marcw

Hi everybody, what are the skills that are most often involved in home care for a RPN? i remember during my clinical placement that i did mostly wound care, with a little bit of catheter care, nephrostomy and colostomy care, injections, applying patches, and PCA pump maintenance. what else are involved in home care for RPN? is it difficult for a new grad RPN to get into home care?

ok guys, im a new grad nurse, and i just got fired yesterday. i worked at my first job for 3 months then was fired. now i desperately want to find a new job to pay my bills and support my dependants. the thing is, i don't know if i should list that on my resume or not. i started off working day shifts, then night shift was available to me, and i had no choice but to take it. i had a fairly light schedule the whole time but then last week they decided to give me 3 afternoon shifts then immediately followed by 2 night shifts. i slept at night after my last afternoon shift, woke up in the morning, and then i had some emergency to attend to in the afternoon. it was exhausting, and i didn't get the chance to buy coffee. the result? i fell asleep at work during night shift. for 10 minutes. caught on camera and was immediately fired by the angry employer. it was my first job, at a private clinic. providing care and doing research on mental health patients. the clinic was non-profit, infact im sure the employers take a lot of money out of their own pocket to pay employees. im not sure exactly where the other part of their funds came from, but it sounded like some fairly big organization. i also got paid in cheques without taxes. so given this situation, do you think this would show up on my employment background check? should i just not list it and apply to future jobs as a new grad?