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By Valerie Salva
Joined Dec 3, '07. Posts: 2,364 (59% Liked) Likes: 4,415
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- if you are going to north carolina near new bern there in no amount of money you could be paid to put up with the dangerous...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Dialysis / Renal / Urology
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- yes, everything really is the nurse's fault -- there's a whole thread about that. how could you have missed it? really,...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- i am going to disagree with this! you still, imo, should have documented the conversation with the cardiologist. just...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- You didn't do anything wrong. The doc was just a jerk. He needed someone to kick around for no reason, and you were handy....Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- The documentation was the first thing I thought of when I read your OP. I have learned that when I have a conversation with...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- One facility I worked in a couple years ago had a sex offender as a resident whose crime was molestation of female...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Geriatric Nurses / LTC Nursing
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- Thank you for this article. What stood out to me was the fact that often authorities cannot prosecute cases of rape because...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Geriatric Nurses / LTC Nursing
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- In states that have civil commitments for sexual offenders, a person may hit the street free again up to seven years after...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Geriatric Nurses / LTC Nursing
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- Here is an example of what happens when sex offenders are admitted to a nursing home. Makes me shudder....:(Valerie Salva
- Forum: Geriatric Nurses / LTC Nursing
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- Well, coming from a hospital that has a black list (do not admit under ANY circumstance) I can't say that we won't do...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Geriatric Nurses / LTC Nursing
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- Sounds like a good idea, but even more important to look closely into the background of the workers, judging from a lot of...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Geriatric Nurses / LTC Nursing
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- I'm single with no children, so I definitely prefer 12-hour shifts which enable me to have more days off during the week....Valerie Salva
- Forum: Texas Nursing
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- I had the unfortunate experience of working for HCA in a management capacity for a time and I could tell you horror stories...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Texas Nursing
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- In my experience, HCA facilities as a general rule are poor places to work. I do not know about that facility personally,...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Texas Nursing
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- Sounds like someone knows "tricks" to being successful as a professional. Be quiet for 3 months? Don't offer suggestions?...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Texas Nursing
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- Well, I wouldn't want my own daughter to be a nurse. It's a really, really hard job and the focus towards "customer...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I am a new RN and I had a rude awakening when I started my career off in the ICU. I went into it so excited, so green, so...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I am married to an engineer. He respects my job, but his definition of a bad day at work and my definition of a bad day...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Pay is low these days. I just came from San Diego and I made $31/hour. Every traveler I spoke to at the...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Travel Nursing
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- Another member posted it for me (THANK YOU Valerie Salva). Take Care. :)Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- i don't mind you educating others on the evils of unions , but you and all other anti unionist i have come across offer no...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Collective Bargaining / Nursing Union
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- "FORT WORTH, Texas — A few years ago, hospitals were offering nurses $10,000 signing bonuses, loan payoffs, even cars as...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Nursing News
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- Go to a realty site and look up home price and rent in San Francisco and you will see why they pay that.Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Thanks Valerie. BTW I absolutly love your Flo. Night. saying.:)Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Amen! In job interviews, ask questions like "How do you support new nurses?" and "Tell me about the kind of internship I...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Nursing News
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- As one who has been sitting on the fence about returning to NP to finish what was started, this whole "not working while in...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Nursing News
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- if you have the grades and pass the exams lol! but in all seriousness, besides that, i would say you should have some...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Patience, the ability to think on your feet, and a thick skin are a few character traits that come to mind... I think a lot...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Tenacity and critical thinking skills. You have to be able to think outside the box and anticipate what can go wrong so you...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I think nurses should be paid much more across the board. I'm not a nurse yet, but I'm just thinking about returning to...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- That is not the norm @ ALL, but yes, it is possible. Also, $50/hr is STILL not enough for what nurses have to go through....Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I realize someone has to be the "guinea pigs" for any brand new nursing program, but it sure wouldn't be me. Also, in...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Michigan Nursing
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- Management demand that we take a lunch break, so yeah me, I take my lunch break. And when I can't, I let them know the...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- as an experienced nurse, all i can say is it will get better. i can try to spoon feed you the information you're asking...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I would bet this is a huge reason that 1 out of 3 new nurses quit the nursing field within a year of working. It is...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Yes such places do exist , but only because the staff do not allow themselves to be walked upon . Having mandatory ratios...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- The units where nurses can go for their breaks ( which meet the legal definition of a break ) , are those in which the...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- It seems to be very common as of late where I work. I shouldn't be happening..but, when supervisors and managers don't care...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- It's a test of test taking skills. It's always airway. If I am taking a test, and I see that the answer choices include...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Well, there were three instructor's for this particular course - keep in mind this was a military course for training combat...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- So walking on a scene of a pt screaming and you see bright red blood squirting from there femoral, I can knock off A, B, and...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I *hate* questions like these - absolutely not practical at all. Like you said, if he's screaming - air's moving in and...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I don't think it makes you snotty. The fact that you care if you seem snotty indicates you are probably not snotty. Go for...Valerie Salva
- Forum: First Year After Nursing Licensure
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- If having your degree on your badge is important to you, then go ahead and put it there. I think you will soon come to...Valerie Salva
- Forum: First Year After Nursing Licensure
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- As they should but it was nice to see in print. What a colossal waste of taxpayer money. Reeks of politics and power...Valerie Salva
- Forum: Nursing News
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- Even the Texas MEDICAL Board is supporting the nurses and opposes this action. Wow.Valerie Salva
- Forum: Nursing News
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- thats wonderful that all the red tape can be put aside to do this for this young lady.....Valerie Salva
- Forum: Nursing News
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- A screaming patient is breathing. I'd be stopping the bleeding -- and that is what I would answer. I wonder though ......Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I understand the concept behind it, and I'm well past receiving my EMT-B from that course. I just recall it caused a lot...Valerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- your concerns are most definitely valid and reasonable. this is nsg 101. shame on them. leslieValerie Salva
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
