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

    Oh, and what do you all think about this? We have quite a few pts. who come in for STD testing. Quite often they come back positive and the nurse has to tell the pt. Then the pt. gets upset and starts...

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

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

    Unfortunately, I do have to wait until I get another job before I can leave the clinic. There is no way in heck I would've returned today if I had a choice. I am completely and fully fed up. The NP I...

  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 look forward to it

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

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

    I've been sending out my resume' and applying for jobs on my lunch break. I never thought I would hate working in a clinic so much. I know they're not all like the one I work in, and there are some...

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

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

    Nothing has changed. We're more short staffed than ever now. I'm exhausted and already burned out after just under four months. Today I was the only nurse for two providers and the appts. and walk-ins...

  6. Fired for being an LVN!

    LTCNS replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    They hire them here in MS. as

  7. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    LTCNS replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    -Zyprexia for Zyprexa -Rispairodal for Risperdal -Diabetical for Diabetic (a nurse actually said diabetical and was serious) -Lasik for Lasix -Dilauda for Dilaudid -Narco for

  8. Fired for being an LVN!

    LTCNS replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LIKE x 1000!! I did a brief stint as a Hyperbarics Nurse and it was hands down one of the hardest jobs I have ever done. It entails much, much more than just rolling a patient into a chamber and...

  9. Are these true or false rumors about LPN

    LTCNS replied to mcclot1993's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I live in MS. and LPN jobs are abundant here. Ads I have seen just today: LTC, Home Health, VA, free standing clinics and clinics within hospitals, LTAC, case management, in hospitals as medication...

  10. Fired for being an LVN!

    LTCNS replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm so sorry Just shows how many in management positions don't give a rat's orifice about employees. Just throw them out with the trash. Makes me

  11. Do LPNs use stethoscopes?

    LTCNS replied to futurerpn4lfe's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work in a clinic where everything is done the old fashioned way, so if I didn't use a stethoscope I wouldn't be able to take my patient's blood pressures or listen to lung sounds As for scrubs,...

  12. 3-12s days or 8-4 m-f (3 little boys at home)

    LTCNS replied to M610's topic in Nursing Career

    M-F hands down while your boys are so young. No weekends so you won't miss out on weekend activities, no holidays so you can enjoy Thanksgiving and Christmas with the boys, no call, no being made to...

  13. OTA or LPN

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

    OTA hands down. If I had it to do over again, I would go the OTA or PTA route. Good luck to you in whatever you decide to

  14. LPN making 70,000 a year

    LTCNS replied to athenaspell2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm in MS. which is one of the poorest states in the country and LPNs can and do make up to $55,000-$60,000 per year here, but those jobs are very hard to secure. When a LPN does land a job making...

  15. LVNs and digital disimpactions

    LTCNS replied to nmonty21's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LPNs can in MS. as

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

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

    Definitely not crazy Oedgar. You have to do what's best for your own mental and physical health. Praying for

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

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

    Wow Oedgar...That sounds almost exactly like the clinic I work in. If you hadn't said your clinic is closed on Friday afternoons, I would think we worked for the same people! I hope you find something...

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

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

    You know what's really sad? Several patients told me yesterday that they are used to seeing new staff every couple of months. When I mentioned it to the manager he stated "It's because nurses leave to...

  19. LPNs in Home Health...

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Home Health

    I did hear back from the interview today. Turns out a LPN from another branch transferred to the branch I was applying with, so of course he/she got first consideration. The NM is going to keep my...

  20. LPNs in Home Health...

    LTCNS posted a topic in Home Health

    What is a typical day like for you? For the second time in the last few days I have been called to interview for a job as a HH LPN, so I decided I may as well just hear the interviewer out to see if...

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

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

    Today I was the only nurse for two providers, with a MA working up patients for the third, but when that provider ordered injections or other treatments for her patients I had to do it since the MA is...

  22. LPNs in Home Health...

    LTCNS replied to LTCNS's topic in Home Health

    Well...I haven't heard back from the Nurse Manager. She told me she was very interested in hiring me but had to interview through this past Tuesday. Maybe it just wasn't meant to be, or there are...

  23. Are LPN's going to be phased back into the hospital settings?

    LTCNS replied to mfigueroa22's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    To be honest, as a LPN, I have never had the desire to work in a hospital. A few hospitals here still hire them, but mostly in the capacity of medication reconciliation nurses, HH nurses, clinic...

  24. Has home health ruined your bladder?

    LTCNS replied to TXRN44's topic in Home Health

    I'm hoping to get into HH soon, and can see how it would be difficult to find a potty when you need one between visits, however, LTC and clinic work has ruined my bladder lol! This past Friday I was...

  25. Thanks, guys.

    LTCNS replied to englishgeek's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly why I changed my profile info. since I like to come to AN and vent sometimes As for the horse avatar? That is my horse, but nobody I work with knows what she looks like or where she...