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  1. Walk away or work one more night before telling them to shove it?

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How much of the reasons would you list in your resignation letter? or would you lay it all on the line and tell them exactly what you are

  2. Walk away or work one more night before telling them to shove it?

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am happy to be going to a nicer facility, even though it will be $1.25 pay cut per hour and guaranteed less hours, but they also said I could pick up an extra day or two to make a full work week if...

  3. Question for those who work the 11pm-7am shift

    arabstarRN replied to NewestRN_OnTheBlock's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    At the facility I am leaving, they start passing meds at 4 am because there are 51 psych patients and some of those people take forever to get meds into - is it right - NO, but the facility would...

  4. STARTING SALARY FOR NURSING HOME RNs?

    arabstarRN replied to andreaf.rn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Some homes in MI start at

  5. ANYONE IN MICHIGAN HIRING NEW RNs???

    arabstarRN replied to andreaf.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Could try nursing homes in your area and keep applying for the hospital positions. Its a tough economy and job hunt right now... good

  6. Need some advice please...

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I understand that in some way, all nurses are psych nurses, however, there is a difference between working on a psych unit and working med/surg with a few patients who have psych issues... in the...

  7. LTC

    arabstarRN replied to smak60's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would say it depends on what unit you are on... if its a LTC dementia or psych unit... Nights isn't any easier than days or seconds... in fact could be worse since you have all the sundowners and...

  8. Is this really the norm?

    arabstarRN replied to WittySarcasm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am new to nursing and am working in a SNF/LTC facility on a dementia unit. I work midnights, and just this morning there was an incident between a resident who is known to be combative and one of my...

  9. Most common meds in LTC??

    arabstarRN replied to Tinker Bell RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The most common meds I see are: Ativan, Vicodin, Xanax, Namenda, Aricept, hydralazine, Dulcolax, Senna Kot, Lasix, Coreg, Cardura, beta blockers, some Haldol, and some risperidone, Cardizem is a...

  10. New Grad Charge Nurse for Rehab to Home Unit

    arabstarRN replied to Keila's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    in my facility, that's what the rehab unit does. Joint replacements, Trachs (no vents though), strokes, post ops that insurance wouldnt pay for more hospital stay but they aren't quite ready to go...

  11. New Grad Charge Nurse for Rehab to Home Unit

    arabstarRN replied to Keila's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I got hired at a SNF/LTC facility and all of their nurses are considered to be charge nurses, simply because they direct the CNAs, among the other nursing tasks. Technically I am a charge nurse and...

  12. why dont i care like i should?

    arabstarRN replied to rdsxfnrn's topic in General Nursing

    I can kind of relate to you, only my situation is my grandpa has Parkinson's. A lil over a year ago, I saw signs that I thought was Parkinson's, and when I asked other family members about the signs...

  13. What would you do in this situation????

    arabstarRN posted a topic in Home Health

    So, I worked two 12 hour shifts in this client's home. First night went great. Second night... not good at all. Seems I couldn't do anything right by this guy. At one point, he called me a G** D***...

  14. First Day....

    arabstarRN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well today was my first day at the SNF/LTC facility I got hired at. Really busy, and really tiring! My preceptor was great and did a great job trying to show me everything she could... there is just...

  15. First Day....

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yep and I know they just hired a bunch of new aides on all shifts at the same time I was hired, as they were in orientation with me, and those girls all seem nice - and of course, them being new, the...

  16. What would you do in this situation????

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Home Health

    Yeah I felt really bad because it seemed like I wasn't able to help him, and I was really trying to. He was miserable, frustrated, upset, and I think it had gone on most if not all of the day as at...

  17. Well, had my first shift as an HHC nurse...

    arabstarRN posted a topic in Home Health

    This was my first shift of my first nursing job (I am also hired with a SNF/LTC but awaiting orientation day) and was also hired part time with a home care agency on an as needed basis due to my other...

  18. Understanding limited DNR

    arabstarRN replied to me2shugar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We were told during Nursing school that sternal rubbing was only to be done by a doctor and ONLY if necessary aka the patient wasnt responding to any other stimuli... dont know if times have changed...

  19. question about client info for new case....

    arabstarRN posted a topic in Home Health

    If the agency does not provide you with good information before sending you out to a case, how do you get the information you need? For example, I went to my first client ever and my first shift was a...

  20. question about client info for new case....

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Home Health

    Just the littqle bit I have heard while in the office from the schedulers makes me wonder about their ultimate priorities.I realize not everyone has a great work ethic, but these two were complaining...

  21. question about client info for new case....

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Home Health

    Thanks for the advice, and yeah... I would like to actually practice with my hard earned license... not lose it over an agency that is unprofessional and

  22. Neuroscience - I need some help in Cerebral Circulation

    arabstarRN replied to ratine's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Go to your local bookstore and look at a textbook if you don't have any textbooks from nursing school anymore. There may also be a book specifically on neuro. I love flipping through books at the...

  23. question about client info for new case....

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Home Health

    That's another thing that concerns me about this agency - there is absolutely NO patient book/chart/doctor's orders/phone numbers for doctors/hospital preference (closest one obviously but...

  24. question about client info for new case....

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Home Health

    Amazingly the current months Mar is there, but its not filled out thoroughly as the wife doesn't mark when she gives what, but maybe that's common in home health. My first shift, the wife had to work...

  25. Funny things patients say !

    arabstarRN replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    So glad I found this thread! While doing my first set of Med surg clinicals, which was my second semester of nursing school, I had a lol who had a lumbar fracture and dementia. I was giving her a bed...