Vonique

Vonique

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  1. I was reported again, this time by the bookeeper......

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Totally agree. But I think the reason they do it is because they want someone with non-nursing eyes to look around and see how the residents look. In other words, how does the place look to any old...

  2. Unions anyone?

    Vonique posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hello everyone, I've been doing alot of reading in these boards and I'm amazed at the unfair treatment we nurses are tolerating with understaffing and being forced to take responsibility for not...

  3. Unions anyone?

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, maybe you are right when it comes to the smaller nursing homes, but I'm sure the larger corporations still rake in substantial gains. I understand the DON and administrator should make more...

  4. Unions anyone?

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    "And as for the posters who think the nursing homes are making a huge profit, think again" Oh, the poor nursing home owners! Let's help them dry their tears, boo hoo..... Yes they DO make huge...

  5. Unions anyone?

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just wish there was a way to protect ourselves from having to work as though we have a hundred arms and legs, several heads, and about a million eyes. The workload in LTC is simply unreasonable! You...

  6. I was reported again, this time by the bookeeper......

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you all for your replies. Reading them helps me realize even more that this nursing home I've unfortunately joined is quite dysfunctional in many, many ways. I've felt that way from the day I...

  7. I was reported by the social worker.........

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    "But yes, you can be reported by any fool for anything they perceive that you are/are not doing and THEY WILL BE LISTENED TO." Agree! And it does seem as though the less they know and are connected...

  8. What exactly is an Exelon patch supposed to do?

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I really don't see any difference in the rate of deterioration of the Exelon patients and any other. I just can't see that it does any

  9. I was reported by the social worker.........

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That's very true. You wouldn't believe the number of nurses that come and go so fast your head will spin, at this place. Since I've been there, 3 months, there have been at least 6 nurses start and...

  10. I was reported by the social worker.........

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think one of the reasons personnel attack each other over nothing, or at least seem desperate to assign blame, is that they are so afraid they themselves will be blamed for something. At least in my...

  11. I was reported by the social worker.........

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, you have a valid point. I know that in the strictest sense, I was wrong, and before I worked in this joint I didn't believe in shortcuts of any kind. Now, though, I see why sometimes it is...

  12. I was reported by the social worker.........

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Pamelalayn, I agree with your comment about HEADINSANDRN. Hopefully, she is not one of those administrative nurses whose nose is raised up high, with a clipboard walking by all the scrambling nurses...

  13. I was reported by the social worker.........

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I forgot to add the whole point I was trying to make: Don't go to work for a place that has been run so poorly that it is under state watch because your life will become a living hell at work,...

  14. I was reported by the social worker.........

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    "While I'm sure that made her pathetic little day - and that she really enjoyed bragging to friends about how she so bravely and heroically took action to save the world... er, the patient, from the...

  15. Longterm care nightmare job

    Vonique posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just started a new job a month ago. I had been out of nursing for awhile so I took a job in a local nursing home to ease back into things. Not because I thought it would be easy but because I'd had...

  16. Longterm care nightmare job

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'd like to thank everyone for responding and sharing support and horror stories. Some of them made my nursing home sound like a treat! In the last week I've gotten a little faster at passing meds and...

  17. Re-entering longterm care after a long absence

    Vonique posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I was out of geriatric nursing for eight years, but before that I worked in longterm care for many years. I am looking for an online review course that I can take to go over things like new meds,...

  18. Re-entering longterm care after a long absence

    Vonique replied to Vonique's topic in Nursing Career

    That sounds good. I'll have to check it out. I guess since I have not really done much bedside for a few years I should probably do both geriatric and general. My last specialty was Nursing...

  19. Would like medical coding course info

    Vonique posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hello, I just discovered this forum and I think it's great! I am an inactive RN for the last few years (I was a stay-at-home mom and took some time off) and now I really don't want to go back to...