Tonight will be my first night at a new job. I'm comming from a med-surg floor in a hospital to LTC. This LTC facility is very conveniently located for me (five min. from my house, five min. from my daughter's school, two minutes from my son's daycare, nextdoor to the YMCA where we like to hang out) so I reeeeeeally want this job to work out for the long run... I'm also hoping (hoping!!) for some stress reduction, comming from a very stressfull med-surg job with very bad and ruthless management.
I read so many negative things about LTC here. Isn't there something to look forward to? In the wake of my first night there, I would really appreciate a few positive words, maybe some tips and tricks of the trade. They're giving me only three days of orientation, unless I request more, so I'd appreciate some tips on what to pay special attention to at this time, what questions to ask the nurse that will orient me. And if you really don't have anything positive to say, go ahead and let it out too... At least I can try to learn something from it...
thank you and i couldn't agree more with you. you can sleep at home just like the rest of the world. this has already been debated on this website somewhere. i know because i put my 2 cents worth in on it.:chuckle i like to consider myself a professional and sleeping on the job is anything but........i quit a decent ltcf after a few weeks dur to the same thing. the supervisor wasn't concerned with it so i wasn't concerned with working for her.and trust me it hurt her alot more than it did me. i was working 2 days later, that was a few yrs. ago and they can't keep a nurse at that facility. they constantly offer$2000.oo sign on but no-one will sign on:rotfl: :chuckle :chuckle :rotfl: . best of luck yo ya estrogen.
sleeping is grounds for immediate termination in ltc as well.
whether that rule is enforced or not is the only thing in question.
FROGGYLEGS, LPN
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Sleeping is grounds for immediate termination in LTC as well.
Whether that rule is enforced or not is the only thing in question.
Sleeping is nearly my #1 pet peeve.