balletomane ADN, RN

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

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

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

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

    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 sent there the next 4 weekends and don't hear younge...
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

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

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

    "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 that an oath? Is that a law...in that I lose my lice...
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    Canada’s preparedness compared to USA

    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 Julie
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    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 consultant and directly developer on several vaccines curre...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    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 vaccine as there are risks and wearing a mask is an acce...
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    Do you scrub the hub of a PICC between each medication?

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

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

    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 lesson I learned when helping my father navigate th...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    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 you did. I didn't "spam" her fertility...did you r...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    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 pregnant, not exploring other options (as I have alrea...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    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, " I really do like when someone pulls out something...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

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

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

    A few different grant places the above one here: https://www.ivfauthority.com/ivf-grants/
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    You may want to look into the following Fertility financial aid programs: https://www.fertilityauthority.com/costs/grants-and-aid-infertility-treatment
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    More helpful info showing companies who offer IVF benefits: https://www.fertilityiq.com/topics/fertilityiq-data-and-notes/fertilityiq-best-companies-to-work-for-family-builder-workplace-index-2017-2018
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    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 state are required to offer coverage for IVF cost ...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    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? https://www.fastcompany.com/40496580/these-companies-offer-the-most-generous-ivf-employee-benefits ...
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    Exhausted; I want a way out.

    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 your marriage situation that needs to be adjusted. ...