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I cant believe they dont! I couldnt remember for sure if I ever did one aonce its been a while. Doesnt seem very smart since I know quit a few nurses thay use various drugs. Thats just crazy. U wpuld think a big compaby like that would for sure. Ive never worked anywhere as a nurse that didn't give them

Did they do a pre-employment drug screen at gentiva? I have another post about this but no replies yet. I am not asking for myself, as I have worked there for several years. I cannot remember for sure if I did one. I ask due to 2 new employees that claim they had no pre-employment drug test, and I think one of them is using. Why wpuld a large company like gentiva not test their nursing prior to hiring? Doesnt make any sense to me. Anyone know about this?

I have worked for Gentiva home health for several years now. They just hired 2 new nurses, both of which were apparently not given a pre-employment drug test. I know one of them from nursing school and she has always done drugs, and its pretty obvious still is. I cant remember for sure if I did a drug test, but I would find it odd if I didnt. Seems like all nursing jobs would do a pre-employment screen! They both are still in orientation, so who knows maybe they will have one. But I just find it odd. The one girl was tlbasically bragging about how they arent doing them. Does anyone else work for gentiva, as it is a national company, and know of them not drug testing? I cant decide if should say something or not. I have not seen her do any drugs, so I guess I would feel horrible if I was wrong! Anyone heard of this? Seems kinda irresponsible on gentiva's part, right?

its hard being in this situation, especially when you care about the child so much. thats the only reason i have stayed on my case so far. things have gotten a little better in the home, but it does seem like they are showing the girl attention now just so i see that. but coming in the room for 5 min 2 days in a row doesnt make things all better. but i guess its better than nothing. my company has turned their back on me, they will not speak up, even though they all agree the child has been neglected. its very frustrating. im not sure how all these people sleep at night knowing this poor child is just laying there all the time all alone. hopefully things will continue to get better. in the mean time i have contacted cps about the issue. i have a meeting with them next week. hopefully all goes well.

whoever told you finding a job is hard is crazy! i could go to any state, any city and get a job today...now, it may not be the one u want to start out with, but sometimes you gotta jump around until you figure out what specialty you like best. there are so many different specialties you can go into. if you love medical, i would stay in nursing. plus you can always move up and become a nurse practitioner! it is frustrating being in school, especially when you are still taking all the crap core classes. but just hang in there! i was bored with school, so i switched over and got my lpn. takes one year and u can start working. u skip english and math and all that junk and go straight to what u need to know. i was an lpn for about a year, then went back to school to get my rn. i was a cardiac nurse, now im a PICU nurse. theres endless possibilities! its a hard job, but i think its worth it! stick with it!

i have always made sure to cover myself. i always document that the family as well as the agency has been notified. and other than pack her up and take her to the dr myself, thats about all i can do, its frustrating. and yes, i know that my job would be gone. thats part of why i havent dont anything yet. but at the same time, i can find another job. im actually almost done with school to get my rn and plan on going back to the hosiptal anyway. ill try and contact cps tomorrow and see if i can talk to someone and what they think i should do. i appreciate everyones help. hopefully things will work out soon!

who should i call? i just want to make sure it doesnt come back to me. its sad that all these case managers and nurses are aware of the problem, yet nobody will speak up for this poor child.

i worked on a cardiac stepdown for about 2 years. i absolutely loved it, and miss it alot actually. at my hospital, we had 4 pts each...every once in a while someone would get 5 pts if we were really busy. but trust me 4 is plenty. our pts were mainly ppl that had just had openheart surgery and were like 1-2 days post op. they are very easy pts. they are up and moving. should be walking the halls atleast 3 times daily. and keep them up in the chair all day! dont let them lay in bed all day or they can develop pneumonia. most have a midsternal incision thats easy to care for. the other type of pts we had were alot from the ER that come in with chest pain. most ppl are fine. you will have codes on that floor, more so than regular med surge floors. but dont panic. there are a ton of ppl around that jump in when something goes wrong. start studying up on telemetry now. and i would get to know your cardiac meds really well. also learn the cardiac drips. we almost always had patients on either an amiodarone or cardizem drip. the floors itself is usually a clean floor, no mrsa, no cdiff. its nice. it is very repetitive, so while you may feel overwhlemed at first, after a short time u will get it. if u have any other questions let me know :)

i have been doing private duty for a 3 year old girl on a vent for a little while now. the home i work in is very nice, and on paper this family looks wonderful..but they arent. they are foster parents for now, but will be adopting her soon. the husband is retired from the medical field, and they have even adopted a child 6 yrs ago that was on a vent. so on paper this place is great. they know how to work with these kids. but...ive been there a few months and they never i mean never come in the room and see the kid. its so sad. he just lays there in the crib. i have been working with him, and we have come a long way. now i can sit her up and she can actually hold her head up without falling back. it makes me mad because the only reason this girl is so far behind is because nobody works with her. but thats not the only problem. the family doesnt want nurses calling the dr, they will always call. they dont want us telling the company we work for anything either. when something does go wrong, for example her picc line being swollen, they make excuses to not go to the dr. she also cant regulate her temp very well, so we give tylenol pretty often. i cant even count how many times we have run out, and the family is aware, and a week or 2 goes by before they get more. there are other meds as well as her breathing treatments that run out, and the family always has an excuse why we cant get more..pharmacy is out(wouldnt u call another one?) or the dr is on vacation and cant write a refill..im sorry but if it was my child, i would find a way to get it. u cant just got for 2 weeks without meds! they have pressured the nurses to do things out of our lpn scope of practice as well such as trach changes and picc flushes. the only reason i have stayed so far is for the girl. i have grown so attached to her, so i want to do whats best for her. i have spoken to my company, and they are aware and agree that the family neglects her, but nobody does anything about it! the case manager has known about them forever and she overlooks everything too! what should i do? i worry that i risking my nursing license there sometimes. but at the same time, this kid needs someone that cares about her and does the right thing..so should i stay?