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  1. Nursing Home, chronic understaffing, and dealing with profit driven business owners?

    Guest757854 replied to AnOldsterRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    100% Bryanleo9! Changes need to be made in LTC like yesterday. And i am a strong believer with "you get what you pay for" sometimes. These huge corporation are not paying staff what they are worth, or...

  2. The ridiculousness of LTC/SNF

    Guest757854 replied to YUKONrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I AGREE! All about the mighty dollar....or the mighty penny l...with how cheap these multi-billion dollar corporation are! But until government and state regulations changes......its not going to...

  3. Long Term Care Nursing is Lame

    Guest757854 replied to purplegal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I wouldnt necessarily say LTC nursing is "lame". But it definitely is not the same as it once was. And i know nursing is an ever evolving career full of change at the drop of a dime. But...

  4. LTC's are a joke

    Guest757854 replied to baygrl11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes. I do see this happening alot!! No more small family/private nursing homes. Nowadays, its chains of nursing homes owned by big back corporation who only care about the bottom dollar. These...

  5. LTC is making me hate nursing!!!

    Guest757854 replied to Angeljho's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It really has become way too much. And its exascerbated by how little alot of LTC facilities want to pay as well. On top of staffing at bare mininum ratios. I started my career in long term care, and...

  6. Help Me Name My Business

    Guest757854 replied to kimblebb2019's topic in General Specialties

    Since you will be providing aftercare and advocating sercives to patients...call it "Aftercate RN

  7. Case Management Nursing (CM)

    Guest757854 replied to traumaRUs's topic in Case Management

    I was hired into caee management without experience. I just kept applying. Then i got the call for the interview and then i was offered the job. It was hard at first adjusting to "normal" mon-fri...

  8. What city do you work in and how much do you get paid hourly?

    Guest757854 replied to Mortaaaay's topic in General Nursing

    Central Ohio. New grads make about $25- $27 per hour base pay. Shift diff at all the major area hospitals is an extra $5 for night shift. Plus an extra $5 for weekends no matter what shift you work. I...

  9. I quit during orientation.

    Guest757854 replied to Bettyloublu14's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't a new grad, but it was my first acute care hospital job, as before then I worked in an LTACH as a new RN grad. So transitioning to an acute care hospital was something I wanted to do. That...

  10. LTC is making me hate nursing!!!

    Guest757854 replied to Angeljho's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    TOUCHÉ! Better to be unemployed than LTC. Homelessness coupled with starvation is what i would have to be going thru in order to go back to

  11. Should I try LTC?

    Guest757854 replied to Yellownurse15's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I honestly would try outpatient dialysis first. I would have to be tiptoe-ing on the line of homelessness coupled with starvation before i ever work LTC again. It's just not the same any more. Too...

  12. Ortho - a stepping stone?

    Guest757854 replied to Apple-Core's topic in Orthopedic

    WELL SAID! I was always told to "Master the Basics" in anything I did because the basics is what ever other level is built

  13. What does your username mean?

    Guest757854 replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    My username is just my

  14. Ortho - a stepping stone?

    Guest757854 replied to Apple-Core's topic in Orthopedic

    My first hospital position was at an LTACH (long term acute care) hospital... where i gained invaluable experience! took the experience i learned there to another hospital as an Ortho nurse..... and...

  15. I'm free!! TPAN is over. Three years in the books

    Guest757854 replied to KJE's topic in Nurses Recovery

    ?

  16. New grad @ LTC/SNF/Rehab Facility. Hating it

    Guest757854 replied to FromMNtoCA's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yep, this is the LTC norm. It does get easier but never better. Its sad. Something really needs tobe done about long term care working conditions. Alot of things

  17. I want to leave my first nursing job

    Guest757854 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes. Plese leave. LTC is just not it. Dont get me wrong, if i was starving and had no other choice, LTC is where i would work to put food on my table. But other than that......i stay away from them....

  18. LTC is making me hate nursing!!!

    Guest757854 replied to Angeljho's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes. i can relate to what alot of you have posted. I worked LTC for yearssss before getting my RN..and for a couple of months of having my RN as well. I havent worked LTC since 2015. And recently...

  19. How do you like case management nursing?

    Guest757854 replied to KaeliF's topic in Case Management

    THIS THIS THIS.....1,0000 TIMES. Although i do like case management...im getting bored out of my mind. And i dont feel like im making a difference. I work from home a d most days i find myself doing...

  20. Travel Nursing is Always an Adventure

    Guest757854 replied to tinyRN72's topic in Travel

    thank you for your post!! i most definitely wan tot do travel nursing at some point in my career, i just had my reservations. But your post has certainty helped ease some of those. Thank you for your...

  21. Case Management Nursing (CM)

    Guest757854 replied to traumaRUs's topic in Case Management

    Best way to get into one of these positions...is to APPLY, APPLY AND APPLY. Now I know it may sound basic and simple, but trust me...as someone who is currently working as case manager with no...

  22. Nurse accused of impregnating women in vegetative state

    Guest757854 replied to anon456's topic in Nursing News

    Hacienda Healthcare has since released news they will be closing this

  23. AmeriTech College RN-BSN online program

    Guest757854 replied to Guest757854's topic in General Nursing

    This looks like the same curriculum I am doing. Only thing, i didn't have to take English, sociology or psych. Just statistics. Seems like the price is much much less cheaper. And thats a good thing!...

  24. AmeriTech College RN-BSN online program

    Guest757854 replied to Guest757854's topic in General Nursing

    Great job. I really like the way the program is set up. Are you doing it online? I think they only have online rn-bsn. You said it was somewhat of a new program, but im not too sure if they started an...

  25. AmeriTech College RN-BSN online program

    Guest757854 replied to Guest757854's topic in General Nursing

    Just an update.... still in the Online RN-BSN Program at Amertiech College. doing good, great grades, but the work can be time consuming at times. But this program definitely is doable And i'm still...