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1. Work From Home

   pabby replied to pabby's topic in Job Hunt

   What company do you work for?

2. Work From Home

   pabby posted a topic in Job Hunt

   Does anyone have any tips on how to use one's Nursing experience to work from home? I'm a Med/Surg RN with 30 years of bedside experience as well as 8 years of experience in Electronic Medical Record development. I've been a case manager for homecar...

3. Depressed and Torn

   pabby replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

   i would agree with this. [color=#ffa500] [color=#ffa500]it doesn't seem to be fair to you to add stress to what sounds like an already stressful situation. it also isn't fair to a child to bring it into a situation where one of the parents may not b...

4. "but doctors are better than nurses"

   pabby replied to AussieJack's topic in General Nursing

   i generally tell people that doctors and nurses are trained to do different jobs and that we work as a team, much like a baseball team. everyone isn't the pitcher, but the pitcher wouldn't be able to do his job without the rest of the teammates.

5. Doctors comments about not trusting his Nurses

   pabby replied to grinnurse's topic in General Nursing

   since you indicate that this is not unusual behavior for this physician, i would probably write him up. [color=#ffa500]i have no problem with anyone asking a patient the same questions i may have already asked. perhaps they will discern something dif...

6. Im sorry, but light stomachs please do not read!

   pabby replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

   well, isn't this something!!!!!!!!! [color=#ffa500] [color=#ffa500]as fas as what diseases he may have been subjected to, i would think that the stomach acid would pretty quickly kill pretty much anything that may have been in there. give the pediat...

7. Yes I Would Recommend Nursing!

   pabby replied to jalvino1's topic in Career Support

   i have been a nurse for a lot of years, and there are rewards and drawbacks to it, just like any other profession. [color=#ffa500] [color=#ffa500]it should not be a profession that you choose just for the money. the money certainly decent, and i hav...

8. "I'm going to sue you", What do you say?

   pabby replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Career Support

   i have said: "if i had a nickel for every time someone said that to me, i wouldn't have to work anymore". (not a recommended response) [color=#ffa500]"get in line. if there's anything left by the time they get to you, you can have it". (again, not a ...

9. desparately needing help finding a job!

   pabby replied to tampabaylpn2rn's topic in Career Support

   no one is attacking, but if you were an employter, would you hire someone who has had 30 jobs in 6 years? [color=#ffa500] [color=#ffa500]you have a unique situation, and i wish you well with it, but a prospective emploer's first concern is for his/h...

10. want to cry all the time.... can i make it in this profession?

    pabby replied to LPN2RNmommy's topic in Career Support

    your options are somewhat more limited as an lpn, so getting an rn license may be the ticket to mor eoptions for you. [color=#ffa500] [color=#ffa500]however, think long and hard about nursing as a career choice. you want to care directly for patien...

11. want to cry all the time.... can i make it in this profession?

    pabby replied to LPN2RNmommy's topic in Career Support

    Because it gives you a good general exposure to many things.