pattyslattery

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  1. All of a sudden an ASN is no good anymore

    I worked my behind off for this ASN. I'd been in college for years until then with the usual useless liberal arts degree because "if I did what I loved I'd never work a day in my life" and was completely useless when it came to getting a job. So when...
  2. My hospital turned from a non-profit to for-profit a couple of years ago. Since then it has been cost cut after cost cut. The latest thing to go was the 5 dollar Starbucks card that management would lay on someone after a great job or an especially h...
  3. Who is going to wait on me????

    I'm sorry, did I make a swear?
  4. Who is going to wait on me????

    Actually I have no problem with this. My dear old Ma was a waitress for many years and she worked long hard hours. They're a respectable bunch. Today I'm a nurse, sure, but it doesn't go to my head, meaning I know I'm here to help patients. And they ...
  5. have you been hired on the spot?

    I've been hired on the spot and I've hired on the spot in exactly the way you describe. The thing is, I remember the person I liked, but for some reason someone else was hired, or the position didn't become available, whatever reason. So I called as ...
  6. Shared Goverance

    What we've found at our hospital, is at the forefront are the overachievers, the Master's program students, those nurses who are really excited about it. They get a few nurses to agree to be on the councils, and there's pretty much the end of it. I w...
  7. I realize potlucks are popular. I don't partake because I'm anal about my food. But if sharing food brings us all together, Kumbaya. However- the last one went on for too long. People were looking for their aides, or their nurses, and they were "on l...