caroladybelle BSN, RN

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    Are nurses forced to assist abortions?

    caroladybelle replied to lookingintoRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No snark, just requiring a certain amount of proof, given the amount of data and logic to the contrary. Given that no hospital that receives federal funds provides ALL services available, it would be...
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    Religion

    caroladybelle replied to x4livin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    as someone that is not christian, i am never afraid of the gospel of jesus christ. it poses no danger whatsoever to my true religious beliefs.it so little a danger, that i have been in godspell,...
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    Are nurses forced to assist abortions?

    caroladybelle replied to lookingintoRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Please cite a link for the above statement. I keep abreast of such things and have heard nothing of the sort from legitimate
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    Breast Cancer Wound Care

    caroladybelle replied to cbski's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Is there odor? Metrogel or a dressing with metrodonozole on it can help with
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    just don't understand!

    caroladybelle replied to Daisy02's topic in General Students

    Because you need to be able to do both well in
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    Tuition Reimbursement Question ... Advice please!

    caroladybelle replied to NurseB_'s topic in General Students

    You will be lucky to get a job at all. In this economy, few will give you extra, for any reason. As far as asking..... If any applicant I had, came to me with such a request, I would immediately...
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    If I Said on Here What I Wanted to Say.

    caroladybelle replied to DixieRedHead's topic in General Nursing

    Old age is not a disease........it is triumph, especially in this
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    Do nurses get holidays off?

    caroladybelle replied to Jmiami's topic in General Nursing

    It isn't hostility. It is fatigue born of dealing perpetually with those that feel like having children means that they should have every holiday off, never work during a snowstorm or hurricane, or...
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    Do nurses get holidays off?

    caroladybelle replied to Jmiami's topic in General Nursing

    My father served 27 years in the military, He was not gone for "ONLY TWO YEARS:. He was gone for most of my childhood. Even when he had a rare occasion and was not deployed, you could not count on...
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    How soon is too soon to ask for a raise?

    caroladybelle replied to Jenni811's topic in Nursing Career

    It is usually after your yearly evaluation. But this was a question that should have been asked in orientation, as all employers are different. And if you have clinical ladders or unions, things can...
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    DNR

    caroladybelle replied to mialedbetter's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Probably because the federal government does not have the legal wherewithal to do so. By the Constitution, those rights belong to the states. Much like abortion rights, nursing/medical licensure,...
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    Contract Problems...Experienced Travelers PLEASE help!!

    caroladybelle replied to OwensMomRN's topic in Travel

    I have had dozens of contracts, and have had several of them where I specified certain dates off that were written into the contract. After a verbal "promise" and occasional misrepresentation by...
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    is cystic fibrosis infectious?

    caroladybelle replied to HelloM1M1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    An aside: the question should really be moot. A leukemic pt that is neutropenic (immunosuppressed) in most good facilities would be in a private room if all possible, especially
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    is cystic fibrosis infectious?

    caroladybelle replied to HelloM1M1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    A pt with cystic fibrosis, is often going to be coughing, receive jet nebs/aerosolizes treatments, chest physiotherapy......many things that will aerosolize germs into air. Even normally benign flora...
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    Do nurses get holidays off?

    caroladybelle replied to Jmiami's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know, few places require one to work a full 24-36 HR shift straight on the holiday. This means that one has time to see their nearby spouse/children during the holiday or the holiday eve....
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    Moving to Arizona soon

    caroladybelle replied to Manila Daisy's topic in Arizona Nursing

    In the current economy, there are not nearly as many jobs as there once were. It will be more likely that you will not be able to pick and choose between which program is best between many jobs. It...
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    Moving to Arizona soon

    caroladybelle replied to Manila Daisy's topic in Arizona Nursing

    There are plenty of American nurses that have those qualities of compassion and that are hardworking. Being Filpina does not distinguish one as automatically having that trait. And there are plenty...
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    difference between a USA Associates degree RN and BScN

    caroladybelle replied to Glimpsethepast's topic in International Nursing

    The big issue is that nursing programs across the USA vary widely. An associate (or BSN) one school may be quite different than one in another part of the country. And given that few US nurses are...
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    Moving to Arizona soon

    caroladybelle replied to Manila Daisy's topic in Arizona Nursing

    To my knowledge, that makes no difference. Are you a citizen in the US and/or have a working Visa yet and have you passed the NCLEX? Those would actually slow up the process if you have not...
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    Not a waitress or barista

    caroladybelle replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    You obviously haven't worked at one of those hospitals with the Otis Spunkmeyer dough and baking ovens on the floor for you to freshly bake cookies for pts. (traveler assignment in FL, one contract I...
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    Not a waitress or barista

    caroladybelle replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    Barista I don't mind. It's when they want me to be TV repairman or sex surrogate that I find
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    Rant: I will SHOW you where it is

    caroladybelle replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked with those. The coworker that cannot start report without her cup of coffee. Mind you, will not come to work a few minutes early to set it up. S/he gets to the coffee maker and finds...
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    Mandated Flu vaccine?

    caroladybelle replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    don't know about that one, but it is good question. given those studies that found that the genetic mutation that allowed survival of black plague, has passed down to descendants a resistance to hiv...
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    If I see one more post titled....

    caroladybelle replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    Light up a.....uhhhhh, candle in memory and play "Baker's Street a few
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    If I see one more post titled....

    caroladybelle replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    Surrender,