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    In five years, I see myself...

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to elizabethgrad09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hopefully I'll be settled into my new role as an NP. I hope to have my bills paid off after a rough couple of fiscal years I've just gone through and contemplating retirement in a couple years to...
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    How has nursing changed you?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to thoughtful21's topic in General Nursing

    I think if you are laying there dying and cannot tell the zealot to get lost you are a captive audience. This is the very definition of being a captive audience and having beliefs imposed on you....
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    New nurse, how to deal with coworkers yelling at you/talking behind your back..

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Cadams47's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah don't play the game. Don't gossip and don't let the nasty yapping nurses get you down. Do your job the best you can. When you leave work leave all the BS there. I honestly think this is our...
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    New Nurses

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to shoregrl's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah our Docs, NPs or PAs wouldn't have that poop in our ER. Don't put up with stupidity and it shall cease. Make your expectations clear and don't settle for less even (especially) if it angers...
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    Hair test

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Alabama/RN,Vdap's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm not from Alabama but I count on getting tested one a week. Usually I pay a collection fee of $15 (which is very cheap in out market) and anywhere from $39 - $100 for the actual test. I budget...
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    Should I stay or should I go?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to MrsHollsRN's topic in General Nursing

    If this is a salaried position in long term care turn it down immediately. I have friends that were sucked by the siren song of salary and reasonable sounding working conditions and then found...
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    need advice from anyone in Arkansas that been on probation and had a positive UDS.

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to AnhayRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I haven't I wish you luck
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    Pain management

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Matt8700's topic in Emergency

    I'm an ER Nurse and have been for years. The ER is an exceptionally poor place to bring your chronic pain patient. If it is being treated already by a provider that provider should be contacted and...
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    Quitting Nursing School (For good)

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to guest517's topic in General Students

    Good
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    Pain in my butt!

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to rnet's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yes these are the arguments I made!!! In addition I said that it was absurd that Social Workers (yep that's how they do it here) review MDs orders. After all they haven't been to medical school, did...
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry I think this whole notion of customer service is nonsense. They are patients who need help with medical conditions not paying guests at Disney. What is customer service at its essence?...
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    FNP in acute inpatient specialty role

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Julia77's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    We have FNP's in our ICU now as a fact. I just don't want to be one of
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    FNP in acute inpatient specialty role

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Julia77's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yeah I suppose that this is a possibility that could happen to me. My employer paid for my FNP studies and honestly I'd much prefer an outpatient job. However, they get to pick my next position. I...
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    Clarification on NP Curriculum?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to DO_question's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Yeah I'm getting ready to graduate from a respected bricks & mortar school with a DNP. I do believe that many of the courses that you describe you be taught again at a provider level of learning...
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    Mutt-ernity Ward

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Yep a dog probably wouldn't bring in heroin to a patient who just ODed
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    Pain in my butt!

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to rnet's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Still. I do my friend!!! Alas it does no good. In that particular incident I went on a good while about how stupid it was that some social worker was reviewing a Doctors orders for medical...
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    Pain in my butt!

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to rnet's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't have first hand knowledge of this. However, it was brought up in one of my nurse support groups by our counselor that the folks at the monitoring board (social workers) can "review" you...
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    How has nursing changed you?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to thoughtful21's topic in General Nursing

    Happy Sunday All!!! Has nursing changed me? You betcha. Some for the good & some for the bad but that's life. I've been a nurse a long time and have seen excellent members of our profession...
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    BSN or Associates Degree

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to raynpetal's topic in General Students

    I hope to provide another angle of looking at the whole ADN versus BSN issue. If you are young and can get a job you want with an ADN by all means do so. However, the older we get the more our...
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    Raises

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    WOW what a topical article for me personally. I must say I'm thinking about doing the exact same thing but only for three years. I work for the VA and we get locality pay based on where we work....
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    Filing a complaint question

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to Randomnurse3's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yeah I self reported so it was no mystery that the BON knew and what it was for (DUI). I also had to "confess" to being an alcoholic to get into the "voluntary" program in my state. However it was...
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    Suspended Licence

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to PRN4U's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have to pay out of pocket for my tests. Insurance won't cover it as it is not part of a treatment plan related to a diagnosis of a medical provider but rather a monitoring plan imposed by a...
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    Raises

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in a Union and work right next door to our giant provider in Pittsburgh. I have better benefits and make much more money than the folks there plus firing or disciplining me is not a simple matter...
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    Why your avatar?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to LikeTheDeadSea's topic in School

    I suppose but I did see Elvis at an all you can eat Chinese
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    Why your avatar?

    SpankedInPittsburgh replied to LikeTheDeadSea's topic in School

    HA!!! The damn truth spoils the most precious urban