whirlwind88

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1. Hospital floor versus dialysis versus home health - manageability

   whirlwind88 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello all, would love to hear your humble opinion on the following. I love being a nurse. Am employed on a hospital floor again, have a ton of energy (for being 50 years old) enjoy challenges yet....would love to hear others, briefly, speak of their ...

2. Allowing a RN license to lapse/expire

   whirlwind88 posted a topic in Recovery

   Not quite the unusual topic from the hospital I came from. Experienced nurse, always delivered narcs back to machine/wasted them, yet not in the timely manner required. Received a note from my state's board that I needed to go thru a program to be t...

3. New to dialysis, need advice

   whirlwind88 replied to ParrotHead_RN's topic in Urology

   Was looking around for information about what to expect and some tips for hanging in there so I can be of service in a dialysis clinic as an RN, have always worked the hospital telemetry floor. Am in interviews, unsure of pay at this time, but hope ...

4. manageable ADN positions besides hospital and home health?

   whirlwind88 replied to whirlwind88's topic in ADN/BSN

   hi, thanks for comment, yes looooove my patients, didn't mind being in the homes etc yet the voluminous amounts of paperwork were horrid!! not sure what would make a job more manageable, probably 8-10 hours and being paid for that, then leave the job...

5. manageable ADN positions besides hospital and home health?

   whirlwind88 replied to whirlwind88's topic in ADN/BSN

   $31 an hour. those that would like to share, go for it. love to hear your stories, experiences.

6. manageable ADN positions besides hospital and home health?

   whirlwind88 replied to whirlwind88's topic in ADN/BSN

   lucrative normally means a good salary (making 31 now-but waaaaay too much to manage) manageable normally means...manageable. where you work your best for 8-10 hours and it's manageable, doable, etc. what am i looking for? that's why i got on here, a...

7. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   whirlwind88 replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   My horror story? Working12 hours at night, rarely a lunch break, not many nurses around, no aide, and unable to return narcs in the 60 min time frame. Yes they were returned/wasted, but not within the hour.....year later the board is knocking on my ...

8. manageable ADN positions besides hospital and home health?

   whirlwind88 posted a topic in ADN/BSN

   Worked on tele floor at night, and hospice case manager, is there a position out there somewhat lucrative yet MANAGEABLE?

9. Satisfaction Survey: Tell Us What You Think of allnurses.com

   whirlwind88 replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   Hi there Love the fact, when I find a moment and I'm curious what other RN's are doing/thinking about certain issues, that I can log on and peruse. Very very very very helpful.