Blackcat99

Blackcat99

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  1. Wow! I am sorry to hear that you were not able to get a CNA job after completing your CNA program. I guess things have changed now. I will definately have to stop recommending the CNA program after...
  2. The nurses at my LTC got tired of "getting in trouble" for staying overtime. So they are leaving on time now. However, there is one big problem now. The patient's charts are practically empty !!!!!...
  3. PSA Healthcare Orientation

    Glad to hear that you are OK with the $15 an hour. I hope they will be able to find work for you in your local area. However, don't be surprised if the only work they have available for you is 1-2...
  4. Nascar nurse. Yes, please do start that thread "What lies were you told when interviewing nurses to work LTC?". It sounds like it would be a very interesting thread. I would really like to hear about...
  5. People calling out for the holidays

    I had to call in sick on a holiday when I really was physically ill. I felt terrible having to call in sick on a holiday. The worst part about it, was I had joked with friends at work the week before...
  6. No I did not mean $20 an hour. I was shocked when I saw an ad for Shands saying they were looking for new RN Grads and it most certainly did say that the position was for $10 an hour!!!!!! Sorry but...
  7. Staff nurses and their bad attitudes

    Many years ago, I had to give report every morning to an obnoxious nurse who absolutely would not stop talking when I was giving report. I finally just started giving report and I talked over her,...
  8. I heard Shands was hiring new RN grads for $10 an
  9. Nursing Sleep Study: How do you stay alert?

    So how much are you going to be paying me for an hour of my time for your project? I make time to sleep a priority in my life. I care enough about my patients to make sure I have a decent amount of...
  10. Yes, absolutely. It will help you
  11. Did I miss something?

    No, you didn't do anything wrong. You notified the doctor and the doctor ordered a chest x-ray and not an order to go to the
  12. Yes I think everyone needs to go where they are needed. I just wish I would have been told ahead of time "You are no longer assigned to station A as told to you upon your hire here." You are now the...
  13. Thank you!

    Wow! I have seen DON's being fired immediately after a "bad state survey." However, I have never actually heard of a DON being escorted out of a facility by the surveyors." That must have really been...
  14. Wow!!!! I remember hearing that very same "big fat lie" many years ago at a previous LTC
  15. I work at the "Anything Goes" LTC facility. Sometimes a nurse or CNA will arrive to work and find out that they are not on "the unit they wanted". Instead of just accepting their new assignment, they...
  16. LTC- 3 mandatory meetings a month?

    I have "bad karma.' Everytime I think I am going to have a "real day off" I look at the calendar and see that a "mandatory meeting" is scheduled on my day off. I always attend these mandatory...
  17. 3-11 shift

    The 3-11 shift is the most stressful shift in my opinion. The 3-11 shift gets all of the admissions at my facility. Sometimes the 3-11 shift is still at work at 3am at my facility still trying to get...
  18. Thank you!

    Congratulations on your
  19. Is this Safe? Census: 45 / ID Bands: 0 / # of Nurses: 1

    If I ever get admitted to a nursing home, I am going to demand a name tag around my wrist for my own safety. I don't want to take a chance and get the wrong
  20. PSA Healthcare Orientation

    I went to one of their interviews. I was not impressed. They offered LPN's $15 an hour. They advertised that they had a lot of jobs in my local area. However, in reality they did not. They did have...
  21. OK Managment you win. Nurses are leaving on time now.

    I think all of the shifts are "very busy". A few times I have reported that I didn't get such and such done and could someone help me out. They will usually say "OK I will try to get it done." I...
  22. Is this Safe? Census: 45 / ID Bands: 0 / # of Nurses: 1

    I have 40 patients and am a "float" nurse . I work both shifts now 3-11 and 11-7. None of the residents have ID bands. We have no photos anywhere. There are many days of CNA "call offs" and so I...
  23. Advice for first job in a SNF?

    Be prepared for many days of "utter frustration." Pharmacy sometimes won't send you the narcotics you need. You go into the ER kit to get the narcotics that pharmacy didn't send you only to discover...
  24. B/P was 90/60. What would the B/P have to be before you would call the doctor on night shift? I work in the "skilled side" at the LTC. The doctor does not have orders or parameters in regards to...
  25. The RN supervisor from the other shift said I was suppose to call the doctor on night shift when patients have low B/P's like