mama_bird

Well, as you can see, I haven't posted in a while and that is because I just finished my 13th shift yesterday at a LTC facility (the job I wanted) :loveya:I start at 2:45 and work until 10:45. The first day I watched. The second day I watched in the ...

I just posted in the Geriatric and LTC forum. I wanted to be in a SNF because I am a passionate genealogist and I knew that if I ever went back to nursing, I would have to be with The Greatest Generation (Although some day they will be gone and I wil...

I was offered a job at the SNF I wanted to work at (2 miles from home!) with the hours I wanted. This is strictly skilled care and custodial/personal care, no ventilators, etc. Some people may be on IV antibiotics. Most seemed to be in wheelchairs, ...

I punched out an hour over the other day. There had been three interruptions before dinner (someone was bleeding, someone else coughed during suctioning and blew snot all over my arms, and someone else's machine would not cooperate). When I went up t...

I have always multi-tasked every where in my life and I am getting it down here as well. When I come back from dining room at 6pm, I put my one guy on his nebulizer, grab vitals on the five or so people who need them, and then shut him off before I g...

Hello all: I have decided that if I don't get this job as an Admissions Screener, I am going to apply to my local nursing homes for a 3-11 or 11p-7a. However, having been out of the clinical arena for 9 years and prior experience was in OB/GYN, I do ...

I had two years outpatient...before that when I was awaiting my license I took some LPN cases in homecare. I never stopped being a nurse when I left. I myself have a chronic illness (rheumatoid arthritis), I dealt with infertility treatments and surg...

I cannot take a refresher course until the fall. I have been out clinically for 9 years. prior to that I worked in an OB/GYN office for 2 years. I am thinking of applying at a nursing home as an LPN and easing my way in. MY RN license is valid and al...

Is this better? LOL, I'm sorry...it's just so frustrating. I am going to mail out this page only. (I took my name and address of the top). I have an interview tomorrow morning at a SNF. I hope I get it...something...anything. I look forward to waking...

I put my non-relevant stuff on there so they can see I am not "lazy" LOL. How would you view a resume from someone who was out for 9 years and had no volunteer experience, self-employment at all? It must be common. I am going to take the class in the...

Hi to everyone: I thank you for your input and advice. I have several reasons for wanting to pursue this option as opposed to other options. I did 1/2 of my clinicals at 3 nursing homes in college. I know how hard it can be and you are often short-st...

I printed out the MDS thing to read the screening part and get an idea of what a screening is going to involve. I understand that the entire 35-page thing is part of the chart at the facility and not something I would be doing. This job is for a scre...

Hello all, I went to an interview today for a FT M-F 8-4:30 position as an Admissions Screener for a 200 bed sub-acute LTC and Rehab Facility. The Admissions Coordinator, who still screens, spoke with me for an hour. She then asked what salary I was ...

Just when I feel hopeful and confident that this is a good re-entry for someone in my situation (thanks to all who have posted).....I put a similar question on another forum and this is the reply I got: "Its a hard job. As soon as census goes down it...

Thanks Nascar! I had no idea how much money to ask for. I looked on salary wizard and put in my zip and $39,275 is the 50th percentile for an Admissions Coordinator but that is the title of the person who interviewed me and she is above me. The ad ve...

Stephanie, Hi. I can totally empathize. I developed RA at 27. I am trying to get back in the game now. When I became ill, there were no "biologic modifiers" and I was started on traditional crappy drugs, couldn't work, lost my job, lost insurance, en...

Hello fellow nurses and trainees: I am returning to nursing after an 8 year hiatus because of a latex allergy, active rheumatoid arthritis, and being work-at-home-mom because I couldn't juggle my RA with a job and a child who was delayed three years....

Yeah, it is a law, but I recall ALWAYS eating at my desk and writing at the same time. I really don't mind because I can't just sit and eat anyways. I have to always be doing something else. I do need potty breaks though!!! I care more about those. ...

Thanks to everyone for the advice. I hope more respond! I have been volunteering 12 hours a week at my local historical society on top of my regular activities. Tomorrow I am going to wear my nursing shoes and go there for 8 hours. It is raining righ...

I hear you on the "confidence" statement. I am already having visions of getting yelled at. I know I am smart and highly functional, I just haven't drawn blood in 9 years! Good luck, I'm in the same boat! Teresa

You aren't being silly. There are risks to working in a health care setting. I do not want to scare you, but I wanted to share. I worry about MRSA because of my present situation. I had a ton of allergies and eczema since childhood. I had an overact...

I will be concise so I can get some advice (haha)! I graduated in 1997 with a BSN, a 3.59 GPA, and passed the boards first try (75 questions). I had a latex allergy since childhood but didn't know it was latex. When I got to clinicals my third year, ...