emnicams

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1. Hourly rate for RN's, LPN's, CNA's in Your State

   emnicams replied to pirituba's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I live in Tennessee. At my facility (nursing home), RN's start at 23.00/hr, LPN 16.50/hr and CNA's

2. New Grad RN in LTC, what can I do?

   emnicams replied to FocusRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I'm an RN at LTC. I work on the skilled hall, which is staffed with one RN and one LPN on all shifts. The ICF halls are only staffed with LPNs, the reasoning being if they need an RN for something on...

3. Please tell me I'm not crazy...

   emnicams replied to mrf0609's topic in General Nursing

   Agreed... I work in LTC (on a skilled unit) and my stress level at work is ten times as high as when I worked ICU-stepdown with art lines, chest tubes, post-ops etc. I only changed jobs due to needing...

4. Funny doctor orders

   emnicams replied to laurenicoleRN's topic in Nursing Humor

   We have a doc that often signs his progress notes "Dr. SoandSo, Bamf." Type "BAMF" in on urbandictionary.com if you don't know what it stands for... and yes, it's well known that THAT is what he...

5. Why aren't nursing homes doing 12 hour shifts???

   emnicams replied to GRAB1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I went to LTC partly for the 8 hour shifts. I guess it's all in personal preference. I do Monday through Friday 7a-3p and love my hours. I despised 12 hour shifts at the hospital. Yeah, I got more...

6. RN Interview

   emnicams replied to RescueNinja's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I got asked how would I handle a family that wanted to keep their dying relative a full code. Also, why did I wanted to work in long term care. They nitpicked my resume apart too, where I had listed...

7. Do you donate blood?

   emnicams replied to pna2388's topic in General Nursing

   I used to, but I get so sick afterward that I finally stopped. The last time, I spent the rest of the day lying down on the couch, because anytime I tried to get up, I almost fainted. Not fun. I...

8. How Many Residents Do You Care For On Your Unit?

   emnicams replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

   7a-3p on the skilled hall. 1 RN and 1 CNA for 10 residents. The ICF halls are 1 LPN and 5 CNA's for 32

9. What do you carry...

   emnicams replied to ilove2dce's topic in General Nursing

   Cell phone O2 sensor Med room keys Pens A few alcohol wipes Post its My badge is the clip-on kind. I am shocked at how much some of you carry! My pockets bulge as it

10. Took out wrong person's IV

    emnicams replied to jess17's topic in General Nursing

    This post should have come with a beverage

11. Oh MY GOD!!! I WANT TO WORK HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    emnicams replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    The one on the left or

12. Interesting morning....

    emnicams replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    My fear came from the general uncleanliness of the place I went

13. Interesting morning....

    emnicams replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    They return the rest back to your body. I also did this once while broke and in nursing school. Dirty, nasty looking people in the waiting room. Staff was incredibly rude. It took me four hours from...

14. Lost my first ICU patient today

    emnicams replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Where does it say they turned off the Fentanyl drip? I've reread the post 5 times and can't find it... maybe it's too early in the morning for

15. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    emnicams replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    One nurse on my floor says it