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How did you ever overcome the black balling? I am going through a similar situation and I can not find work anywhere. As soon as my employment is verified, I never hear from anyone again. I can only imagine what is being said about me, but what ever ...

Hello All, I am not sure if this is the right forum to post this, but... When a patient has respiratory distress, how long before a patient will turn blue? Can't a person go bad really fast? We had a patient go bad really quick It was almost like...

I have been working LTC/ subacute for about 6 months now and I am confused about some of the standards. I assumed in order to straight cath a patient, one would need an order from the doctor each and everytime. Or it would be documented it would be ...

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Hello everyone: If you have a patient with an offensive odor, how do you handle it? I had a patient that had a bad odor eminating from her, so I proceeded to investigate to find the source of the odor. Well, I guess her husband complained and I find...

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Thank you all for the input. I work in a re-hab facility and I work 11-7. When I smelled this odor, I started to access the patient more thouroughly by lifting covers etc... the patient's husband was not present, but I guess she said something to hi...

hello, I work nights in a LTC facility and sometimes I am at a loss as to what to chart. Most times I do not see the patients ambulating, or participating in their ADLs. They are sleeping. I also would like to be able to find a reference guide on rul...

first off, I have worked on my own for 2 shifts now at LTC. I seem to spending all my time passing meds. We have a 5 pm and a 9pm. med pass and I need to pass on about 20 people. I need to figure out how to be more effecient. any suggestions. Oh ...

I thank everyone of you for your suggestions and support. They are all great suggestions, and I will use them. It is already getting better there where I work and I think I have "turned the corner" so to speak. I feel as if I have transitioned from ...

How do you continue to get job opportunities with prior firings? I am having a hard time explaining mine- they won't even let me in the door. I am real close to throwing in the towel with my nursing. Any advice will be appreciated.

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I could use some input, advice, opinion or thoughts on the matter-- it appears I have made a mistake with a career change- My nursing skills have been called into question. This is very traumatic for me and I have never been through a situation like ...

I did not know I was slamming doors and I would never slam a door on purpose! I did not think I was doing as badly as I was informed I was doing. One of the complaints was that I kept slamming doors- I said slamming doors? I did not slam doors- and t...