spiderslap

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1. Long Term Care Nursing is Lame

   spiderslap replied to purplegal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   What is the point of this post? To deal with your self esteem

2. Is this a normal patient load for LTC?

   spiderslap replied to guest17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I had 25-30 patients but only ever 1 or 2 ivs. I also didn't really have a huge amount of "acute" patients but dementia patients were just mixed in with everyone so it got pretty nuts at times. It...

3. How much do you make?

   spiderslap replied to middleagednurse's topic in Private Duty

   RN in NJ

4. struggling in LTC +unintentional weight loss+overwhelming environment

   spiderslap replied to Gisellee's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Just do your best. Prioritize! Unless theyre cutting serious corners, everyone else pass meds late

5. One hour before and one hour after

   spiderslap replied to Manofstone's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Everyone passes meds late. It's a matter of basic physics, you cannot be in multipe places at once. Ive always wanted to ask the DON to work one shift with me shadowing to see how exactly they could...

6. LTC's are a joke

   spiderslap replied to baygrl11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Half of the meds are unnecessary and are likely making the prescribing doc some money from the pharma company. The laws regarding ltc patient ratios clearly show that the government doesnt give a...

7. Is med surg easier than ltc

   spiderslap replied to Nursebetty1170's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I went to home care from ltc. The difference is night and day! From 28 patients to 1

8. Surveillance cameras in pedi patient's home?

   spiderslap replied to lovelane78's topic in Private Duty

   I think it would only bother me if i was suspicious of the parents intentions. If it was always there it wouldnt matter. But if they installed it and said some flip comment, different story. Yet...

9. **venting**

   spiderslap replied to bdbrdb's topic in Private Duty

   He needs to understand, you could be walking into an unsafe environment with possibly dangerous people around and no protection, you could hurt your back and ruin your career if the pt is too big,...

10. How to stay awake during NOCs in PDN?

    spiderslap replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Private Duty

    I have started taking melatonin to get my circadian rhythm to adjust. I also consume caffeine and theanine. I listen to podcasts and bring a book. I also bring a journal to write in if im in the mood....

11. How to stay awake during NOCs in PDN?

    spiderslap replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Private Duty

    Wow! You are just like me! Monster coffee, stretching, and podcasts in one ear. Yep! At one job i had my whole laptop set up. Youtube rabbit

12. I'm not a babysitter!!!!

    spiderslap replied to zizi2677's topic in Private Duty

    Nope, bigtime liability issue. This is a legal issue and your employer should not hesitate remove you from the case. No one is being paid for you to keep the other kid safe, yet if you dont, who is...

13. Bored during home care!

    spiderslap replied to Me93RN's topic in Private Duty

    Youtube, books from the library, reddit, cleaning, start writing that

14. You know you're a Private Duty Nurse when....

    spiderslap replied to brillohead's topic in Private Duty

    Wow! Thats uncanny! I have exactly all those

15. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    spiderslap replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I read more of your comments and understand your situation better. Please know, the end of nursing school and the months that followed were HELL for me. I could not find a job that wasnt somewhere in...