LindaGracie ADN, BSN

If you were in South Carolina in my area, we would definitely hire you for our home care and home health agency. We find baby boomers are the best employees. They are loyal, hard workers, dependable and have common sense and critical thinking skills....

From my understanding the accelerated BSN is for associate degree RNs to get their BSN. I did this. All the courses are nursing courses in the RN-BSN program. In the traditional BSN program, you definitely shouldn't have to take any of those core cou...

I'm so glad you are finishing up your training and will be working as a supervisor next week. I'm learning about mindfulness through a free program offered by my insurance BCBS. I just started the program this week. It's a 12 week program. That'...

I'm there with you with the same problems and diagnosis. I had several health issues in 2022 starting with aortic valve replacement surgery, small bowel obstruction a few months later, and then anaphylactic shock from yellow jackets stings a few mont...

It's so sad that there are so many people in management who do such immature things to just find a petty reason to fire someone just because they don't like them or have a personality conflict. That facility should have checked you off on the compete...

Thanks for sharing. I have found that there is a lot of inconsistency in what actually happens in healthcare as well as a lot of short cuts. However when it's time for inspection management demands that everyone do everything according to policy.

I am glad you didn't go to that graduate school. That leader is a very irresponsible example and poorly representing that school. Either she has major issues, or the entire school is poorly managed. Either way, I'm glad you went to a reputable and pr...

I was thinking the other night that we need to share techniques and tricks we have learned to complete nursing tasks more efficiently and effectively. I know I am not the only nurse who seems to struggle with successfully completing a nursing task. I...

Many years ago before I even went to nursing school, my mother-in-law was sitting in the waiting room for migraine type symptoms. There was a gentleman there who had chest pains and N&V and had been waiting about 6 hours. That was an extremely bu...

My first career was a counselor. I had worked at the SC department of Vocational Rehabilitation and would routinely get my clients who were nurses hired at the local technical school as instructors. I even got a disabled physician hired teaching. One...

That agency sounds very unethical as far as the nursing staff goes. There are plenty of good home healthcare agencies out there. I think I would consider an assignment with one of the other agencies. When I was younger, I tended to be an outspoken ad...

Hi 10GaugeNeedles, I am glad you shared your concerns. I thought the spike proteins produced by the vaccine was free floating rather than attached to the cells. I know that research on Pfizer indicates immunity wanes considerably (drops to around 50%...

I know that Bayada doesn't have the vaccine mandate for everyone to be vaccinated. (www.bayada.com) You may want to check with some other home health care and hospice agencies in your area. I just started working at a small home health care agency an...

I've had similar experiences with a few people in authority over the decades and have learned that these people tend to have certain characteristics in common. They tend to be micromanagers, take offense if anyone questions them (insecure and misinte...

I agree with you Emergent, I was teased as a child (being a preemie, an identical twin, smallest girl in the class, being delayed in speech & a little slower academically) with the desire to be successful but was socially awkward. I still remembe...

No Way!!!

I was just trying to answer your questions. Since you referred to the vaccine as "poison" I took your comment that you considered the vaccine as "poison". Yes, there are a percentage of healthcare workers who have concerns about the mRNA vaccines. Th...

According to your credentials you "Specializes in Critical Care. Has 20 years experience." Do you still work in ICU? Have friends who work in ICU? Share from what you know and have learned about COVID-19. I read everything I get about COVID and the v...

I try to educate people on the vaccines but do tell people, "if you are afraid of getting COVID-19 and ending up in the hospital on a ventilator due to high risk medical conditions then you should go ahead and get the vaccine but if you don't want th...

I can relate to how your parents are feeling a sense of relief after getting the vaccine. I personally have some risk factors and work in home health but one of my client's family doesn't always take the precautions which puts all of us at risk. Also...

That would be a HIPAA violation. A major law suit!!

Psychiatric nursing triggered a major depressive episode for me. It was a toxic work environment. (Yes, as a result I could understand emotionally what a suicidal person was feeling) I ended taking about 3-4 months off. I am coming out of the depress...

The nursing profession has evolved over the years which includes working conditions, duties, skills, educational and practice standards, technology, regulations and policies. Many of these changes occurred as the result of research and evidence-based...

I agree this would be the best solution. That way all nurses would be happy with their work hours. Thanks for sharing.

RNsheal, Thank you so much for sharing this information. I think all nurses should check out what bills are in Congress. I know I plan to check this out.