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:uhoh3:I am burned out in Skilled Nursing and want to go into home health ( did it as CNA for 8 years) Does anyone know of any really exceptional Home health Agencies in LA county (west covina area) Is anyone familiar with Vitas and how they are to w...

:confused:I have just started working with a Home Health Agency a month ago after getting a year of experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility. They are being supportive in helping/teaching me wound care techniques, but I would like to know if anyone ...

Speak to your DON, just be sure you are in the right frame of mind. You don't want to be too aggresive, but you also need to get your point across. they probably think at this point you believe everything you are doing, is what you alone are suppos...

Believe it or not, go to MY SPACE.com and you don't even have to register, on the opening page, you can do a job search. That site alone takes LVN jobs from many websites and lists them all on one site. Another good one sometimes is CalJobs, I can...

I have been an LVN for nearly 2 years, and I would be interested in anything that had to do with LVN rights!! I never heard anything about this conference, how did you hear about it? I have no plans on furthering my education to become an RN, there...

Has anyone out there been working in a Nursing Home/Skilled Nursing Facility when the State comes in for their Survey of the facility? The place I work is due this year between Sept and Nov and I'm just a little freaked out. I've been on the floor ...

Ok, so your post sounds a lot like me and a coworker of mine (she also went through the LVN program with me)!!!! I graduated in June 2005 and in Nov 2005 I was working my first job (and still there) as an LVN, passing meds to 42 patients!! Sometim...

I think you should try to find out which school has a better reputation for producing well trained nurses. Out her in California, you can go to the Board of Vocational Nurses website and look up every school offering an LVN program and what their st...

I am just completely fried from working in a Skilled Nursing Facility that has nearly sucked the life out of me....I did home health as a CNA for years, but have been hesitant about Home Health as an LVN. I think my biggest concern is worrying that ...

As mentioned, know the Medication Rights, know a little something about what the medication is for, Wash Hands....too often is better than not enough! Don't be afraid to ask your instructor questions, in fact, I encourage you to. You are not suppose...

I'm an LVN with 14 months experience in Skilled Nursing. I work in a private pay facility that has only recently staffed with 2 nurses with almost 50 patients (15 g-tubes, 18 diabetics, a trach, and 90% are full code) Families are very involved comi...

I work in a Skilled Nursing Facility from 7am to 3:30pm. The shift after me comes in at 3pm. I finish charting etc when that nurse comes in. Sometimes I am there until 4:30, (actually most times!) because a doctor has come in at 2:55 or earlier wi...

You know what?!?!?!? I have heard the same thing, even now that I'm working as an LVN!!! I graduated last year as an LVN, and I really have no plans currently of going on to be an RN. I too get sick of people saying "when are you going for your ...

It would have to be proven that you were negligent. Believe me, I worry also about being sued, I document like I'm writing a novel. Are you afraid that you will do CPR incorrectly or that you do it and they die anyway?

I started last November as a new grad Lvn...Charge Nurse. I had 4 weeks of orientation at night, then went to days, and was very often the only nurse in the building with 45 patients. Amazing! I work in a private facility and I guess I would have ...

Let me know how you end up developing a routine....I too am a new nurse in a private facility in Southern California. I was stressed when I had to pass meds to our 36 residents, do orders, answer the phone and do treatments! Well, now I'm doing it ...

I don't know if it varies from State to State, but I'm out here in California, I have just under a year of experience and right now I am passing meds, doing treatments, doctors orders and med reordering for 45 residents in a Skilled Nursing Facility....

I've worked as an LVN since Nov. 2005 I need some help with time!! Today I had a woman rip her G tube out at 1215, The site appears infected, red, inflammed, she's combative, I have to get an order for PRN ativan (due to med sensitivity she has no st...

Is it really true that California has no Nurse to Patient ratio in a Skilled Nursing Facility? I am a new grad LVN and have been on the floor alone numerous times with 38 patients, 6 G-tubes, answering phones, taking orders, ordering meds, checking m...

[email protected]:angryfire []I have been working my first LVN job since Nov. 05. After 2 months, I had given my letter of resignation: they put me on the floor as Charge Nurse, I had this staff developer who trained CNA's on site trying to tell me...

Why does it seem like my most recent instructor has singled me out like she is waiting for me to screw up????? We have 7 weeks before graduation, and I feel like she is trying to find a reason to kick me out! It's not just me, there's 2 or 3 of us ...

Accusing me of not following protocol, telling me how upset she is with me, when I can get proof from the DON of the facility that what I am doing is correct. Sneaking up behind me while I'm flushing or medicating thru a G-tube without knocking on ...

Actually, I did try to talk to her, and she told me I was a good actress and that I should be able to at least look like I knew what I was doing, and how did I really think I was going to get past the next instructor. To give you an example of her c...

When giving G-tube meds, I am just wondering if all students are required to give one at a time with 10cc of water between meds? Would you give a liquid med (consistency of water) with a crushed med, or would you seperate them as well? Nurses on th...

Let me tell you, I have 8 weeks left and I'm in the same boat. The sad thing is that I've heard time and time again, that it could take a long time even after graduation, that you learn how to prioritize and organize your time. Sounds like you have...