DanaMSN

There have been some ads in the Dayton paper for LPNs in LTC, you can look online for them. Also some LTCs in Washington Courthouse have been hiring recently. Pay is lower in the rural areas though, usually $16-18 for an LPN.

Are you talking about being a nursing home administrator? It probably depends on your state. In Ohio you do not need to be an RN to be the administrator but there are education requirements. You might want to contact your state to find out.

I work in LTC and the cliques are terrible at my facility. We actually have groups of nurses and aids that look for every tiny mistake a coworker makes and then report to the DON.

*too hard to remember

I have a fellow nurse who calls me by the wrong name. She calls me Diana, Dena, Donna... Anything but DANA. It isn't that hard, call me by the right name please. She claims it is to hard to remember....how about looking at my name tag?

I am going to ask my next no call/ no show if he/ she was misconfused about the schedule. Too funny.

Just heard this at the pharmacy....."can someone help me find the blood pressure cups". Hmmmm. I'd like to see one of those too.

IbuprofRen and acetaminophRen. If you can't say it correctly just call it Tylenol or Motrin.

If a patient says things incorrectly I don't mind nearly as much as when a fellow nurse does. During school I had a preceptor in the surgery department frequently refer to the OR room. Really? Operating room room? Drove me nuts. Same for ER room or ED department. Aaahhhh!! Lol

I think it depends on the facility. The RN staff where I work perform the same tasks as the LPN staff with a few extras like admission assessments, running TPN, managing PICC lines etc

When I worked in orthopedics I hated rotator CUP. Orientate drives me crazy as well.

I graduated in 2010 at 39 years old. I stayed at home with my children until they were in junior high and high school before going to school to get my BSN. I did start my pre-reqs online when they were in middle school, but I did my school work while they were in school so I was still available for them. I am now working in a small LTC facility as interim DON and I love it.

Clark State Community College in Springfield, Ohio has a paramedic to RN program

I'm in southern Ohio and couldn't agree more.

I graduated Nov 20, our letters went out the Nov 22, received my ATT Dec 7 and I tested Dec 20. I could have tested as early as Dec 9. However, some of my classmates did not receive their ATT until Dec 14 week. You may be able to test by the end of the month, but that all depends on whether the test sites have appointment times available. I live in an area with 4 sites within a 1 hour drive, so I was able to get an appointment easily. If you can be flexible about the testing location you will have a better chance of testing by your deadline.