prinsessa

prinsessa

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  1. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    prinsessa replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am getting burned out and I haven't even been working as a nurse for a year. Management and administration really expect the impossible out of us. In LTC we can have 25+ patients to pass meds to....

  2. Do Hiring Managers Ever Call To Notify Of Not Getting The Job?

    prinsessa replied to redraider1977's topic in General Nursing

    I would say that 90% of interviewers never call or send a letter if they aren't going to hire you. A phone call is generally a good thing. Wishing you lots of

  3. Expected to do other nurse's work

    prinsessa replied to nurseblob's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have noticed this also. I am the "regular" day shift nurse on one of the carts. I have had to change PICC line dressings because the person who was scheduled to do it neglected to do so. It also...

  4. Accepting tranfer of patient not qualified to care for...

    prinsessa replied to jamesk78's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't know if you mean to transfer between different units or from one facility to another. I work in LTC and patients have been sent to us who are not ready to be d/c'd from the hospital. We send...

  5. Favorite "Lay Terms" For Diagnoses

    prinsessa replied to OleMissRN's topic in General Nursing

    My grandma talks about her "arthuritis". I don't have the heart to correct her LOL. I have heard quite a few nurses say trough (as in vanco trough) wrong. Some people say it to rhyme with

  6. Dealing with on call Doctors

    prinsessa replied to dinkymouse's topic in General Nursing

    If I think a patient needs to go to the ER I will tell the doctor. They have agreed with me every time. In some emergency situations we call 911 and let the doctor know about it later. If a doctor...

  7. Is it me or just the nursing home I'm working in

    prinsessa replied to soon2begrad2010's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I haven't been at my facility for long and it is a constant revolving door of people coming and going. We are constantly hiring new staff but no one sticks around. We keep telling management that we...

  8. LTC is making me hate nursing!!!

    prinsessa replied to Angeljho's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    14-18 patients max sounds like a dream! lol I don't start feeling overwhelmed until we get to 20+ patients. This is on a skilled unit so the patients will have g-tubes, IVs, O2, trachs, etc. And...

  9. Missing Narc.....but for how long?

    prinsessa replied to SE_BSN_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our liquid morphine never measures up to what it should be. It always measures up as more. I don't know why the bottle are measured by 5 ml when we are only giving 0.25-0.5ml at a

  10. Junior In High School interested in the field of nursing

    prinsessa replied to hcm1217's topic in Nursing Career

    Just wanted to wish you lots of luck! It took me almost a year to find a job but I still don't regret my decision to be a nurse. There are days you don't have time for lunch or to go to the bathroom...

  11. Can anyone explain what an RN position at a long term care facility would require

    prinsessa replied to geritraum's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    At the facility I work at there is no Med nurse/Desk nurse. It is just one nurse that does everything. We pass meds, hang IVs, answer phones, relay labs, send residents to the ER or home, write...

  12. Maybe I'm just old and cynical, but....

    prinsessa replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I sure wouldn't do this job for free but I don't only do it for the money. Yes, nurses can make pretty good money but we work our butts off for it. There are some nurses who only do it for the...

  13. Leaving position after less than 1 year

    prinsessa posted a topic in General Nursing

    I currently work in LTC and was trying to stick around for at least a year. The stress of constantly being understaffed is getting to me. I feel really bad because I feel our residents deserve more...

  14. Leaving position after less than 1 year

    prinsessa replied to prinsessa's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies! I am going to make a list of some points I would like to mention during the interview. I don't want it to sounds scripted but I would like to be prepared. I already have my...

  15. LTC is not "settling"

    prinsessa replied to joanna73's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have had a few people tell me that I am "too good" to work in LTC. I tell them no one is "too good" to work in LTC because everyone deserves a good nurse. Unfortunately a lot of caring,...

  16. Skilled nursing in a hospital

    prinsessa replied to prinsessa's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks....that is kind of what I figured it would be. One thing about LTC is that it takes so long to get anything done. It can take several days to get a new admit's meds in. If we need a stat lab...

  17. Skilled nursing in a hospital

    prinsessa posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I currently work on a skilled nursing unit at a LTC facility but I may have the opportunity to work at a skilled nursing unit in a hospital. Has anyone worked in skilled nursing in the hospital...

  18. LTC retention

    prinsessa replied to UpinawayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work it isn't the pay but the nurse patient ratio that makes people leave. We have patients that are constantly in and out of the hospital so you know they are sick. People are pushed out of...

  19. Shift Wars! Just need to vent...

    prinsessa replied to RxOnly's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have too much problem between the shifts. It does get kind of annoying when day shift complains about have to leave late sometimes. I work 3-11 (and not by choice) so I would love to get...

  20. Looking for a new job....

    prinsessa replied to prinsessa's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone! Has anyone ever asked why they can't contact your current

  21. Looking for a new job....

    prinsessa posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been working in LTC for about 7 months. I love my residents but I'm tired of all the problems at my facility. It is impossible to do everything in a 8 hour shift when we have up to 25...

  22. How long did you stay?!

    prinsessa replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I have been working in LTC for 7 months and I think I'm ready for something else. I wish I could have started out in Med-Surg but I couldn't find any positions in that

  23. How come you don't work more?

    prinsessa replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work full time and I'm ready to cut my days down. Working 3-11 5 days a week is just too hard when you have children. The only reason I am working so much right now is because we are saving to buy...

  24. Made a huge mistake now worried for career.

    prinsessa replied to newRNhereMI's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was told that we can take Narcs from the E-box as long as we have an order from the MD saying we can. According to the law we can't? It can take days for the Pharmacy to get in contact with the...

  25. Giving residents non-prescribed meds?

    prinsessa posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Has anyone else heard of other nurses doing this? Several nurses have told me (or hinted without really saying) that they will give some of the residents medications that aren't prescribed to them or...