Pinktabby

Pinktabby has 15 years experience.

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1. Certification in Continuous renal replacement therapy

   Pinktabby replied to Nyla Maddox's topic in Urology

   Have you found a CRRT course in LA?

2. Do I need Insurance?

   Pinktabby replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

   I was advised very early on in my career to get my own insurance because there are cases that the hospital may not back you up. The cost of malpractice insurance is not much and is paid annually. Although I never had to use it yet, I feel better kn...

3. Nurses not speaking english at work

   Pinktabby replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

   When I was a brand new grad nurse at Med/surg (as I was told to do at least one year of med/surg to get the basic nursing down), even the Filipino unit clerk felt the right to slam thick papers so hard on the station I was sitting at almost injuring ...

4. Nurses not speaking english at work

   Pinktabby replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

   Canadian Nurses In USA: "Gone South: Why Canadian Nurses Migrate to the United States" http://www.longwoods.com/content/20821

5. Nurses not speaking english at work

   Pinktabby replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

   Canada, apparently, is another new destination for Filipino nurses seeking jobs. See what they have to say about Canadian policies for them: Filipino Nurses in Canada Vulnerable to Exploitation, Misleading and Abusive Policies

6. Nurses not speaking english at work

   Pinktabby replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

   Good question. I happen to be one of the so-called minorities myself, and I am sharing real actual experience of present & past >10 years of nursing in USA.

7. Nurses not speaking english at work

   Pinktabby replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, the Filipino nurses, with their large population in nursing, have become difficult to work with. They not only speak their native language in clinical setting and cause barrier to nurse-nurse communication and put patients in danger, they isol...

8. Nurses not speaking english at work

   Pinktabby replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

   Not "labeling" as you seem to view it as. There are many so-called "imported" Filipino nurses in this nation, and the Filipino nurses happen to make up a large foreign-born nurse population, thus, yes, the issue of foreign nurses speaking in their n...

9. Nurses not speaking english at work

   Pinktabby replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

   Most of my coworkers are, and have been, Filipinos and majority of them were brought into US because of nurse shortage. Despite their fluency in English language (the only Asian country that have fluency in English language), they choose to speak Ta...