caroladybelle BSN, RN

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    Gunners in Nursing

    caroladybelle replied to Guest343211's topic in General Nursing

    "Gunners" in internship also tend to be a teaching hospital phenomenon, and thus, nurses probably have less exposure to the term and the need to impress. Nurses in the teaching hospital...
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    Hospital Sponsoships for International Nursing Students

    caroladybelle replied to SandeepSandhu's topic in Immigration Advice

    Much of this debate back and forth is really quite moot with regard to the OP's question . Hospitals currently are reluctant to sponsor US citizens through nursing school and thus employee them for...
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    Why Does Everyone Hate Florida So Much??

    caroladybelle replied to natkoz82's topic in Florida Nursing

    Cedar Key is over on the Gulf and readily sees plenty of G-ville Gators. It is a sleepy place where fresh seafood fans get there fix. Itcheetucknee is up near High Springs, I believe. They are...
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    Why Does Everyone Hate Florida So Much??

    caroladybelle replied to natkoz82's topic in Florida Nursing

    I recommend Itcheetucknee Springs, myself. That and Cedar
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    Mandatory 4th 12 hr shift every 3-4 weeks?

    caroladybelle replied to Ginny516's topic in New York Nursing

    NYP Columbia is union, NYP Cornell is not. Is it so hard to work the extra shift for
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    Gunners in Nursing

    caroladybelle replied to Guest343211's topic in General Nursing

    The OP needs to clarify the term, as it is not common to Nursing. "Gunners" is a term used almost exclusive in regards to medicine and med students/interns/residents. It describes the intern that has...
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    Florida nursing relocating

    caroladybelle replied to Dino's topic in Florida Nursing

    Agree with the above. As a long time native Floridian, with a home down there, I relocated to Maryland. Reasons include: lousy pay, very poor working conditions, poor ratios, rude/unintelligible MDs...
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    Background Check DENIED

    caroladybelle replied to cgreen203's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    It depends on the "seriousness" of the offense. How fast were you going and what was the "nature" of the reckless driving? I know that in some areas and situations, "reckless driving" can be anything...
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    Why is nursing such a horrible job?

    caroladybelle replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    It isn't such a horrible job. What makes you
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    Much Older People Going Into Nursing

    caroladybelle replied to MissMaryMack12's topic in General Students

    I would love to be retired at 50 but unfortunately the magic wish fairy is a bit busy, and I actually have to work to....ohhhh pay bills, buy food, buy clothes for those grandchildren that I am...
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    TPN and PRBC

    caroladybelle replied to FlGasman's topic in General Nursing

    Most drugs and solutions (other than NS) are not compatible with blood products. And TPN not only contains dextrose, it generally actually containsa very percentage of dextrose, often 2-3x higher...
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    Nurses in oncology having stillborns

    caroladybelle replied to quetepye's topic in Oncology

    There is no harm to pregnant nurses IF chemo is handled properly. And many reports demonstrate that when chemo is handled with proper precautions, there is no danger to pregnant personnel....
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    Time for a Title Change

    caroladybelle replied to breastfeed's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse is a nurse - I see no problem with the title. Perhaps the problem is with the person that dislikes the
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    Holy Crap, Dad's having an MI!!!

    caroladybelle replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    It is one thing to "teach" your children about health care emergencies. It is another thing to fake having a lifethreatening emergency when you are by yourself with your child. (wondering if when you...
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    New grad RN Moving to San diego area

    caroladybelle replied to christina2139's topic in California Nursing

    Even if you were an experienced nurse, much less a new grad.....most hospitals do not want to hire you for only 1-2 years. It is way too expensive to orient new nurses, especially new grads to a...
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    Overtime Pay for Change of Shift Report

    caroladybelle replied to goldenmom's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a meal
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    allnurses or allSTUDENTnurses?

    caroladybelle replied to inshallamiami's topic in General Nursing

    it is annoying because sometimes it goes to extremes. and for those of us with slower systems it can be a pain. it is when you click on the bb to see the last 24 hours, and 4 of the posts on one...
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    allnurses or allSTUDENTnurses?

    caroladybelle replied to inshallamiami's topic in General Nursing

    First, there was nothing overl negative about it - it was an observation. Second, if students are indeed limited on time, then they need to learn to use "search". It is much quicker to acquire data...
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    Winterhaven area hospitals

    caroladybelle replied to ORgirl2010's topic in Florida Nursing

    Have you thought about Orlando? The hospitals are a bit better there (worked as traveler in the Adventist - Florida Hospital system) - not fabulous but decent and caring. The pay rates are also...
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    Winterhaven area hospitals

    caroladybelle replied to ORgirl2010's topic in Florida Nursing

    Winter Haven Hospital, Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lake Wales Hospital, Regency Hospital (part of WHH - handles L&D, eating disorders, Gyn/OB, eye surgery), Heart of Florida, and Bartow...
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    Grr! "Customer Service" Nursing Gone Crazy!

    caroladybelle replied to KaseyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Did you suggest, that since he doesn't actually work with medically vulnerable pts, that he should be trained as a "universal worker" and be pulled out fof his comfy position several times per
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    Hospital Sponsoships for International Nursing Students

    caroladybelle replied to SandeepSandhu's topic in Immigration Advice

    First, unless you are a US citizen, you would have to go through normal immigration processes to get a working visa in the USA: that would require you to already have a BSN degree, and have waited in...
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    Snow- at what point do you call out?

    caroladybelle replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    Problem is this is a "historic" - record breaking snow in places not set up to handle it well. When you consider that we are getting more snow in 24 hrs than is received all season normally, it is an...
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    GN's paid more than experienced staff is this typical!

    caroladybelle replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Not that unusual unfortunately. I once precepted someone that left my unit for two years, then returned. Her training/experience had not advanced her skills any, yet, she ended up getting a preferred...
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    Snow- at what point do you call out?

    caroladybelle replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I strongly suspect that I live in the same area as the OP. As a general rule, I make it to work no matter the weather, though I am more used to driving in hurricanes than snow storms. And I...