GeminiNurse29 replied to usethehaldol's topic in General Nursing
Did it for 3 months. God bless LTC nurses and cnas and staff. I loved the patient population but not the politics of running that facility. They had major issues and still do.
I have an ASD baby who’s nonverbal. It’s a huge spectrum. Didn’t read all the replies but please talk to her therapy team (is she getting speech, OT, ABA?). And interact with her! Treat her like a normal kid.
GeminiNurse29 replied to Elven_RN's topic in General Nursing
Depends on acuity. Like are the patients ambulatory? Long term and stable? Tube feeds or no? What kind of meds? Aggression? And who’s training you? What about if you need orders or have to send someone out? Ask lots and lots of questions.
So this weekend we were short staffed in urgent care. I do phone triage along with two other nurses. There’s usually a charge on days and one on evenings that does nurse visits (throat swabs, flu shots, IVs if needed). Im lowest seniority and have...
GeminiNurse29 replied to 1MoreCoffee's topic in General Nursing
I feel like seniority is common. Where I used to work, inpatient psych, the senior nurses got to pick vacation and time off requests first yearly. Sucks about the day-night rotation. That’s why I worked straight nocs, I didn’t want to do ams a cou...
GeminiNurse29 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing
Very first job was a M-F 9-5 wellness RN position in a long term care facility on the memory care unit. Had no idea what I was in for as state came 2 weeks after I started. Lasted 89 days. The place has so many citations currently and will probabl...
Clarify with the facility before you accept any position. Ask what their rotation is if any. I worked nights as a psych nurse. Do you have any kids? Young ones? Or spouse? Believe me, it’ll suck. I had two toddlers and was preggo and had my b...
GeminiNurse29 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing
He was a valet hired hired by a contractor for the hospital and was fired. Nothing is being done. When I worked psych with forensics patients (who were there bc they committed a crime of some sort) and on the geriatric ward, what could be done was ...
GeminiNurse29 replied to BSNbound21's topic in General Nursing
Don’t take things personally. I worked in a forensic psych facility and those patients would do anything to push buttons once they figured out which ones worked. I do triage for urgent care now and the people experience I learned from psych helps i...
GeminiNurse29 replied to NCCONFUSED's topic in General Nursing
Is there anything in a contract about doing an exit survey? If not, screw it. You’re no longer an employee so you aren’t obligated to do anything for them. However, you should’ve give a 2 weeks notice (and since you were on orientation, they might...
GeminiNurse29 replied to romans8:28's topic in General Nursing
Here in my state, the state run facilities are desperate for Patient care techs who have to be CNAs that they will pay for your training and offer a sign on bonus. Of course, you have to pass the test to keep your job. Maybe there is something simi...
GeminiNurse29 replied to Krissy86's topic in General Nursing
Just my two cents: Some nursing schools require you to have CNA experience or at least care giving experience. I was not a CNA before going to nursing school (though I did work as a caregiver) but from what I’ve seen and heard, CNAs do very physical...
GeminiNurse29 replied to HTXTed's topic in Pre-Nursing
Do you have a primary care doctor? Next time you go see them, pay attention to the name tag of the person taking your vitals and giving you shots. Most doctors' offices now employ MA's to do things like vitals, EKGs, immunizations, etc. You won't s...
GeminiNurse29 replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing
Last year, I worked Xmas eve, Xmas day, NYE, and NYD all on 8 hour nocs. My rotation was brutal. I was off thanksgiving Bc I was on maternity leave still. The year before, I got thanksgiving day off but not the weekend. Hopefully you get at least...
