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I'm an LPN and I would love to work in a hospiatl setting until I get my RN would you know of any dept. that hire LPN quit often in hospitals by any chance? I tried to look in other areas of this site but I'm not too familiar with this site just yet? Thanks... Kriston

I'm married to a police officer now and I always said I would never marry someone in that profession. I don't think you can control who you fall in love with. I would never go into nursing with the intension of looking for a husband!

I just wrote about being the only nurse on 3-11pm and passing my own meds, having 3 aids, and having 47 residents. I charge on one hall of LTC and the other hall in our building is also LTC and they have two less residents. They were staffed with 2 nurses a CMT and 3 aides. They have the same type of residents. We both have several g-t's. I actually have more, and more difficult people. The aides in the buiding were asking why this ADON was doing this to me d/t it has never been done to another nurse. It's always done to me. When I quetioned it I was basically told if I didn't like it I could go find another job. I love the people I work with. This ADON is new this this company. She came in and completely took over and the DON allows her to do so. The DON has only been in her position a very short 6 weeks. Everyone sees her pushing me, and only me. My question is to you, is it time to go elsewhere? I think I'm a very good nurse I never qustion my assignments. They always change everyones schedule without notice and I go with the flow never c/o these little things that bothers everyone else so much. Still, it seems she tries to see how much she can do until I speak up. The previous DON was very tough but great, and she never treated her nurses this way. Should I leave? Has anyone encounted a problem like this?

I'm a LPN in LTC and the DON, ADON ,receptionist, MDS cordinator,social worker, therapy, med.records, and all of the other office people leave at aproximately 4PM. I am the charge nurse on one of the largest halls, there are three. My hall has 47 residents right now. Some evenings that I have worked 3-11PM, I have had to work with 2 aides and myself. That includes doing my own meds, charging,taking orders,dealing with pharmacy,admits,answering the phone, and the million other things that there are to do. On a regular staffed day on my hall I am staffed with a Med Tech.(CMT), at least 3 aides and my self. I just don't understand how the ADON and the DON can just walk out the door at 4PM on days where we are this short and not stay to help out. I was always under the impression that was the ADON and the DON's position to work the floor if there was nobody else to do it. There is always a person "on-call" where I work in case of a call in. This is always the DON or ADON. When 2 or more people call in to where we are just to short to function we call the on-call we are always told to do our best and do what we can. The on-call has never once come in to help or has called people in to help out. I don't inderstand the "on-call" persons position. Does anyone know the aide per rsident ratio and/or nurse ratio by state law? Or is there even one these days?

I'm a nurse at a nursing home, I've never have had a real problem with paramedics. I do know we are both very busy professions, I understand you have other pick ups and I have many other residents to attends to as the above student has noticed so neither of us has time for the other not to be unorganized for not ready for the other. I believe that's where most of the misunderstanding comes in at. I hear a lot of other nurses where I work c/o paramedics and I believe it's because when they arrive the nurse is not ready for them yet. She has sometimes 40-50 pts and the paramedic has that one to worry about at that moment. Parmedics get the worst of all calls I have nothing but respect for them!

I am an MA and a LPN.....Every school focuses on different aspects of nursing. There are RN I work with that don't know certain things, we all just try to help each other. There are also new graduates that know things I don't. Don't ever let anyone try to make you feel stupid no matter what thier title. If they do, go somewhere else.