sbbnurse

CRAZY!! No way should anyone be doing that!

"Still Alice" is a wonderful book about a woman that receives the dementia diagnosis. Enjoy!

This same exact thing happened to me four months ago! I jumped made the leap and am SOOOO very happy that I did! Everyone here in my facility knew that I was the "newbie" on the block and everyone has been extremely helpful! I think you need to think about that also, the person that you will be answering to, is that person helpful?! I am so blessed to have a wonderful boss!! Good Luck to you and please feel free to contact me if you need any advice?!

Yes! Assisted living is very similiar to Retirement Communites....We have Condo's all the way down to Memory Care in our Community. I would definitely call around to Assisted Living Communities! Sure can't hurt!! As a Program Director, I oversee our 30 bed memory care unit. I work M-F, however, I am on call 24/7. I have an excellent boss though that definitely handles her share of the oncall time. I am in charge resident assessments/doctor orders/staff/ pretty much the daily functions of the units. It's definitely a different kind of nursing but I enjoy it!!

I am an LPN who has completed the RN program. I still haven't taken my state boards, which I will, however, I am in NO rush!! I was recently promoted to Program Director in a Retirement Community and I absolutely LOVE IT! I am making the monies that an RN would make and wishing that I wouldn't of spent the money on that schooling. I am also in my early 40's......I wish you all the luck in the world!!