KatzchenLSW

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1. RNs and M:1??

   KatzchenLSW replied to BSNBritt's topic in Psychiatric

   According to the Colorado Revised Statues 27-65-105 Bolding mine. Full text can be found here. So it sounds like a to invoke an involuntary hold as a nurse in the state of Colorado you would need to have additional education/training beyond a BSN.

2. Where are the candy stripers?

   KatzchenLSW replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

   I was a candy striper from 1996-2000 at a Catholic hospital. We didn't wear the striped jumper but we did have a red and white striped smock that we wore over khakis and a polo. I'm shocked what the hospital let us do back then. Between the ages o...

3. Everyone's wearing scrubs...is this good?

   KatzchenLSW replied to caregiver1977's topic in General Nursing

   The same reason the nurse case managers and admin nurses at my hospital wear the same long white coats? I'm a social worker (psychiatric assessor) in a busy psych ER and wear per hospital policy have to wear business professional. Most of the time i...

4. Comparable jobs to RNs (salary wise)

   KatzchenLSW replied to JomoNurse's topic in General Nursing

   That depends greatly based on the nursing program and area. I can think of several programs locally that do no require any prereqs beyond a high school education (and for some the 3 week STNA class) as all of the typical prereqs are included in the ...

5. anyone here get a degree in sociology and then switch to nursing?

   KatzchenLSW replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

   I can only answer your question about the difference between sociology and social work. Sociology is the academic study of how people interact in groups and why. Social Work on the other hand is a professional field of study concerned with the pract...

6. Nurse Salary vs. Teacher Salary?

   KatzchenLSW replied to Angela.RN2B's topic in General Nursing

   Respectfully, I have to disagree with you on almost every point. At least here in Ohio, our unions tend to be very weak and administrator friendly. Class sizes in low income districts are horrible and as a teacher no one ever gave a hoot that we re...

7. Nurse Salary vs. Teacher Salary?

   KatzchenLSW replied to Angela.RN2B's topic in General Nursing

   At least in my neck of the woods, a newly graduated teacher with a bachelors makes about $32,000- $36,000 a year and a new grad nurse with an ADN makes anywhere from $19-$23 an hour (so, $35,000 to $43,000 a year, assuming a 36 hours work week) and B...

8. Difficulty finding a job

   KatzchenLSW replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

   If you want help with cloth diapers, PM me. I've cloth diapered two little ones now on the cheap and would be more than happy to let you know what has worked for us and where to find good deals. http://www.miraclediapers.org/ is a website that loans...

9. Ignorant Stupid Patients

   KatzchenLSW replied to KY RN's topic in Relations

   Yep because $5 per meal is so reasonable for some one who qualifies for Medicaid

10. Ignorant Stupid Patients

    KatzchenLSW replied to KY RN's topic in Relations

    Unless your city has no public transport or you have no refrigerator or the bus limits you to two grocery bags... Honestly if you saw the barriers to a healthy lifestyle that most of my clients faced on a daily basis you'd be amazed that any of them ...

11. Ignorant Stupid Patients

    KatzchenLSW replied to KY RN's topic in Relations

    What an ignorant statement! Poverty can have everything to do with it. If you have a patient/ client living in a hotel without access to fridge or microwave or a car and the 7-11 is the only place to buy food, their choices regarding purchasing hea...

12. Ignorant Stupid Patients

    KatzchenLSW replied to KY RN's topic in Relations

    And when their inability to comply is due to poverty? Should we cut them off then too? I understand your frustrations, but you seem to fail to understand that there is often much more at play in these situations than ignorance and inability to chan...

13. Please note...

    KatzchenLSW replied to KatzchenLSW's topic in General Nursing

    Its definitely more than one person since we are hearing this on multiple floors and in areas that would not have nurses floating from floor to floor. I'm not sure where it started or why, but it sure did spread like wildfire!

14. Please note...

    KatzchenLSW posted a topic in General Nursing

    ...that (at least in my state) 'social worker" is a protected title just like "nurse" is. For whatever reason the nurses at the hospital I intern at have taken to calling everyone from the financial services reps to the case managers (who are LPNs) ...

15. Jobs in Columbus, Ohio (Or Ohio in General)

    KatzchenLSW replied to ngillilan123's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a nurse, but I work with lots of them and my husband works for one of the BSN programs in Columbus. I can tell you that Central Ohio is a very tight market for new grad RNs right now as there are many, many ASN and BSN programs (there are 6 ...