LTCNS LPN

Some of you know I was terminated from my last clinic job after I was accused of "turning patients away" which was not the case all. The physician I was working with would have me call down to the walk-in clinic some days and have me tell them not to...

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 counterparts. I have been overweight my entire nursing ...

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 October of last year, a second interview in Novemb...

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+ hours a week because I couldn't say "NO." I worked 21 ...

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 only "family" they had. I was like a daughter/grandd...

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 as a Clinical Documentation Specialist and still a...

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 books...No titles or pictures showing, no patient info. ...

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 know.

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 yourself. Every place has it's "issues." You just m...

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 him because it would appear as if you are condoning ...

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 Monday-Friday.

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

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 PPs

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 my husband and holds a grudge against me for marr...

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. Because he hasn't hurt anyone he is not an emergency. I...

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 Specialist, but it is strictly non-bedside with about 80%...

"I know you've already worked 16 hours, but if you will stay over just 4 more hours I'll buy your lunch." Umm...yeah...no.

Ignore it. I imagine he's just trying to stir the pot. Don't fall for it

I haven't read all the responses OP, but I did want to stop in and offer my support and ((((HUGS)))). Thank God I was raised to be color blind. I truly do not see race, I see the person behind the color. Go with your heart and keep your chin up.

It does the same thing to me. I discovered awhile back that if I take it to help me relax it does just the opposite, but for allergies it works well. The one time I took it for sleep was the longest night of my life. Never again. My husband thinks it...

One of these things is not like the other...

What's so very frustrating for me, as a chronic pain sufferer from fibromyalgia, grade 2 spondylolisthesis, horribly painful idiopathic neuropathy, bone spurs in my neck and degenerative cervical disc disease, those who drug seek make it very hard fo...

Exactly. Good job :)

Good on you for advocating for your resident! A temp. of 101 would've had me sending her to the ER as well. I would rather deal with the PTB than find myself sitting in court answering as to why the resident was left untreated when she clearly showed...

I work five 8 hour shifts a week Monday-Friday and I love it. Thankfully my manager is flexible and will work with us in the event of docs appointments and such :)