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I've been fired once already because of office politics. Caught me totally by surprise, had no inkling anything was wrong. It took me two months to find another job. A second, part-time job is now my 'backup'.

As a night nurse, I have to agree with the 2PM meetings. And, no, 10AM is not *better*. Another hint - don't put up a notice on Monday for a mandatory meeting on Thursday and expect your weekend staff to show up. Just saying... In fact, this whole ...

If I'm reading this correctly, you think two nurses for day shift is overstaffed (for 37 residents)? (Depending on the type residents,) I might agree that it's a bit light but 1 nurse to 37 residents is too heavy.

There's two questions here. One, can she refuse to have her meds crushed and two, can she refuse her medications, period. (The assumption here is that we're talking about oral meds.) Answering the second question first - of course she can refuse he...

I can answer that (at least for myself). I've had my share of shots through the years and I'm not against vaccines in any way. I've had them all. But the one and only time I had a flu shot (4 years ago) left a sore spot in my arm that still remain...

BostonFNP - I am in no way disagreeing with you but when I read statistics like that, I wonder as to how valid they are. It is my understanding (please correct me if I'm wrong) but they only way fly can be conclusively confirmed is via a culture. Wh...

I'm 52 years old and have never had the flu. In fact, other than two pregnancies and an ankle injury, I haven't had to go to a doctor in over forty years. I have no philosophical objection to a flu vaccine but I am not convinced of its effectivenes...

I think there's still some prejudice against male nurses. (I'm a female.) The nursing home I worked at hired a male nurse just out of nursing school. He was the nicest guy you ever met, hard-working, always cheerful. And our manager treated him l...

I worked weekend nights in a LTC. Two units were LTC and one was medicare/rehab. and each unit had 40+ people. The LTC units had 1 nurse/night, the medicare/rehab. unit had 2. Management then decided that the rehab. unit could get by with one nur...

Best of luck in your new home and position.

Most of my family lives in Europe/Germany. All I know is that they pay signifantly less (per capita) for health care than we do here in America and - more importantly - they have an longer average life span. I wish more Americans would realize we ...

1. Short staffing 2. Overwhelming amounts of paperwork

First of all, best of luck with your daughter. Yes, work is important but family is more important. I hope everything turns out all right for you. Second, when you're hired for PRN work, that does not mean you are always available to work. It's no...

CapeCodMermaid - Can I come work for you??

I don't know any LTC nurses that follow *all* the rules. It's impossible to do everything we're supposed to do in the time allotted (at least at my former facility). (Each nurse had 30 residents, mostly medicare.)

I was thinking this same thing. I would guess that making a copy of the incident form would be against HIPAA regulations. It truly is a 'no-win' situation.

Thanks to everyone for their words of encouragement. This whole situation really blind-sided me. I don't think I can get away with simply not mentioning that I was fired. Yet I don't want to get into the 'other nurse' and 'narcotics missing' and 'D...

I worked at a LTC facility for 21 months until I was fired last week. For the first 19 months, everything was all right - wonderful evaluations, no write-ups, etc. Then two months ago, happened (more on that in a minute). Since then I've been wri...

I feel for you, I really do. And I wish I had some good advice but I don't. I've seen similar things happen at my LTC facility - it happened to me once and I've seen it happen to others. Just wanted to let you know I'm wishing you the best.

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who's contributed to this post. I'm in the same boat so it's good to see that I'm not alone. I've been a LPN in LTC about three weeks by now. I am also the slowest person giving meds and everyone keeps telli...

I live in Upstate SC. I'm a brand-new LPN (took the NCLEX-PN on Saturday, license issued Tuesday, applied on Wednesday, interviewed and accepted position at LTC facility today (Thursday)). I'll be working 7A-7P Saturday and Sunday alternate weeks....

Hi everyone: I am a nursing student and will be taking the NCLEX-LN on 6/28. Hopefully I'll be finishing school and taking the NCLEX-RN in January. But I currently work (part-time) as a 'Medical Technician' in an Assisted Living Facility. This is n...

Thank you for your quick response. I can't remember the times either, I'd have to make them up. What I'm worried about right now is that one of the other techs called me this morning and said that she had heard out paychecks would be held back un...