caroladybelle BSN, RN

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    is it OK to submit your 2 week notice via email?

    caroladybelle replied to sourapril's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, really? I have several acquaintances that have been fired/laid off by email, sometimes while they were at work. I have one close friend that received a diagnosis of Paget's by email (though...
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    is it OK to submit your 2 week notice via email?

    caroladybelle replied to sourapril's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Let's see: How would you feel if someone fired you from your job by email? If an interviewer for your preferred position that you were praying for, interviewed you by email, not permitting any give or...
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    Problems of acquiring License Please Help!!!

    caroladybelle replied to misesguy's topic in Texas Nursing

    Please review the threads on this BB, in forums for Nurses and
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    Ratios up, support staff down....cust sat, pt care? Huh?

    caroladybelle replied to freemirini's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to Nursing. This has been the issue for the last 20 years that I know of. This is why nursing has a high burnout rate. Why nurses quit. Why there was a "so-called" shortage a few years...
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    Problems of acquiring License Please Help!!!

    caroladybelle replied to misesguy's topic in Texas Nursing

    There really isn't a shortcut. The vast majority of states are sticklers about licensing ANYONE with a substance abuse issue in their present or
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    How come a foreign nurse can find a job but American nurses can't?

    caroladybelle replied to misterno's topic in General Nursing

    If you check my age and years, you would note that I took the couple day written form in the giant auditorium. It wasn't that long ago. I personally don't know that the computer makes it easier....
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    Are Hospitals requiring courses to be considered for hire unfair?

    caroladybelle replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    Well, for one, if they hire you having already had the class, they know that you can pass it. I recently worked with a nurse that in 3 1/2 years, and numerous classes, never managed to become...
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    How come a foreign nurse can find a job but American nurses can't?

    caroladybelle replied to misterno's topic in General Nursing

    There are those that have been around long enough, to write questions, review questions or monitor the NCLEX. As the OP has his mind made up based on innuendo and hearsay and not interested facts, I...
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    How come a foreign nurse can find a job but American nurses can't?

    caroladybelle replied to misterno's topic in General Nursing

    Now, I want to yell "bulldust" The NCLEX has NEVER been easy in the last 20 years. Since or around 2006, ALL nurses have been required to write the NCLEX. Prior to that, Canadian nurses that had...
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    How come a foreign nurse can find a job but American nurses can't?

    caroladybelle replied to misterno's topic in General Nursing

    First, he assumed they were from Africa, per his post. (as a matter of note, often English taught in Africa -British English-is often better than US English) Second, the nurse has been here for 10...
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    How come a foreign nurse can find a job but American nurses can't?

    caroladybelle replied to misterno's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone got any buffalo wings for this
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    Are Hospitals requiring courses to be considered for hire unfair?

    caroladybelle replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    In the private sector and in many federal jobs, there are often courses required bscore you are considered for employment. Plus, even if you got hired into some units, with requirements such as ACLS,...
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    The case of the missing pens: A rant and an idea

    caroladybelle replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, many of them are no longer providing the pens/ drug books/ water bottles/ bags/ BSA calculators/ lanyards that were the mainstay of my supply chain. That edict limiting vender...
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    PBDS test . How to prepare?

    caroladybelle replied to mirtesen's topic in General Nursing

    Please use "search" - there are multiple threads on PBDS. You really can't study for this, and there generally are not study books available. As the test is copyrighted, if they even catch inkling of...
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    Leucovorin

    caroladybelle replied to mzjennx's topic in Oncology

    I have always given it as an IVPB or as PO. Thankfully, my pts generally have a double lumen Hickman or
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    Do you really have to use an agency to get a travel contract?

    caroladybelle replied to northmississippi's topic in Travel

    Many hospitals have seasonal contract nurses for the winter
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    Nursing in the Philippines

    caroladybelle replied to D.Bajamonde's topic in International Nursing

    It is not the job of the BON or the government to "warn" you about these issues - it was your job to find out, as the consumer of a service, to see if it meets your
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    is uk nursing qualifications the same as the us qualifications?

    caroladybelle replied to sissabell's topic in Immigration Advice

    I cannot comment on UK vs US training. I can say that with retrogression in place, immigration to the US would take several years after you obtain your degree. Add in that with thousands of US...
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    Contract for New Grads?

    caroladybelle replied to ChloBear's topic in First Year After Licensure

    More and more facilities ( nursing home and hospitals) require contracts for new grads. This has come about because of job hopping. It is very expensive to orient new grads, and this gives them some...
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    please help us

    caroladybelle replied to razvan78's topic in International Nursing

    The issue is that there are very few jobs available for nurses in the US at this time. With thousands of unemployed/underemployed nurses in the US, there are few hospitals that are willing to wait the...
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    CVP through PowerPort?

    caroladybelle replied to RNx2's topic in MICU, SICU

    Just because you get a waveform, does not mean that it is
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    Not Pregnant, so why no Period?

    caroladybelle replied to Felicia327's topic in General Students

    Marital stress yet "celibate"? Check for pregnancy anyway. Ovarian cysts, or tumors, not easily palpable in obese pts. Also must rule out other gynecological malignancies or benign masses. Hormonal...
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    CVP through PowerPort?

    caroladybelle replied to RNx2's topic in MICU, SICU

    The link that you provided was for a Power PICC, while the OP is asking about a port- they are two very different things. Yes, power contrast injectors can be used on Power PICCs, and also on Power...
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    New nurse wondering about travel positions

    caroladybelle replied to MAZE<3_22's topic in Travel

    In the current economy, getting more experience would be best. As well as given the competition for jobs, against many experienced travelers, for fewer positions, make sure that you have a good...
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    Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    caroladybelle replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

    Love boiled peanuts, but very hard to find green ones North of S.Carolina. There were some survivors of Katrina that ended up in Massachusetts. Someone called me to ask where I got my grits. I...