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When is it time to quit?

I know I am in the right field but am not sure I am on the right bus line.

I find myself passing pills, ordering med supplies, and taking phone calls as I can. I hardly have time to do any hands on patient care as all of that is farmed out to a HHA.

If I am not there, the pills are passed by med techs. Overtime for pill passing goes to med techs.

I get no overtime and if I 'mismanage my time" I am told to punch out and then finish my work.

This is my first job after licensure. I would like to get into a environment that demands skill and offers growth.

Do I need to to stay 3 or 6 or 12 months so I don't look like a job jumper?

Frustrated in San Francisco....

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Commuter and Ingelein, y'all deserve medals!!...and to think that these residents pay through the nose for JCAHO accredited facilities that are so extremely poorly staffed! God Bless You for all you do and have done to help. It's so sad to me for everybody involved.:cry:

ebear---WE are paying for those residents with our tax dollars whether they are medicare or medicaid. The point is, until we as LTC nurses let the public know what we do, we will be understaffed and overworked. I've been doing this for 25 years. The patients on our sub acute units would have been in the ICU 15 years ago and the 'regular' patients would still be in the hospital. We are considered as 'dumb' nurses who can't get jobs any place else. Why else would we work in LTC? That's the impression most people have.

Let me tell you, I graduated at the TOP of my nursing school class and my IQ is higher than anyone else's I know. I work LTC because I like the autonomy and the population I deal with. I have to rely on my skills and knowledge and that of my nurses because it is US...there are no docs around to tell you what to do...okay...getting off the soap box now............

I also for the most part like LTC and I was one of the top students in my class. The top student in our class went to work at a LTC, so I dont' buy that all the LTC nurses are not as good. I think the nurses who do LTC put up with a lot of crap and yet still manage to do a great job.

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Careful!

I might come back to Taxachusetts just to work for you!

Eat some fried clams for me!:nuke:

If only I was a democrat..

Careful!

I might come back to Taxachusetts just to work for you!

Eat some fried clams for me!:nuke:

If only I was a democrat..

There are a FEW Republicans left in this state.:cheers:

There are a FEW Republicans left in this state.:cheers:

Yes there are a few of us left. :yeah:

I too had 67 patients, with 4 CNAs. UNSAFE, but not unusual.

Yeah, I've had 65 with three CNAs. It's typical.

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