westieluv

westieluv

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  1. The Med Pass is Ruining My Job!

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks again for the support. I can't tell you how nice it is to know that others feel the same way and that I'm not crazy or ungrateful for having a job. I also pray on the way in to work, and I try...

  2. The Med Pass is Ruining My Job!

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's such a relief to find someone else who understands where I'm coming from, thanks so much for your response! The nurses that I work with fall into one of two categories, it seems; they either...

  3. what do you say when they are right?

    westieluv replied to MelissaLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have had complaints from family members about things like call lights not getting answered in a timely manner, dietary requests being ignored, meds not being ordered and administered, etc. recently...

  4. discontinuing pressure alarms

    westieluv replied to sls73's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow! I can't even imagine our facility without pressure alarms, and yes, they have prevented many a fall. With our staffing ratios, there is no way that we can give our residents the kind of...

  5. Staff/Patient Ratio - 30 Patients per Nurse

    westieluv replied to Colima's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    They can always find money for things like flooring and paint because it's all about appearances. Make the unit look beautiful and modern to draw attention away from the fact that the staffing ratio...

  6. Staff/Patient Ratio - 30 Patients per Nurse

    westieluv replied to Colima's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Shame, shame, shame on them for doing this to a brand new grad! I wish I could tell you the state mandates for Michigan, as I live there as well and was looking for that information myself a few...

  7. What Would You Do?

    westieluv posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am an RN of over twenty years and currently work in a LTC facility where I have worked for four months. I work part-time afternoons and it is a killer--my feet hurt, my legs hurt, my hips hurt at...

  8. What Would You Do?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow, I wish I could respond to each of you personally! You have all really helped me to see that life is too short to be miserable. I do love hospice nursing a lot. I have always preferred the...

  9. What Would You Do?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You all make really good points. I can't stay on contingent at the LTC facility because you have to be there six months before you can be contingent. I agree about letting them get by with the...

  10. What Would You Do?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks! I just got back from an interview with the new night RN supervisor at the hospice and she was so nice. I think they are going to offer me the position, so yes, I probably should take it. I...

  11. How Does This Staffing Sound to You?

    westieluv posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    I recently accepted a position on a sub-acute rehab unit that consists of both post-op rehab patients and some long term care patients. I am RN who will be working nights (11pm-7am) and the staffing...

  12. I did a very stupid mistakes today. I forgot to clamp the saline line...

    westieluv replied to Datu's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Try not to beat yourself up. You're only human!

  13. Why Don't Companies Care About Their Patients/Residents??

    westieluv posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have just about had it. I work for a large retirement community that has a couple of subacute rehab units and a LTC unit, which is where I work. More and more lately, they have been sending subacute...

  14. Why Don't Companies Care About Their Patients/Residents??

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for all of your responses. I do have an opportunity to go back to the inpatient hospice that I used to work at, and the staffing there is six patients to a nurse...on midnights!!!! The only...

  15. Evening Med Pass Question

    westieluv posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work part-time in a LTC facility on the evening shift. At the LTC facility where I worked previously, we had a few meds to pass at 5pm but had one big med pass at 8pm. At the facility where I work...

  16. How Can I Become a Hemodialysis Nurse?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Well, I never did call the FA at the Fresenius location where I applied. Frankly, I got cold feet, plus, the inpatient hospice facility that I worked at last year but ultimately had to leave because I...

  17. How Can I Become a Hemodialysis Nurse?

    westieluv posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Hi! I am an RN currently licensed in Ohio and Michigan. I have been an RN for over 20 years and have experience in Med/Surg inpatient hospital nursing (10 years, floating to various units but no...

  18. Evening Med Pass Question

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One thing that makes it kind of hard where I work is that I am only part-time, and the unit I work on is divided into two assignments. Which assignment I get depends on which full-time nurse I'm...

  19. Evening Med Pass Question

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for your replies. I do condense my 4pm-6pm pills into one pass, as well as my 8pm-10pm pills. If I didn't, I would never stop passing meds and I wouldn't get anything else done. And yeah, I...

  20. How Can I Become a Hemodialysis Nurse?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thank you so much for your advice! Hopefully I will be able to come back here in a couple of days and tell you that I have an interview.

  21. How Can I Become a Hemodialysis Nurse?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks so much for your reply. So do you think it would be worth my while to walk into the Fresenius location in my town and ask them about employment

  22. New Grad Rehab Nurse

    westieluv replied to NrsKate's topic in Rehabilitation

    Organization is key in a job like rehab where you have a larger patient assignment than in inpatient acute care hospital nursing. I currently work in a subacute rehab facility where I have sixteen...

  23. How Does This Staffing Sound to You?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Rehabilitation

    Thank you, I

  24. How Does This Staffing Sound to You?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Rehabilitation

    Great, thanks for the info! I think I will really like this job. I have been working as an on-call hospice nurse and my job basically consists of driving to patients' homes in the middle of the night...

  25. Escorted out of the patients home.........

    westieluv replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am an on-call hospice nurse and I, too, get fed up with what is promised vs. what we can deliver! I recently received a call from our triage nurse stating that a patient's family was demanding a...