I think you were right. I helps to have another person on the staff as a witness though for your protection. I'd run this whole situation by the DON for an opinion too. The resident may be breaking...
NebbyLPN replied to neverlandlpn2001's topic in General Nursing
I've only been a charge nurse in nursing homes. When I worked in a hospital there were times when we were short staffed that I was sort of a team leader and working with an RN, but she got into...
Yes, you get paid at your full rate of pay while on orientation. The designation between "orientation" and being a regular staff member is usually one for the accounting people. When you are on...
If it's so offensive to hear people using profanity, then it shouldn't be hard for to tell them not to use it when talking to you or just turn and walk away from the conversation. Otherwise, just...
I would think this nurse has such a huge lawsuit she could file against the news media that even if she loses her license she won't need to worry about an
My LTC facility usually gives a new charge nurse 3 days with another charge nurse and one day somewhere during their first month where they go through policies and procedures, fire policy, other...
NebbyLPN replied to sweetnurse1's topic in Geriatric, LTC
Hide when you see one of the surveyors coming your way!:roll Call in sick. We know they are in the building because in Ohio they post a notice on all the doors of the building stating that they are...
i like working in ltc because i have the same patients every day. it does change, but not nearly as rapidly as the hospital. i like being able to get to know more about my patients and i can do that...
When you are working in LTC you are not just being a nurse who is passing meds, doing treatments and making patients comfortable. You are also a charge nurse, a supervisor. Being a charge nurse does...
my sister clep'd her way through a lot of her pre-requisite classes. she says that the instructions for each clep are right on. there should also be some way to access sample problems to get an idea...
NebbyLPN replied to grannypatches's topic in General Nursing
If this were about 50 years ago and your son was my brother, my mother would have hauled off and socked him a good one and told him to get out of the house. However, we can't do that kind of stuff...
NebbyLPN replied to pre-nursey 101's topic in General Nursing
The family of a patient in a nursing home gave me a check made out to me for $50 just after he died. He had been quite ill with cancer toward the end. Told me it was to thank me for being so wonderful...
I think that depending how large the company you are going to work for this is happening in some places. The larger the corporation running the hospital the more likely this will happen. Also, I've...