SilverRain

SilverRain has 10 years experience.

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1. HomeHealth stress! New and feel like crying

   SilverRain replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health

   Since I am too late to offer advice on ROC, i will chime in on the other part of your post. I have many years of experience working in HH (from field nurse to sup to QA). It is important to remember that other clinicians can also get confused and giv...

2. Migraines....Anyone else have 'em?

   SilverRain replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   Are referring to the "Universal Negotiating Tool"? :lol2:Works every time! Just kidding!!

3. Migraines....Anyone else have 'em?

   SilverRain replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   Siggi13, I actually found that vomiting does decrease intensity, although only temporary, of migraines. I have a few close friends who are MDs and they insist at prescribing antiemetics for me, they just don't understand why I refuse. I admit, it doe...

4. Migraines....Anyone else have 'em?

   SilverRain replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   I found out that I have severe fatigue after Imitex, po or IM, Axert and Relpax. I mean fatigue to the point that I would turn into vegetable (not literal of course). Migraine would subside, I would sit on the couch, for hours, unable to move my limb...

5. Migraines....Anyone else have 'em?

   SilverRain replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   AngelFireRN, I am sorry you have to go though the migraines and deal with unsupportive family members. I am, too, long time sufferer. I've been dealing with mine for the last 20 years and thankfully my family is very supportive and understanding. I j...

6. Anyone from southern California...comments on relocating to Seattle area

   SilverRain replied to alchan22's topic in Washington

   I forgot to add, start working on your WA license early. It took me a few months, mostly because of California's verification delay.

7. Anyone from southern California...comments on relocating to Seattle area

   SilverRain replied to alchan22's topic in Washington

   I just moved from Los Angeles area a few months ago. If you think SoCal is more expensive to live than Seattle area, think again. I was in for a big surprise. You know how you always think you can't pay anymore for car insurance than you already are ...

8. STUPID interview questions, add yours here

   SilverRain replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

   Um, what excactly was in job description? Maybe he was looking for a mistress. You, know, your "typical" kinda nurse.:icon_roll

9. Fellow RN died this morning.

   SilverRain replied to Ali_Oop07's topic in General Nursing

   I am so sorry for your loss. Please accept my condolences.

10. How bad is the nursing shortage in WA?

    SilverRain replied to Life_Wanderer's topic in Washington

    It just baffles me. I've been looking for a job for the last few weeks. Wanna know how many places don't bother to call me for an interview? Granted, I may not qualify 100% for every job I apply, but I apply only for positions I am a close fit and ha...

11. Low pay in Seattle

    SilverRain replied to WAstateRN's topic in Washington

    I hear ya on property taxes. We are renting right now, while selling our house in Los Angeles (that's going to take a while:o). Boy, we were in for a surprise when we learned about WA state property taxes! When we started looking a few months ago we...

12. Certified Legal Nurse Investigator

    SilverRain replied to LadyT618's topic in General Nursing

    You are right. It does sound funny. It's not like they trained thousands of nurses and just rounded it up to the closest thousand. Sound like they trained 14.7 nurses.

13. Licensure in Washington State vs. other states

    SilverRain replied to samyaira's topic in International

    I just recently (3 mo ago) went through the procedure of obtaining WA State RN license. I went to NS, took NCLEX and was originally licensed in California. To my understanding, as long as NS is accredited you will have no problem getting your license...

14. On Fellow Students Not Studying For NCLEX PN

    SilverRain replied to eldragon's topic in New Nurse

    We all have different learning styles. Most of my classmates (BSN) enrolled into NCLEX prep courses right after graduations and most of them passed on their first attempt. I didn’t study a single day and passed on my first attempt. I only took 2 diag...

15. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    SilverRain replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    As a sufferer from severe migraines I can tell you that some of them merit a trip to ER via ambulance. To justify: symptom changes such as paralysis, auditory changes, visual changes etc. Sorry didn't mean to sound mean, just wanted to clarify.