CAL05699

CAL05699

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  1. M-F Nursing Jobs?

    home health, outpatient centers and doctors' offices all are 9-5.
  2. breaking contract

    No contract can require that you work a job you don't want -- that is called slavery. There can be liquidation damages but only if they are specified in the contract and only if they are justified, such as repayment of some training cost. If the co...
  3. Thinking of leaving acute care

    Hi MarBug, I have some of the same concerns that you do about acute care. My unit is chronically understaffed and management is not supportive. I felt that I stopped learning and growing, and was not having any fun on the job. Night shifts were v...
  4. HIPPA after death

    Or the obituary itself listed the hospice.
  5. HIPPA after death

    My understanding is that it continues forever. An individual's interest in privacy accrues to his estate. I am a nurse attorney although, to be honest, have not researched this issue specifically. Other privacy interests (such as the attorney-clie...
  6. Horrific Write Ups? Has it ever happened to you?

    I was once written up for following "improper lab procedures". I sent down a tube of CSF to the lab without all the proper labels attached, or something similar. I thought it was ridiculous. Nothing got lost and I asked everyone on the floor what ...
  7. I want to be a hospice nurse so bad!!!!

    LPNCubby, thank you for the encouragement. I actually have an interview set up with my local hospice tomorrow. They did not mind that I only have 1 1/2 years of experience and thought that I'd be a good fit. So hopefully everything in the interview...
  8. It shouldn't have happened this way....

    I work as a floor nurse on an oncology unit, and we have many hospice (and other terminal) patients on our floor. We give them the utmost care and attention, especially if they are alone. They are given a higher standard of carse than other patient...
  9. I want to be a hospice nurse so bad!!!!

    RockinChick, Your post could have been made by me. I also have wanted to be a hospice nurse for a long time, except I have only 1 1/2 years of oncology experience. Most hospices want two years, but I went ahead and applied recently. I am hoping th...
  10. hospice RN certification

    I have been an oncology nurse for one year and just recently passed the test. Most of the questions seemed to be oncology-related, and we do so much palliative care on the unit that I was familiar with a lot of the questions/answers from work. I stu...
  11. Phlebotomy Training by Southern Venitech

    I am an RN but get very little practice doing IV starts, maybe 2 per month. When I had the opportunity to do them, I'd be nervous (especially if family was in the room) and often get another nurse to do it. I finally became so annoyed at myself tha...
  12. Wage and hour law RE: RN vs LPN

    The link you provide actually states that it does. The job duties of the traditional "learned professions" are exempt. These include lawyers, doctors, dentists, teachers, architects, clergy. Also included are registered nurses (but not LPNs), accoun...
  13. I work both nights and days now, and enjoy them each for different reasons. At least at my hospital (25-bed oncology unit), the pace is much slower during the night. But, the lack of resources makes up for it. I am usually busy but not crazed at n...
  14. Are nurses as competitive in work as they are in school?

    It is not like that at all where I work. There is no competition and very little cattiness or gossip. The nurses are supportive of each other and genuinely like each other. It is not like that everywhere.
  15. Scrubs - what do you wear?

    We are going to all-navy-blue for nurses. I was disappointed at first but it will make scrub-buying a lot easier. Guess I will save my other colors in case I ever get a new job.