westieluv

westieluv

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  1. A Funny Moment in LTC...

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One evening, one of our little old ladies was obsessed with the hallway not being wide enough, for some reason. She kept saying that people were going to get "stuck" in the hallway because it was too...

  2. A Funny Moment in LTC...

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One time I was working on a Med/Surg inpatient unit in a hospital a few months after having our son. I was not exactly in pre-pregnancy shape, and my belly needed some work. Anyway, I was at a...

  3. A Funny Moment in LTC...

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    These are all so funny, thanks for sharing them! Recently, I overhead the conversation between two little old ladies who spend a lot of their time sitting in their wheelchairs near the nurses...

  4. Why do doctors do this to me?

    westieluv replied to qqu9569's topic in Medical-Surgical

    What the others said. I have had doctors lash out at me for silly things that come with their job description too. I once had a doctor come in at 6am and kick a patient's chart down the hall because...

  5. What Would You Do?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Career

    Thanks for the advice. I will try to call again today if I don't hear from her by about noon or

  6. What Would You Do?

    westieluv posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I am an RN at a LTC facility. I have been working there for several months, but it is an awful job with a poor nurse/resident ratio and it is causing me great physical pain because I am on my feet...

  7. Why did you choose Med-Surg?

    westieluv replied to kujomonster's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I don't know if I chose Med/Surg as much as it chose me. When I graduated from nursing school 21 years ago, Med/Surg jobs were plentiful and specialized nursing jobs were not, plus, they required...

  8. Float Pool

    westieluv replied to jamesy7's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I have many years of experience working in a Med/Surg float pool. My main piece of advice is to be flexible, and to be ready to go wherever they send you and not complain if it's a unit that you're...

  9. Desired Salary Question

    westieluv replied to new_worker's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What I usually do in this situation, unless it's an online form that will only accept a numerical figure, is put "negotiable". I always hate to put a numerical figure, because if it's too low, then...

  10. Do you have any authority in your LTC facility?

    westieluv replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds like you need a new unit manager--stat!!! What kind of manager would give someone permission to end their shift early to go hook up with their boyfriend??? I am completely appalled, and I can...

  11. I just want to talk....

    westieluv replied to darkbeauty's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Your post is well thought out and describes almost to a tee what many of us are experiencing working in LTC. It is frustrating, it is exhausting, it is depressing at times, and it is just plain HARD!...

  12. Hourly Rate for an LPN in Florida

    westieluv replied to ANNG7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Seriously? An LPN in FL makes $10.75/hr. and an RN makes $18/hr.? Wow. I am RN, I live in Michigan, and I just resigned from a job where I make $28/hr. for a job that pays $34/hr. base, with a $1.95...

  13. How to Submit my Two Week Notice???

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you, CapeCodMermaid, I am looking forward to my new position because hospital nursing is what I know best and the idea of having five patients instead of 20-30 appeals to me, even if they will...

  14. How to Submit my Two Week Notice???

    westieluv posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Okay, so I just got a call from the local hospital that I interviewed with for a job as a contingent float nurse and they want to hire me!!! Yay!!! It pays $7/hr. more than I am making at this LTC...

  15. How to Submit my Two Week Notice???

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks again to all of you for your good advice. I ended up emailing the DON and calling the lady who does the schedule who is in contact with the DON several times a day. It was probably the...

  16. How to Submit my Two Week Notice???

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you all for your advice. I didn't see a search function on this forum to look up previous posts about this topic, so sorry if I am asking something that has been addressed here before. The...

  17. LPNs as Unit Managers?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah, I surely do agree with you on that. My unit manager walks down the hall a couple of times after I arrive at work for the afternoon shift telling us what we could be doing better without a trace...

  18. In your opinion, how many pts is too many in SNF/rehab?

    westieluv replied to ComeClarity's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have 23 patients on 3-11 shift that are a mixed bag of LTC and subacute. I have roughly half a dozen accuchecks with coverage and they all have to be done before dinner, along with all of my other...

  19. So done.

    westieluv replied to rainbowsandsunshine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My heart goes out to you. I would have been in tears and I probably would have quit at the end of that shift and then thought about paying the bills later. Why are the elderly in our society so...

  20. Hourly rate for RN's, LPN's, CNA's in Your State

    westieluv replied to pirituba's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    SE Michigan: Diploma RN with 12 yrs. experience, work in a LTC facility (23 pts./nurse on 3-11) @ $27.70 /hr., shift differential $0.50/hr. Just interviewed for a contingent Med/Surg float position (5...

  21. Any Remedies for Foot Pain?

    westieluv posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ever since I started working LTC four months ago, I am having bilateral foot pain almost constantly. I know that part of it is plantar fascitis, because I can no longer go barefoot, even when I'm at...

  22. Worst Interview Ever!!

    westieluv replied to 312time's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Amen! I work at a LTC facility now because I could only get contingent status at the inpatient hospice, but I had an interview last week to go back there because they have a full time position open...

  23. Worst Interview Ever!!

    westieluv replied to 312time's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Exactly, and who wants to work for a facility that is run like that? I'll go one step further and say that this woman should not be any kind of a supervisor if she is this poor at time management and...

  24. Worst Interview Ever!!

    westieluv replied to 312time's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It sounds like she is pretty inefficient, or someone at the facility where she works is. Why on earth would someone have set up an interview with a potential employee only to tell them why they won't...

  25. The Med Pass is Ruining My Job!

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks again everyone for the advice and well wishes. I have to go to work in about an hour, so I will try to take most of it with me. Just knowing that other people feel the same way about the med...