kayla123

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1. Interview with Florida Health Department

   kayla123 replied to Hollyrobyn's topic in Public/Community

   I work for the FL DOH. By the time you get this, your interview will probably already be over. But it consists of a minimum of 2 people interviewing you with situational questions, such as what would you do in this kind of a situation, etc. I was ask...

2. Endorsement To Florida

   kayla123 replied to BIGBRO71's topic in General Nursing

   I moved from PA to Florida about 13 years ago. I had my PA license, so I to was going for endorsement. Don't know how it is now, but then the paper work was enough to make you kill somebody, page after page..... I already had a job down here and had ...

3. Hospice CNA Frustrated re:caseload

   kayla123 replied to southcarolina716's topic in Hospice

   I am a Hospice RN and say that I could not function without my CNA's. They are valued members of the team, and we all function as one unit. Their caseload varies, usually 4 to 5 visits per day, if the pt's are particularly difficult I co-ordinate my ...

4. nursing shortage? how about equipment shortage?

   kayla123 replied to MagnesiuM's topic in General Nursing

   Worked in Naples, Florida and they had more supplies there then ALL the hospitals combined that I ever worked at. Unfortunately that was the ONLY good thing about the place.

5. Nurses that "eat your lunch" during report!

   kayla123 replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Nursing

   Oh God I DO NOT miss floor work. It has been my experience that the nurse who nitpicks EVERYTHING usually gives the WORST report. And has very creative excuses for why THEY didn't get something done....

6. Fired because i did not accept the assignment

   kayla123 replied to radial34's topic in General Nursing

   Like my nursing instructor always said to me, and has stuck for ALL these years, ask yourself will they go to jail for me, and that is your answer. I have guided my career by this.

7. Some questions about Hospice Case Mananagement

   kayla123 replied to shewalke's topic in Hospice

   Congrats!!!!! It is a whole different way of nursing. My philosophy is to take each day by itself. Once I realized I could not solve ALL a pt's problems and started focusing on the ones I could help with, life was easier. We have a natural tendency...

8. Anyone here feeling bored with their Job?

   kayla123 replied to bluefabian's topic in Urology

   Oh wow, are you me? I had the same feeling from chronics. EVERYTHING was so routine, you got to the point where you knew everyone's problems, stories, jokes..... Yes, we had the occasional code, but all we had was an ambu-bag. After working open hear...

9. Last Name on ID Badges

   kayla123 replied to phillyrn10's topic in Emergency

   Only children and pets don't have last names? What the heck does that mean?

10. Last Name on ID Badges

    kayla123 replied to phillyrn10's topic in Emergency

    I don't know if that is against the law, but a hospital I worked in had an incident. We also had first and last names on our badges. One of the nurses from another floor ended up being stalked by a pt's visitor and raped. We then were allowed to have...

11. Some questions about Hospice Case Mananagement

    kayla123 replied to shewalke's topic in Hospice

    Best of Luck to you! Please let me know how it goes.

12. Hospials to work at in Bradenton area

    kayla123 replied to sunnyg's topic in Florida

    I worked for Blake Medical Center, at the time I was 7 months pregnant, very, very large, SOB, peeing ALL the time, typical miserable. I worked nights, which was rough. The nurses I worked with were awesome (I worked PCU) everyone worked together, he...

13. Co-workers who think out loud at the nursing station

    kayla123 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    My father always said when you talk to yourself you meet a better class of people!!

14. Mandatory daytime meetings for nightshift employees

    kayla123 replied to BizzieRN's topic in Activism

    When I worked nights, our NM would come in and have a staff meeting at 1 AM. She always said better one tired person then a whole floor.

15. You Know the patient is going bad when...

    kayla123 replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    No one can identify the rhythm.:heartbeat