MajorAl

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1. How are you spending your retirement?

   MajorAl replied to Grace Oz's topic in Retired

   Ok, I have just 3 Fridays left to work, 2 weekends and a total of 24 days until I am retired. My wife and I are buying a house in Nicaragua to be near her family when it isn't warm here (Wisconsin). I plan to spend the first 6 months cleaning and o...

2. What's wrong with being a nurse?

   MajorAl replied to Orenda's topic in General Nursing

   There's some strange mentality in Nursing that says we have to abuse our newbies. I have observed this for the 40 years I've been in Nursing. And I'll admit that I've probably done some of it too, but I think mine was more in the form of a friendly...

3. What happens when u move to different state???

   MajorAl replied to HeartJulz's topic in General Nursing

   Wisconsin is also one of the compact states. My license says multistate not Wisconsin. The understanding is that if I were to move to, say Texas, I would practice on this license until time to renew then renew in Texas. There's a total of 20 or 21...

4. Navy Nursing Candidate Program

   MajorAl replied to aimzq's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with "Doc" Viking. I started my nursing career 40 years ago as a HM (8404) and ended up retiring from the USAR as a nurse. The best nurses in the world are serving in our military, of course I'm prejudiced but I don't care. Besides, do you...

5. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

   MajorAl replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

6. needing some motivation....

   MajorAl replied to BKRN's topic in General Nursing

   BKLPN: YOU have the hardest job in the military, a military wife. You, and the other military spouses, are real heroes. I admire you for what you're doing. I know whereof I talk, because MY wife got to stay home while I went to the first Gulf war...

7. Precepting Problem--HELP

   MajorAl replied to SuperCEN's topic in Emergency

   1) Do you do any sort of evaluation on those nurses you precept, even if it's just a note to the supervisor? 2) I think that you should take the attitude with the new employee that YOU are there to help HER, not management. Do you have a union wher...

8. After reading negative thread, want to give up nursing dream!

   MajorAl replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

   Okay, there are a LOT of negative threads on this site, but I bet if you were to go on a site dedicated to plumbers, or auto mechanics, or whatever you'd find the same amount of negativity (as a percentage) posted. I'm not a new nurse, as a matter o...

9. Am I dumb??

   MajorAl replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Nursing

   First, you need to learn there is no such thing as a silly (or dumb) question. The only way a question could be dumb would be if EVERYONE knew the answer. Second, you need to trust your boyfriend (unless he wants you to do something your daddy says...

10. Help... Going out of state to nursing school

    MajorAl replied to striving2banurse's topic in General Nursing

    As long as the school is accredited, should not be a problem. Most states don't care where you went to school, just how well you do on the boards.

11. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    MajorAl replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    $4.44 per hour in 1975, that equates to $16.64 in today's dollars. My brother in law was making (starting salary) $5.55 at the same time. His job? Working as a mechanic at a newspaper. The best part is I only have 160 working days left and then I'...

12. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

    MajorAl replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I am a RN with 35 years of experience and I agree. You have to take a break and take care of yourself. I have been a supervisor and I always insisted on my Nurses taking their breaks. If your coworkers won't cover for you, call your supervis...

13. "Nurses have priced themselves out of the office."

    MajorAl replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Well the article is right. I would like to work a job that gives me every weekend off and no evenings/nights/holidays. But I'm not going to cut my pay by close to 50% to do it.

14. "Honey"

    MajorAl replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I'm an oooooold guy, 60 this year. IMHO calling a patient honey or sweetie when they are over 5 years old and don't live with you is demeaning. I can't remember names either, I've been in mental health nursing since 1970 and have learned to f...

15. Nursing Pay

    MajorAl replied to haninks's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I'm going to show my age here. When I graduated with my BSN, business students expected their salary to match their age by the time they were 30. My salary matched my age 2 years ago for the first time. As I said earlier, you will never get ...