NottaSpringChik BSN, RN

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About NottaSpringChik

NottaSpringChik has 7 years experience as a BSN, RN.


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    Private Duty Nurse NOT through a company

    Don't know about that but one sticky with working for your current clients on your own could be if you signed a non-compete agreement. I just applied at an agency and that was in the on-boarding packet. It specifies not working for any one you meet...
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    Worried sick that I may have caught MRSA?

    Wrong topic post.
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    Worried sick that I may have caught MRSA?

    It happened to me......and it was confirmed. I'm still negative.
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    Nurse Sick and FIRED: Exploring Nursing Absenteeism

    Here's what happened to me. I went to work and began experiencing symptoms of a medical emergency of my own. I called the on-call supervisor and told her I believed I was getting a detached retina and needed to go to the ER. She yelled at me that she...
  5. Oh thank you for sharing.
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    New Grad in Sacramento, CA - Requesting Advice

    I think you should brighten up your resume while you do as much networking as you can. And soon as you get the number of your license apply to the positions/hospitals you want. Most positions here say "one year experience preferred" but there are a f...
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    National Normal Saline Shortage

    Other IV medications bags projected to be affected too. Saw the notice that alternative delivery methods may need to be explored, such as IV push if feasible. Well see. Hope not.
  8. Patients in jail may refuse care and are allowed the same privileges as any other inmate in regard to their food, exercise, etc. They receive education and special diet if desired, regular diet if desired. The down side for them is we are the manag...
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    What do you mean I'm not a REAL nurse?!?

    I am a corrections nurse but am currently looking for a job in another area of nursing. Not sure where I'll end up but it most likely will not be acute care. I have run into this "real nurse" myth quite a bit. At one jail one of the deputies told the...
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    Thinking about becoming WOCN

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    What is the grossest thing that's happened to you???

    Has to be the woman who ate her own feces and licked urine off the floor. She also pulled out her hair and smeared the feces and hair all over the window of her door, which was pretty horrifying to look at. Bath salts victim. Was insane and violent f...
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    Entertaining pt

    Even parents who have money seem to get this attitude that they won't spend money on the child - that if Medicaid doesn't cover it they're not going to either. Its hard to understand. It's still their child!
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    fake illness...how to rule out real injury

    Regarding giving the guy with the nausea, vomiting and diarrhea something other than gatoraid and time off. Nurse, "Actually, the doctor usually orders a full liquid diet for a few days. Do you think that might be helpful? Most people with all of t...
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    Woman posing as a nurse for months

    In my state all the licenses are on line and anyone can look at it. Says she used a hypenated name wtih the name and number of a real nurse so that might have thrown people off too. I guess no one thinks anyone would do such a thing. Would never ...
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    "Prestige" Nursing Schools

    The choice of school is a really personal issue and there are many factors, including cost, location, campus life. I think everyone should be judged on their performance and what they do to continue their personal development. Certainly each school ...