TrickieTam

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  1. LTC facility trying to fire me over refusing to take on 50 residents

    TrickieTam replied to NurseGeorgiapeach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No problem! They wouldn't find much on me

  2. LTC facility trying to fire me over refusing to take on 50 residents

    TrickieTam replied to NurseGeorgiapeach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hmmm...I shall change it now

  3. LTC facility trying to fire me over refusing to take on 50 residents

    TrickieTam replied to NurseGeorgiapeach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Maybe so...that's their

  4. LTC facility trying to fire me over refusing to take on 50 residents

    TrickieTam replied to NurseGeorgiapeach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Never got that comment after being here for years, but hey if I do get Google searched its no problem. Hope no one uses it for a catfish

  5. LTC facility trying to fire me over refusing to take on 50 residents

    TrickieTam replied to NurseGeorgiapeach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm no where a new nurse and I have concerns of my license. Too many nurses I have worked with have disciplines on their license due to not complying to the many threats of a ltc

  6. LTC facility trying to fire me over refusing to take on 50 residents

    TrickieTam replied to NurseGeorgiapeach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What part of Georgia is this GeorgiaPeach?? I live in Georgia also (Atlanta) and its hard for me to get used to the practices here in LTC coming from Alabama. I used to work one facility in which I...

  7. Lpn agencies

    TrickieTam replied to Mrsladysoul83's topic in Georgia Nursing

    As far as staffing agencies I have worked for 2 here in Ga. I currently work with Lighthouse Nursing Agency which is in Perry, Ga. They pay $20 an hour and you are an independent contractor. You pay...

  8. LPN Pay in Columbus GA

    TrickieTam replied to Neeks86's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Its about the same in my opinion. I had an interview in that area several months ago and turned it down. I have gotten better luck closer to Atlanta. I still do some agency work and it pulls $20/hr...

  9. New job...

    TrickieTam posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just accepted a new position in which the facility uses AccuNurse. Anyone have any experience with this? I am so confused so far. Yesterday I had to do the vocabulary words so it could get used to...

  10. LPN Pay in Columbus GA

    TrickieTam replied to Neeks86's topic in Georgia Nursing

    The pay is low compared to where I lived in Opelika, AL which is only a 35 min drive away. Cols Regional LTC facility paid $15 for PRN experienced. Muscogee Manor, Magnolia Manor also low. I know...

  11. I was reported again, this time by the bookeeper......

    TrickieTam replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hmmm that sounds like my bookkeeper lmao! We are told as nurses that our med pass must not be interrupted, but obviously the person who made up that rule didn't work in a nursing home lol. I too...

  12. Anyone work with a prima donna?

    TrickieTam replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I understand your venting completely! Its hard to be in charge of a unit, you carry many hats and are expected to actually finish your own job in a timely manner. Seen and done it too many

  13. Humanities Credits for Excelsior

    TrickieTam replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Excelsior College

    I was wondering the same questions! Thanks for the post

  14. maternity or chronicity?

    TrickieTam replied to BostonNurse2876's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I would also like to know what textbooks you use for Chronicity. I looked in the bookstore section but each book seems to be needed for each class. Is Chronicity similar to Fundamentals of

  15. Excelsior Students- how did you pay for it?

    TrickieTam replied to 84ashley's topic in Online Distance Learning

    About to take my first exam and I am working overtime paying for each one, seems easier. I don't wanna owe anyone when I am done with nursing school like I did when I finished

  16. Finally getting started!

    TrickieTam replied to ndragonfly's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Congrats on your decision. I am slowly getting there, haven't taken my first exam yet due to constant schedule changes and working long hours. I have since got back into things and have decided to...

  17. A & P BOOK

    TrickieTam replied to Phil313's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I also suggest chegg.com you can rent the books needed at a small price. You can get it as long as 60 days, a semester or even set your

  18. Seeking opinions on 35:1 patient ratio.

    TrickieTam replied to VSsn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work 3rd and I have 30 which is pretty good compared to other numbers I have had. I have 6 g-tubes and one trach but the work load is great. Now my past job I had 54 residents total with 29...

  19. Leave me alone when I'm passing meds!!!!!

    TrickieTam replied to debRN0417's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have a new grad RN supervisor that will stop your med pass at least a 100 times to ask the dumbest questions. She came and asked me last week where does she insert a g-tube. Uh if you don't know I...

  20. Want to hear your pet peeves in LTC nursing

    TrickieTam replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This one is a killer for me! We have nurses that won't put paper in the fax machine until the end of the shift. When 7-3 leaves and 2nd comes in we suddenly get flooded with dozens of new orders,...

  21. Night shift: let residents sleep?

    TrickieTam replied to RGuadagna's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would prefer to be woke up for 5 minutes of protecting my itching skin from the burning urine or bm on my skin, than to lay there for 8 hours and have brown rings on my pad so dark I could star in...

  22. SO am I the only one who loves LTC?

    TrickieTam replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I love it too! I went to a prison and worked there for 2 days, I never drove back! I had hopes of working in a hospital but fell in love with the elderly. Most people ask me as to how can I work with...

  23. Dirty little secrets to managing LTC

    TrickieTam replied to Kashia's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I worked a facility that had two floors and each one had 54 residents each. I was upstairs and my supervisor was downstairs. I had 29 diabetics who each got fingersticks and my 3 cna's would get them...

  24. Getting out of LTC??

    TrickieTam replied to Nascar nurse's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I completely understand your reasoning for getting out of LTC! I just accepted a position in a correctional facility. I have been in LTC since I came out of nursing school and recently saw my stress...

  25. EC grad. Ga. RN

    TrickieTam replied to Leo2's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I saw on the gbon site that if you have LPN clinical skills then that will go towards your preceptorship. Is that true for if you enrolled in 2009? I live in Bama but plan to move to Ga this year....