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  1. New Grad Jobs ?!

    lindarn replied to jmking's topic in Washington Nursing

    Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, WA was hiring new grads, and had a new grad internship. I know that you said that you live in Bothell, but if you need a job, you may have to move to get one....

  2. Confrontation with a Visitor

    lindarn replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    did you happen to call risk management, or the social worker? they may give you a better idea of how to handle this, and if it gets out of hand, you have covered you butt, by notifying risk...

  3. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    lindarn replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I do Legal Nurse Consulting on the side. You would freak out at some of the cases that I have worked on. I will never support limiting what a patient can receive after being the victim of malpractice....

  4. Blessing in disguise? Cold feet?

    lindarn replied to sunshine365's topic in General Nursing

    Have you though about eventually becoming a Nurse Practitioner as a goal after nursing school? I believe that they have more options the PAs do. You would have the autonomy of a physician, a higher...

  5. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    lindarn replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Eliminating "for profit" insurance companies, and all insurance companies down the road, will go along way to reducing costs. The 30% that these vultures steal from our health care dollars will pay...

  6. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    lindarn replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Tricare is also a government run system for the military and their dependants. I am now covered with Tricare for life. I have medical insurance for life, and no longer need to worry about being...

  7. How much difference in pay do two year rn's get than four yr??

    lindarn replied to bigmac018's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Grandfathering in does not mean the AA nurse will be handed a BSN. It only means that if and when the NLN finally gets it together, and makes a BSN the entry into practice, nurses who are Diploma...

  8. Nasty Doctor

    lindarn replied to scrubberRN's topic in General Nursing

    There is always camera phones to document his antics, and temper tantrums. Every one has a camera phone. JMHO and my NY $0.02. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  9. Is your unit hiring new grads???

    lindarn replied to sunshineyday's topic in General Nursing

    Did you have a chance to talk to the other hospitals? They were all hell bent on hiring when I went to the Job Fair last month. There is another was another job fair today at the convention center. I...

  10. Is your unit hiring new grads???

    lindarn replied to sunshineyday's topic in General Nursing

    This is the first that I am hearing about a hiring freeze. You can try Kadlec Medical Center in the Tri Cities area. They are (or were) hiring new grads, and are offering new grad internships....

  11. Nasty Doctor

    lindarn replied to scrubberRN's topic in General Nursing

    How about taking a small camcorder into your unit, and when Dr Jerk starts his show, start taping him. I would then take it to the senior partner of the law firm who defends the hospital, and inform...

  12. Is your unit hiring new grads???

    lindarn replied to sunshineyday's topic in General Nursing

    I posted this last week. If anyone is interested in relocating to Washington State, hospitals here are hiring new grads. Here in Spokane, Sacred Heart is hiring new grads, Deaconess is here in...

  13. ATTN: bay area RN new grads.. Were you able to land a new grad job?

    lindarn replied to pogiboy67's topic in California Nursing

    If anyone is interested in relocating, Washington State is hiring new grads, and they are offering internships. Washington State has NO state income tax, minimal crime, traffic, open land, and low...

  14. Why is it nurses put up with such poor conditions?

    lindarn replied to scared'o'needles!'s topic in General Nursing

    Because most nurses are not unionized, and/or work in right to work (for less), states, and rightfully fear for their jobs. If nurses had unionized years ago, as teachers did, we would not be in the...

  15. what is the best nursing journal to subscribe to as a new nurse

    lindarn replied to Athenas83's topic in General Nursing

    "Revolution Magazine", from the CNA, (California Nurses Association). I would also recommend joining the CNA, and NNOC, even though you dont live or work in California. They are doing the best work...

  16. Lunch breaks and required phones

    lindarn replied to DeeAngel's topic in General Nursing

    See my post on here, a few threads down. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  17. Lunch breaks and required phones

    lindarn replied to DeeAngel's topic in General Nursing

    Just some advice for your employer- Here in Spokane, the Respiratory Therapist won a BIG LAWSUIT against Sacred Heart Medical Center several years ago concerning this same issue. The RTs had to take...

  18. LVN to military nursing

    lindarn replied to vn gal's topic in General Nursing

    LPN/LVNs go in the military as enlisted, as do Respiratory Therapists, X-Ray Techs, and ADN/Diploma RNs. Have you considered going into the Reserves in any of the services, Army, Navy, Air Force,...

  19. RN's are getting burnt out why?

    lindarn replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Don't count on men making things better. Men leave bedside nursing faster then female nurses do. They congretate in specialties like CRNA, where they can build independant practices, and where they...

  20. What would you do in my situation? just looking for opinions.

    lindarn replied to Nina2bRN's topic in General Nursing

    After I got it in writing from the ER doc, and your pediatrician, I would gather family and friends, perhaps an elected official of some sorts, notify and invite the news media and papers, gather in a...

  21. Unions. What do they do for us?

    lindarn replied to diane227's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I have frequently compared nurses to abused wives, who allow our abusive husbands to keep us, "barefoot and pregnant" (undereducated-you don't need a BSN. You are just a nurse, and don't need college...

  22. What would you do in my situation? just looking for opinions.

    lindarn replied to Nina2bRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was under the impression that the law changed a couple of years ago. I believe that it says something like, if a reasonable person would feel that it was an emergency, that insurance companies...

  23. Unions. What do they do for us?

    lindarn replied to diane227's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    This just goes to prove what I have said countless times. An individual can only achieve so much by themselves. Individuals who mistakenly believe that they can make the necessary changes to achieve a...

  24. Nurses rally at Nevada capitol to showcase bill

    lindarn replied to herring_RN's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Teachers here in Spokane, regularly use their teacher-student ratios, to refuse more students in their classrooms. And if the child has a problem, like ADHD, that child is counted TWICE, to allow for,...

  25. Fed Up With People Saying There Is a Shortage

    lindarn replied to NewTexasRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am an older, experienced, nurse who has been out of the work force for several years. Yesterday, I attended a job fair sponsored by ICNE (Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education), in Spokane,...