kristie0701

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1. New national nurses union forms

   kristie0701 replied to herring_RN's topic in Union

   I hope the union will allow LPN's to join, we need a voice too! All nurses need to have the nurse practice act reformed to protect nurses against abuse of authority, abuse of power, malicious prosecution and illegal acts perpetrated by nursing boards...

2. LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

   kristie0701 replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Relations

   yes i have been a victim of backstabbing, gossiping judging a person's work unjustly or in an offending manner sabotage, undermining unfair evaluations of work withholding information or support which led to my license being revoked! in south carol...

3. SC Nursing Board Abuses Power & Authority

   kristie0701 replied to kristie0701's topic in General Nursing

   unfortunately the source to this is of personal experience, however, the link to the good doctors dilemma is girgis vs sc llr (http://www.scalc.net/_old/ij/990223_1.htm). sc llr has managed to hide their behavior from public view and court rulings ...

4. SC Nursing Board Abuses Power & Authority

   kristie0701 posted a topic in General Nursing

   The nursing board of South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulations (SC LLR) is drunk with power, there is no oversight of the boards actions. SC LLR has been violating state laws, court orders, the U.S. Constitution, the SC Constitut...

5. Shaky hands? Nervousness in clinicals?

   kristie0701 replied to spuropathy's topic in General Nursing

   My boyfriend had the same problem during his first clinical rotation. How did he get around it. 1) Practice in front of someone else over and over until you feel comfortable with it. 2) Do not look at the instructor while performing the task, just im...

6. i'm VERY ANXIOUS about my letter

   kristie0701 replied to ese1212's topic in General Nursing

   Well, all I have to say is that if one gets into a nursing program with a GPA of only 2.5, they probably will not make it through the nursing program! A good indication of success in a nursing program, according to the statistics at my boyfriends sch...

7. The Beginning to an End

   kristie0701 replied to AlmostBSN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sorry you feel that way. The school where my boyfriend goes makes the student nurses handle all of the care of each patient during their clinical rotation and during the third semester of nursing gives them at least three patients to care for, of...

8. Managing Perceptions (male nurse/student in OB)

   kristie0701 replied to Works2xs's topic in General Nursing

   I understand completely. My boyfriend had the same problem while doing his OB rotation. He understands and knows women are shy about letting a male take care of them. He even stated he probably would not want a male nurse caring for him if he was a w...

9. Nurses what is your favorite state and why?

   kristie0701 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

   I can tell you my least favorite state to practice nursing in, South Carolina! I noticed no one listed South Carolina as a favorite state to work in or to want to work in. I have been a nurse for 18 years, and have liked practicing in Florida, Tennes...

10. nursing career helppppp???

    kristie0701 replied to rita1988's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to keep the nursing license you worked so hard for, stay away from South Carolina! The nursing board (a department of SC LLR) is drunk with power and enjoys taking licenses away from nurses, even if they have to break several state and fe...