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Jaznia, I feel that you should quickly get that promised recommendation in writing, and make lots of copies of it for your job search. My concerns would be, firstly, that someone from the clique will get the "pushover" manager to change her mind abo...

This is not the way it is supposed to be! If it is as you say, patients treated like criminals, you feeling threatened, and actually being hit, then things are not being done the right way. Where I work, there is enough staff support to keep other ...

One of my brightest CNAs came to me excited about how the facility has already offered her a job as a Medication Aide. She is about to start a four month program of training, along with 2 other CNAs at our facility. Our facility has not used Medica...

Well, I graduated with an associate's degree, and passed my NCLEX in January. I've been working in an LTC since Feburary. I have an opportunity to return to school, and I've already been accepted to a local college to complete a bachelor's in Nurs...

I live in a "Right to Work" state, where all employment is "at will". I worked a very (very) sub-standard nursing home in my small town. I spoke up and told the auditor what an abusive, dangerous, and exploitive environment it was. I got fired the...

I would have posted "No, don't do it" if I had been asked about 2 months ago. I had been in LTC from the time I graduated until then. I have worked 8 hours without getting to eat drink, or go to the bathroom. I have carried a load of 28 patients, ...

I had a terrible case of plantar fasciitis. I couldn't hardly walk, and I was crying for hours after my shift. I saw a podiatrist and he told me to get Brooks Addictions with a Powerstep from ProTech orthotic. I've never had shoes so expensive or...

How very terrible! I pray that the Lord will comfort you during this time of sorrow and loss. I hope that you can get another job and get away from these people soon. So not right how you and your baby were treated. Sick, sad world!

There are so many job-hungry nurses right now that the profession, if you can still call it that, is like a meat grinder. If they don't retain you, no big deal to them. There are plenty of nurses who want your job, however abusive the situation may...

I'm a new registered nurse, I work on an Alzheimer's unit. There is a CNA who is being repeatedly scheduled on my shift, and to tell you the truth, I just don't know what to do with her. She is way older than me, and has been a CNA since I was 8 or...

I got about two and a half weeks two years ago, then they told me to sink or swim. I swam, but only by the GRACE OF GOD!

IMHO you need to see an MD who won't blow this off.

CRAAAAZY!

22-24 very demented residents (heavy psych needs). 17 walk and talk (Think seventeen 5'8" two-year olds who are not potty-trained). One nurse, two CNAs, and one shower aide for 5 hours of the shift.

I received and filled out the survey. The way the design of the survey was confusing, and may yield inaccurate data damaging to EC and EC grads. I believe that this is why EC warns that it may not be in the EC grad's interest to fill out the poorly...

You'd best head for the hospital.

I did the work of a graveyard CNA last night on my Alzheimer's unit. There was no CNA to cover, so I volunteered to stay another 8 hours. I found out everything that my CNAs should have done, and didn't do. I also found out how hard they work. I ...

Does she have fever, flank or pelvic pain, pain or burning upon urination, or a change in the character of the urine. A UTI can cause confusion, but so can a host of other things

I wonder if the OP is an administrator fishing around for takers...uhh..suckers)

Is this happening in your area? Please report. It will soon become the law in my state that facilities may use QMAPs (Qualified Medication Assistive Personnel). They are being hired for a few dollars less than nurses are paid. They will undergo 4...

You need to get out of there at least for a while.

Are you handling any antineoplastics?

If you can stick it out, you are going to be one fantastic nurse! I don't know how you are doing that. You must be some kind of miracle person.

My Alzheimer's patient yell "Waitress! Waitress!" at me. They come up to the nurses station thinking they are at a bus terminal. They want a ticket out of there, now! Nothing these dear people do bothers me. The phone calls from families who call...

All the jobs in Califoooorinaa, are filled by happy nurses with ratios who are getting really good pay. It's becaaause theyyyy had the guts to walk out. We'd all be employed, and the hospitals, annoyed, if we all joined the CNA! California Nurses...