LTCNS

LTCNS LPN

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  1. One nurse for three busy providers. This can't be safe, right?

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Administration (who has not one clinical person in the building) was unhappy with it and made a big stink about it. I was accused of turning the patient away because the provider cannot prescribe...

  2. Falls at shift change...

    LTCNS replied to NurseQT's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I worked nights and a fall happened right at shift change, I completed the entire process from checking for injuries, treating any injuries, filling out the incident report, calling the MD and...

  3. One nurse for three busy providers. This can't be safe, right?

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Thank you. I'm not giving up. I just can't win for losing at that clinic. I got in trouble for referring a patient to another clinic because the provider couldn't prescribe the medication the patient...

  4. One nurse for three busy providers. This can't be safe, right?

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    The HH company has put a hold on hiring, so I'm out for now. It's just as well I suppose as I have been doing some research, and that particular HH company has gotten some pretty bad reviews with only...

  5. Is This Bullying?

    LTCNS replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Brilliant! Just brilliant I tell

  6. So Frustrated I Could Cry..

    LTCNS replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering this myself. I pray she is able to work something out for that weekend. My heart goes out to

  7. So Frustrated I Could Cry..

    LTCNS replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    This! This is exactly what I would do. It's not just some party. It's a very special occasion that honestly, if it were me, I would take my

  8. One nurse for three busy providers. This can't be safe, right?

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I didn't hear anything today I was so hoping I would get that call offering me the HH position but it didn't happen. She did say she *hoped* to make a decision by today, so maybe she just couldn't...

  9. How to Deal with a Micromanaging Doc

    LTCNS replied to LadyInScrubs121's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Sounds like he has gotten so comfortable with her that he just can't bring himself to rely on anyone else, no matter how good you are, or how much of an effort you make to prove yourself to him. He...

  10. I am heartbroken I got fired for the first time as a nurse

    LTCNS replied to Want to be aware's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Wow...What a donkey's rear! When I triage patient who has not been diagnosed with diabetes, and the patient tells me he/she is always thirsty along with other symptoms, I automatically check the...

  11. I am heartbroken I got fired for the first time as a nurse

    LTCNS replied to Want to be aware's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I know it stings right now, but they absolutely did you a huge favor. Brush yourself off and go get that great job in a much better run clinic

  12. One nurse for three busy providers. This can't be safe, right?

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Hopefully by tomorrow afternoon. The branch manager said she hopes to make a decision by tomorrow so there's still a glimmer of hope for me. The lab tech was officially offered another job today. I...

  13. One nurse for three busy providers. This can't be safe, right?

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Thank you. I'm so happy that you like your job. That is so important for one's mental and physical well being. If I don't get the HH job I am not going to give up. I am going to keep plugging along...

  14. I have an interview with a Home Health Company tomorrow...

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Home Health

    Thank

  15. I have an interview with a Home Health Company tomorrow...

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Home Health

    Congrats!! I hope you enjoy enjoy your new job :) If you don't mind telling me, what kind of setting have you been working

  16. One nurse for three busy providers. This can't be safe, right?

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Unbelievable is an understatement lol! Seriously, I have worked in some bad situations, but I honestly have to say this is hands down one of the worst places I have ever worked. My last job as MDS...

  17. One nurse for three busy providers. This can't be safe, right?

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Thank you! The branch manager has a couple more interviews but I feel good about it. If I don't get the job it will sting, but I won't give up looking elsewhere. You mentioned how you were thrown in...

  18. Being Asked to Come in and Work as CNA...

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

    There were times when I worked in LTC as a MDS Coordinator I would have loved to have gotten out of the office and worked as a CNA to get a break from the spawn of satan the MDS 3.0 is. CNA work is...

  19. One nurse for three busy providers. This can't be safe, right?

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Just found out the lab tech was offered another job in a hospital, and I don't blame her for hightailing it out of there. What this means for the nurses is that instead of hiring another lab tech,...

  20. One nurse for three busy providers. This can't be safe, right?

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    As far as I could tell, the interview went very well. I ended up calling in at the clinic and just relaxing and getting my thoughts together before the interview, and I honestly believe it helped. I...

  21. I have an interview with a Home Health Company tomorrow...

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Home Health

    As far as I could tell, the interview went very well. I ended up calling in at the clinic and just relaxing and getting my thoughts together before the interview, and I honestly believe it helped. I...

  22. HH vs. hospital

    LTCNS replied to NRS86's topic in Home Health

    Agreed. And if you get in with a HH agency and don't like it, you can always go to a different one since there are HH agencies everywhere. It will also look good on your resume' Good luck to

  23. One nurse for three busy providers. This can't be safe, right?

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Thanks! I have decided I am most likely going to call in tomorrow. My provider will not be there until 1:00p.m. so at least one nurse won't be overwhelmed. There will be another nurse there to help as...

  24. "Right" way to pulls meds from cards?

    LTCNS replied to Pat_Pat RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's the same here. If a narcotic is popped out by mistake, it has to be wasted with another nurse counter signing as a

  25. One nurse for three busy providers. This can't be safe, right?

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Sorry for the confusion. The clinic manager (aka the supervisor) does not have a medical degree of any sort so he has no clue, and the other nurse gets to work on her referrals because she is, to be...