Janis Joplin

Whether it from members that work in a hospital/nursing home setting. The management consists of HR, Admin etc. At my last place of employment there was only a DOC and an Operations Manager, who divided his time between where I worked and at a sister...

Thank you so much, Clementia. Your words mean alot to me. I was also told that no one likes me, that I don't fit in and haven't for a long time..and that I have no friends. As a nurse, I feel destroyed. I can never work in this type of environment...

I was employed at a ''family run'', ''for profit'' nursing home, for eight years. During those eight years I faced many challenges. Now by family run, I refer to the fact that family decided whether or not their abusive loved one could receive medica...

It was a volatile environment, msygrnbw, one that I felt very uncomfortable in. I did suffer serious injury, cracked ribs, years back, not understanding, or being told that I have rights, I continued to work. My goal is to go back into the care givin...

Thank you TricaJ I completely agree with you. I like how you describe it as a soul sucking situation, because that is exactly what is was, and am sure, still is. Living in fear, of going to work, as a caregiver, only to be hurt over and over, was no...

I was checking about reporting to the Ombudsman, but that it out of their ''jurisdiction''.. However, I did find out that the Ministry is there now, doing a two week investigation. I assume that everyone will be on their best behaviour, until they le...

Thank you DragonPurr. I am still not working, however, I feel so much better, more myself. I am considering my options very carefully, as I never want to be in such a horrid situation again

Mar 11 by [COLOR=#003366]MrChicagoRN "After working there for 8 years, I decided I needed a change of environment, and am looking for new opportunities Thank you Mr.ChicagoRN That is a perfect response!

I recently left my nursing home position as a cna/psw in Canada, because of sheer burn out, took me eight years to reach that point. I was tired of the politics and favourtism that went along with it, in other words I was not the one to be in the adm...

I am beginning to see that I would apply more of my nursing skills in home health than I did in the nursing home. Thank you for your comment

I stood my ground over the years, as painful as it was. I even got reported for hearsay, that apparently I said six months prior, which I have no recollection of ever saying, nor would I ever say..write ups here, three day suspensions there...all the...

I quit my job as a cna, Dec 2...I felt a huge sense or relief upon doing so. I was there for ten years I was working on the ''behavioural floor'' for two years..and I made so many realizations of how the place was managed, or lack there of. Working w...

Luckily this is now a non issue with me now. I believe in residents rights as well, but not at the expense of psw/cna rights...wait..did I even have rights?

Thank you NightNurse. I am now simply recovering from ptsd, I believe..

Hello.. Back in Dec I quit my psw/cna position that I had at the same nursing home of eight years. The level of resident on resident, resident on staff, was not being corrected and I could no longer handle it. My stress levels were sky high. Since th...

I have been contacted by a reputable home health agency for an interview. I go on Monday! I remember not really caring for this field, back when I was in school. I wanted to go to a nursing home, well that didn't turn out well, so I am thinking that...

I don't live anywhere near Toronto, but a small town..

I am, but they do not hire psw's in hospitals

When I first started at work, ten years ago, psw, which is the equivalent of a cna in the US, I got injured by a resident. I didn't report it at first . then the DOC found out about it and urged me to fill out an incident report everytime that I got ...

mdsrnac Thank you for your response. Last time that I was there, their solution to resident on resident abuse was to move the ''scared'' resident to the first floor, where it is ''quieter''. That was/is there plan. This is the same resident that inju...

Sorry...I just saw your message now. I think that it is in the best interests of the residents, for me to be their voice. Does the ombudsman visit the institution? How is this type of complaint investigated?

The ltc where I was at, already has a bad name to it, perhaps it will get worse as more family is witness to these atacks on fellow residents and staff

Thank you, ktwlpn, for your support and kind response. I did work for a ''for profit'' nursing home. The first year that I worked there, I loved it. If we girls got attacked in any way, and if the attacks happened more and more frequently,by the sam...

Now as far as the ones that say it'll get better once you get a routine, no it won't. The minute the powers that be see you can get it done they will only pile more on. That is how it has been going where I work. You see management wants everyone , ...

I quit my job as a cna, Dec 2...I felt a huge sense or relief upon doing so. I was there for ten years I was working on the ''behavioural floor'' for two years..and I made so many realizations of how the place was managed, or lack there of. Working w...