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Thank you to the both of you on your input. Though I did get a call for an ambulatory interview I decided not to take due to the low pay, I know I can make at least 6 dollars more elsewhere. I was also offered a different position elsewhere. I do...

Hello, Does any work or have worked at the hospital or one of the clinics as an RN or LPN? How was it? I've heard they have good benefits, how good are they? Can anyone shed some light? I am thinking of interviewing for an LPN job for one of the a...

Has anyone worked for these companies in Illinois, if so which facilities were you working at and how did you like it? Are they good companies?

I don't know if this has been discussed before so please bear with me. I would like to know(those that can be honest)if any of you have ever given a patient the wrong medication. If you did, how did it play out and how did it effect you. I've bee...

TrudyRN, It was two different people under different circumstances over different time spans. Thank you to everyone that replied, it has really helped me. Nursing is not an easy profession but I do love being a nurse.

Ultreya, When I read your post I couldn't help but to respond. Your situation sounded alot like some of what I experienced. Believe me, I did leave and after only 2 days. I've have never left a job that soon and without notice. I refuse to compro...

HI Gitterbug, I don't feel there was anything wrong with what you did. I wish alot more nurses took that little needed time, to help.

Hello all, I would really like some input on this. I work in a LTC facility where the DON, ADON and other floor managers do not work the floor in the case of a shortage and they are on call for that particular night. There were times when the 11-7 n...

Hello all, Well, this is my issue. I just started as a LPN in a LTC facility on May 8. I had 7 days total orientation on 5 different teams. Not enough time to remember who the residents are, especially if most of them don't have their identity bra...

Wow! I should have put my post about orientation that's in the LTC forum over here. I believe that if these nurses, that give people a hard time during preceptorship/orientation. Would just remember, that when they got out of school, there were al...

:monkeydance: Hello everyone, just me again. Thanks again for the replies, I'm reading and taking in all the tidbits that you all are adding. To the person that said that LTC is tough, you know your right. But to kind of change the subject of my p...

Thank you all for your input. Jolie- Those are good principles to work by. Alot can be accomplished just by following the those two. MJLRN- thank you for your honesty. Jetscreamer- that sounds like a fair way of rotating who works when, if there ...

Hi Everyone, I just want to first say thank you to all those that took time to reply. You were right in saying that it'll get better and I will find my groove. I am really learning the swing the things and things I can do to make life easier for me...

Zoeintx, It sounds to me also that you were set up. Sorry, this happened. I say, just take this as a learning experience to take your paperwork with you when you leave to go do something else. If they fired you over that and just like that, doesn't...

Hello everyone! Thank you all so much for your replies, they have really helped me. I see myself catching on little by little and I feel good about. What I don't feel so good about is the facility that I work at, I feel like I'm am working on the e...

Hello, Mcdonaldgirl, I have done that, but I don't like to. That's just my personal preference. DG5, You are exactly right, but it seems in my facility that alot of things end up getting passed along so much. I've heard that it's been times where ...

Thank you everyone for you wonderful advice and encouragement. Well, Friday I worked on a unit that I have been on at least three times already, including two days orientating and you wouldn't believe that I remembered who all the residents were wit...

Thanks so much everyone for your replies, they are well taken. I am very much open to suggestions and helpful advice, I just want to do a good job and provide the best care to my patients. Valhalla, I really like working in LTC, the residents are wo...

Hello Everyone, I haven't posted on the site in a while but it's good to come back and see this thread still going on. I'm sure we can all agree that there is power in prayer. I can still remember the day so well, when I called and found out I pas...

Hello all, I just graduated in 10/05 with my LPN have worked as a School Nurse for Job Corps since that time. I really enjoy it because it gives me the youth/young adult population. But now, I really want to go back to school for my RN and want a m...

Hi everyone, I just wanted all you to know I passed, I called the Bon this am, could wait. Thank God! I couldn't hardly sleep last night wondering how I did. It's funny because it seems like my husband and friends had more faith that I passed. S...

Congratulations! Just a few tips: Don't overwhelm yourself, no reviewing the night before and eat a light breakfast, have your paperwork ready that you need to take with you and make sure you know the way to the testing center beforehand. Don't fo...

Hi Immortal, Just want to send some more encouragement your way. Rest assured in knowing that just because you didn't pass the first time doesn't mean it has to repeat itself. I came to this board before taking my exam and it really helped. There ...

TheCommuter, :Melody: I believe you can and will pass the first time.:Melody: Remember to get a good night's rest.:wink2:

Dont, All I have to say is Amen! BTW Good Post.