoming graduation. By now you should know about infection control - nix on the nails. Professionals don't wear them.

Proudtobeanurse is correct - I am a DON and I would honestly expect my nurses to call in if they had the same circumstances. I try to be as compassionate as possible with family situations and we are trying to mold a team at our facility that wants ...

I am so sorry to hear of you aunt's health. I feel you can honor her most by doing what one of her last wishes is....graduate. Complete your studies, hopefully she will still be here to watch you accomplish your goal. I think sm2l821 had the right...

RUN, DO NOT WALK to the nearest exit and get out. Make sure to give proper notice as you ARE a professional. However, no, you will not lose your license for not giving notice IF you finish the shift and give notice. Walk out in the middle of a shi...

Dear Lost: Please go to your nearest Community College or University and get FOUND. Here is how you do it: Find their Career Center and have them do career testing on you. It will take approximately three hours and when you are done it will have ...

I entered school when I was 38 with two children. Worked nights in a bar and studied in what was left of my waking hours. It is a career choice that I am glad I made. I had a classmate who had NINE children and drove 1 1/2 hours each way to attend...

OK - there are a LOT of positions that you can get out there, even NON NURSING positions simply because you had the guts to stick out nursing school and graduate (that's right, employers recognize the fact that you finished a VERY tough program and h...

I had frozen shoulder as the Administrator of a SNF for four months. Three weeks after I stepped down it released. Became a Manager of a Stroke/Telemetry/Med-Surg unit for 18 months but dealing with HCA and the three witches in the ivory tower soon...

OK, I'll bite and give you my perspective as a manager. I am a Director of Nursing. In my SNF, I don't care what age you are, how long you have been there, your sexual orientation, whether you're union or non-union, etc. IF YOU AREN'T DOING YOUR J...

Ummmmmmmmm, Jesskanurse - your experience is a four year degree....let's see, NOT to be flaming anymore than what already is, but you are 23 years old according to your byline. That means you have approx. one year of experience. Please listen to th...

RUN, do not walk, to the nearest exit !!! There are many good facilities out there, you just found the wrong one. NO, it is no the same everywhere. I am a Director of Nursing and am setting up a wound care team of Certified Wound Care Specialists ...

Actually, I started out as a midnight charge nurse in a LTC, worked in it for approx. four years, became a geriatric psych. nurse and then an Administrator of a nursing home (loved it - was in a position to change things!). Then because of stress (f...

UMMMMMMMMMMM, sorry Jesskanurse, I (as well as many others) disagree. A person with Alzheimer's only gets agitated when you try to make them understand something they are no longer able to do. Actually, our lady who runs around the building just to...