janetjanetbobanet

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1. Wrongful termination? Age discrimination?

   janetjanetbobanet replied to TomCCRN1991's topic in General Nursing

   After watching three of us in my unit in our late 50's fall prey to this kind of discrimination, I am wondering just how prevalent this trend is. I left my job when paperwork started to accumulate...

2. Bedside Report...

   janetjanetbobanet replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

   When this first started at my hospital, we were giving each other the basics of face to face report at the desk and then going into the room to introduce the oncoming nurse to the patient and discuss...

3. ***** Am I doing something wrong?

   janetjanetbobanet replied to wabashcannon's topic in General Nursing

   You definitely are not doing anything wrong. There are a lot of hiring freezes going on right now, and those of us who have been out of school for eons are getting called off some of our shifts and...

4. Low census = shift cancellation.....help!

   janetjanetbobanet replied to TX_nurse_08's topic in General Nursing

   The mall job doesn't sound too bad, but it might be hard to get one these days with the high unemployment

5. Colorado Licensing

   janetjanetbobanet replied to bburgess's topic in General Nursing

   I think it took them a few weeks to do mine, they go on a first come first serve basis and some months are busier than others due to graduations from nursing school, I think. You can look on the...

6. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   janetjanetbobanet replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   A coworker of mine who had a near death experience in her younger days could sometimes see people leaving their bodies. She even spoke to one that she found leaning over himself looking at his dead...

7. restructuring the hospital into the Hilton

   janetjanetbobanet replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

   Why would anyone ever want to be dismissed from such an environment? Thinking I need to visit your neck of the woods and develop some kind of illness that won't keep me from enjoying the room service...

8. Anyone work for the VA?

   janetjanetbobanet replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

   I worked for the VA for quite a few years until I moved to a city that didn't have one. The five weeks of vacation for RNs is nice and I miss that. The retirement benefits are pretty decent. You...

9. Drinks in the nurses station...

   janetjanetbobanet replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

   as a night shifter, i have worked where you could eat at the nurses station for the sake of safe staffing, and have never gotten sick because i washed my hands before i ate anything and i didn't put...

10. Anyone Else Experience Mobbing?

    janetjanetbobanet replied to WeakAnkles's topic in General Nursing

    Bullying is alive and well in some hospitals, I have seen it happen. I have experienced one on one bullying myself and found that standing up to the bully is the best way to deal with it. But group...

11. My hospital going to provide scrubs and wash them!!!

    janetjanetbobanet replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    So will you get your own scrubs back or do you have to dig through a stack of them in the linen room to find your size? I had a job like that once and we all ended up hoarding our size scrubs in our...

12. Thoughts/Experiences working in a V.A. hospital?

    janetjanetbobanet replied to teenycar's topic in General Nursing

    You would be happy, too, if you were getting paid what they are. It is the top paying VA in the country. Two of my co-workers from my VA in Kansas transferred there to take advantage of that, and...

13. Nursing and unionization...

    janetjanetbobanet replied to dzadzey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree there will always be incompetents, but there has to be a way to deal with that, union or not. I like the idea of being protected from harrassment or firing from management for unfair reasons....

14. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    janetjanetbobanet replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Doctor, is there nothing I can take, to relieve this bellyache? Put the lime in the coconut, drink 'em both up, put the lime in the coconut and call me in the

15. court ruling affects all RN'S

    janetjanetbobanet replied to rnpatrick's topic in Agency Nurses

    There will always be people who will work for a lower wage rather than have to sell a house and move. It takes a while for supply and demand to