birdietiel

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1. "I Don't Care if You are Sick...Come to Work Anyway!"

   birdietiel replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Where I work, if you call in sick, you have to find a replacement. I was sick last sat. I had been in the ER friday night. My boss didn't care. She said if I couldn't find a replacement, I would have...

2. need your opinion

   birdietiel posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I work in a SNF, have been there since August. It was really rough at first, took a while to get used to all the things I have to do. I pretty much have a routine down. Sometimes I run late if I have...

3. Chicago! hospitals hiring new grads?

   birdietiel replied to Shemme-Battles's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I live in a rural part of IL about one hour west of Chicago. I know there isn't much available where I am. I work in a SNF. I'm not sure about Chicago. Good

4. I want OUT!!!!

   birdietiel replied to shoegalRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hang in there. Because you care about your pt safety, and worry about how you're doing shows you are a good nurse. Many people are too confident and think they know everything. I also have nurses talk...

5. New Grad SNF work... I am just exhausted and shocked

   birdietiel replied to Bre14's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I graduated in May, and have been working in a nursing home since August. Some days are rewarding, some are awful. It took a while to get faster at the med pass. Once you have the same residents for a...

6. Can't even spike a bag!!

   birdietiel replied to ibambamama's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I feel the same way you do. I'm a new grad working in LTC. I had to straight cath a woman. Here urethra was all sunken in, in her lady parts. I couldn't find it. There wasn't enough light to see, and...

7. Depressed about my job-long

   birdietiel replied to birdietiel's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thanks for your replies. I need to remember why I am there, for the residents! I'll try to let the other stuff not get to

8. I hate being a LPN in LTC. The horror!

   birdietiel replied to Plagueis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I am going through the same thing. I was thrown on the med cart. I have seen other nurses combining meds for 4 and 8, and other things that shouldn't be done. I am always out late because I do things...

9. Depressed about my job-long

   birdietiel posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I graduated in May with my RN. The only job I could find is in a nursing home. The area I live in is rural, so there weren't many jobs to even apply to. I can't relocate. My husband is a professor and...

10. New RN Grad's First Job - $23/hr. Is this a rip off?

    birdietiel replied to mfr69's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I just started as a new grad at a LTC facility. I make $22/hr and no shift differential. I live in a fairly rural part of Illinois. I have about 25 residents to myself to pass meds, do assessments,...