caroladybelle BSN, RN

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    Tampa Area New Grad RN Salary

    caroladybelle replied to Millerstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    It really doesn't help to post duplicate threads. Might you research some of the other numerous threads on the topic. Plenty about FL pay rates. I cannot provide a link but if you just use the...
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    Help in Salary Negotiation for New Job Offer

    caroladybelle replied to Millerstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I suspect that the OP is not getting the answers that he desired or expected. I have to wonder why people go to school, but never actually research what the going pay rate is for their field, in...
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    I think peri/rectal swabs are a humiliating 'welcome' to the hospital

    caroladybelle replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, alot of facilities have to prove a pt came in with an illness, because if it shows up later, insurance will not pay for treatment. That and you do not want to spread it to other pts in...
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    Update on "demotion"

    caroladybelle replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    It is a mind game and you will not win. I have to say that I have been there, and it did not stop until I quit the facility and moved on. One year I am complimented on a certain behavior, and the...
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    Are my classmates delusional??

    caroladybelle replied to Lola89's topic in General Nursing

    They are delusional. And when I work critical care, I actually wipe more than in
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    Who is the Anti-Union Network?

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

    Facilities "abandoned" patients a long time ago by failing to provide adequate staffing and safe conditions for the ill patients in their care. I personally want my family cared for in safely and...
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    Help in Salary Negotiation for New Job Offer

    caroladybelle replied to Millerstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    First be very glad she got a job offer at all. Most new grads are not getting job offers. For Florida, new grad starting pay for a hospital is anywhere from about $17 - 23/hr, plus appropriate...
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    Low Hgb

    caroladybelle replied to JayVArn's topic in MICU, SICU

    Had a 70 something year old drive herself to the hospital with a crit this low - she got 6 units on my shift. And, yes, it was rechecked and accurate. I've had several with crits less than 10 (do not...
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    Who is the Anti-Union Network?

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

    Well, as the facility is given plenty of notice that a strike is about to occur, if the FACILITY CARES about pts, they have the option to transfer pts to another facility, cancel elective procedures....
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    I feel like crawling under a rock....

    caroladybelle replied to adruiz01's topic in General Nursing

    Well, chances are it had nothing to do with you. Friends that work at college clinics, routinely see outbreaks of sore throats/ illnesses and the affected students come up positive for MRSA. It shows...
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    traveling nurse

    caroladybelle replied to aflac381's topic in General Nursing

    No, no and uh, no. First, traveling nurse agencies do not "hire" nurses at all...they contract nurses. That is, they gather data about you, ascertain you skills/qualifications, screen you, and...
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    LPN ONLINE Course in Florida

    caroladybelle replied to vina2550's topic in Florida Nursing

    As far as I know, all nursing programs for initial LPN/RN licensure require clinical hours, thus cannot be entirely on
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    Who is the Anti-Union Network?

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

    You forgot to list US Nursing, a staffing agency that staffs many strikes, and Fastaff that does so to a lesser
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    RN Transfer from Florida to California

    caroladybelle replied to Ashley417's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You know that it is extremely hard to find and job in California as a new grad, and that it is much more expensive to live
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    background checks

    caroladybelle replied to angelsulaiman's topic in General Nursing

    You have to check with the BON or the facility. All of those decisions go through them on a case by case basis. In all liklihood this thread will be closed by a mod, because we cannot give good...
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    Warning regarding seasonal travel assigment in Palm beach county Florida

    caroladybelle replied to Runman1914's topic in Travel

    This was not Delray, but another of the facilities in that area. They staff poorly, there is rapid turnover, there is little to no support staff. The pts are entitled and rude to the point of...
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    24 Things ER Nurses Know All Too Well

    caroladybelle replied to RN_in_SC's topic in Emergency

    Why is it that the name "Darwin" comes to
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    Consistency across the nursing spectrum

    caroladybelle replied to pgaillard's topic in General Nursing

    How many of the same ADN vs BSN/reformation of education levels/etc. threads do we need to have here? With the same arguments over ...and over .......and over.......and over..... that never change....
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    "Do not Expel Air?"

    caroladybelle replied to WEST1014, RN,BSN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    In regards to not expeling air in the lovenox syringe prior to injecting. The tiny amount of air should be floated up to syringe before injection ( the end opposite of the needle) so that it is the...
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    Reforming nursing education...

    caroladybelle replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing....nothing at all. Because it is entirely unrealistic, and has little to do with what real nursing entails. Pharmacists now have to be PharmDs, and PTs need a Masters. Has it helped pts or...
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    SIGH.....You know, it just never fails.

    caroladybelle replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Mine won't put one paw outside in the
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    Warning regarding seasonal travel assigment in Palm beach county Florida

    caroladybelle replied to Runman1914's topic in Travel

    You can review the many Florida threads, I and others having been saying this for years. I went in with the "I can deal with anything for 13 weeks" attitude, and learned truly in Boca Raton that there...
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    Mediport fluid from AIDS patient

    caroladybelle replied to AB2221's topic in General Nursing

    Update,
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    Solutions for Belligerent Patients

    caroladybelle replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Emergency

    Aerosolized ativan and a valium salt lick??? It is one thing for a parent to get upset when their child is seriously hurt, but it sounds like this was a simple hand abrasion. Explain the triage...
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    Mediport fluid from AIDS patient

    caroladybelle replied to AB2221's topic in General Nursing

    You sound a bit freaked out. Experiences like this can be scary. Just try to think it through, logically. There is always a risk of SOMETHING...but review how much of a risk there is by looking at...