The not going to management with every little thing like a 5 year old running to mommy and saying "mommy, look what she did!" I can totally agree with. That's just immature behavior from somebody who...
I was a cosmetologist in my former life, life before nursing that is. I wasn't quite 30, I was 27. Nursing was also a bump in pay for me coming from a close to minimum wage job where I relied on...
kbrn2002 replied to allthesmallthings's topic in Home Health
Not a Home Health Nurse here but it's no better working in a setting without an onsite provider. It is a hair pulling time suck, no way around it. I have the backline phone numbers to my frequently...
kbrn2002 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News
The giant health care companies are going to be the downfall of not only nursing but the populations they serve. I'm seeing this develop now where I live. Every hospital/clinic with the exception of...
kbrn2002 replied to MissMaryGrace's topic in General Nursing
Yes, you can work in multiple states. Either through being licensed in those individual states or by working in multiple states under one license as long as all locations are compact states. I live on...
If she has been a nurse for 3 years and a full year of that has been with your employer and she still needs 1:1 support I would say it's time to cut her loose. It's pretty doubtful in that situation...
kbrn2002 replied to felixthecat99's topic in General Nursing
If it's mandatory it's work. If it's work it must by law be paid. Put your foot down on this one. You can make the new Executive Director aware that this would be an illegal act without being rude...
Wow, there's not a lot of the old school hospital operated diploma programs out there any more. The one we had in my area closed many years ago. It was so old school that students lived on site in a...
A 3.0 is not by any means a bad GPA. However some nursing programs are super competitive and have few chairs available compared to number of applicants so be prepared to submit applications to more...
kbrn2002 replied to Erin Lee's topic in Nursing News
Apparently I am bad, like really bad at spotting any warning signs of diversion. I worked LTC for over 20 years, the amount of diversion I later found out about was astounding. A couple of the more...
A long hiring process isn't necessarily a red flag but it can for sure be an inconvenience. The days of walking into a facility, asking for an application and being hired on the spot with a "how soon...
kbrn2002 replied to Guest26407's topic in Nursing Career
Sorry but I am super confused so it's really hard to give any valuable advice. How were you able to take the RN NCLEX if the school was not approved? There has to be proof of graduation from an...
This is exactly why in 30 years of nursing I have never worked in a hospital and never would. We have two health care systems in our area, both used shift rotations then and they still do now. This...
A group of somebodies made the decision that this was OK behind some closed door meeting somewhere. Those somebodies make way more money than the nurses, techs and any ancillary staff that might...
Did you simply not waste the meds as you and another nurse together should have or did you divert the meds? Were the meds still in the facility and accounted for? Last point, is the med in question...