balletomane ADN, RN

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    Budget Cuts/Salary Freezes/Furloughs/etc all due to COVID

    balletomane replied to rubyagnes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So, I guess you have the fellow nurses in your state to thank for
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    balletomane replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If it can be and I'm working COVID, I want to err on the side of
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    balletomane replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    balletomane replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am 61 and the second oldest on my unit. Was sent to float onto COVID last weekend. Pneu past 2 years, A+ blood, with a 64 y.o. husb at home. I don't complain...not then and haven't now. Being...
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    balletomane replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I work for a non-union hospital. Compared to the other hospitals in the area, I am not seeing any difference. What are you seeing in your
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    balletomane replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Out of curiosity, how many Magnet hospitals are
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    To be a coward, or to be a fool?

    balletomane replied to MsJenn_The_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    "but being a Nurse means that you may have to put your life on the line to save others." Really? I want to know where it says this. I truly do. Is that what we're taught? I don't remember. Is...
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    Canada’s preparedness compared to USA

    balletomane replied to meganvl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Dear "We have no cases yet but...", Please report back to us *after* it's hit you and you're at your peak. Thank you for your support, Sincerely, Nurse
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    balletomane replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    Under oath, entire 9 hr deposition. "In a 2013 poll of the Top 50 “most influential people in vaccines,” Dr. Plotkin was voted number two, behind only Bill Gates. ...He has also served as a...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    balletomane replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    I imagine you will need to continue to find facilities to work in that allow for wearing masks, as ours does. I agree that everyone should be allowed to choose whether or not to accept the flu...
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    Do you scrub the hub of a PICC between each medication?

    balletomane replied to Kara Hoffman's topic in General Nursing

    I work in oncology/neurology where we have many PICCs. We don't heparinize them. Only a central
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    Why Do Nurses Quit?

    balletomane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    On the patient's part, well...they want a 5-star hotel where they just happen to be medically
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    At least she didn't call out the School Nurse

    balletomane replied to tining's topic in School

    Now that student has learned one of the best lessons in life. If you don't look out for yourself, no one else is. It's up to you to find the uni and the scholarships/grants/funding. It's also the...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    balletomane replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I gave my initial assessment and she said that wasn't it. So, I gave her many other options as I came across them. That is why I didn't put them all "into one". I provided many more solutions than...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    balletomane replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Of course you can. By not dating "that much", waiting until you're older to marry, by choosing an older man to marry, driving 1.5 hrs to work at nursing and expecting to be in the mood to become...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    balletomane replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Not narrow minded. Just an analysis and my theory. If it's not correct after you mulling it over, that's all you have to say. That it's not what you believe is the problem. As someone else said, "...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    balletomane replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    And, lastly, why don't you become a fertility nurse. Appears that they make more and your hours would be
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    balletomane replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.ihr.com/infertility/provider/financial_assistance.html
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    balletomane replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    A few different grant places the above one here:
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    balletomane replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    You may want to look into the following Fertility financial aid programs:
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    balletomane replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    More helpful info showing companies who offer IVF benefits:...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    balletomane replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have IVF insurance. While doing some reading, I see that "Texas is one of the 15 states that offers a fertility insurance mandate for its residents. This means that insurance companies in the...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    balletomane replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    balletomane replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you go to work at a hospital that pay for IVF. Many do. Since your husband isn't working, is he will to work somewhere that pays for IVF?...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    balletomane replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's nursing that you are wanting out of. I think it may be your marriage. You have been adjusting your nursing career to fix your marriage and motherhood situation, when it's really...