NCIANurse

We cover 7 counties, my territory is at least 20 miles from the office, but I get paid milage. I see between 6-8 pt's per day (but last week hit my all time high of 12) we are on call from 4:30pm to 8am next working day, and we each do this 1 out o...

Our Med Rec is done on admission, recert, DC, and when a new med is added. Ours is like this: How we reconcilled (using hospital dc sheets, ect) allergies look alike sound alike (are they on metformin and metoprolol? how will they keep them straigh...

wayyyy too low of pay to deal with this! I am hourly, get paid more than $20/hr, and get 55 cents per mile. This is the norm for my state.

I case manage probably 25, my standard day is between 6 to 8 visits, does not matter if these are every 2 week supp visits or all SOC's. My manager really tries hard to make sure we nurses (there are 3 of us) each have a good mix of daily pts (like ...

I'm a nurse with LTC and M/S experience about to start my first HH position. I do have a few questions for the experienced: 1.) My company states that we should wear "Business casual" to our patient's homes. Anyone else have to do this? I was sho...

I injured my back as an aid back in 2003 just carrying something down the hallway... I have horrible back pain everyday and need surgery to correct the pain, which the MD says will never completely go away. Protect yourself! As they say: "What do ...

As a new grad LPN in LTC: $17/h. Same facility when I got my RN: $21/h. This is in Johnson County.

I currently work at NHRMC.... pay SUCKS (about 3$ less than where I moved here from), I love the facility though. They just did a huge renovation, and it is beautiful, all private rooms, ect. LOTS of new grads very few experienced nurses though. A...

I'm interested in what you found out about WIlmington area salaries? I am a recent grad with LPN experience and I was just hired in Wilmington with a base pay of 19.95/hr. A little bit of a pay cut from where I moved from, but wanted to be closer t...

Yes, however the exceptial part of the story was the dramatic spiking of the beer bag IV!:) Actually, this happens quite often. The treatment for delerium tremens due to alcohol withdrawal is alcohol, often beer. Originally Posted by kirkwoodLPN200...

I FINALLY had my first interview today for an RN position. I am a new grad, but I have my current LPN license and work in LTC. I have been applying like crazy to one hospital in particular where my husband and I want to move. I was on the phone wi...

My sister-n-law swears up and down that some guy she knew that is an alcoholic was on the verge of death in the ICU, when his wife came running in and yelled "he's not dying, he needs a beer!" so the Dr. spiked an IV bag of Coors and now the guy is a...

I work 1400-2230 as an LPN (soon to be RN as soon as I take boards). I work in a LTC facility that has 68 beds that are always full. So, each night, on second shift there is always myself and 1 other nurse. We are constantly promised that we will ...

I would tell any new grad to stay away from LTC. Not that I don't love my job, I do. However, especially for a new nurse, LTC is the worst place to start (believe me, I know, it's where I've started). Long term care facilities are the second-most ...

See, my issue is that we can't do that at our facility.... Say I work 1400-2230. Our meds are labeled and scheduled as "1430" "1500" "1630" 1700" "2000" "2100" and "2200". You can only pass pills 1 hour before or after scheduled times. Then you ru...

"Go ahead, move back in with your irresponsible family that will end up killing you!" after my LTC res threatened to move make in w/ her daughter when I told her I couldn't give her 4x the laxitive that was ordered. She then threw her cup full of me...

Exactly! That's what got me so stinkin' frustrated tonight at work! I had a re-admit (a resident of ours went to hosp for 3 days and came back), and the paperwork that I as her nurse, am expected to do takes ATLEAST 3 hours, just for paperwork! Le...

Our facility is talking about moving towards this...we are all frantically trying to stop it... 99% of our evening pills are scheduled at 1700.... so we can pass them between 1600-1800. I work second shift (1400-2230). The way it works for us, is (...

I am currently an LPN in iowa city and will have my RN by december, and I am not even considering them as a potential employer. First, they are on a total hiring freeze and the nurses that do work there are completely overworked and under-appreciate...

My family has gone to mercy for years, and I am a nursing student in my last semester doing my preceptorship there. In terms of nursing work, this is the hospital where I've noticed that the nurses do far more "CNA" work than any other area hospita...

How long before you relocate should you start contacting hospitals/sending resume's? I'm finishing my RN in december, hoping to relocate to Corvallis/Albany area, and want to hopefully have something set up by the time we move.... I wasn't sure what...

I am currently an LPN working in LTC in Iowa. I've had about 5 years experience in geriatrics (not due to interest, just where the jobs were) however all but the last few months of this experience was as a CNA, as I just started my LPN job a few mon...

UGHH that is really frustrating to hear! I am a nursing student in Iowa and for the last 3 years my husband and I had planned on moving to Corvallis once I'm done with school in December! I get emails like DAILY from Good Sam saying they are hiring...

LPN's go through 2+ years of school to get their degree and then have to take Nursing Boards to get LICENSED. CNA's go through like a 3 week course of how to scrub dentures and then take a test. WAY different in terms of abilities/scope of practice...

I, too am a quick typer. I love having my laptop inclass, but have run into two issues. First, I HAVE to sit in the front row of class rooms. With ADHD, if I sit in the back i am day dreaming all day. It seems pretty standard that those with lap...