ReginaPhalange

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ReginaPhalange has 6 years experience.


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  1. Fired...now what?! Looking for Texas agency work

    Thank you for the responses. I'm still in shock right now. I can't believe they didn't even get my side of the story, just terminated me. I agree that this might be a blessing in disguise but right now I'm freaking out just a tad.
  2. Fired...now what?! Looking for Texas agency work

    Hello AN family, Long story short I was fired today for a bogus patient complaint. The event DID NOT happen as the patient stated but they believed her and I was terminated. Now, I'm looking for/applying for nursing jobs online. I was wondering if an...
  3. what can I use my BSN outside of nursing?

    I have a friend who felt the same way. She got her BSN and worked on the floor for a year then realized nursing wasn't for her. She has worked in pharmaceutical sales and is now in medical device sales and absolutely loves it. Perhaps this is an opti...
  4. At what point are employers asking TMI?

    Do you all think this type of invasive questioning has anything to do with them trying to weasle out of covering any pre-existing condition? Just a thought!!
  5. NS with Union Questions

    What an interesting thread. I have been wondering about unions as well. I'm in a non-union state and my facility is so against unions that they make us sign a non-union form when we hire on basically stating that IF a union were to ever form, that we...
  6. Do all Nurses need Malpractice Insurance

    Thank you all for the wonderful information. I shamefully have been practicing for 6 years without liability insurance. I have no excuse other than what an instructor told me in nursing school. She stated that holding liability insurance makes you a ...
  7. Ever had to take care of someone you knew and/or didn't like?

    I did not read all of the replies, however, I live and work in the community in which I grew up. I run into people I know almost everyday in the hospital. I have asked to be reassigned twice because of a potential conflict due to our history. My char...
  8. Ok, this one hasn't been done in a while....

    My name is an alias that Phoebe used on Friends-which is my all time favorite TV show. Other choices were Smelly Cat (didn't choose that for obvious reasons) and Anastasia Beaverhausen (From Will and Grace but contained 1 too many letters)!!
  9. Explaining post op pain to patients

    Hello, I work in PACU and have found that most of our patients have unrealistic expectations when it comes to post op pain. Many believe that surgery will not hurt because their doctor told them it's a "painless" or "minor" surgery. It puts us in a ...
  10. im selfish? hmmm

    I've been told I was selfish because I'm an only child but never because I don't want children. I'm 31 and have absolutely NO desire to ever have children. I've been trying to find an OB/GYN who will perform a tubal to no avail. They seem to think th...
  11. off duty nursing?

    Wait a second...I forgot that I have used my nursing skills ONCE while off duty. I was on a flight to New York City and a girl came down with flu-like symptoms (this was when the swine flu epidemic was big). I was sleeping soundly when they apparentl...
  12. off duty nursing?

    I always joke with my friends when I'm in my scrubs in public and tell them that if anything goes down I'm NOT a nurse. I'm either a dental hygienist or a vet tech. Luckily, nothing has happened so far but I know in my heart that I would step in if a...
  13. Facebook almost cost me my job

    Hi AN family, This topic has been discussed throughout many threads but I wanted to designate a single thread to this issue. I am a Facebook junkie just like many people from my generation. I would never post anything patient related or anything th...
  14. Will CA CRNA's need PhDs?

    Thank you both for the clarification.
  15. Will CA CRNA's need PhDs?

    Hello, I'm toying with the idea of going to CRNA school. Here in Texas, starting in 2015, the CRNA programs will be PhD programs. However, I'm moving to California later this year. So, does anyone know if this is also in the plans for California CRN...