clee1

clee1

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  1. Overtime Pay

    clee1 replied to LegginMF's topic in General Nursing

    Huh? As we say down South.... somthang jest hain't rat heah. I'd call the State wage and hours board. Offhand, I'd say somebody is shafting

  2. Medical Professionals Abusing Drugs

    clee1 replied to GiantHeart21's topic in General Nursing

    1) Nothing should surprise ANY nurse; including unprofessional (or illegal) activities of our colleagues and co-workers. 2) Drug abuse is rampant in our society. In my (much) younger days, I partied...

  3. LPN'S Supervising RNs'? How would you feel?

    clee1 replied to cowgirl4u's topic in General Nursing

    No apology necessary here, friend. :) You certainly would be in a fix if your hypothetical situation happened; but I cannot imagine that any decent supervisor, of any level of licensure, would fight...

  4. LPN'S Supervising RNs'? How would you feel?

    clee1 replied to cowgirl4u's topic in General Nursing

    Legal? Unknown; I'm not a lawyer. However.... In the "real world", sometimes practicalities take priority over the "letter" of the law. Take my situation, for instance. I am currently a MA, working in...

  5. Thoughts/feelings 9/11

    clee1 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    today is my birthday. five years ago today, i too was unemployed; a casualty of the dotbomb it crunch. i woke that morning after the first hijacked airliner had crashed into the first of the trade...

  6. Palm TX or Palm T5?

    clee1 replied to mjpa28's topic in General Nursing

    I have the TX; a classmate has the T5. Both are fine devices - and the T5 will do most tasks just fine - but the TX is worth the additional $$$ if you want/need the additional bells and whistles....

  7. On call with no pay

    clee1 replied to crystal106's topic in General Nursing

    I definately resemble that remark. I'm a former IT worker that is now in Nursing school d/t the DotBomb. However, I'll say this to every salaried employee that has to pull on-call... it comes with the...

  8. What is the hardest thing about Nursing school?

    clee1 replied to chicksmom's topic in General Nursing

    I'll agree with the time management comments. A family, full-time school, and full-time work are a tremendous chore; add to it a disorganized school that always changes the schedule at the last minute...

  9. Co-worker hitting up the Dr.s for meds during shift?

    clee1 replied to babiesX2's topic in General Nursing

    The Docs I work for, (an Urgent Care clinic) are glad to help out one of the staff.... but, we ALWAYS fill out an encounter chart for ourselves, just as though we were one of the "regular" patients....

  10. narcotic use by staff

    clee1 replied to moodychick's topic in General Nursing

    I just don't understand how this can happen, on a systemic or wholesale basis, at least. At my facility, ONE missing narc will result in the whole staff searching charts, examining the narc locker,...

  11. Do you feel it is appropriate for a LPN to apply for medical assistant positions?

    clee1 replied to emllpn2006's topic in General Nursing

    As a MA, I am currently filling a LPN slot at an Urgent Care clinic. Our duties are exactly the same, but I am paid quite a bit

  12. would like opinions

    clee1 replied to mystical_angel8's topic in General Nursing

    Uh huh.... I tell patients I can hear through a cinder-block wall with it.

  13. would like opinions

    clee1 replied to mystical_angel8's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE my Littman Master Classic II.

  14. How much vacation time do you get?

    clee1 replied to NY Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. I have been on the job 94 days, and have already banked 60 hours worth of PTO. Hey... I kinda like the thought of taking a day or two off now and

  15. I don't know how to feel about this

    clee1 replied to sweetcheekers's topic in General Nursing

    The value you provided, Nurse, was that you advocated for your patient to the best of your ability and saved his/her life THAT NIGHT! The value you provided was to allow the opportunity to live that...

  16. Phlebotomy course for RNs

    clee1 replied to Meena29's topic in General Nursing

    True, but in the units you'll probably draw from a central line of some type, so phlebotomy skills wouldn't come into

  17. Phlebotomy course for RNs

    clee1 replied to Meena29's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on where you want to work. If you want to work in a Dr.'s office or in Homehealth, phlebotomy might be a very valuable skill. In the hospital, the lab has phlebotomists on staff to draw...

  18. The Frustrated Learner Thread aka "I HATE studying MORE THAN ___!" All rants welcome!

    clee1 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Uh huh.... At my facility, we call it

  19. reinstated license after suspension

    clee1 replied to bclily's topic in General Nursing

    Will your license be "clean" or will it still show a previous suspension? If so, you might try a field where no narcs are given for awhile; like camp or school

  20. The Frustrated Learner Thread aka "I HATE studying MORE THAN ___!" All rants welcome!

    clee1 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I hate studying more than cleaning/changing a whole unit of patients after they've had liberal doses of Go-Lytely.

  21. Threatened for calling in sick

    clee1 replied to Jennerizer's topic in General Nursing

    I politely told her I would not be there because I was sick.... and that I had called in according to policy, and that such threats were undoubtedly a violation of policy and numerous state and...

  22. precepting nursing students?

    clee1 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Bingo! Exactly right. My NS instructors took/take great pains to point out that we are their to learn as much as we can about being a nurse; we are NOT there as unpaid facility staff. We are expected...

  23. RN's vs LAB

    clee1 replied to chaosRN's topic in General Nursing

    This just floors me! Why is it that "support" departments (lab, pharmacy, radiology) never seem to know that the PURPOSE of their work is patient care; and that patient care is NOT an INTERRUPTION of...

  24. Wearing scrubs home??

    clee1 replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    I wear fresh scrubs every day to work from home, or from school/clinicals if I was there that day. I wear school uniform or scrubs home.... However: My shoes live on the back porch, in a shallow pan...

  25. 1st Med error... and a valuable lesson!

    clee1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I learned a valuable lesson yesterday. I am a (starting) 3rd Quarter LPN student, and I work as a CMA in an Urgent Care clinic. In my facility, LPNs and CMAs are interchangeable: we have the same...