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I am currently on light duty (work related injury) and am a shift supervisor. I have been working primarily on the desk, assisting staff where I can. Recently, we have been given the schedule book and call off phone and I track when people call off ...

Not at all. It has happened 2 more times and I have been really lucky to find someone at the last minute. They keep putting nurses and CNAs on the schedule who are repeatedly calling out. FIRE THEM!! Im sorry, but calling out or no call/no show 7 t...

I am beginning to think I need to sew my own scrubs. I am perimenopausal in the summer. I am suffering from the heat and cannot drink enough cold water to cool me off. I have a little fan that helps a little, but polyester just makes me hotter and e...

Yes - I use gold toe mild compression socks with new balance sneakers.. I am a big lady and it has made a huge difference with how I feel at the end of my shift. BTW, I was worried they might feel hot, but they really don't.

I hate that everything has mostly polyester. I get very HOT at work and need cotton. I like the stretchiness with spandex.. but need to cotton to keep me cooler. I am a bigger lady 5'9 265 lbs and perimenopausal (hot Flashes) so polyester fabrics cau...

I helped to orient a nurse at my facility. She is an older nurse that had many years of experience, but had been out of floor nursing for several years. I was looking forward to working with her because I thought I could learn a lot from her. Howeve...

I felt that way working in LTC at first too. I was given 3 days orientation and expected to run with it. But, I did the best I could and stuck with it. I found nurses who were willing to give me answers before and after my shift. Most nurses remembe...

Sigh - just wrote a long post and it never went through. I know about the coumadin issue because I work with this patient 5 of the 7 days every week and was off 2 days and knew exactly how much she gets ( 2- 4 mg tabs) and how much was left before I ...

In LTC and rehab, I have seen up to 40 patients per nurse. It is crazy!! I work evening shift. On my unit, we have 8 to 14 pts per RN, We can have multiple admissions ( which takes 3-4 hours just to get into the system and assessed) This is a short ...

I have never had anyone ask for my GPA for a nursing job. The only ones who care about GPA are the learning institutions in my experience. I think they realize that once you are passionate about what you are learning you will excel. Good Luck with y...

Some people are just difficult. I have many that I have to deal with daily, they stress me terribly. I leave their room and I sing kumbaya to myself and take deep breaths to keep them from ruining my night. Each time I deal with a difficult patient ...

I work at a company that requires RN and LPNs wear navy blue scrubs. Scrubs are nice, comfortable and look like pajamas. I would like to find navy scrubs with a collar, I think the collar looks more professional. The only ones I have found come in wh...

My facility prepared ahead asking for those willing to stay to reserve a room on an unused unit. they provided food, linen, towels, cable tv . etc. The administrators actually went out after the storm sunday and dug everyone out so we could go home. ...

I work night shift and we are required to chart on certain rooms/patients (rotated between shifts) so there is at least one note a day on the patient. They don't want "patient slept all night". They want to know how the patient ambulates, treatments ...

Keismers, see my other post on this topic -but other stuff I did to get through nursing school was pray and go to church regularly. My church was very helpful to me - often youth group activities provided me with time to go to the library to study. I...

I agree with all! After my divorce and apparent inconsistent child support payments (3 kids) , I went back to school. I was 38 when I started my prereqs. Graduated from nursing school when I was 43! However, that first job was hard to find so I went...

I work for Johnson and Johnson as a Community health nurse doing telephonic customer service/triage for one of their products. RNs are part of a team of individuals that are committed to ensuring great customer service, continuous product monitoring ...

I have been an RN for 3 years in LTC and was promoted last year to a dual ADON /DCE position. I have survived a year, but I am completely burnt out! We got a new DON 3 months ago who is very good at delegating and very critical. Since I have the du...

Try LTC/ Skilled Nursing facilities. They will hire new grads. I just hired 5 new nurses because those with experience have jobs already.

Miranda, I have tried to talk to her about this. She is arrogant and doesn't respect me (or most people) at all. She gets very upset and says she is "not going to talk about this now" and leaves the office. I tried to write down everything I do, but...

As a person who does hiring at my facility, it would irritate me if someone walked in and insisted on trying to introduce themselves to get a job. I work in a relatively small facility (76 beds) and have two job titles Asst. Dir of Nursing and Dir. o...

I work in LTC Administration in Philadelphia. Our nurses are 38:1 - IMO way too many patients for the nurses. There are 4 CNAs, but still the med pass alone on day shift is grueling. Add to that Tx, calling docs, notes, keeping track of CNAs restorat...

I know how you feel. I took a job in admin. thinking it would be less stressful. At least when I left for the day as a Charge Nurse, I knew I was finished with what I was supposed to do and left the crap behind when I went home. I can't do that becau...

I am an RN and got my MBA. I was promoted from a night shift supervisor to a dual job of Assistant Director of Nursing / Director of Clinical Education. It is a small LTC business, but there is really too much work for me to do it well. I have surviv...

As a new nurse, my first job was in LTC. I was given a charge assignment on an 18-bed locked Alzheimer unit as well as being supervisor of the whole 140-bed (3-story building) facility. I was given 3 nights of orientation and the person orienting me ...