We had our annual survey a couple of weeks ago. We got 2 J tags. They came back and today they issued the facility a 30 day notice. We have 30 days to find placement for all of our residents. I am so...
Where I worked recently changed our colors to all purple or all white or a combination. No prints. I own many,many print tops and different colored pants, and I am not going to let them go to waste. I...
I am on a weekend program. I work 24 and get paid for 36, but we have to pick up an extra day during the week to be considered full time. I work 10 hours on Friday and 12 Saturday and Sunday. Most of...
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I work in a LTC facility and have for 16 years. I have a ruptured disc (L5) and also have a bone fragment lodged in a nerve in my left leg. I was diagnosed in 1995. My left leg has some numbness in...
Years ago, I took a day off to take my Yorkie for an ultrasound. I found my own coverage. When I had her put to sleep, they gave a night off (without pay), they gave me flowers and got me another dog...
Speaking of night shift nurse who leaves things undone, last night one of our resident's catheter came out. The night shift nurse said she didn't know how to put a catheter in, since she had only been...
I have been reading some old posts about state surveyors. How different does the staff act when they are there? I have worked at the same LTC for 16 years. "State" being the building doesn't bother...
We had a VA survey team in our LTC facility yesterday. The surveyor touring with our DNS kept me busy for about an hour asking me all kinds of questions. The facility doesn't know how we did on the...
I have been a LPN at a LTC facility for 16 years, since I got out of school. I have no desire to work anywhere else. There are times I get so frustrated, that I think about quitting, but I hang in...