Haha! Ok thanks! I did get a job and will be working in med-surg LTAC. I decided to focus on meds, and some of the practical hands on things, and chronic
Hello! I have been out of the hospital setting for 3 years. I'm going back and am excited! I've got all kinds of nursing books that I've kept, and even dug up my school notes from 8 years ago to...
I learned some more about the unit i'm going to. It does truly sound like a med-surg LTAC. It is a specialty hospital, the vents and the critical things will of course be on ICU, then there is a step...
Yes they have aides. Well I didn't go for regular med surg because I always hated starting out with 6 pt.'s, discharging them all, then getting 6 more. I used to do Cardiac Acute care but we had the...
No I haven't. I do understand they are very complex patients. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:6 there. The LTAC hospital has an ICU, a Step-down unit, and a med surg floor. They have a Mon-Fri wound...
Hello, I need some advice on a decision I need to make. I will try to make this short. First here's my background: I've been a nurse for 8 years. I have been away from the hospital setting for about 3...
Wow that's great advice. I'm going to sit down tonight and evaluate everything and do the Risk Budget! My daughter is almost 4 now. If i'm going to have 4 days off a week, i think working some...
Hello, I need some advice on a decision I need to make. I will try to make this short. First here's my background: I've been a nurse for 8 years. I have been away from the hospital setting for about 3...
Yea, that's exactly why I'm worried and felt the need to post. But I'm not so dumb that I didn't know to go ask someone to go back to their room. If you read the whole post, I know its long....it says...
Excuse me? You don't know our financial situation, that was a totally ignorant comment on your part, aside from being flat out rude. You know absolutely nothing other than that I'm ambivalent about...
Well....the 281 is what I calulated for take home so it is after tax. Pre tax its 370$ less. Its a state job so in addition to the 20% taken out....and extra 6.4% is taken out. Well, you have good...
I circled my initials and documented pt. Was in dayroom most of the day. All I could think to say...because the three times or so I would go to their room they were in the dayroom with