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Thanks :) I will.

Hi there, it is me again. After 6 months of working in three different places in three months , I start to question my ability to make the right choices when it comes to select a place to work after receive job offers. the first one it turned out the...

Thank you for your encouragement LPN954. You make me good about questioning my current situation and not afraid to look for a new one. Yes, I think I am going to take time and look around patiently this time. Maybe after a year of experiences, I can ...

Dear RNBearColumbus, I fear that I cannot read into the interviewers words so I make a wrong choice from job offers. I want to find a place that I can work and grow in a long run but so far, I haven't found one. Current job has the potential of long ...

Hi nurses, I have been very well behaved since I was a little girl. I have kept my original hair color, original eye color, and act like everyone else wanted me to be for a very long time. Since I became a nurse, I feel so comfortable as it is my na...

I am glad to report that my workplace doesn't care about my blue hair :) actually, I had blue Peak a boo highlight done two days ago and the first night when I was at work, I let my hair down , no one seems to notice that there was a little bit of b...

Wow they are beautiful~~ thanks for the suggestions. maybe I can do that :)

I suppose you are right. I should check with the management on the hair color first.

Hi after a month of working in this assist living facility, I felt that I don't have what it takes to be a nurse. Particularly when it comes to medication. My tough love supervisor called me and told me that I have two med errors already. 1st one whe...

Holly, I felt the same way in regards of the working environment that I had so I am going back to school for my RN this fall. Working in a hospital environment or home health care may achieve your goal to care for someone with a better qualit...

Hi Holly2422, if I don't see your ID, I swear that I wrote this post. I don't have any advice for you but I want to let you know that I am on an identical path as you are. I too chose leaving corporate and going to nursing so I can make a difference ...

It sounds like there is something more that they didn't tell you at your interview. When a place asked specifically about handing conflict yet couldn't find a DON, they probably have issues in the management level.

Yes they should have so they would have proper care. Now, we haven't had a DON for over a month and with a CNA promoted ADON managing this place, this place is chaotic. Because ADON does not have knowledge of medication, she often questioning me if I...

Just be yourself and smile. Ask the tough questions that will help you later on. Good luck :)

I am working in an assisted living right now as a new grade LPN. It is like the previous posted stated that most of time, you are the only nurse in the building. Which is not exactly safe for a new grade even a DON would be available for me to call i...

I have always wanted to be a hospice nurse and I think it is a calling. However, last week a hospice nurse came into our facility to see one of our patient that we finally got her back to a certain degree of wellness after few days of caring and coun...

Yes it was and everyone there was ok with it. Since I finished training ,they never gave me any hours due to my PRN status. Now, I am working in a better place that I am very comfortable with. Nobody gave me a hard time because of who I am. I just wa...

To the OP, maybe you want to slow down your med pass to ensure every step is accurate and everything followed procedure? I am new so I don't have much useful advise for you. The only thing that I can offer is that don't take people's advice and manag...

Thank you :)

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it probably wont change my belief anyway. 😊 Thanks again for your advice. They are wise words.

midodrine. the MD has reduced the dosage. It is still required to reduce the side effect of dementia meds .

Thank you ekpark but if you see the 2nd part of my original post, you will see that another hospice nurse restored my belief or rather, she validated my belief. I don't know what an angel looks like but the 2nd nurse whom talked to me for long period...

Thank you TheCommuter. After my mistake mentioned from my original post , I called the MD when I saw something that I suspected was the cause of consistent HTN in a resident. He told me that I did a good job finding this cause so I feel more confiden...

Thank you LeChien. My supervisor said the same thing during our phone call. It has been a few days since my original post. It turned out my DON already two weeks in from giving a month notice ( DON requires a month of notice? ) and she was asked to l...