PeacefulHeart

Hello....I am seriously doing some intensive work on transitioning out of my current situation in geriatric care. I absolutely hate it and since I have been in it for about 4 plus years all of the resumes and applications that I am putting out to the...

How would one go about starting a new group home or residential program for children? I would like it to be more holistically oriented, with focus on great nutrition and the like. Any advice is greatly appreciated!!

After spending most of my time off last week devouring everything that this forum had to say I was really struck by some insight shared by NancyRN. She had stated that she found some business with doing these kinds of visits for richer clients and t...

Greetings all! First, can I just say how grateful I am for this site?!!!! You are all so very helpful and I will probably be up all night reading the ghost story thread as I am facinated by those things:wink2:. Anyway, I am currently about as unh...

Hi all.... I was wondering what the average salary is for the UM's and if you feel that it is fair. I was recently offered 72K for a dementia unit on the East Coast. Not sure what could be considered as fair.....Still so unsure of what I should do ...

Well, here I am posting again about how much the LTC and I don't resonate with each other. I have been diligent in looking for alternative jobs and well, NADA! How could I have 15 years in Nursing and not one follow up with any applications? It ha...

let me know what you are looking for and I will try to help you out....I used to love reading strips..... 12 leads are more "fun"!

Greetings! It is so refreshing that I am not the only one who despises working in LTC. I have been trying for months now to get out and have NOT HAD ONE FOLLOW UP CALL from the ton or so apps I have put out there....I have apps in all over the place...

Greetings all.... I have been in LTC for about 4.5 years now and really NEED to get out. I HATE the environment, the amount of work that is placed on the nurses, and because I am an RN I have to function in a variety of settings. Most recently I ha...

Where do I begin....first go check out the thread that I started in How to get out of LTC need insight Please. I am a RN and have been in geriatrics for about 4 plus years. I hate all of it. I am frustrated by the lack of time I have to spend with...

Wow! I am amazed at how we tolerate getting treated like this. I am a staff pool nurse who basically does work full time hours.....but I get no benefits or PTO. I went to this after being with them for 3 years and not being able to use my vacation...

The things that are happening in LTC are unbelievable...except I am living them and it is a nightmare. I am doing everything I can think of to find a good solution out.....like writing and maybe becoming an independent contractor or maybe even going...

Thanks for your post. I was looking into this just to certify myself, and do the skilled visits since I am a RN.

Thank you so much to everyone who replied! Yesterday was sooooo ugly. 7 admissions, of which 5 were on my floor. I had 2 people being sent out because of major medical changes to the er, one of which was a resident that just returned!!! Then th...

Hello Everyone! I am hearing more and more that after a nurse has been in long term care for awhile that it is very difficult to get back into a "regular" hospital job. I feel that for the last four years that I have spent in LTC, I know that it is ...

I am glad to see such a thread here as I have been discouraged for a long time now. I work in a pool postion in a LTC and had been staff prior to that. I sought out a different area in clinical reimbursement but after being so micromanaged I felt t...

I thought that the figure sounded high too, but I don't know if taxes were taken out or not. It was in NY, and I am not sure what the rates are there. Yes, I am very stressed at the current job, of which I have been there for the last almost 4 year...

Hello all! I just joined today...I too am very interested in going off in my own direction. I am very involved in all things holistic and am actually doing a program right now through AIHT for holistic health. I would like to teach and write and l...