Jendes1979

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1. Legal obligation for disaster relief

   Jendes1979 replied to kardz30's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I chose nursing as my profession and I go above and beyond and give a 110% every single shift. Nursing is a wonderful and fulfilling field. I'm so glad I chose this career. I absolutely love working...

2. Live's and licenses at risk

   Jendes1979 replied to Jendes1979's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Thank you for your

3. Live's and licenses at risk

   Jendes1979 replied to Jendes1979's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Great advice, thank

4. Live's and licenses at risk

   Jendes1979 replied to Jendes1979's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I just have to say what an amazing and supportive group this is. I can not thank you all enough. I had a meeting with the administrator, DON and ADON today about the the incident. During...

5. Live's and licenses at risk

   Jendes1979 replied to Jendes1979's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I can't thank you enough for taking the time to reply and offer your advice. The first night this happened I called the on call rn, no answer, then my ADON, who then had the DON call me. During...

6. Live's and licenses at risk

   Jendes1979 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

   In May of this year I was hired as a brand new nurse at a ltc facility to work the night shift. The facility has 2 wings and each wing has 2 halls. Being a rather large facility of 140 beds and a...

7. Questionable Behavior: Reports and Write Ups

   Jendes1979 replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

   I'd follow the chain of command and first speak to her about your concerns before running straight to management to fix it for

8. What do you hate about nursing and why?

   Jendes1979 replied to ccorreces's topic in General Nursing

   I couldn't agree more! It makes me sick that people with no medical background are in charge of making decisions regarding patients lives! What's best for the patient isn't even remotely considered!...

9. My narc drawer runneth over

   Jendes1979 replied to Jendes1979's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for responding. That is exactly what my gut was telling me to

10. My narc drawer runneth over

    Jendes1979 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new nurse who works in ltc. Over the past few months I've had several concerns with understaffing and the high acuity of my hall but nothing so serious that I feared for my license until today....

11. What nursing specialty has the best work life balance?

    Jendes1979 replied to dianearc's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for responding, I really do need some guidance because something has to change. The hours are not from picking up shifts but rather being scheduled to work 4-12 hour shifts every week and...

12. What nursing specialty has the best work life balance?

    Jendes1979 replied to dianearc's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Great question! Lately, I've been wondering the same. For me I can say for certain it isn't ltc. I have at least 33 patients every shift with only 1 aide and frequently have 63 due to call offs....