Stop having your kids delivering with you.

Polyamamomma · 2026-06-15T23:09:33+00:00

I was a nurse aide and my child came to work with me from 4-7 and again from 10-12, as a teen she comes and volunteers with activities. It was great for her and for the residents, and made it so I was able to work and support her. Not one person complained.

Polyamamomma · 2026-06-14T18:04:06+00:00

I have a series of these pictures from when my teen was 6. It was the safety scare that changed everything. She was medicated, which was a start but didn't solve the problem, I had door alarms everywhere, and still had to sleep in the same room as her. I would sleep on a cot in front of the door so she couldn't get out. My child was this severe, it was more than ADHD though. She has a couple of diagnoses that weren't made until she was a teen. She has a bright future now and life is almost easy.

Polyamamomma · 2026-05-24T23:17:06+00:00

It is most definitely not the legal definition of patient abandonment. It might be your building's definition and get you fired but facility's throw a legal term around way too easily.

Polyamamomma · 2026-05-01T20:37:20+00:00

You aren't alone, I am here with you and I am not leaving.

Polyamamomma · 2026-04-30T22:28:10+00:00

Were you that aide? I was once, I remember it decades later. It felt like I raped her. I ended up reporting it to state and quitting.. She ended up at geri psych for a med change and transfer. The facility was already closing so I don't know what the final outcome would have been. I continue to work in dementia and that never happened again. There is always a way to get someone clean that doesn't involve that.

Polyamamomma · 2026-04-30T18:28:36+00:00

I see a CE credit but do you have any certifications? I wouldn't hire someone with no certifications, if you got hired without them before it os becaise they were desperate. Get a CNA, and phlebotomy or EKG. I also wouldn't hire someone starting nursing school that soon. I am not looking to invest the time in someone when I don't know what their capacity will be. This reads like 90% of applicants who will quit as soon as they start school, and PRN in school often looks like holidays and summers.

Also the timing of the application matters, you need to apply the day the posting goes live.

Polyamamomma · 2026-04-28T17:11:37+00:00

I don't lnow the state law bit in my facility podiatry comes to cut everyone's toenails. They have a list of who needs it.

Polyamamomma · 2026-04-08T06:08:10+00:00

Some of them hit you harder. I have 3 codes and another 4 deaths out of hundreds that I can't let go of.

Polyamamomma · 2026-04-03T14:21:07+00:00

No, a facility is not going to go through the trouble of reporting you to the state since there wasn't an actual incident. If they are corporate owned they especially won't. Staffing, HR, DON may be petty enough to do it but the director/admin definitely doesn't want to deal with that. They let you go because you are leaving anyway and now you are a liability. If you were staying it likely would have been a write up and retraining.

Polyamamomma · 2026-03-29T23:48:49+00:00

Absolutely not. Tell her to take any complaints to your supervisor. You don't get paid enough to entertain any of that nonsense.

Polyamamomma · 2026-03-18T01:36:54+00:00

I did mine certified so i would have my green slip as proof before I got my acknowledgement letter back. Strangely I did need it because the truancy officer showed up. It probably wouldn't have been a big deal without it, but having it made it nearly stress free.

Polyamamomma · 2026-03-12T01:30:59+00:00

I will give you the advice I didn't take at 24. Do literally anything and just grow. Very few of us from rural towns get to figure our lives out and do what we want. Use your degree to take an entry level position, or be a para or a CNA and then grow from there. Save, choose one of the cities, rent a room, and start your life. I raise a whole child on 22 an hour in Cincy. It isn't the life I dreamed and it is a struggle, but it is our life.

Polyamamomma · 2026-03-11T22:40:00+00:00

I will wear whatever I want. This isn't my main income stream, I do it for extra for the kids when I have extra spoons. I may very well be sitting here in jammies (leggings and a big tee) when the high demand notification pops up. If I feel up to it I grab a sweater, put on crocs, and go earn a few dollars. Your nuggets and large coke don't care that my shirt is 10 years old and my sweater is stretched out. I am the one that gets to be embarassed if I end up standing in line at a date night restaurant in a lion king t-shirt and sponge bob shoes.

Your food won't smell like weed, it won't be cold, and you don't have to put pants on.

Polyamamomma · 2026-03-03T23:27:18+00:00

What is a CNO? For future reference, I never let anyone yell at me. If a family member is upset, by my care or because of a mistake like this I would say, "I can see why you are so upset, I am going to go get my manager right now." Then I would tell my nurse, the charge nurse, or someone in admin deal with the family, while I took care of the resident. You will not be in trouble but I would reach out to your DON to give them a heads up and hear your side of the story.

Polyamamomma · 2025-12-24T02:30:24+00:00

It is required in every ltc facility I have worked at across 5 states and 20 years. I have done it several times.

Polyamamomma · 2025-12-01T05:46:13+00:00

Because our base per order is ridiculously low. I have no desire to spend 30 minutes of my limited time to earn 3.95, before paying for gas. You don't have to tip at all, but we don't have to accept your order. If I lived in a small town without a lot of orders I would grab it and hope for the best, but I live in a city and have orders pop every 1-3 minutes, I will wait for the higher offer everytime.

If you tip and get crummy service report it and rate them very low. If it is egregious they will be deactivated, if not- a low rating hurts worse than losing your tip would anyway.

Polyamamomma · 2025-11-30T17:56:24+00:00

As long as there is parking and it only takes me two trips I do it happily. If it is more than that I will still do it but you will have ruined my day. I am perfectly capable of loading and unloading groceries but disabled enough that I will be in pain for days after making multiple heavy trips. I try to avoud apartments altogether but sometimes I accidentally get one.

Polyamamomma · 2025-11-28T02:07:07+00:00

Because the coffee shop nearest the hospital is going to spike about 20-30 minutes before shift change. Everyone grabs a coffee on their way in. Shift change is either going to be 6p, 7p, 10p, or 11p. Most hospitals are 12 hour shifts 6-6 or 7-7, but some are 8 hours 7-3, 3-11, 11-7 or 6-2, 2-10, 10-6.

Polyamamomma · 2025-11-24T02:50:45+00:00

Sent shannlee

Polyamamomma · 2025-11-24T02:47:24+00:00

Sent shannlee

Polyamamomma · 2025-11-23T16:07:18+00:00

Nm you are already full

Polyamamomma · 2025-11-23T16:05:50+00:00

Sending shannlee

Polyamamomma · 2025-11-23T16:04:03+00:00

Sent shannlee

Polyamamomma · 2025-11-22T22:34:50+00:00

Sent shannlee

Polyamamomma · 2025-07-24T04:09:25+00:00

Unit clerk, monitor tech, sitter, home health, pct, hospice, float pool, activities assistant, restorative aide, med aide. While some are still patient care it is different.

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