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I'm scheduled as a medication aide and I am falling apart, literally. This not eating thing for more than half of my shifts has caused mouth sores and skin peeling around my nails. I am also getting more frequent headaches. And now, I can't focus wor...
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I am a new nurse working on what would be considered a stable COVID unit. I work in a nursing home where we only get COVID patients from surrounding nursing homes and hospitals. The stable ones at least. We only have one hall open at the moment. Thin...
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Hey guys,
I worked in a clinic for a year before switching to home health and I've been with this company for 4 months. During the interview I was told that I would have 6 -7 pts a day. I was also told that my patients would be "grouped" togethe...
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Some background. I've been a Nurse for a little over a year. Work nights. Like many hospitals understaffed and overworked. 6:1 ratios with high acuity patients, sometimes no CNA's or CNA's have half of a high acuity floor, act like a step down ICU wi...
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I’m an RN and I work on a Med-Surg floor. For the last year our hospital has, per management, been having a hard time hiring CNAs. I work night shift and we have had only 1 full time CNA, but a few weeks ago management decided to let our only CNA go,...
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Single mom and nurse Katie Slayton was arrested for driving under the influence as well as felony child neglect because her son was in the car. Her son went to foster care for 9 weeks. This happened after she worked a grueling 12 hour shift in the C...
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It's been proven that shift work can play havoc on our sleeping patterns. Rotating shifts, night shifts, one day on, one day off have all caused us to lose sleep; literally. This sleepiness also affects our social lives. It's hard to concentrate or h...
