caroladybelle BSN, RN

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    Hiring for strike

    caroladybelle replied to netglow's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Please review the HUGE number of threads on this BB regarding retrogression, and the extreme difficulty of immigrating and legally working in this country as a nurse. It is truly a grueling process...
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    Iran makes first herbal anti-cancer drug

    caroladybelle replied to tomjones200824's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP - the original title of the thread was quite ambiguous, and the post gave very little clue as to what it was about. As many of us are reluctant to click on unknown links of dubious nature...
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    Iran makes first herbal anti-cancer drug

    caroladybelle replied to tomjones200824's topic in General Nursing

    Probably because no one is interested in researching it or willing to take the risks and expenses and liability to do real double blind, reliable, reproduceable studies on it. Doing so is expensive...
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    What to expect $$$ wise in Southern Florida

    caroladybelle replied to brian2412's topic in General Nursing

    That may be difficult to come by in most parts of the
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    Who is writing the job postings??

    caroladybelle replied to DNPBrookie's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Agree with Above. Have repeatedly dealt with new grads who insist that clinicals are "experience" and counts those as the one to two years. Trust me, if someone takes the care to write that, they do...
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    What to expect $$$ wise in Southern Florida

    caroladybelle replied to brian2412's topic in General Nursing

    Expect to get paid much less than MA pays, if you can find a job. There are dozens of threads on FL pay rates if you do a search. And, no, the absence of an income tax does not make up for
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    Mandatory Overtime-- what do you think?

    caroladybelle replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    Then in many places with mandatory OT, you will not be working. C'est la
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    Mandatory Overtime-- what do you think?

    caroladybelle replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    They unfortunately do not have that option. Thus the term
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    An upset elderly patient...

    caroladybelle replied to caregiver1977's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Actually, I agree with the many of that post's points and, yes, I did read your thread. Do I agree that the MD may have been rattled, and that optimally should have been able to return. Perhaps. At...
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    Mandatory Overtime-- what do you think?

    caroladybelle replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that the issue is that there are plenty of fresh people out there, but the facility will not hire them. I suspect that as soon as the good nurses that have the wherewithal to find a new job,...
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    You Just Don't Care!!!

    caroladybelle posted a topic in General Nursing

    and now that i have your attention........ could we please declare a ban on this phrase? at least among nurses. we all know the situation. you run your glutes off all 12 hours of your shift. you...
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    time clock question

    caroladybelle replied to gummibear's topic in General Nursing

    This is a common issue in many hospitals and they use it to give you the old " you need better time management" bit at your eval and knock you down a few points. Let's see, we are supposed to have 6...
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    Demerol 75 mg was given IV instead of IM. Fired!!!

    caroladybelle replied to mirtesen's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that the bigger issue is not with the error itself, but how the OP is handling their errors and work issues. When someone has been frequently called to the office for issues, they need to do...
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    You Just Don't Care!!!

    caroladybelle replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

    I am bumping this in solidarity with a traveler that is doing an agency assignment at this hospital.....on the same unit.....and had a pt named Harvey this week. And had the same if not a worse time...
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    Is DNR status automatically transferable

    caroladybelle replied to SilentfadesRPA's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on the state and the form. In Florida, there is a form, that the MD fills out, that has a small card on it that is good in hospital or out of it. There is a separate form for "in...
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    help with steps to practice nursing in US.

    caroladybelle replied to lizbetty's topic in International Nursing

    As per Silverdragon, who is very well informed on these issues, it will be very difficult to get a visa with status to permit you to work as a nurse in the US. Licensure is going to be an easier...
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    help with steps to practice nursing in US.

    caroladybelle replied to lizbetty's topic in International Nursing

    The bigger issue is whether you can practice in the US - you have citizenship here, a green card, or an immigration status that permits to work here. Often that is the bigger impediment to working...
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    F-1 International student. Need Advice!

    caroladybelle replied to dayandnight's topic in International Nursing

    Just because you are eligible to work for a year does not mean that you will find an employer that wants to hire you for just a year. And with retrogression, and the current oversupply of unemployed...
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    Things you've learned about patient's religions and care?

    caroladybelle replied to Aly529's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    As far as the buttons, it is considered work - either initiating work or doing work. Obviously most nonOrhodox Jews do not adhere to that. Public microwaves would obviously not be kosher as you...
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    Things you've learned about patient's religions and care?

    caroladybelle replied to Aly529's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    In our area, we have large numbers of Orthodox Jews. And despite the fact, that the cancer center was part of a donation by Jewish patrons, there are no Sabbath elevators. Trying to remember that the...
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    Things you've learned about patient's religions and care?

    caroladybelle replied to Aly529's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I can't even imagine that there is a successful induction without being able to transfuse, except maybe M3 (APL). Since epogen and iron would not really be any help, I would think it an extremely...
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    queston on zofran

    caroladybelle replied to link51411's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work onco. Zofran 4mg Q4-6hrs PRN, or 8mg q8 - 12hrs PRN, is what we usually give. And during chemo it is given scheduled. Zofran given in large frequent amts can cause cardiac issues/ekg changes...
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    Blood: do you administer platelets or PRBC first?

    caroladybelle replied to TJacob's topic in General Nursing

    One would still need more data to make proper decision. Many onco departments would require a higher platelet goal, at least 20 to 50k for anyone with a brain lesion d/t heightened risk of brain...
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    We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    caroladybelle replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhhhh, but y'all have that evil nationalized health service. We know that you save money merely by eliminating choice, trampling on old people and having evil death panels, as we have been taught by...
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    Blood: do you administer platelets or PRBC first?

    caroladybelle replied to TJacob's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on what the dept/main issue is. I work Hematology (acute leukemia) and as a general rule platelets first. The reasoning : our usual thereshold is for 10k to 20k, depending temp/bleeding...