luvtosmile

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1. BSN or More Experience

   luvtosmile replied to luvtosmile's topic in LTC Directors

   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.

2. BSN or More Experience

   luvtosmile posted a topic in LTC Directors

   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 wo...

3. Home Health Nurse Safety

   luvtosmile posted a topic in Home Health

   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.

4. Need Help With Critical Thinking Skills

   luvtosmile replied to luvtosmile's topic in General Nursing

   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 comp...

5. Need Help With Critical Thinking Skills

   luvtosmile posted a topic in General Nursing

   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 cr...

6. Is it like this in your facility?

   luvtosmile replied to lexibear99's topic in Geriatric

   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 did...

7. New Grad in LTC

   luvtosmile posted a topic in Geriatric

   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 be...

8. please help me - new grad in LTC

   luvtosmile posted a topic in New Nurse

   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 ...

9. My 3-11 routine...any advice?

   luvtosmile replied to mama_bird's topic in Geriatric

   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 night...

10. Crushing Pills?

    luvtosmile replied to Tnnurse22's topic in General Nursing

    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...

11. Are all LTC's Created Equal

    luvtosmile replied to luvtosmile's topic in Geriatric

    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 resi...

12. Are all LTC's Created Equal

    luvtosmile posted a topic in Geriatric

    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 p...

13. Pocket Timers

    luvtosmile posted a topic in General Nursing

    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 t...

14. Night Shifters: Do you sleep?

    luvtosmile replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    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.

15. First day as an RN - words of advice

    luvtosmile replied to luvtosmile's topic in Geriatric

    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,...