Working in the kitchen of a nursing home..?
As far as job duties, it would be dependent on what the nursing home dietary supervisor would have you do. For example, there are staff in the kitchen who assist with washing dishes and taking care of dirty plates/dishes. Usually, most nursing home have dedicated cooks who only cook. While other dietary staff assist with other tasks.......taking meals to residents, taking dirty dishes back into the kitchen, cleaning the kitchen (usually housekeeping staff do not clean the main kitchen, dietary staff are responsible), dishwashing and also some nursing homes have dietary staff document intake of food for residents when the resident leaves the table. Depending on the size of the nursing home....it could be hectic. It all depends! With nursing home culture change, some nursing homes for example have gone towards open dining with extended hours; and some nursing homes take meal orders as well. If there are a lot of residents waiting for meals at the same time, it can and does sometimes get hectic at those peek times.
How hard is nursing school? I work 40+ hours a week and am the mother of 3 will I be able to do it all?
Only if you can go part time. My husband did it, but we didn't have any kids, and I was only working about 30 hours a week, so I had plenty of time to help him with papers and taking care of all the crap around the house the he would normally do. As someone else said, you HAVE to have the support of your spouse in order to survive it. Consider working full time for another year and take some general classes at night that will count toward your degree. Save up some money, and consider taking out some student loans, so you can take a full year off to complete the program. If you work full time days, you're going to have figure out a way to do your clinicals, which are usually during the daytime, and the only way to do that is to quit your job, go part time, or work nights. Also, don't bother with a 4 year degree, unless you're considering management or getting your masters degree. My husband got his 2 year degree (in 3 years), then started working as a nurse for a hospital. They have a benefit where they paid for him to complete his bachelor's degree through a local college. He had to pay for a few additional classes (because they weren't nursing classes, the hospital didn't pay for them), but his only other cost was books, and a signed agreement that he would stay with the hospital for another 2 years after he received his diploma.
What is it like working as a nurse in Australia?
Nurses in Australia really have a high standard of living are known as one of the most respected professions in the country.Work in Australia in 3-6 monthsUnlike the USA, approval is quick and uncomplicated. You just need to do the IRON(Initial Registration for Overseas Nurses) program over there along with the OET. Once you have passed the assessment program you are able to work.Easily you can apply for Permanent Residency after 2-3 yearsNurses are given priority due to the shortage of nurses in AustraliaEnhance your Nursing Skills in worlds “Best Practice” health facilitiesAustralia has been on the cutting edge of professional nursing education. Qualifications from Australian universities are recognised worldwide.High Annual Income-$A53, 900 to $A85, 000Nurse’s earnings are in the top 20% of all workers in AustraliaGood Luck !!!!
What do you call people who work at nursing homes?
the people who take care of the elderly... i have to do a BIG project involving nursing homes and i'm not sure what to do it on...can you help me think of a topic?
Canadian been workin on a nursing working visa for 18yr Immigration denied entry last week!Mortgage,car gone?
How have you managed to live & work in the US all these years without getting a green card? Did you let your visa expire, work too long on a visa or what? Your immigration problems are your own fault. You should have handled things better and kept up with legal changes over the years. And if you wanted to stay long-term or permanently, you needed a green card. No excuses for not paying your bills either. You ought to be able to sell your house or rent it out, get your car to Canada, whatever. Have a friend help you pack and ship your things, or have a family member go and get the car, etc. Realtors can handle sale or lease of the house. And you need to get a job at home in Canada and pay all of your bills. If you are qualified as a nurse, you should have no problem getting a good job and paying your bills. Now stopping acting like some "injured victim" and take responsibility for your own actions.
In Nursing school how do clinicals work? Do you do school one day then clinicals the next?
I know my program is 5 days a week and it's required 40-50 hour school weeks but I never got an answer how clinicals work from the counseling department. What's the typical way it works? Do you go to clinicals then go to class or vice verse all in one day and just repeat throughout the week or do the students typically do clinicals one day and then school the next?
How do nurses choose where to work?
Depends on what the individual nurse is looking for. Most nurses get some idea of the kind of work they’d like to do when they go through clinical rotations in school. In my experience, students will often enter nursing school thinking they want to do one particular type of nursing (labor and delivery and pediatrics are popular choices), but then find, as they rotate through different areas, that they actually prefer something completely different.Add to this the fact that nurses can and often do switch specialties during their careers, and that means that nurses have an unusual array of opportunities.Often, a new nurse will choose a hospital position as a first job, because direct patient care in hospitals allows the new graduate to get more proficient in nursing procedures, such as starting IVs, inserting nasogastric tubes, and identifying cardiac rhythms.Some new nurses choose to work in a facility that offers them the specialty they want. For example, not all hospitals will hire a new graduate into obstetrics, emergency department or critical care, but some will. Others might choose a hospital or other facility because it offers day shift hours, or no holidays, or a sign-on bonus. Still others might not want to work in a hospital at all, preferring a psychiatric facility, nursing home or other type of setting.Some nurses have longterm career plans that require gaining experience in certain areas first. For example, a nurse who is thinking about becoming a nurse anesthetist would need to get critical care experience first.Nurses who hold associate degrees sometimes have fewer opportunities than those with a bachelor’s degree, and LPNs sometimes have fewer opportunities than associate degree nurses, so this will also affect choice of employer. If the nurse plans to go on and get a higher degree soon, whether or not the prospective employer offers generous tuition reimbursement will be an important factor.
Is it possible to only work day shifts as a nurse?
Absolutely. You simply have to take a position that is day shift only. Home health, hospice, hospital case management, doctors offices and community health clinics are easiest to find these day shift positions. Hospitals can be tricky concerning your shift. I worked ICU at a suburban Atlanta hospital and was hired into dayshift. After six months, i was told I was being moved to night shift. I asked why and was told that’s where the need was. I politely declined and gave them the option of transferring me to the hospitals hospice program or losing me all together. They realized they were about have a substantial investment walk out the door over a shift discrepancy and approved my transfer (I was a pretty good unit nurse, but my passion has been hospice/palliative care for years). We all ended up happy….excepting my fellow nurses that were losing a dependable RN in a busy ICU.Heres some advice: get EVERYTHING in writing. Signed by the manager. Otherwise, you may be the next nurse being told you’re being moved to nights.
Why do nurses work 12-hour shifts?
“Not all nurses do”For those who do, the hospital prefers to have their nurses work for 2- 12hour shifts for different reasons, some reasons are listed below:-Less nurses handing off to each other: means longer continuity of care, nurses know their patient better and maybe patients have less healthcare provider confusion, less info falling between the cracks during hand offs, and eliminating some pause in care to handoff …-Nurses have extra 2full days off to rest and do whatever— less burnout possibly-It's definitely easier to monitor nurse’s time i would think, makes scheduling easier too. Even if you need 2days off sick, you could still be able to make it to work for 2 other days