RNJenn47201 replied to LindseyPar's topic in General Nursing
I've been in LTC all 8 years of my career and I don't plan on going anywhere else. I get a little med/surg, a little ICU, psych and hospice. The best/most-rewarding/most-difficult part is that on night shift it's just me, 3 LPNs, 8 CNAs and 148 resid...
Bold is mine. I don't know if this is different in other facilities, but every where I've worked the number on the blister pack never corresponds to the date. Usually the number just corresponds to the number of pills. It seems like you were caught u...
I'm sorry for what happened to you, I am, but you may want to change your user name. I don't usually do this, but I was curious so I googled your user name and some key words from your post. I found three news stories detailing the whole situation. T...
RNJenn47201 replied to knittygritty2850's topic in General Nursing
I've been working in LTC for nearly 8 years now. I will re-iterate what some have said before, reach out to your supervisor and/or coworkers. In our facility I have a binder of random policies and training handouts for situations that may come up. I'...
I live in one of the poorer areas of NY and I make enough to provide for my family and put away for retirement. It's not necessarily what you make, but how you use it.
RNJenn47201 replied to Emilythenewgrad's topic in General Nursing
In addition to this, since you are in ALF/SNF you may want to change the time of the second dose of Lasix to earlier than 5pm. If these elderly folks are up urinating all night, it's a pretty big fall risk. If you bring this up to your boss, they may...
Just a comment on the "texting to parents" thing, there is an app (I have an Iphone) called "Remind" that my daughter's school used last year. I'm not sure how it was set up on their ends, but I got text messages from her teacher throughout the year.
RNJenn47201 replied to Volley88's topic in Medications
I work in LTC and we have certain medications "stocked" in a Pyxis for new orders, etc. We have to count everything for the same reason the previous poster listed. The count is used so pharmacy knows who the meds are used for and when they need resto...
RNJenn47201 replied to newrnontheblock's topic in Rehabilitation
I've been a LTC nurse for about 5 years now. When switching between floors I've always asked the nurse giving me report to tell me how everyone takes their meds. Knowing that bit alone makes the med pass go smoother.
Do you have to have a job in a hospital? You said you have a lot of hospitals around you, so surely there is a plethora of non-hospital nursing jobs too. 60 minutes is a long commute after a night shift, especially if you tend to be (as you said) "le...
OP I had a similar situation. I graduated in May of 2010, was hired as a GN at a nursing home in June, took my boards that July and failed. I had to wait 6 weeks to retake, so I called my employer and explained the situation. The human resources man...