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...
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 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...
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 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...
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 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...
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...