HannasMom

I have been hired by Developmental Services as a LPN working with persons with developmental disabilites. I will be working in a residential home, caring for two women. I also have a caregiver who will work with me. My days are Sat and Sun from 7...

On Monday I finally left my LTC job as a charge nurse. I had it with the poor staffing, poor nurse to patient ratios, etc. Today, I had an interview for a LPN opening at our local non profit Dialysis Clinic, and it went wonderful! I really enjoyed ...

I took an IV therapy class at Omsi a few years back. Call Portland Commuity College, they can give you this info. I'm in Tennessee now, so the name of the program has escaped me.

I worked with a nurse a few years back who was 81 years and she could walk faster than I could. Also I recently worked with a nurse who is 72 years and she's the night supervisor.

Wow! Sounds like a great place! Congratulations! I just recently left a facilty where I passed meds to 48 patients on dayshift 7am to 7pm, besides that I did treatments, took doctors orders, charting, the daily log book, talked to family members, ...

I didn't take the job, at the Dialysis clinic. I had an interview the next day with a company that has MR/DD homes and was offered the job. I said Yes! This job will be much more laid back than the LTC job I had and the dialysis clinic. Also, I k...

As far as an old nurse vs new nurse thread, is concerned, I have seen many "old" nurses with bad habits too. Sometimes the new nurses are more respectful of the DON, than the old nurses, because change can be hard for some of them. At the facility...

If we eat or drink anything at the nurses station we get written up, if it continues, we can get fired. She sounds like a spoiled brat. Anyway eating should be saved for lunch break. Also think of the contamination, she puts her food in her mouth,...

I told you I was confused! LOL. Nightshift dulls my brain. :)

Okay now I'm really confused. LOL

Why does it have 6 fulltime administrators? My place has one and it's a big place?

P.S. I envy the nurse with only 15 patients. How lucky can one person get??!! That would be a piece of cake!

I hate monthly summaries! I work the night shift in LTC. I pass meds (lots of meds) to 48 patients on the 7 pm med pass it takes from 7 pm until almost 11 pm to pass these meds, do accuchecks and insulin on a good night. Then I have to do the nigh...

mjlrn, I haven't been on Allnurses for along time, so I was wondering...Who is the beautiful girl on your Avatar?

We have an inservice before we can use our wound vacs, through KCI. The foam can come in sections, which can make waste be very minimal. Wound vacs are great!

congratulations tweety!!!!

Hi! Tennessee does except Excelsior. My husband and I just moved to TN the beginning of Feb 2007. I work for NHC and several LPN's are working on their RN through Excelsior. One nurse is now a RN, passed her CPNE and state boards.

My husband and I moved to Tennessee last month and I got a great job as a LPN Charge nurse at a facility that has lots of growth opportunities for the LPN. I can work as a Unit Manager, in Staff Development, QA, as an Assistant Director of Nurses, e...

I haven't heard of Favorites, maybe it's a new one.

Some of the nursing agencies here in Oregon are: Maxim, this is the one we use the most often where I work. Nursefinders, I have a friend who works for Nursefinders and loves it. Integrated, and Interim are two others. You should be able to find t...

I applied for the position of Apheresis nurse, when I saw the ad in the weekend newspaper. It's with the American Red Cross. Yesterday they called me and scheduled a phone interview for today. Well, I had the phone interview this morning, this was...

I love the rotten shift. :)

I would have completed my ADN instead of stopping at LPN. Now it's so hard to go back. Or I would have went to college to become a Special Education teacher, instead of listening to my son's father, at the time.

Psych 101 is easy, I usually studied off my notes and rarily read the text book. I got an A. But that was forever ago... Maybe I was just lucky.

I work the night shift as a LTC charge nurse. I discovered I love working the night shift, as long as I keep the night shift schedule on my days off. If I try to stay awake during the day, on my days off, I become impossible to live with.:angryfire...