diva rn

diva rn BSN, RN

PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON

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About diva rn

diva rn has 18 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.


Born in New York City--still love it! I have a daughter who is an epidemiologist in Seattle and one daughter who is in Vet med school at the University of Florida...GO Gators.!!

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  1. How much do nurses make?

    South FLorida where the pay is very low.....20 years of experience and a Master's Degree $30 dollars an hour (Utilization Review RN)
  2. Nurses: Hospital Red Flags

    Hospital Corporation of America---a chain of corp owned health care facilities....we have many here in South Florida.
  3. Talked out of nursing by others and myself....

    Dear radical, I was 40 when I started nursing school. My situation was different in that I was a recently divorced single mother of a 10 year old daughter and another in her first year of college. My first career was as a Registered Dental Hygientist...
  4. Exactly, in fact, Nursing Boards have access to expunged records, so always make sure you divulge everything to the board. Better to be honest than caught in a lie.
  5. Just so you know, the State Boards of Nursing have access to expunged records.
  6. Will my backgroubd keep me from getting my nursing license?

    Just a note....the BON will still have access to all records that are expunged.... schools, hospitals and other employers do not but the Nursing Boards do, they fall under a higher standard and have access to the FBI background sites.
  7. Help!! What's wrong with my resume?

    You can use resume builder (template) on line...it's free. It creates your resume and it will put it in around 7 different formats for you to choose the one you like the best. It does cost around $5 to download and print. But well worth it. Definite...
  8. Florida impared nurse program

    Just a note....it is not the Florida impared nurse program.....the actual name is the Florida "Intervention Project for Nurses"
  9. Nurse with hip replacement

    I know this thread is old but I just found it....it's a subject near and dear to me....I have had bilateral hip replacements in 2001 and 2002 (not mini invasive either).....GREATEST thing I ever did....I had avascular necrosis....without the replacem...
  10. Washing those scrubs?

    Good gosh, why is this even a question? Wash them each time they are worn...in HOT water and only with other scrubs...don't mix in with other clothes....(shudder)....I actually used to take mine off in the utility room and place them in a special ham...
  11. Have you ever cried when a Pt died

    Yes! I was a PICU nurse for many years and of course we lost kids over that time span. Each one was heart wrenching. I cried many times with the families, with other nurses and by myself.
  12. She got fired...

    But did she loose her lisence????
  13. I can't stop laughing at this.....guess where I live??????? not only do they pull stuff like this...but the pay is crappy as well!!!!!....you would think with all of the money down here in the "Palm Beaches" the nursing salaries would be great, right...
  14. Difference between a graduate nurse & a experienced nurse

    I too, have seen this before....it was funny then and hilarious now...I would imagine those that left the "that's not funny" comments are either prenursing students, students, first year nurses.....or just have no freakin sense of humor (and I certa...
  15. Some questions about needlestick injuries

    Hi, first of all, in the hospital you don't generally ever recap a used needle. (or any open needle for that matter) There are sharps containers all over the place, you merely take the entire used needle to the container and drop it in. As one poster...