What is the pay level for an LPN in the middle Tennessee area? My husband wants to move to Tennessee, around the Nashville area. We have friends in Dickson. I'm currently in Oregon, here the pay...
I left my ALF position last Monday, after finishing out my two week notice. We had the nurse from h**l working there. My administrator had asked me to take a leave of absence instead, until she...
well, i almost went back to my job at the assisted living, but the day i went to talk to my boss, i found myself crying. i tried to go back there, but in my heart i knew i couldn't work there...
It is funny how much we depend upon this site. I kept refreshing the page, hoping it was my provider, finally realized it must be Allnurses. Just couldn't believe it could be gone for a whole day....
Actually my boss asked me to take the leave, instead of quitting. She tries everything to keep employees, we have a high turnover rate. We have lost five nurses in one year. Last night I had alot...
The other two times I resigned was because there was only two nurses, myself and a nurse who had been there for 3 years. We were the only nurses there, to oversee our 100+ residents in the ALF. Many...
HannasMom replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing
I also work in an Assisted Living/Memory Care facility. I'm the Care Coordinator for our Memory Care Unit, or was. I left last Monday, due to turning in my two weeks notice and coming to the last...
The LTC I worked as a LPN for two years gave me a three week orientation. It was a great place to work and everyone who worked there had a long work history there. Turnover was rare. When it closed...
HannasMom replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Home Health
I'm always confused about the regulations for ALF. It seems they change all the time. I have had three different Wellness Directors (RN's) since I began working at my facility July 2005. They all...
HannasMom replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Home Health
At the ALF I work at we have wound care nurses come in from Providence Home Health or Legacy to do the wound care three times each week. If the resident requires IV Antibiotics then they will either...
I love being a nurse. I sometimes dislike what happens in management, involving the mighty dollar and the politics (I'm a Care Coordinator for an Assisted Living facility). I'm a nurse by day and...
I work in an Assisted Living and Memory Care Facility. We have three LPN's, and just hired another one, who will start on Monday. We also have a full-time RN. This is a recent thing for us to have...
HannasMom replied to snowchaser1's topic in Oregon Nursing
I love the beautiful small town next to Medford, it is called Shady Cove. My husband and I may retire there someday. Deer come to your backyard to graze on the grass, the Rogue River flows near by,...
A person with alzheimers has no idea what they are doing or why they are doing it, because of the plaques and slow shrinkage of their brain. I was surprised how much the brain will shrink! Can you...
I work as a Care Coodinator/LPN in our Memory Care Unit, when a resident gets to the point where they are violent, where staff, and/or residents are in danger of becoming injured, we immediately...
I went to Brian's other forum he had before it became allnurses. Can't remember what it was called. Man when he changed to allnurses, I had a heck of a time trying to find his new forum, because I...
When I had my appendectomy, my physician removed mine after one week. If her incision is not separating at the incision site she should be okay. Does she have any steri strips to reinforce the site?...
I'm also an LPN/Care Coordinator in an Oregon ALF. I work in our Alzheimer's Unit. I do resident assessments, actually they call it an Intial Assessment at my facilty. I do these Intial Assessments...