deadend, i think you just summed up most of my orientation, the tour was horrible, they gave me a scavenger hunt, the nurses station alone looked like a daily scavenger hunt. 2 nurses were sitting...
I just applied to a LTC facility PRN. They called me the next day, had me come in the next day, had my physical appointment set up before they had even interviewed me. Today (the following day) I've...
CCU NRS, I didn't mean anything bad about hospice, i think it's not used enough, i wasn't critisizing your post or anything. I agree with ... well it was someone ... that said communication is a lost...
I don't think enough patients/families are aware or made aware of the fact that Hospice is around. A lot of these people when getting so close to death, are "snowed" and don't know they are dying or...
They wouldn't let me without checking out our bands even though out of 5 babies mine was the only girl there. And the nurse was my cousin at that, but still, it made me feel better knowing that she...
I don't know where to start, but here it is ... I recently graduated, new nurse, and feel I'm being taken advatage of. Or tried anyways. The Assistant Director left a note in one pts MAR to continue...
AndiMac replied to Jrnalist2RNinOR's topic in Nursing Humor
make a fort out of shoe boxes in the shoe department get on the PA and announce everything in the store is now 50% off for the next 20 minutes announce the first customer to get to the automotive...
Now I understand why I was told it helped to know someone to be able to get your foor in the door ... They always manage to run off the best by doing favors for their "friends" ... Just remember...
AndiMac replied to need answers's topic in Geriatric, LTC
Hi, I'm an LPN at an assisted living home here in the Buckeye State (Go Bucks!). We have 2 units, one for regular residents, and where I work, the Alzeimer's Unit. The regular residents, most...
I've never had any job where it was OK to discuss salaries. Although everyone always did, and still do. $11.25 sounds extremely low, especially for my area. I'm a new grad, no experience, working in...