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You are correct, thank you, I need to proofread. Yes, I can work and go to school at the same time and the program is just 20 months but it costs a lot. Can't decide what to do.

Three years ago I graduated from nursing school with my AD RN. Since then I have worked in LTC 5 months and the rest of the time in two different hospitals in med/surg. I am 50 years old and am contemplating going back for my BSN. I love LTC and would love to go back to them in a management roll. I don't want to do floor nursing forever and I am looking at working another 20 years and right now I need to make more money. Would going back to school pay off or should I at my age just work two jobs and make the money and forget school.

Have you ever been afraid for your personal safety when on duty as a home health nurse? I would like to pick up some prn work and would like to try home health but am afraid of people I may encounter while on duty by my self in strange home.

But if I leave what do I say in another interview with another employer, I know I need help with these skills. I got a good first review but then something came up and they extended by orientation time 6 weeks and then today bam, a long list of complaints and this is the first I had heard of it. What do I do.

I have been an RN for 11 months. I have been at this job since Aug. Today I was confronted with the fact that I am not doing well, the superviser had a big list of complaints on what I have been doing wrong. The man thing is I am slow and I lack critical thinking skills. She even suggested maybe nursing is not where I need to be. Please help me! How do I get the help I need, I love nursing and love helping people. I am an older new nurse and am feeling very overwhelmed at this moment. Please help me with suggestions, thank youl

I have noticed in LTC that you are damned if you do and damned if you don't. If you are so busy during the shift and you don't get treatments done and you don't sign the TAR you get in trouble for leaving holes but if you sign it even though you didn't do it you get in trouble. What do you?

I have been at my first RN job three months and I am still floundering. There are 5 halls in my facility and I have never been on one hall longer than a week. If I pass the pills like the MAR says than I spend all shift passing pills and am ALWAYS behind. If I do it like everyone else does then I can get done in a reasonable amount of time. However, if I do it like everyone else does and something goes wrong then there goes my license. I don't know what to do. I leave there crying most nights. If I tried getting a job at a hospital, how do I know I could handle that? I don't know what to do. In the hospital you may have 4-10 patients but you have to do everything and they are unstable whereas LTC patients are fairly stable. My confidence is shot but I love nursing, I love my patients. Any advice would be appreciated

I graduated with my RN in May, took boards in July and got my first job at an LTC in July. I have been there three months and I am still floundering. There are 5 halls in my facility and I have never been on one hall longer than a week. If I pass the pills like the MAR says than I spend all shift passing pills and am ALWAYS behind. If I do it like everyone else does then I can get done in a reasonable amount of time. However, if I do it like everyone else does and something goes wrong then there goes my license. I don't know what to do. I leave there crying most nights. If I tried getting a job at a hospital, how do I know I could handle that? I don't know what to do. In the hospital you may have 4-10 patients but you have to do everything and they are unstable whereas LTC patients are fairly stable. My confidence is shot but I love nursing, I love my patients. Any advice would be appreciated.:bluecry1:

I would love to have routine down by now but I just graduated in May and have been working at the same LTC since July. I have never been able to get a routine down because they move me on a different hall every night and I have just moved from nights to 3-11. Once in a while they will leave me two or three nights but I am floundering. It takes me hours to pass the medications and I am always late clocking out. Any advice for me?

I worry about the safety of crushing pills. I never even stopped to consider the problem of inhaling the dust. The taste for the poor resident has to be horrible, especially when you have 5-6 pills or more crushed together in one bite, there has to be a better way.

I get along fine with the residents, families and staff. I have a good attitude and I work my butt off, I never take breaks or lunches but I just keep spinning my wheels. I worked nights to start with and now am going to days. I truly love my residents which is why I went into LTC to start with, that want a kind word and deserve good, consistent care.

I graduated from nursing school in May. I have been at my present position as an RN in a LTC for two months. I am so frustrated. I have learned absolutely nothing except how to pass medications. There are 5 halls in my LTC and there are 29 - 30 patients a hall. All residents have many medications and the only things I get done each night is pass pills. Is this all there is to nursing? Are there any LTC's out there that you don't spend 8 hours passing medication? I know I am slow because I am new but they switch me from hall to hall every night and I can't get a routine down. Any advice would be welcome.

Does anyone know where to purchase a timer for my pocket? I work in a LTC facility and sometimes when you have a treatment that needs to go 15 minutes or 1/2 hour I go and do something else and am late in getting back to the patient. I would like to purchase a timer for my pocket that will go off and remind me to go back to the patient on time!

I have been working for a month on night shift in a LTC facility and I have absolutely no time to sleep, I don't even usually take a break. There is always something to do.

My first day was good. My preceptor was wonderful! There is a lot to learn both in patient care and paperwork! I think I am the same as most new nurses out there, wondering if I picked the right profession, but I know it will get easier with time, I hope!