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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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

I will be starting my first day as an RN today in a LTC. I have worked as a CNA but just graduated from Nursing School. I am not sure what to expect. Also, I am concerned about time management because I am not good at doing things quickly. Any wo...

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 too am a new RN in a LTC facility and it is very intimidating. My coworkers are very helpful but at the same time they have work that has to get done and the best I can do is watch and assist whenever I can. I am starting on nights so there is r...

I just passed my NCLEX and am starting my job search. Should I just apply to hospitals on-line or does it help to go to the hospital and apply in person?

Are there any new nurses out there that are slow moving but have learned to speed things up and have become organized and are making it on a med/surg floor? In clinical it seems to take me forever. Without any healthcare experience the only job I c...

Not so much an exaggeration, but something I have heard and I do have a friend that works night shift that has that many sometimes.

I highly recomend taking a CNA course first. I took a CNA course when I didn't pass one of my nursing courses the first time around. In taking that course I learned alot, it was a great refresher of fundamentals for me. I learned I really do like ...

I will be graduating in May as an RN. I really want to work in LTC but I have heard that it is better to start out working in a hospital first to get more experience before going to a LTC. Also, I have been told that if you work at a LTC it is hard ...

I worked as a CNA and loved LTC, that is where my heart is, but I want to be able to provide them with the best possible care, they deserve it!