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I would pick an issue that has personally affected you. If anyone should ask why you chose to write about what you did, you could say it is something that has touched your life..... Good luck.

Well, congratulations!! Even though the instructor may have been in the wrong and you were embarrassed, you did a great job.....you should be very proud!

Wow. You are right, your Mom would not be there if she didn't need help. Maybe some homes are like that, but not the one I work for. If the nursing assistants do not give their residents care, as their charge nurse on the floor, I WILL take correct...

Where I'm at, on day shift we have 25 residents. The night nurse on the back wing has both wings, for a total of 50. Management doesn't seem to get it, even though we've all told them again and again that the acuity is higher than it has ever been, a...

We have the same problem at our facility. Management is currently trying to change med times, and 3rd shift nursing duties so they have more time in the AM to get their med passes done. I would not let anyone else "share" my cart either. My name is o...

In Ohio, we need 24 hours of CE every two years. I do mine by home study. If you do an online search, there are providers you can order the book and test through, and mail the test in when finished for grading. I usually spend about $30-$50 dollars t...

In my facility, on one hall, the day shift nurse arrives at 6am to get the 3.5-4 hour med pass started. (no, that wasn't a typo, it takes that long). On the other halls, night shift has a good sized med pass, then when day shift comes in at 7am, the...

I don't think the poster included all that went on (what she did herself), I think she was trying to explain her point. I work in LTC and sadly, I have to agree that too many times, there are nurses that send the res. out without doing any intervent...

I am so upset right now. In July, I was offered a position in MDS. Originally, I was told things (like how many days a week I would be doing, when I would have to take call, etc. ) and then, as I expected, all the "promises" started to change. I kee...

An hour to FtWayne/Toledo/Lima....do you live in the Defiance area? That's where I am. Who have you applied to, if you don't mind me asking? The LTC facility I'm at is always hiring for PRN (PRN has higher wages than hiring in as a regular staff). It...

Hi all. I have been an LPN for 13 years, currently taking two prereq classes for the LPN to RN transition. I'm also working full time and am a single mom of two teenagers. My problem.....believe it or not, is not at home. I am majorly burn out at wor...

My facility has a written policy that if we are off the clock, we are not to be on the floor working. Another reason for a write up.

Years ago when my two were little (3 and a newborn), I turned on Barney. Yes, I know everybody hates him, but my 3 year old loved him and would sit without moving the entire time he was on. I recorded a bunch of his programs and replayed them whenev...

This happens all the time at the facility I work at. Our relief is occasionally late also. Even though we have three management nurses none of them will take report and count narcs so we can get out of there. The late nurse is never reprimanded eithe...

In their time, the elderly didn't bathe daily, but I would go with what a few others said and make sure she "washes up" every day and does the full bath 2-3 times a week. Is she confused at all? Some times at work, it's how we approach them...if we...

It's my understanding that yes, a nurse can lose his/her license.

Thank you for all the replies. After I've had a little time to sit and think about it, I'm most upset at myself for having let myself hope that things would turn out differently than they have for so many others. I will let him know my feelings, pr...

The LTC facility (in northwest Ohio) I work at starts off LPN's at $14/hr. with pretty good benefits. From job interviews I've went on to local hospitals, the LTC field pays LPNs more than a hospital does.

I'm in the northwest corner near Defiance, with 13 years exp., I just got a raise to a little over $20. I interviewed at a hospital in Lima not long ago and they offered me a little over $13.

....just want to add, that even though I trust my skills, this is one of those times that I call one of my coworkers to check also. I always have since day 1.

An RN at our facility went and got another nurse to come check on a resident of hers who wasn't responding. She didn't check her vitals but did do a blood sugar on her that was within normal limits so she gave the resident her insulin before getting...

I had a woman like that when I was going through PN clinicals. I was so nerve wracked at the time, but it turned out to be a very good learning experience for me. I learned that through life, esp. in nursing, you come across many people that are dif...

Hi Melissa. I'm not "new" to nursing, I've been an LPN for 12 years, but I am starting back next month to obtain my ADN. (I am 36). Since it's been so long since I've been in school, I have to redo my algebra classes and had never taken chemistry,...

I decided early on in my career that I would not attend funerals or viewings (just personal choice). But, for those patients and/or families that have really touched me, I send a card or an arrangement to the funeral home. Just do what feels right f...

First, I want to say how sorry I am for your loss:o I work in LTC so I cannot say how it may be for you to return to the area that has touched you so, but that may in fact be "your calling". You will understand (as no one else can) when others go thr...