Try to stick it out, for at least 6 months (which is what I know everyone says). I started my RN career in med surg and while I don't absolutely love my job, it where I've been now for more than a...
jessicaRN32 replied to jessicaRN32's topic in General Nursing
I would be up for anything, I think! What makes me the most nervous is moving to a different area and feel like I'm starting all over again - which I know is what is expected for the most part. Going...
Hi, everyone! I am currently an RN - have been at my current (and first RN) job for a year and two months. For 2 1/2 years, I worked as an LPN at a nursing home for one to two days a week. I work on...
jessicaRN32 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I've been working at a LTC facility for 9 months, and you have VERY accurately explained my feelings/experience while working there. I thought it was just
I work in a long term care facility and I have a resident that has a G - tube. This resident is prescribed liquid morphine (1 cc). Some people administer it through the G - tube, and some people...
Could I get some feedback on different people's experiences while the state surveyors were at your LTC facility? And maybe some rules and such that I should keep in mind when I am in this situation in...
jessicaRN32 replied to gainschool4lpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC
It will get better! I've been an LPN and have been working at my first nursing job at a LTC facility since November '13. We have up to a 30 resident load (depending on residents being LOA, in the...
jessicaRN32 replied to bjbbeauchamp's topic in Florida Nursing
Would you mind informing me on how the transition program is going? I am hoping to take that class in the fall. I know what information we will go over, but I have absolutely no idea about the...
jessicaRN32 replied to bjbbeauchamp's topic in Florida Nursing
Hi everyone! I am an LPN hoping to transition into the RN program in January '15, so I will be with those that began this semester! I'm taking my last finals this week for my last prerequisites and...
Hi nurses! I am a new LPN and have been working at my first nursing job in a LTC facility for about 6 months. While LTC nursing is definitely a specialty of it's own (and I love it), I feel that it...
jessicaRN32 replied to PrettyNurse2006's topic in LPN, LVN Corner
I've seen that a lot in the LTC facility that I work at. What have you found that is the best way to end a note? I am a fairly new nurse, so I love hearing different people's
Hi all! I'm currently an LPN - hopefully transitioning to an RN program in January. My first and only job so far has been in a LTC facility, and I've been working there since November of 2013. It is...