jennthelvn

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1. Forcing extreme hours

   jennthelvn replied to jennthelvn's topic in General Nursing

   No, it is a home health 16 hour allowance nursing care for Medicare pt. I am just in awe that they think it is obsurde for me to question and refuse doing 16 hour shifts like that. I have a life AND a family. They also say no outside calls OR cell ph...

2. Forcing extreme hours

   jennthelvn posted a topic in General Nursing

   Can a company schedule you to work 16 hour shifts, back to back, all the time? Schedules are made for a month ahead of time and the shifts are 16 hours up to 20, 4-5 days a week. Is this even legal? This is home health ped's. I'm going nuts at the th...

3. 8th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

   jennthelvn replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   I can't wait to start the mind probe, I have seen some of the stuff you come up with! The psych nurses will have fun with you!

4. Any former SAHM's returning to nursing after several years?

   jennthelvn replied to Nurse ABC's topic in General Nursing

   I am doing that very same thing right now. Hubby and I decided to begin our family (again! we have a 10 year old) and we lost our daughter to GBS meningitis after having her for only a month. Next month will have been one year that she has been gone ...

5. GBS Meningitis

   jennthelvn posted a topic in Pediatric

   I had posted this on another site, thinking I was here. It was a while back during a crying binge. This month marks a year that we lost our daughter and I wanted to post this here. I also want to say that we can all learn. I know that my nurses did e...