LTCNS LPN

LTCNS is a LPN and specializes in Clinical Documentation Specialist, LTC.

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1. Weight and reduced chances of employment.

   LTCNS replied to Karen 77's topic in General Nursing

   Many people associate obesity with laziness as well, but that's just not the case. I'm overweight and far from lazy, and many of my co-workers who are overweight run circles around their thinner...

2. Do I give up? Dreadful wait after job interview.

   LTCNS replied to KStewartLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Four months lol! But that was because they had put a hold on the position until after the first of the year so I didn't get an offer until four months after my first interview. I had one interview in...

3. New Nurse Exhausted from Extremely Long Shifts? Help?

   LTCNS replied to KellySpencer800's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   OP, I was exactly like you when I got my first job in LTC with 4 whole hours of orientation because the facility was horribly understaffed. I was always the "go to" nurse because I too worked 80+...

4. Telling Patients/Residents You Love Them?

   LTCNS replied to robynnel's topic in General Nursing

   I can count on one hand in my 20 years of working in LTC how many residents I told I loved them, because I truly did. I had formed a bond with those particular residents and was, in most cases, the...

5. Lvn = working w/stable pts??

   LTCNS replied to Lrodrig1089's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   As a LPN of 20+ years, I have had many, many skilled nursing home patients go "bad" on me. Taught me how to think on my feet and with experience I learned how to care for critically ill patients. Now...

6. how serious are HIPAA violations taken?

   LTCNS replied to RUSerious's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   At the hospital I am employed in HIPAA violations are taken very seriously. I was reprimanded by the Privacy Officer for taking a picture of some training books I had piled on my desk. Just the...

7. How do you handle co-workers who are extremely dramatic and are easily stressed?

   LTCNS replied to 1Jessie86's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Sometimes people have things going on outside of work we have no idea they are dealing with, so they may come across as overly dramatic and over reactive to every little thing. You never

8. knowing when to take a job offer..

   LTCNS replied to nursepadilla's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   If I turned down every job offer I have received as a LPN over the past 20 years based solely on hearsay about the SNF, clinic or hospital, I would be a housewife Give it a chance and find out for...

9. Coworker physically abusive to patients

   LTCNS replied to Depressed_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Think of it like this. If someone else witnesses his disgusting, twisted behavior and you are in the room with him & making no attempts to stop him, then he gets reported, you will go down with...

10. How much do you make 2016

    LTCNS replied to soon2bnurse5's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm in MS. and have 20 years experience. I make $52,000 per year. No longer at the bedside. I work 7am-3:30pm

11. How much do you LPN's make?

    LTCNS replied to apreetyddhh's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    $27 an hour in MS. with 20 years experience, no longer at the

12. Job interview, waiting and need advise

    LTCNS replied to nigel01111992's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Patience grasshoppa' :) It took me almost 4 months to hear from HR with the job I have now and it was worth the wait. I doubt it will take that long for you to hear anything. Just echoing the

13. Psych Folks, I desperately need your help. Crisis in my Home.

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Psychiatric

    All that and the judge didn't sign his papers on Thursday. They were backlogged with emergency commitments and he was on the bottom of the pile. The next pick up is on Wednesday. I'm devastated....

14. Psych Folks, I desperately need your help. Crisis in my Home.

    LTCNS posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Long story short, I have a 30 year old son who had everything going for him, then lost everything over a year ago. Since then he has become increasingly depressed, refusing professional help. He hates...

15. LPN in hospitals

    LTCNS replied to nursemarsh32's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In my area there are 2 hospitals hiring LPNs in med/surg & telemetry, but the majority hire LPNs in hospital affiliated outpatient clinics. I work in a hospital as a Clinical Documentation...