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Ryansofie - I will add that I see the opportunities and possibilities opening up for nurses like ourselves. We need to redefine ourselves as nurses apart from what the MacDonaldization of nursing has become, i.e. a corporate crank out of entry leve...

If dementia is involved, there is a different process to deal with the resident's behavior than if the resident is lucid. Examples of dealing with the dementia may include positioning the resident so he may not see out the door (but still have a vie...

My advice is to find a place for your grandfather to live. Preferably somewhere close enough for your grandmother and you to be able to visit often, if not daily. Think of your decision not as "putting them away", but placing them in an environment...

Wonderful story! Just another reminder that geriatrics isn't always a death story. Thank you!:)

My two cents; Books to read - (food for thought) Gary Zukav - The Tao of Physics Barbra Ann Brennan - Hands of Light and Light Emerging Beck Walters - The Sacred Lawrence Blair - Rhythms of Vision Ina Mae Gaskin - Spiritual Midwifery Fritjoe Capra -...

my guess would be so they can grow her they way they want her. or maybe because she was cute and smiled and giggled... plus maybe because gn's work for less until they become rn's. anyone? :typing

I have lived with both dogs and cats, often at the same time. I have come to the conclusion that cats take things seriously because they often live twice as long as dogs. :typing

Always safety first. Proper body mechanics. Protect yourself by refusing to participate in unsafe situations. If you or the resident become injured, it is not helpful or positive to say the least. The resident's behavior is inappropriate and the e...

number one reason to change is because you know you love peds. everything else is either a bonus or an incidental. period. office versus hospital: regular, predictable hours with weekends and holidays off. regular breaks. a desk. patients usu...

i think that your staffing ratio is on par with the average ltc night shift - in my humbling experience. that means it is consistently busy enough to keep everyone awake and if a change in resident status occurs, the roof won't collapse. so to spea...

Here's my two bits: you will almost always get less than you ask for, so the rule of thumb in negotiations is to ask for more than you will settle for. It will help to check with the state employment agency or other local authority to determine the ...

Like the posting but must let you know your links are not direct.

NYG -You are fortunate in so many ways that you don't really grasp at this point. But I must ask the burning question to you of how is it that you can experience such intense and moving emotions in an environment that made you very miserable, then b...

As a nurse, I understand the processes of triage. I remember well the criteria that determines who gets in first and who can wait. I also understand the purpose of an ER. As a nurse, I understand the tensions inherent in doing my job well and kno...

Trouble is here. I noticed trouble when I, a silver hair nurse, was seated in a wheelchair in an ER lobby filled with running, laughing, playing children, young people chatting on cell phones, and no one appeared to be visibly ill or quietly sitting...

An addendum for the thread... every LTC I have worked has the narcs in the same blister card as the regular med drawer. Many times the cards are so tightly packed into the drawers that pills will break through the foil backing and either be found ...

Just a thought, but having had the experience of single parenthood and having friends with same lifestyle, I will recommend that you search for job that best fits your needs for regular, possibly flex hours, great wages, and is close to family friend...

My two cents; I have worked in LTC and in clinics as LPN for years. Many, many years.... My experiences with the missing narcotics were always in the LTC facilities. The agency nurses were never responsible for the missing narcs; it was always an ...

Being a new nurse can be very scary. One transitions from the safety of guided classroom lessons and months of theory into the chaos of real life. You suddenly realize that what you do or say or forget to do or say could result in the death (worst ...

My thoughts on this are as follows: 1. If it isn't in writing, then it wasn't stated or agreed upon. Clarity in a contract is everything. 2. If you are an agency nurse, you decide the where and when of working conditions and how much compensation...

how long does it take for a new nurse to feel comfortable working in ltc? the average length of time is about six months to one year. by the time you have reached that marker, you will either love it or hate it and be ready to leave. if you love ...

Josh, If your dream is to be a physician, then everything else is a distraction. What that means is if being a physician is your dream, your soul reason for being on this planet, then do not let the incidentals of money and other things distract you...

LPN vs MA? In my experiences as an LPN working with MA's, I noted that the MA's had killer office skills - typing, phone, filing... They also could not administer narcotic or steroid injections. Otherwise, they pretty much did everything I did. Ho...

We had this cute, quiet little old lady in the nursing home who had a very gravely, deeper voice, wild steel gray hair that had a mind of its own, and she always wore a dark sweater several sizes too large for her tiny frame. She rarely talked to st...

I chose nursing as a career because I was given limited choices between being a secretary, a stewardess, a nun, a teacher, or a nurse. I hated typing, I was too tall to be a stewardess (airline attendant nowadays), enjoyed having a sex life, and the ...