HannahLeah

I can really relate to this post, I just went through the same sort of crap. I could just scream, and you know what bugs me the most? all these legions of HR people sitting on their butts pouring out all this junk are sucking up resource $$"S that sh...

Sorry, but Im kinda sick of looking at Vickies big smile and would like some reality here. How realistic is it for someone who doesnt live anywhere near a giant city with law firms on every corner to get into this business? Im really not looking to m...

I dont doubt it was a great learning experience or that it is one I would love to have, BUT, its the reality that bites............. great learning experiences that cost a ton and dont pay back are a luxury I cannot afford. I asked for a reality chec...

Thanks guys, somehow I knew I would hear that. apparently the real money is in convincing others to try to do it and charging THEM a ball of money..........

so didja give up completely on the LNC idea? I would think you are in a great area for that and you have lots of good background for it. all of Vickies brochures promote the big big $$'s potential........... I would love to be trying to get into th...

I feel so bad for you new grads, this job market is brutal. Ive been looking and interviewing for about 5 months and this is not how it used to be- interviews used to be along the lines of "you have a license? when can you start?" now they do all th...

nola, so sorry to hear about your job- too bad it got that bad for you. It's a jungle out there right now though and I have been applying for job after after job since early spring with a few interviews, a few nightmares and no luck- nobody is paying...

So I just finished my 10th orientation shift, 4 days, 4 pms and 2 nites. HOW do you LTCers DO THIS? and WHY? The massive med passes, the endless confusing supply of clipboards, flowsheets and ring binders, the lom who yells CONSTANTLY and takes swing...

This is amazing, I LOVE it! I can guarantee that if you should actually present such a plan to a group of experienced OB nurses you would be treated to the best care you ever got, with a smile from every one of them. Nothing worse than the totally un...

Hi all, love this thread! I am an RN with 30 yrs experience, lots of OB, wound cares, Home Health and Hospice...... Living in a very rural, and poor, part of the country: I would LOVE to find a way to be an independent home health nurse, but, everyon...

Trapped? Yep. My nursing degree is an old fashioned 3-yr Diploma and therefore disqualifies me from any work that requires a bachelors degree. Nevermind I had 1-1/2 years at a university before that and have worked 30 years since............. I belie...

Thanks for all the interesting replies, I am glad there are those out there who find the joys in this job. As for me? I just filled out an application for a bank teller job and hope I get it. Irregular call-in for the nightmare that is this nursing h...

I hope I can be like the nurses I see responding here! I started in healthcare as an aide in a LTCF 30-some years ago and worked my way thru school with the ideal of being "the one in white" who was paid so much more than me and knew so much more. Ai...

Hi, Im interviewing this week for a job at a local nursing home and wondering if any out there can compare the differences for me of the assessment tools. In Home Health we used OASIS- how does that compare with MDS? Who does it and how often? I work...

Hi California girl, Im in the land of big cars, big snow and BIG unemployment- Michigan. After all these years of driving to see pt's it will be a relief to park and have them all in one place! I will miss the time in between though! I was thinking t...

Still dont know what this position entails as far as scheduling, starts as a "call in". I will get orientation of 4 days, 4 Pm's and 2 nocs. So far I have been investigated, fingerprinted, peed in a cup and signed countless gov mandated mumbo jumbo f...

Thanks! Im nervous! I start tomorrow!

Ahh, just found out I wont have to do them, thats a relief! what a concept, somebody that just does the giant paperwork......( Im sure theres plenty for the floor staff to do too!) HH could learn something from that idea, the paperwork was killer in ...

I beg to differ, this old dog has had to learn lots of new tricks I admit to wishing I didnt have to!

Hi fellow HH nurses. I just have to ask- whose idea was all this paperwork crap that we do??? How did we let bureaucrats into our profession so far that we do more for them than we do for the real patients? (yeah, yeah, I know the stock answers- but ...

Thanks for the replies, I was not happy with myself for spilling my feelings on this subject, but I tend to think of this forum as the only place to do it- glad I didn't get the usual blank stares like I do at work. I have stopped saying such things ...

I am very concerned that I would cry with the patient. I still can't watch a movie on TV about this without crying! Hopefully, if placed in that situation, God will give me the strength not to cry. Your article really helped me to know how to help a ...

Hi wanderingRN, I would say it depends on the infrastructure in place to deal with snow removal. I live in the far north where we average 250 inches of snow a year- it snows nearly every day here. We are very dependent on our big snowplows and sand t...

UGH. This sounds perfectly awful. It does, however, make me thankful for my "boring" much less stressful duties. So, How many hours will it take you to complete 9 visits, a staff meeting and an admit gone bad (and scary)? How many of those hours are...

I would be really stressed by your situation! It doesn't help that when you are new you want to appear confident and capable and don't want to bug anyone too much. They will keep you because you just jumped right in, but it would be nice to get some ...