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  1. Possible termination for HIPAA violations

    ksc0723 replied to Magnolia619's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    To the OP i have read all the posts up through the last one and let me just say I am ecstatic for you that you are still employed. When it's your life, career, and livelihood on the line the world...

  2. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    ksc0723 posted a topic in General Students

    I have a question for all of you out there. Why don't all nursing programs adn/bsn/NP/CNS/CRNA etc have the same requirements for admission? For example, medical school has the same requirements for...

  3. To all Night Nurses:

    ksc0723 replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. Thank you. Big ups to the night

  4. How to put this on a resume?

    ksc0723 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey there nursing peeps! I have just been asked to orient a couple of new nurses and have been asked to join a hospital nursing committee that has a collection of nurses from all nursing units that...

  5. Money or Life

    ksc0723 posted a topic in General Nursing

    To be short and quick. Newer RN. Make over $70,000 working straight nights 1.0FTE. Love the money from a savings and security perspective, love job, hate shift and schedule of staff RN's in general....

  6. Money or Life

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the amazing responses and support from all of you!!!! It's a tough decision especially in this economy. I think I am going to continue doing what I am doing until something comes along that...

  7. Anyone else see this?

    ksc0723 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was on MSN today and there was an article about jobs for $30+ an hour. I read it to see what was there and RN's were listed as making $34/hour. I have not seen anywhere near that for RN's except if...

  8. Money or Life

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I have x-mas off but work thanksgiving this year. Just to accommodate me, my in laws are having dinner at their place and my parents are traveling an hour to the dinner because I have to work at...

  9. Money or Life

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Nursing

    This is an excellent point. We aren't guaranteed tomorrow or 5 years from now. I don't want to go through life feeling this way just to have the money It's just hard with the way things are now. I...

  10. Money or Life

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Nursing

    That is exactly what I'm talking about. Every day I see dozens of emails from people on my floor looking for people to switch or pickup time because the times they work are not at all conducive the...

  11. Anyone else see this?

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Nursing

    That explains a lot. Seems to be an

  12. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    Anyone know what the reasoning is behind this type of admissions set-up? I wasn't sure if there was some rhyme or reason to it or not. And if it's money, you could take a lot of classes at different...

  13. Theme music

    ksc0723 replied to LegzRN's topic in General Nursing

    The theme from "Shaft". A little bow chic a bow wowww and hearing that electric guitar with the effects pedal. Awesome. Now I just need a huge afro wig and some

  14. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    STANDARDIZED!!!!! Thank you Thank you. I was trying to find that word because that is what I meant and for the love of pete could not think of it so I was using words like universal, streamlined, etc....

  15. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    Thanks to all those who see what I am getting at. I was asking the question to see if others were running into this problem and to see if anyone understood why nursing admissions are set up this way....

  16. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    What does that even mean? I must be the first-congrats?!?! I am sure I am not the first and only person to notice this as an issue. You just seem to be the first and only one on this forum who is...

  17. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    Great attitude. Rules are meant to be revisited, examined, and ultimately changed if they no longer make sense in the current landscape. Sometimes it takes someone pointing out there is a problem as...

  18. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    I have a BS in psych and an MS in psych plus the AAS in nursing so I am well versed in college application processes. I am also in my 30's and have thus been in the "real world" for quite some time. I...

  19. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    I am not saying dumb down the process to make it easier for anyone to get in. I am saying make the requirements as hard, impossible,difficult as nursing wants them to be that's fine. But, make the...

  20. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    That's fine. Make them the

  21. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    Yes. that is what I don't get. No uniform admission process at any any degree level for nurses. I don't get

  22. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    Yeah I'm aware of that I am talking about within the degree itself. Applying to ADN programs and BSN and MSN and PhD have differing requirements for admission. For example. When I was applying to ADN...

  23. Block out the light!!!!

    ksc0723 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey all you night RN's. Me and the hub are now officially on night shift together (yay) and I need some window advice. Here is the deal. We have a loft and our bedroom is in the loft. There are two...

  24. Block out the light!!!!

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the suggestion. I like the wood frame idea. I would like to be able to put them in and take them out so doing the wood frame idea, could I insert the frames when I go to sleep and take them...

  25. Block out the light!!!!

    ksc0723 replied to ksc0723's topic in General Nursing

    I am loving all the ideas. Thank you so much!!!! Bright daylight be gone.