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Has anybody had any kind of work experience at Sterling Manor in south jersey? If so, how was it?

I am a new grad LPN and may be offered a position and was wondering if this is a good first step.

to mume2mykidz: I am orienting at washington twp. for eow. How long have you been there?

Is it a decent place to work? Right now it seems like there are alot of changes going on and all

heck is breaking loose. I am a brand new nurse and don't want to get in over my head.

I was also recently offered a per diem position at a LTC facility.

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I was worling at the one in voorhees. It was too much for me being a new nurse I didn't want to take on the responsibility of being charge nurse on the weekend. I think those places are having trouble keeping staff, the one in voorhees doesn't have a permanent don, supposely he walked off the job and quit without notice. I think you should be careful being a new nurse with no experience because you don't want to jeopardize your license. I orientated for three days, then i told them that this is not the job for me. I told them it was alot for one nurse to do by herself. Even though they have med techs they can't help us with decisions. On Saturday we had four emergencies happen imagine you are the only nurse and four emergencies come up. Just be careful is what i'm saying. I think ltc will be better for me to start off, at least i will get some experience. If an emergency arises at least there will be other nurses to help me if needed.

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to mume2mykidz: I am orienting at washington twp. for eow. How long have you been there?

Is it a decent place to work? Right now it seems like there are alot of changes going on and all

heck is breaking loose. I am a brand new nurse and don't want to get in over my head.

I was also recently offered a per diem position at a LTC facility.

That's the way i felt, I thought to myself this is way too much for a new nurse.

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I was just curious, what is a typical starting rate for new lpn grads?

Thanks!

and good luck!

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The jobs that I have applied for have ranged from $21-25/hour, depending on the shift you work.

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I think that I will stay with the per diem LTC for now. It was actually my first choice of where I

wanted to work. The assisted living was a nice facility, but it seemed that the higher ups have

no idea of what is going on. As a new nurse, that scares me. Like mrstonyaLPN said, in LTC, at

least there will be another nurse there if I have questions.

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when are you orientating???I work eow 7-3 and I am there a few days this week and next???where else will you be working,I am pool nurse at a nursing home...I graduated back in September and unless I wanted fulltime 3-11 I couldn't find a fulltime position and for me the pool and part-time works great for me since I don't need and benefits.

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I was just curious, what is a typical starting rate for new lpn grads?

Thanks!

and good luck!

21-25,pool or perdiem is the higher rate,21 is usually the 7-3 then it goes up with shifts

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to mume2mykidz: I am orienting at washington twp. for eow. How long have you been there?

Is it a decent place to work? Right now it seems like there are alot of changes going on and all

heck is breaking loose. I am a brand new nurse and don't want to get in over my head.

I was also recently offered a per diem position at a LTC facility.

yes alot of changes are going on because the new company took over...

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I think that I will stay with the per diem LTC for now. It was actually my first choice of where I

wanted to work. The assisted living was a nice facility, but it seemed that the higher ups have

no idea of what is going on. As a new nurse, that scares me. Like mrstonyaLPN said, in LTC, at

least there will be another nurse there if I have questions.

it does get crazy in there and with me still being new I get nervous but I have sent people out if I question it because the motto is when in doubt send them out..my problem is I don't know the residents and if this is their normal where in my nursing home I kinda know better and there are other nurses on staff,,I ask questions all the time which I second guess alot too and I just hope it will get easier in time,,,,,

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Hi Mume2mykidz,

How is it working in ltc? I know it's different from assisted living but how much different?

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thanks for the info.

could you recommend a good lpn program? i am currently enrolled in an rn program and not doing that great in my second year with just 2 more semesters to go...im thinking it might be a good option to transfer over to an lpn program.....

i was thinking about camden county tech institute...any thoughts?

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