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Don't know about that but one sticky with working for your current clients on your own could be if you signed a non-compete agreement. I just applied at an agency and that was in the on-boarding packet. It specifies not working for any one you meet through your job for a period of two years after you stop working for them.. So under the agreement, if you were on a case and the client decided to work with another agency, you would not be able to work with them through that agency.

Wrong topic post.

It happened to me......and it was confirmed. I'm still negative.

Here's what happened to me. I went to work and began experiencing symptoms of a medical emergency of my own. I called the on-call supervisor and told her I believed I was getting a detached retina and needed to go to the ER. She yelled at me that she couldn't cover for me because of xyz. She offered no solution for me, just basically it wasn't her problem. When I called I had vision but by the end of the shift I didn't. Completely detached torn retina, requiring intensive interventions, doctor appointments, surgeries, which continue many months and to this day. This has altered my life significantly. When I was in thd ER received texts telling me that because I had called off that weekend i would have to work the following weekend. I was actually scheduled anyway, the week end I had the emergency I had picked up to help out. That was my last shift as a nurse and not sure I'll ever work again. I was fairly new at that facility (SNF) and had never called out before. Picked up shifts when asked.

Oh thank you for sharing.

I think you should brighten up your resume while you do as much networking as you can. And soon as you get the number of your license apply to the positions/hospitals you want. Most positions here say "one year experience preferred" but there are a few hospitals that are hiring ADN new grads as long as they are enrolled in BSN program. Can not underestimate the power of networking also. Use all the contacts you have including your new grad cohorts to find out where the jobs are. Good Luck and enjoy.

Other IV medications bags projected to be affected too. Saw the notice that alternative delivery methods may need to be explored, such as IV push if feasible. Well see. Hope not.

Patients in jail may refuse care and are allowed the same privileges as any other inmate in regard to their food, exercise, etc. They receive education and special diet if desired, regular diet if desired. The down side for them is we are the manager of care so their choice is pretty much our care or no care and we will make them safe whether they want that or not. Would probably not be able to enforce a fluid restriction and it would probably be up the patient to do that for himself. We make people sign a refusal letter stating education was given concerning risks(given in the letter- disability, worsening if condition, death). Then it us on them pretty much. Bet your patient has spent at least a few nights in jail. Maybe hospital should get signed refusal documents!

I am a corrections nurse but am currently looking for a job in another area of nursing. Not sure where I'll end up but it most likely will not be acute care. I have run into this "real nurse" myth quite a bit. At one jail one of the deputies told the patients (inmates) I wasn't a "real nurse." This was a very small jail and not just "real nurse," I was the "only nurse." That position was difficult enough without the incredible ignorance of that particular (female) deputy. I really hope all nurses will work to dispell this notion. "Real nurses" are licensed nurses who work to promote health and safety with our very special training and knowledge wherever and in whatever setting we live.

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Has to be the woman who ate her own feces and licked urine off the floor. She also pulled out her hair and smeared the feces and hair all over the window of her door, which was pretty horrifying to look at. Bath salts victim. Was insane and violent for approximately 24 days and then cleared and seemed to be a very nice person. We never told her about ALL the things she did.

Even parents who have money seem to get this attitude that they won't spend money on the child - that if Medicaid doesn't cover it they're not going to either. Its hard to understand. It's still their child!

Regarding giving the guy with the nausea, vomiting and diarrhea something other than gatoraid and time off. Nurse, "Actually, the doctor usually orders a full liquid diet for a few days. Do you think that might be helpful? Most people with all of the symptoms you mention are grateful for that."

In my state all the licenses are on line and anyone can look at it. Says she used a hypenated name wtih the name and number of a real nurse so that might have thrown people off too. I guess no one thinks anyone would do such a thing. Would never occur to me to think someone was lying about that. Oh my gosh, being in the ICU with no training - what a nightmare!! Wonder what she was thinking!

The choice of school is a really personal issue and there are many factors, including cost, location, campus life. I think everyone should be judged on their performance and what they do to continue their personal development. Certainly each school has its deficits and strengths but when we pass NCLEX we are supposed to be able to function safely as an ENTRY LEVEL nurse. That is all, regardless. We have to be given opportunities to develop. I think sometimes the certain school and who you know will get a person opportunities and maybe someone taking another route may have to work a little longer and harder for the same opportunities.