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I am also a Federal Govt Employee and chose the VA to work specifically for their great benefits. Our "401k" aka TSP automatically matches 1% of your pay even if you don't participate with your own monies. Then they match dollar for dollar up to the ...

Coolpeach, I so get what you are saying. I too am an older nurse and this is my 2nd career after 25 years in the business world. The people who engaged in juvenile mean spirited behavior were LET GO and until they were let go, were avoided by the res...

It seems once again a facility lowers itself to the lowest common denominator. Manners, professionalism, kindness, educated speaking, critical thinking all get stomped on because of the pandering to the lowest common denominator and it is through out...

I take the first two weeks off for vacation...which by the way I am enjoying throughly:yeah:

1. what was career #1? product marketing mgr in the silicon chip industry 2. are you happier with nursing as a career than you were with career #1? sometimes 3. did you get into nursing because you had a dead end job? because you were unhappy with ...

Thank you for your advice and info. I don't have a problem with handling one admit or even two spaced out, it is when I get 2 at the same time and then a 3rd an hour later. I can't keep up. And my fellow RN's are in the same boat. My existing patient...

I work on a 24 bed Medical unit. I work the evening shift 3:30p-midnight. Our shift gets the majority of new admits. Our staffing is usually 3-4 RN's and 2 LPN's. We do not have techs. Last evening we received 1 transfer and 9 admits. The RN's starte...

I work the evening shift at my hospital on a busy med/surg floor. I come in at noon and work until midnight. I do 3-4 med passes, discharges until 4pm..admissions from noon-mn. I can discharge 4 and then get 4 new admits in one shift. We do not have ...

With friends like that who needs enemies? IMO...23 years old is OLD to be doing these types of pranks. Now if you were 12yo, I could have more understanding...maybe. Claiming "we are young" is no excuse because legally...you are not young, you are an...

IMHO--this philosophy of "the customer is always right" breeds lack of responsibility and this problem is endemic is our society. No one has to have respect, common courtesy and just plain manners any more. One can say,do, act anyway they please and ...

My advice is to do what you can to get a CNA job NOW. I had no health care experience and I was 50 when I was going to nursing school. 6 of my classmates got Student Nurse Tech jobs at our local Veterans Affairs (VA Hospital)..myself included. Our nu...

The OP did NOT take away the pt's call light. She was venting and asking if anyone HAS EVER TAKEN away a pt's call light. I work a VA hospital on the Med floor and we have numerous demented patients. We put them in a room across from the nurses stati...

I work on a Med/Surg Floor at a VA Hospital in Missouri...we are packed and having to send patients to other hospitals because our beds are full. It has been this way for over 9 months. Insane!

I am an RN and I am interested in getting my esthetician license in the state of Missouri. I would be licensed to do the basic cosmetic esthetician services, ie: facials, etc. But I want to get into the medical side as well and am not sure how to pro...

I work at at Veterans Affairs hospital in Missouri and we are bursting at that seams. It has been like this since the beginning of summer. I get a call about once per week on one of my days off to come in.

I graduated from an ADN program last year at age 51! I have been working Med/Surg for the past year and love it. I feel my age gives me an advantage as I have some wisdom on my side and don't get caught up in all the drama..which is in EVERY WORK PL...

Reading your post reminded me of an incident that happened to me. I was a PCT while going to nursing school. I was caring for this one male pt who was very nice and he was telling me how he had been saved by Jesus Christ and was "born again". We had...

I am an RN at a VA Hospital. My busy hospital has 10-12 CNA's and they are used as sitters..these 10-12 CNA's "float" to 6 different floors/units. In answer to your question..yes I am responsibile for answering all my call lights as we have no one to...

I am a new nurse but I am 51 and had a previous life in business. NO WHERE is it allowed for an employee to hit another employee. It is called harrassment and there are laws in place to prevent workplace harrassment (sexual as well as overall harrass...

No I don't wear any rings or braclets. My "jewelry" consists of a 5.00 watch from WalMart with a vinyl band I can scrub down after every shift. My clinical instructor put the fear of "microbes" into me when I was a student and the thought of bringing...

I met with the Nurse Recruiter to get my first job as a student nurse tech. The VA here locally hired about 10 Student nurse techs and then began recruiting us for RN positions. My VA has just started an intensive orientation program (16 weeks!). We ...

Hi, I am a new RN (passed my boards 2.5 weeks ago) and I work at my local VA as a Staff Nurse I on the Medical Floor. I love working for the VA and love serving the vets. I cannot compare it to working for the private sector as I have not worked for ...

I am a nursing student and I have no problem answering questions about school. If this person is a "friend", his reluctance to talk to you sounds a little strange, in my opinion. I normally talk with my friends and vice a versa...that is why it is ca...

Hi everyone, My name is Mavis and I will be starting my ADN-RN program in about 3.5 weeks! I am 49, have a grown son and this is going to be my 2nd career. I spent 25 years in sales/marketing for the electronics industry. I am so looking forward to ...