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  1. A Major reason for Hiring freeze

    BackfromRetirement replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Obamacare is a Major reason. Guess who foots the bill for the "insurance for everybody"? Employers. This includes the mom and pop

  2. What age will you retire?

    BackfromRetirement replied to phlox's topic in General Nursing

    I went back into nursing after years of retirement. The economy destroyed what I had invested in. Got a job at 58. Looking at 65 as a possible retire date, but nothing written in stone. Might work...

  3. Moving out of hospital bedside nursing

    BackfromRetirement replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    Remember, lots of unemployed people out there. Convenience is not always available. Burnout is common, went thru it myself. Took some years off, worked in a different field. Got driven back into...

  4. Moving out of hospital bedside nursing

    BackfromRetirement replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    @eriksoln. Honesty is not what interviewers want to hear. You must play the game by their rules to climb the ladder. I see a strong correlation to politics/nursing. You have to present a positive...

  5. Nursing CAN be the very devil!

    BackfromRetirement replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Part of the problem is that nursing schools do not want you to know the truth about several in the nursing community. You come out of school full of hope and wanting to change the world. Wrong answer....

  6. Nursing Diagnosis

    BackfromRetirement replied to camauk's topic in General Nursing

    Potential for injury related to; you can list a dozen things

  7. Moving out of hospital bedside nursing

    BackfromRetirement replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    @Inme, "recent bedside experience" is the lamest excuse I have ever heard. Where do they get these interviewers? Standards of care and scope of practice are available online. Technology changes, paper...

  8. How does one write up LVN ?

    BackfromRetirement replied to newsupernurse's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed Zookeeper. Conflict resolution is tough. Disrespect is often a magnification of other things going on. Often it is misplaced aggression. Thick skin needed. "Authoritarian" style management...

  9. Concerned About My Nursing Future

    BackfromRetirement replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in General Nursing

    That is why many facilities use a "career ladder" model. The sky is the limit for education, but remember, the higher up the food chain you go, the fewer job

  10. Moving out of hospital bedside nursing

    BackfromRetirement replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    Your gut is telling you something. Listen to your gut, it tells you some things you sense but are not consciously aware of. Small nuances the subconscious picks up and records are for the most...

  11. Concerned About My Nursing Future

    BackfromRetirement replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in General Nursing

    Only recently, have I ever had the advantage of knowing someone. I got a job in LTC as a RN mostly because of my experience, and the fact that the DON and I worked together in a hospital back in the...

  12. Concerned About My Nursing Future

    BackfromRetirement replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in General Nursing

    Because of the new health care legislation.......uncertainty. Never been done before, no precedence. It's anybodies

  13. It's all about the budget

    BackfromRetirement replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    Maternity leave i think is a federal law. Be grateful you have any job. Health care is cutting back just like everyone else out there is. There are so many others, so much worse

  14. Concerned About My Nursing Future

    BackfromRetirement replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Lots of questions! Will try to answer one. If it takes 4 yrs to get a BSN things will be better by then. We boomers will be exiting to retirement when our bodies finally fail. You will probably...

  15. Student Question about misdemeanors and getting CNA/ RN License

    BackfromRetirement replied to scottw1988's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    No restrictions that i know of for an alcohol offense. Drugs is another matter entirely. They may want you to submit a detailed account of the incident, but the more time passes and you have no more...

  16. It's all about the budget

    BackfromRetirement replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    Laundry people are hit really hard. They cut their hours, which makes laundry part of CNA work. Our laundry folks are very worried because they dont know more than one week to the next if they will...

  17. It's all about the budget

    BackfromRetirement replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    To Corporate: You and your policies SUCK! Without your employees you are just a bunch of starched shirts and panty hose! Without the employees who serve the health of the public, you would be looking...

  18. It's all about the budget

    BackfromRetirement replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    @eriksoln this practice of posting jobs and never filling them is rampant out in the other job markets.I have no idea why they do this, except to have a continuous flow of applications to pick over....

  19. Are LPN's being Phased Out?

    BackfromRetirement replied to angelcarmichael's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I started out as an LPN in 1986, this rumor was rampant. Most of the sources were RN's. Over the years a nursing shortage appeared and all of a sudden the hospital floors were manned with LPN's...

  20. CNA's doing laundry on the night shift

    BackfromRetirement posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a LTC/Rehab facility undergoing budget cuts. They cut back the hours of the laundry personnel, the kitchen personnel, and are now requiring that the CNA's on night shift do laundry as well...

  21. What are MS patients like?

    BackfromRetirement replied to tokebi's topic in General Nursing

    All opinions considered; MS patients should have a LTC facility of their own; specifically trained aids and nurses for this disorder....like Alzeheimers. Not all nurses are aware of how these...

  22. Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    BackfromRetirement replied to KarafromPhilly's topic in General Nursing

    So inner-ear and r/o ataxia were

  23. Help! Insubordinate Nursing Aides

    BackfromRetirement replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in General Nursing

    marielina85, yes the bills must be paid, as you slowly poison your mind and your body. Been there, done that. Start looking for other employment NOW. Better to become employed while you HAVE a job....

  24. Help! Insubordinate Nursing Aides

    BackfromRetirement replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in General Nursing

    Leave. Find another place. Swimming in a toxic pool will eventually poison

  25. Help! Insubordinate Nursing Aides

    BackfromRetirement replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry segalpn, I disagree. The "good LTC facilities" are few a far between. Some DON's are so burnt by the endless system of fighting the Admin to keep enough staffing, to dealing with the endless...