Lynn1956

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1. Anyone finish shift and not return to job?

   Lynn1956 replied to StatRNNJ97's topic in General Nursing

   This is for JulieJ. I can empathize that 2 week notice can be too short to cover for many managers-obviously that small hospital has different policies from your own, policies that were set up by a union and which I followed to a "T". However, it is...

2. Anyone finish shift and not return to job?

   Lynn1956 replied to StatRNNJ97's topic in General Nursing

   Ancient history now, but I gave my 2 -week notice and was not scheduled for it, so I never had to return. The meeting suddenly evaporated, there was no mention of an exit interview even though I asked, and the schedule wench wrote "terminated" across...

3. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   Lynn1956 replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   Yes, nurses will eat their young if you let them. The working conditions of nurses can be horrific as these forums show, so part of the culture of eating their young can also be blamed on administration/management practices that allow that kind of no...

4. Native American nursing volunteer opportunities?

   Lynn1956 replied to clara76's topic in General Nursing

   I am not an anthropologist, but I do not believe that the suicide rates, domestic violence and suicide issues are a result of culture. The unfortunate introduction of demon alcohol can be blamed for much of it. Alcohol plus physiology = nothing good....

5. Please Reply

   Lynn1956 replied to qbingirl's topic in Alaska

   University of Alaska Anchorage has a nursing program that has new grads hitting the market in December so you would be competing with them for jobs in January. they don't do double backflips for new grads-maybe it would be better to get a year under ...

6. GA RN (2yr) or GA RN (4yr)?

   Lynn1956 replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Georgia

   I would initially recommend the associate's degree because it's two years. That way you can get your feet wet and see how you like nursing, there is virtually no pay differential in many places between BSN and ASN/ADN, and there are many online progr...

7. Anyone finish shift and not return to job?

   Lynn1956 replied to StatRNNJ97's topic in General Nursing

   I am at a hospital where I have seriously considered leaving with no notice. I started in a preceptorship program last June with 8 others that was very disorganized (one manager left, an interim came on), no one knew when it would end, first it was 4...

8. Native American nursing volunteer opportunities?

   Lynn1956 replied to clara76's topic in General Nursing

   I love it, and especially enjoy it when I am working with the Elders. There are some difficult issues in Bush Alaska-alcohol abuse, suicides, and domestic violence are a few of the more pressing ones, but I have enjoyed it overall.

9. Good idea!

   Lynn1956 replied to -Midget-'s topic in General Nursing

   I work in Anchorage at the Alaska Native Hospital, which is a Magnet hospital and is dedicated to serving Alaska Natives and those registered to tribes. Their mission is that Alaska Natives are the healthiest in the world, and they have unique servic...

10. Native American nursing volunteer opportunities?

    Lynn1956 replied to clara76's topic in General Nursing

    I work at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Hospital in Anchorage, Ak., a Magnet hospital-not sure about volunteer opps for only a couple of weeks, but there are many different clinics in villages around the state that may want/need help-I c...