MrsK1223

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1. What determines school nurse salary?

   MrsK1223 replied to amberfnp's topic in School

   how does $14/ hr sound? Not getting paid for snow days, spring and fall break and summer break isn't a benefit...unless you're rolling in dough from another source.

2. RAPS--should CMS keep, change, or delete?

   MrsK1223 replied to edhcinc's topic in MDS

   I am a new MDS coordinator and I hate raps and have heard from the best and she hates them as well. Our new DON used to do MDS and she hates them as well. It's too time consuming and I really don't see the point when you're doing the care planning ...

3. MDS Coordinators on call question

   MrsK1223 replied to Autofocus's topic in MDS

   I thought I'd update on the call thing. Once our corporate clinical lead found out what kind of deal the administrative nurses were dealing with, she was floored and said this is the only one of their facilities (out of 15) that had such crazy ways ...

4. MDS Coordinators on call question

   MrsK1223 replied to Autofocus's topic in MDS

   :cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

5. MDS Coordinators on call question

   MrsK1223 replied to Autofocus's topic in MDS

   Call without pay is unacceptable...plain and simple.

6. Can anyone share some cheat sheets, tracking forms, etc?

   MrsK1223 replied to flashpoint's topic in MDS

   I'd like to see your excel for the pps. Could you PM it to me? Thanks in advance!!!! Melissa

7. Getting started as MDS nurse

   MrsK1223 replied to farmgirl2's topic in MDS

   Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, educator positions are a rarity here as is anything else I've ever been interested in, in and outside of nursing. I have applied for a Health Educator position at a local hospital, but it was asked if I had phy...

8. Getting started as MDS nurse

   MrsK1223 replied to farmgirl2's topic in MDS

   Hi. I have been a nurse for 7 yrs. I've been out of patient care for the last year and traveling doing education for a pharmaceutical company. The travel is getting old and it's not as glamorous as many think it is, not to mention you have to do 2...

9. Duties of OB nurses (and others) Please feel free to add!

   MrsK1223 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi. I have been an RN for 7 yrs. I've had my ups and downs with nursing in general. I've been on a hiatus from direct patient care for a year now but have been in the education/consulting arena during this time. It has required lots of travel and...

10. Poll: How many of you have been fired from nursing jobs?

    MrsK1223 replied to weetziebat's topic in General Nursing

    I was fired a few months ago after I requested an investigation into an incident between my clinical director and I. She was fresh out of nursing school, had no business in her position and was only hired after everyone that was qualified laughed at ...

11. I got Fired today....

    MrsK1223 replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    I was fired a few months ago after I requested an investigation into an incident between my clinical director and I. She was fresh out of nursing school, had no business in her position and was only hired after everyone that was qualified laughed at ...

12. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    MrsK1223 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I USED to be a circulator in outpatient surgery when we got a new clinical director, who had only been out of nursing school a year and half if that long, no surgical experience, no managment experience...was just dumb enough to take on that responsi...

13. Ever Been Fired?

    MrsK1223 replied to lpnurse2004's topic in Geriatric

    I was fired a few months ago after I requested an investigation into an incident between my clinical director and I. She was fresh out of nursing school, had no business in her position and was only hired after everyone that was qualified laughed at...

14. Do you regret being a nurse

    MrsK1223 replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Not a regret but wish I would have made better decisions earlier in life and taken different roads of interest. Would not do it again if I could go back.

15. Unpaid Suspension for wanting to be treated fairly

    MrsK1223 replied to MrsK1223's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your feedback. I pretty much knew when that happened yesterday it was the final straw for me. I've been looking for new job opportunities for weeks now and have gotten my resume on some of the online job sites like careerbuilder a...