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I personally love home health.. more personable not so hectic.. and for me it is better pay. Yes they do pay for milaege also. I see you are from Cape Coral, I lived down in Bonita Springs for 4 years getting to crowded down there now...Good Luck! ...

I myself have only been in nursing for 6 years, but I find myself getting burnt and stressed already. I can't stand LTC anymore, can't deal with administration, or families, or Doctors that think they can take on the whole faclity, don't like med-su...

I feel your pain..... I used to work at a ALF nights and I too found myself wandering the halls at night just to stay awake.. it was just me and another CNA but it was hard..(to stay awake that is) I used to sweep and clean and shuffle things around ...

Hi... My husband and I are thinking about moving to North Carolina around the Franklin area in about 6 months or so.... are there any LTC facility's or ALF's around that area?.. and if so whats the pay rate...? We currently live in Florida. I would ...

Well, unfortunatly we are moving back to michigan due to circumstances beyond my controll but it wont be that bad we are only going to be living there for about a year... and I will get to se my friends and family again. :kiss

Lefty here too, but I golf right handed, play soft-ball right handed oh! and I kick a ball with my left foot! I am so messed up! LMAO!!

Hi there Home health nurse here... LPN been doing this for about a year now, and love it! Was in the field for about 6 months then took a position in the office as Intake Corrdinator... didn't like it went back to the feild.. and still here!!

I get mixed messages from the labs too. Our agency just got us new Pt\Inr ratio machines and they are soooo nice just call the doc from the pts house, but this doesn't help on the other draws...also does anyone know about PTT's? Do they have to be ...

I hear ya, I didn't stay there too long after that, it was just too scarey for me!! :uhoh21:

Hi, thanks for all the stories..I havent posted in a while but I have to tell my story... Working in a ALF last year I was on the 3-11 shift only nurse there, passing my HS meds... Pts would come to nurses station to get meds.... I had line up of in-...

Good for you! :rotfl: We are moving back to michigan as well! We were going to move to North Carolina, but we decided to move back to michigan again...plus my family is there.. along with my friends, but we will not be moving untill this coming fal...

I am soooo glad I found this site! I love it! Makes me feel good that I am not the only one... who goes through H****!!

Well.... I must say that I just "threw in the towel" tonight! I worked for 2 weeks in a LTC, and it's to brutal for me! Sorry to say that the CNA's had the run of the place, they really did, I guess it was because I was new and they wanted to see w...

Good for you!!! I'm jealous.... :rotfl:

Yes, I agree it's crazy in LTC i work with alzheimers too, and we have to help feed, and take them to the bathroom and we do it all...! Yes and try to give them their meds on time as well! I work baylor shifts on the weekends. So I work 16 hours ...

Well, I guess I am the second person that says stay away from florida.. It's getting very over-crowded down here and the people are not very friendly, and its very expensive to live here, of course I relize that you run into that no matter where yo...

well, I guess I am not sure what an LPN I or an LPN II is I haven't heard of that down here. You will start out at about 15.00 or 16.00 an hour in, LTC and ALF's I am in southwest florida, on the other side of the state. I hope that helps a little.....

Yeah, don't sweat it... It will be okay, but thats what i would if you are not comfortable you need to talk to your DON and tell her you would like more orientation... I work in LTC as well but I work with Alzheimers!! That can be a challenge at al...

I have worked in hospitals and long term care facility's, home health and alf's I have had bad exp. with numerous co-workers no matter where I go, but the worst exp. I have had are with some cna's. I work in southwest florida right now and all the c...

Thank You! I agree Florida Does Suck!! I moved here from Michigan 4 years ago and I am sooooo ready to move back! But my husband likes it, he hates snow, so we are moving to North Carolina this coming fall, he's not crazy about that but I have to ...

Thank's for the info! Well, luckily I don't take the Ins. I have it thru hubby, which is a good thing! Wages down here aren't the greatest, I was making more up in Michigan...thanks again I am excited!!!

It's in Macon county.. I am really looking forward to moving I hear wonderfull things about the state! I will miss going barefoot in february though...lol!!