:yeahthat: Right now, I am working 3-11 but, I am going to be going to 7P to 7A soon. I have a seven year old who attends a daycamp during the summer and school in winter,so I am up from the time he...
Its federal law that you get a 1/2 hour or thirty minute break per eight hour shift. My reference for this is the Department of Labor website. Every shift at the place where I currently work comes in...
I was just thinking today what a diverse group of people we have as nurses. We all come with our own stories.The stories that we see are not always complete, nor are they always all true. There were...
I was in the Army. I worked with a lot of men. I learned my direct, open, plain spoken communicating style from them. Now, I work with all women and I am told every fifteen minutes that I can't be...
I have the nearly very same problem. I have four residents that have sundowners really bad. According to staff that has been there longer than me, all of them quiet down and usually go to sleep by...
Have you considered talking to each person individually? Sometimes all it take is a one to one with out their friends to back them up and the naysayers either come over to yourside or go packing. I...
weirdRN replied to AnonymousCanadian's topic in General Nursing
I thought this too, but since I have been searching for a new job, I have found that a lot of places are so desperate for nursing help that they are willing to over look lack of experience and train...
It is a hellishly long story and I am only going to share part of it here. It has been an extraordinarily long and rough week for me. I really hate my new job. Not for the job itself but for the...
Thanks so much for the quick replies. I really appreciate it. According to the DON, this facility is a "good building" that everyone in it is valued and respected for what they bring to the table....
I had a doc hang up on me the other night. He was rude and mean and sarcastic, and before I could tell him what I wanted he told me to send the patient to the ER and hung up on me! What I wanted was...
weirdRN replied to buildingmyfaith57's topic in General Nursing
I am relatively new in terms of my LPN and RN licensure, but I was a CNA for two years before that. When I first started as a CNA, I was slow. I let the residents talk, b/c I thought that was what...
Good point. That is the way that it is in a lot of states now. After my first two semesters of Nursing, I had to take three additional one credit courses during the summer to meet the SBON's reqs...
What do you most want to do? Could you opt to take your LPN boards during the ADN program as I did? ADN pays better. ADN is closer to BSN. ADN has more job opportunities. Someone who is an LPN/LVN...
:roll: yeahthat: I did the whole CNA to LPN to RN thing. I was snubbed outright over and over. C'est La Vie! When I bacame a shift sup, some of the CNAs tried to get over on me. I just did my job...
I am mom to a seven year old. I am not sure what the best schedule is. I am trying to make a 3-11 position work and so far since it is summer, it isn't so bad. I get home around 1130 on a good...
I have an idea for a study design. Let's have ONLY six units of Nurses participate in a year long study. Unit One: All ADNs with less than Five years experience. Unit Two: All BSNs with less than Five...
I did not realize I had to be certified in anything in order to be able to read a study and recognize the scientific method and understand data sets and statistical manipulation. I guess I will slink...
I have been with my SO for five years in October. He has been wonderful the whole time I was in Nursing School every time I really needed him, he was there. Now, I am done with school and I have...