soontoretire2020 BSN

soontoretire2020 has 54 years experience as a BSN.

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1. MY Swan Song

   soontoretire2020 posted a topic in Private Duty

   Well, I guess I am retired, after 51 years of nursing. My last 5 years being in private duty. I worked hospitals, a correctional facility, LTCs, an LTAC, a WFH insurance gig, public health. I retired...

2. LTC Question/Opinion

   soontoretire2020 replied to phoebebrat's topic in General Nursing

   If management cared about staffing they would fix it. They don't care what you think. Either deal with it or quit. No management in the history of nursing cares what anyone thinks, so don't waste your...

3. Bye bye hospital - Bayada? Resume rewrite?

   soontoretire2020 replied to HMofNC's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Go ahead and add your hospital experience. Your experience is invaluable. Agencies will hire anyone with a license. Do you know Advanced Home care in High Point is offering a 10,000 bonus for full...

4. Staffing issues

   soontoretire2020 replied to Kitiger's topic in Private Duty

   If all the retired nurses would pick up say 1 or 2 days a week private duty, there would be plenty of coverage. With Covid, what is there to do anyway? I should be retired, at my age, but who wants to...

5. Power point?

   soontoretire2020 replied to soontoretire2020's topic in School

   Well they never called me, so,

6. Guilt tripped. Need advice

   soontoretire2020 replied to Elektra6's topic in Private Duty

   They want you to volunteer your time? Your answer is NO. What if something happens? I don't think your insurance or your employer's insurance would cover that. No is a perfectly adequate answer. So...

7. Power point?

   soontoretire2020 posted a topic in School

   I just filled out an application to be a school nurse. In the job description it said required knowledge includes Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Power Point. Do you really need these skills to be a...

8. Has anyone done PDN and Visiting field nursing?

   soontoretire2020 replied to aksti1018's topic in Private Duty

   PD can be a cakewalk. Not always, but usually. If you get fed up there are plenty more cases waiting for you. Some nurses stay on cases for

9. The Things That Come Out Of Your Mouth...

   soontoretire2020 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   My patient says "I have a headache". So I say "I will see if you can have some Tylenol". I then remembered that he was in the hospital because he took an overdose of

10. Unfair Grading

    soontoretire2020 replied to RoseTh93's topic in General Students

    No one ever said anything in life was

11. So, It's Come To This...

    soontoretire2020 replied to Jedrnurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well, some people probably won't question

12. Biden announced nursing homes must require employee COVID vaccination to get federal Medicare+Medicaid funding

    soontoretire2020 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes but...people who don't believe in Covid are the people who will walk around with the mask over their chin and not their mouth and

13. Boundaries in Private Duty Nursing

    soontoretire2020 replied to MTRNlove's topic in Home Health

    If your client is on Medicaid, which they usually are, Medicaid pays nurses to do nursing, not housework. Management needs to explain that to the clients. You are in the wrong

14. Are you happy with your nursing career choice?

    soontoretire2020 replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    My experience is different than most nurses, as I will be retiring soon. I am not sure when, but probably this year. I graduated from nursing school in 1971. I have worked in hospitals, LTCs, LTAC,...

15. Nurses, invent what you want.

    soontoretire2020 replied to x4livin's topic in General Nursing

    Two items. One, an antibacterial Foley cath that kills bacteria, so having an indwelling Foley doesn't mean getting a UTI. A doorway that mists a Lysol type product on everyone who walks through...