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    Trying to request for transfer. Advice needed.

    Persephone Paige replied to ThinkerBelleRN's topic in Nursing Career

    We have plenty of openings in wound care here too. They just aren't hiring for them, probably because people like us keep applying without meeting THEIR requirements. When I asked, I was told 'be...
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    Trying to request for transfer. Advice needed.

    Persephone Paige replied to ThinkerBelleRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Any job that is slower paced is going to be highly sought after. It has been my experience that 'newbies' , new hires, nurses with no connections get sent to these high stress units. You are expected...
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    I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    Persephone Paige replied to PhyllisMSN's topic in General Nursing

    This was my point too. These places should not exist. But, it's an industry. The insurances are in on it, the owners. They KNOW these patients don't get good care, but they keep cashing the checks....
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    Trigger Warning!

    Persephone Paige replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Don't talk to anyone? This is said in jest, but not really. Work is hard enough without all of this added to it. I am able to keep myself in check with my patients, speaking only of the treatments and...
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    Purpose of the counting of days....

    Persephone Paige replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I can't bring myself to count the days, YET. Probably because I know that I must successfully work at the first job I've had in 13 years for the next 15 mos ( already survived 3 mos ) for my release...
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    I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    Persephone Paige replied to PhyllisMSN's topic in General Nursing

    As long as medicine keeps extending lives ( keeping hearts pumping while brains and bodies wear out ), people keep wanting to live forever, kids want some place to stuff mom, dad or whomever and...
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    License Renewal??

    Persephone Paige replied to OveritLPN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Someone chime in if I'm wrong, but counseling isn't 'treatment' in the traditional sense. When I think of drug treatment, I think of being admitted to inpatient or outpatient and then discharged when...
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    How to retain nurses?

    Persephone Paige replied to old&improved's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a busy, high acuity, med-surg, 1:6 ratio floor. Some days, it's doable if I use every second I have. The ratio would be better on some days if they didn't pull our nurses to other floors....
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    License Renewal??

    Persephone Paige replied to OveritLPN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What kind of program? Was it IOP, or a program the DOJ system requires DUI people to
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    Oig

    Persephone Paige replied to Jaronson81's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Aesthetic nursing, maybe? Every other service is eventually going to have a poor person that needs
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    Trigger Warning!

    Persephone Paige replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    In that case, all it takes is a poorly aimed fart and the whole place goes into
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    New grad: I've failed at my first two RN jobs

    Persephone Paige replied to Lemon Bars's topic in Nursing Career

    If you are a think, feeling human being, which it sounds like you are, these are growing pains. Some nurses are plain AI, and I'm in awe. I was never one of those. I stopped and felt, pondered, etc......
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    I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    Persephone Paige replied to PhyllisMSN's topic in General Nursing

    So true. I was just telling my husband something similar tonight. One of his friends who is 80 is bemoaning his short time due to illness. What the absolute ****? 80? That's a long life. Eighty isn't...
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    Trigger Warning!

    Persephone Paige replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I sit and watch any new group of people I encounter. I will do this for a long time before ever speaking anything except the most basic of civilities. I will know who I would need to issue a 'trigger...
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    I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    Persephone Paige replied to PhyllisMSN's topic in General Nursing

    My opinion probably won't be popular, but as long as these places exist ( LTCs ), nurses such as these will be there. Does anybody in here really think these facilities provide good care? If so, what...
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    Fired two times and unable to get job now

    Persephone Paige replied to Newstartat50's topic in General Nursing

    My question is, do you know why you thought calling in was a good solution? Because you'll do it again... I ask this question because it was my own issue. If you can figure out why you did it and be...
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    What should I do?

    Persephone Paige replied to Thorn94's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I live in Florida. We definitely have work waivers here and a few counselors I know in the chemical dependency field have them. They've been to prison, so I can't imagine that there wouldn't be some...
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    What should I do?

    Persephone Paige replied to Thorn94's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I don't know all the specifics, but have you looked into a waiver? A waiver can come from either the BON or AHCA, depending. It basically says that YES you do have a criminal history and they know...
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    Nurses Who Smoke Marijuana

    Persephone Paige replied to NenaRK's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I still think it's ridiculous that MJ is a schedule 1 drug. Until it's legalized, like alcohol, nurses will continue to get in trouble in States where it isn't. It creates too much revenue for law...
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    Will anywhere hire with pending charges?

    Persephone Paige replied to Rdsrn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have a friend who just resolved some stuff. For her, 'pending' meant open and open just meant that she was still paying the fines. For all intents and purposes, everything had been decided, she was...
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    School nursing?

    Persephone Paige replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    How do you feel after your interview,
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    Tech falsified vitals

    Persephone Paige replied to Presbynurse12345's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Because of this thread, I am now taking my own vitals from here on out. If the CNA is doing his/her job, great. The patient will have the most up to date vitals on the floor. I can't tell you how many...
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    Change of Shift Admissions

    Persephone Paige replied to kgrivera79's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Depends on if it's done right. If it's just an 'admit' to the floor, it's not really that big a deal. If it's a dump, it's a nightmare. I've had an easier admit during change of shift than a dump at...
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    School nursing?

    Persephone Paige replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Don't forget to tell us how it
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    ATT for good moral character evaluation in Massachusetts

    Persephone Paige replied to RNskiier94's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I will! Expungement was easy in FL. I did it myself and mine came through quicker than my friends who used attorneys. $75 for the application and $85 for finger prints and background check... still...