Chloe'sinNYNow

Chloe'sinNYNow

Did the job hop, now in MS. Not Bad!!!!!

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  1. An apology

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to LesMonsterRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Let us not forget that there are people behind the titles. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect. No one is better than any other regardless of how many letters or what kind they have after...

  2. GN Orientation the good the bad the ugly

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to PICURN74's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well said Lilywater. You said the things I've mentioned in my other posts when venting about my previous preceptors in my last job. Sure wish I knew how and who to speak up to about them. Glad...

  3. Precepting new BSN grad/having trouble

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to Mudwoman's topic in First Year After Licensure

    :yeahthat: I CONCUR!! Chloe RN-BSN,

  4. Precepting new BSN grad/having trouble

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to Mudwoman's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Charlee, you are sweet to say so. You make me want to hop a plane now and find you!! I'm afraid my experiences that so wracked my physical health have also mentally scarred me. Next week I'm...

  5. RN responsibilities in LTC

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to saraltx's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Every playground seems to have a bully. Don't we learn early on to ignore the bully and rise above it? Chloe RN-BSN,

  6. Precepting new BSN grad/having trouble

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to Mudwoman's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Mudwoman, where were you when I still stood a chance in hospital acute bedside care? I had the worst of the worst preceptors. And the last 3 weeks WAS with the banshee who was stern, ridiculing,...

  7. LTC vs. Hospital Salary for New RN - Help!

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to dander625's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's all about cost of living for the area. Being a new grad I sure don't have haggling/negotiating power.

  8. GN Orientation the good the bad the ugly

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to PICURN74's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations Picu! my biggest grief w my last preceptor was she would be mean and critical if I looked like I was struggling (which I was!) and would tell me to look up the protocols and research...

  9. What do you LOVE about LTC/N.H.?

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No doubt I need a vacation. I need it to escape the mean spiritedness of the many angry nurses and bitterness among them and find an area where there are still people who enjoy going in to work each...

  10. Why are RNs underappreciated, underpaid in LTC?

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to TeresaB930's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks Jb, my charge nurse will be LPN also. Kewl! I also have fondest memories of learning my first hospital skills from the LPN's. And before I started reading A.N., I never knew there was such...

  11. What do you LOVE about LTC/N.H.?

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow Capecod, I'm reading more and more acerbic replies on threads from you. So let me be more clear so it stops here. I am book smart. I know nursing from nursing school. I am lacking in skills....

  12. Why are RNs underappreciated, underpaid in LTC?

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to TeresaB930's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think I agree w/ the sanity over the money. No. That's not right. I do agree. I just need to figure out how not to let the debt stressor overtake me now. Now that I'll have sanity and quality...

  13. New Grad Overwhelmed

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to roziepig's topic in First Year After Licensure

    JJJ, this is exactly what cost me my most recent hospital job in a placement I really wanted. Yes, eventually, it will "start to come together"... but how to get by til then without feeling like a...

  14. They dropped my mother head first

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to signet123's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Signet I am so sorry to hear of this. And hrorified to read it as well. You are doing the right thing and I'm so glad your mom is recovering from this. May it be a lesson (and a warning) to us...

  15. LTC vs. Hospital Salary for New RN - Help!

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to dander625's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Upstate NY: Hospital RN/BSN - $20.75 plus diffs LTC/NH for RN/BSN - $17.86 plus diffs No lie. That's what I got and what I'm being offered. But I feel it's worth it considering what I left and what...

  16. RN responsibilities in LTC

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to saraltx's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sunfire, Thank you for ANSWERING THE O.P.!! (I needed to know this too!) Chloe RN-BSN,

  17. Why are RNs underappreciated, underpaid in LTC?

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to TeresaB930's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hey y'all, I'm one of the over-read, nee booksmart but not reality-ready, underskilled, new grads who HATES hospital nursing, and find that I might just be better in a nursing home environment. I...

  18. help! i think i hate nursing!

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to bloomscoot's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Apparently MDS nursing takes skills only learned on the unit as well. Geesh!! Looks like I'm going to have to take a job w/ a $10k pay cut (and that sucks for new grad y'all!!) just to save my sanity...

  19. Drug test + for PCP?!?!

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to Eirene's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is the same type mentality that immediatly labels a pt/customer/employee as "drug seeking" without ever looking at any other possibilities or alternatives. Oooooooooooooooh! That steams me....

  20. What do you LOVE about LTC/N.H.?

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's been a pleasure on my end as well JB! Thank you for your kind words!! Chloe RN-BSN,

  21. What do you LOVE about LTC/N.H.?

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Callie, you are most welcome. I figured with all that is out there, it was time to speak of why we WANT to be here and chose this. And I really hope my interview tomorrow reflects that this is where...

  22. RN responsibilities in LTC

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to saraltx's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Furwillfly, I am also over the nonsense. Let the experienced guide the non! I'm looking to enter a N.H. as a RN/BSN and I welcome you to read and respond to a thread I just started about "what do you...

  23. What do you LOVE about LTC/N.H.?

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Please y'all, keep in mind that this is supposed to be a refreshing thread about positive encouragement for LTC/NH. There is already a battery of bad,ugly, indifference vented in thousands of other...

  24. Why I am a LTC nurse

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Eek! No parameters? I'm always worried bout BP meds without them. I also always thought the MD should be aware of them before prescribing such powerful drugs. Hope to be starting in NH soon....

  25. Drug test + for PCP?!?!

    Chloe'sinNYNow replied to Eirene's topic in First Year After Licensure

    :yeahthat: MAN, this makes me steamed. :angryfire: Absolutely they should have had you fill a form with any drugs you've taken over the past 7 days!! And if someone in that idiot chain didn't match...